François LE CROM

Head of R&D team (~20 engineers) focused on methods, tools and tests. • Hire and manage R&D test and integration resources both in Paris and Rennes area • Methods : drive the transition to agile methodology at company scale • Tools : deploy and administrate state of the art R&D tools part of the application lifecycle management (e.g. agile project management, continuous integration, test management) • Tests : build an efficient test framework and focus on automatic tests executed continuously Environment : Scrum, Kanban, JIRA, Salesforce, Jenkins, Pytest, Robotframework

ATEME provides decoding/encoding equipments to operators and broadcasters looking for high quality and high density in their H264/HEVC/UHD head ends. Head of R&D team (~12 engineers) in charge of TITAN Live product: ATEME software / virtualized solution for live transcoding dedicated both to broadcast and OTT markets. • Team recruitment starting from zero and resource management • Team priorities management • Interface with pre sales and post sales from all regions (90% international) • Product Management in collaboration with product marketing • Coordination with technical partners • Deployment of Agile methodology Environment : MPEG/DVB/ATSC, audio/video encoding, multicast network, adaptative bitrate for OTT market (HLS, Smooth Streaming, RTMP, MPEG Dash), GUI HTML5/AngularJS, Debian/CentOS system, virtualization, Docker container

LOGIWAYS develops a DVB middleware Magello for Terrestrial, Satellite and Cable Set Top Boxes including various technologies (PVR, Home Network, Media Player, Broadcasted applications e.g. MHEG5/HBBTV). LOGIWAYS also develops a Push VOD solution VodAccess (Video On Demand without Broadband) and a conditional access system SafeAccess. Head of R&D department – 35 engineers. Management of department workload, arbitration of projects and resources. Engineers individual management, recruitment of new team members. Quotation of R&D workload for sales & marketing teams. Agile methodology deployment (engineering practices & project management) Multi-cultural management with Logiways Chinese R&D team (Shenzhen – 25 engineers)

In charge of the whole STB software delivery from the drivers up to the application layer. Project example 18 months – 15 engineers : STB Digital Video Recorder HD & DVD, EU Retail Market : Satellite & Terrestrial broadcast, UK & pan-european retail markets Customers & Partners : Pace Micro Technology, Oregan Networks browser Technical environment : chipset ST7109, OS21, C Language & HTML/Javascript, DVB-CI

In charge of a Project aiming at interfacing Canal+ Technologies’ STB middleware Mediahighway with various Digital TV CAS (Conditional Access Systems) e.g. Nagravision & Mediaguard. Responsibilities : project management, technical choices, relations with partners. Technical environment : Java, DVB-MHP standard, DVB Common Interface protocol

DLI department (Driver Layer Interface) : Team in charge of designing the driver abstraction layer of Canal+ Technologies’ STB middleware Mediahighway, allowing interoperability with a large number of STB hardware platforms. • Drivers specification (Digital TV drivers, Communication stacks, Graphic drivers, Conditional Access API, Operating System) • Pre-sales technical studies related to driver abstraction layer porting (e.g. for US market) • Member of Mediahighway advanced DVR expertise group (Digital Video Recorder)

Team of 6 engineers in charge of mobile phones' drivers development. • Team management (Workload, Schedule, Resource Management, Training) • Technical leadership. • Pre-sales technical studies related to drivers (e.g. for Japanese market)

Software developments in the team in charge of mobile phones' drivers. Technical environment : C Language, Assembly 68000 & ARM family, Real Time OS VRTX32 & CHORUS CLASSIX, VAX/VMS & SUN/SPARC workstations, LAUTERBACH embedded ICE.