Dharmendra Gopal Patel

Technical Leader

Synamedia India Private Limited•  October 2018 - Present

As an Architect designed a ‘Data Plane’ component for 1main stream (1ms). 1main stream is a cloud based multi-tenant OTT platform with host of features like subscriber management, video transcoding and streaming, authentication, offer and recommendation, support for OTT clients on Roku, Android, AppleTV, iOS, Tizen, WebOS, Smart TV and WebApp. This product has large customer base and generates a revenue of 10 million USD. I have designed a ‘Data plane’ as dynamic, scalable and resilient service-oriented architecture that supports transcoding video and posters in required format. It supports ABRs like HLS, HSS and DASH with DRMs like Widevine, PlayReady and Fairplay. It handles large customer base ingest of new data and simultaneous 4K+ streaming of high definition content. Other responsibility involves: o Analyze and design new change request for data plane. o Involve in customer discussion on integration & customization of data plane. o Lead team of engineers to build data plane features as per design. o Technically mentor and bring up engineers to build strong technical team.

Technical Leader

Cisco Video Technology India Private Limited•  May 2013 - October 2018

Designed android TV OTT client for IVP with the focus on UX customization and localization. This OTT client has features like dynamic UX (change look and feel without changing app), video content discovery and playback, voice search, navigation friendly layout, user sign-in and signup etc. This app was deployed to many customers, some of the top customers are Yes (Israel), Astro (Malaysia), Etisalat (Dubai), Vodafone (Germany) etc. Re-vamp and designed metadata vertical in Evolution product, which is one of widest used STB Middleware across the globe with 80 million subscribers on STB. As a part of ‘Research and Development’ team, innovated and lead some ideas / requirements like supporting blink browser on low-end STB, IoTivity on Evolution, Alexa integration with STB, Home surveillance using 3rd party hardware etc. Other achievements: o Designed ‘Aurora’, an Android OTT client based on component and composition pattern. o Involved in all requirement analysis and design reviews in moderator vertical. o Implemented technical transformation at BU level, by introducing XP practices, pair- programming, Test driven development etc. in various agile teams. o Innovated, designed and developed prototype of “STB as an IoT gateway” to show case home automation and surveillance demo during IoT Summit, Jaipur before CM and Press media. o Completed Cisco security IQ Ninja belts like white belt, green belt and brown belt.