Alejandro Steckler's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Sr. Software Engineer @ Cisco systems (Scientific Atlanta/Power TV) Designed software for video delivery networks and set top boxes From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) Sr. Software Engineer @ SONY Electronics Designed AV software for digital TV's and set top boxes From 1995 to 1998 (3 years) Santa Clara, CASr. Program Manager @ Microsoft - Windows Phone Media Platform:Lead realization of Streaming Media Platform resulting in timely deployment of premium DRM-Protected services on Windows Phone (Netflix, YouTube, uVerse, Pandora, Spotify, etc.) Responsible for technical strategy, product roadmap and program management of media stack Authored product requirements, design and planning documents including media pipeline, DRM and customer facing APIsEnsured that SW team delivered high quality software on time to meet product rollout milestones Drove cross collaboration efforts with XBOX, Silverlight, XNA, DRM, UX, and external partners to ensure seamless product integration and deployment Responsible for technical evangelism to business development teams and out-reach programs to drive adoption of windows phone media platform by engaging with mobile network operators, OEMs and media service providers.Wallet/NFC/Payments Platform:Lead realization of NFC-powered Wallet and Mobile Payments infrastructure resulting in the roll out of mobile payment services in Europe and the US. Responsible for providing software engineering leadership and direction to engineering team building NFC/Wallet and Mobile Payments infrastructure. Provided technical leadership to business development team on partnering with financial institutions, Credit Card issuers, mobile operators, OEMS and silicon vendors. From September 2009 to September 2013 (4 years 1 month) Redmond, WASr. Software Engineer @ SCM Microsystems Responsible for engineering relationship towards the integration of SCM digital TV products with consumer electronics manufactures such as Samsung, Panasonic, SONY, and Phillips. Contributor to the Open Cable specificationDeveloped embedded software for products for the digital TV market, including smart card based cableCARD and DVB CA modules, first Open Cable TV receiver for PC platforms, test tool to be used for OpenCable and DVB certification. From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) San Francisco Bay AreaPrincipal Technical Program/Product Manager @ Facebook - Drive Graphics pipeline for AR/VR products Principal Technical Program/Product Manager - Alexa Automotive @ Amazon - Led engineering and product execution strategy to bring Alexa to automobiles From January 2019 to November 2019 (11 months) Greater Seattle AreaPrincipal Technical Program/Product Manager - Alexa Smart Home @ Amazon - Led engineering and product execution strategy for Alexa Connect Kit From September 2016 to December 2018 (2 years 4 months) Greater Seattle AreaPrincipal Technical Program Manager @ Synaptics - Developed operational infrastructure and development process for Biometrics division - Led development team towards delivery of firmware and software for Biometircs sensors From 2015 to 2016 (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaPrincipal Technical Program/Product Manager @ Tesla Motors Engineering strategy to deliver embedded software to power Tesla’s dual motor power train system culminating in the launch the AWD “Insane” Model S P85D Deeply involved in all aspects of power train software life cycle (scoping, planning, execution, validation and deployment)Directly responsible for timely delivering of traction control, electric motor, battery, and charger embedded software systems Defined agile software methodology to fit unique fast paced environment with tight software, hardware and manufacturing inter-dependencies Drove cross-collaboration efforts across the engineering organization to ensure timely and correct integration of SW systems (HW, UI, autonomous driving, mechanical and manufacturing teams)Worked with executive team on risk / mitigation issues, product road-map and program strategy Provided technical leadership and mentor ship to drive software/firmware issues to resolutionStaff Technical Program Manager (Mercedes-Benz B-Class Power Train Software)Managed Tesla/Daimler engineering partnership towards the development of Mercedes-Benz branded electric vehiclesCorporate liaison representing Tesla on product steering comity from a software perspective Engaged in technical and strategic negotiations, co-authored development agreements, technical specifications, product planning and schedulesLet execution of software deliverables resulting in the timely roll out of Mercedes Benz B-Class electric vehicles in both US and Europe From 2013 to 2015 (2 years) Palo Alto, CASr. Program Manager - Lead @ Microsoft - Entertainment & Devices Division Lead team of program managers and engineers towards shipping Media Center on Windows 7. Media Center enabled the ingestion of premium broadcast TV content (cable, satellite) on Windows PC’s and XBOX 360. Served as technical liaison on DRM, TV conditional access, content protection, content policy and DRM systems with movie studios, TV networks , and TV standard bodies in Europe, Asia and North America (DBV, ISDB, ARIB-DPA, ATSC, Open Cable)Led approval of PlayReady/DRM as a viable platform for premium cable and satellite Pay-TV play back. From 2005 to 2009 (4 years) Redmond, WASr. Software Engineere @ Lockheed Martin Space Systems Responsible for engineering leadership as well as individual contributor to develope mission critical/hard-real-time embedded systems on VxWorks. Projects included systems engineering/architecture and development of in-flight laser controls and avionics systems. Hold active DOD security clearance. From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Sunnyvale, CASoftware Consultant (part time) @ TV/Media/Set Top Box Software Consultant Provider of software development, software architecture and subject matter expertise services to set top box and TV platform manufactures. Areas of focus included writing Cable and Satellite TV content protection and conditional access systems software on STB’s and TV platforms to enable customers on becoming CableCARD and DVB-CA certified. Projects included DBV-CA and CableCARD software stacks, head-end systems Information Table parsers, STB device drivers, all on a variety of embedded TV platforms (Arm, TriMedia, MIPS, etc.) Key customers included SONY and TiVo From 2002 to 2005 (3 years) San Francisco Bay AreaSr. Software Engineer @ Liberate Technologies Managed engineering relationships with Comcast, Motorola, TV Guide, Scientific Atlanta and Irdeto. Provided technical leadership and project management to Liberate’s system software group towards the development of software for digital TV set top boxes. I was responsible for system software abstraction layer to port Liberates middleware on top native STB’s systems. Lead design, development and integration of Liberate’s mpeg2 system Information (SI) engine into TV Networks. From 2002 to 2003 (1 year) San Francisco Bay Area