Frank Belme
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Patton SU
Frank has very strong technology background and always brings new ideas in the project. Frank is also very nice and willing to help others. Working with Frank is really a happy journey.
LinkedIn User
As a director of Playout R&D, I have worked extensively with Frank, our chief architect, over the last three years, and for the last seven years within our R&D organization. I was very fortunate to be able to rely on and collaborate with Frank. His technical aptitude is nothing short of remarkable -- The speed and ease with which he is able to understand and utilize diverse technologies, ranging from low-level drivers (in Assembly) to public cloud services is scary (wonderful). When Frank is involved in a technical challenge, I know that the solution will be accurate, elegant and maintainable. He is the highest regarded and most respected R&D leader within our organization. Frank is self-driven and is able to work remotely with a high degree of autonomy. He can also work collaboratively as a member of a highly functioning team. He is approachable, respectful, professional, calm and dedicated to the success of his team, his organization, and his company. This may be the most underrecognized ability that Frank has. He welcomes collaboration with team members regardless of whether they are architects or junior engineers -- He is not intimidating, he is personable, and all of his interpersonal skills are outstanding, including presenting, collaborating, troubleshooting and documenting solutions. His presentation style effectively informs the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable individuals. Frank is the rare individual that can set the strategic technical vision, can identify and quickly adopt critical capabilities such as emitting telemetry within our software, and can also troubleshoot the most complex, low level customer technical issues we face. His focus, dedication and extensive problem-solving skills are driven by one underlying trait – His commitment to excellence. I can’t say enough good things about Frank. Simply put, he is exceptional.
Patton SU
Frank has very strong technology background and always brings new ideas in the project. Frank is also very nice and willing to help others. Working with Frank is really a happy journey.
LinkedIn User
As a director of Playout R&D, I have worked extensively with Frank, our chief architect, over the last three years, and for the last seven years within our R&D organization. I was very fortunate to be able to rely on and collaborate with Frank. His technical aptitude is nothing short of remarkable -- The speed and ease with which he is able to understand and utilize diverse technologies, ranging from low-level drivers (in Assembly) to public cloud services is scary (wonderful). When Frank is involved in a technical challenge, I know that the solution will be accurate, elegant and maintainable. He is the highest regarded and most respected R&D leader within our organization. Frank is self-driven and is able to work remotely with a high degree of autonomy. He can also work collaboratively as a member of a highly functioning team. He is approachable, respectful, professional, calm and dedicated to the success of his team, his organization, and his company. This may be the most underrecognized ability that Frank has. He welcomes collaboration with team members regardless of whether they are architects or junior engineers -- He is not intimidating, he is personable, and all of his interpersonal skills are outstanding, including presenting, collaborating, troubleshooting and documenting solutions. His presentation style effectively informs the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable individuals. Frank is the rare individual that can set the strategic technical vision, can identify and quickly adopt critical capabilities such as emitting telemetry within our software, and can also troubleshoot the most complex, low level customer technical issues we face. His focus, dedication and extensive problem-solving skills are driven by one underlying trait – His commitment to excellence. I can’t say enough good things about Frank. Simply put, he is exceptional.
Patton SU
Frank has very strong technology background and always brings new ideas in the project. Frank is also very nice and willing to help others. Working with Frank is really a happy journey.
LinkedIn User
As a director of Playout R&D, I have worked extensively with Frank, our chief architect, over the last three years, and for the last seven years within our R&D organization. I was very fortunate to be able to rely on and collaborate with Frank. His technical aptitude is nothing short of remarkable -- The speed and ease with which he is able to understand and utilize diverse technologies, ranging from low-level drivers (in Assembly) to public cloud services is scary (wonderful). When Frank is involved in a technical challenge, I know that the solution will be accurate, elegant and maintainable. He is the highest regarded and most respected R&D leader within our organization. Frank is self-driven and is able to work remotely with a high degree of autonomy. He can also work collaboratively as a member of a highly functioning team. He is approachable, respectful, professional, calm and dedicated to the success of his team, his organization, and his company. This may be the most underrecognized ability that Frank has. He welcomes collaboration with team members regardless of whether they are architects or junior engineers -- He is not intimidating, he is personable, and all of his interpersonal skills are outstanding, including presenting, collaborating, troubleshooting and documenting solutions. His presentation style effectively informs the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable individuals. Frank is the rare individual that can set the strategic technical vision, can identify and quickly adopt critical capabilities such as emitting telemetry within our software, and can also troubleshoot the most complex, low level customer technical issues we face. His focus, dedication and extensive problem-solving skills are driven by one underlying trait – His commitment to excellence. I can’t say enough good things about Frank. Simply put, he is exceptional.
Patton SU
Frank has very strong technology background and always brings new ideas in the project. Frank is also very nice and willing to help others. Working with Frank is really a happy journey.
LinkedIn User
As a director of Playout R&D, I have worked extensively with Frank, our chief architect, over the last three years, and for the last seven years within our R&D organization. I was very fortunate to be able to rely on and collaborate with Frank. His technical aptitude is nothing short of remarkable -- The speed and ease with which he is able to understand and utilize diverse technologies, ranging from low-level drivers (in Assembly) to public cloud services is scary (wonderful). When Frank is involved in a technical challenge, I know that the solution will be accurate, elegant and maintainable. He is the highest regarded and most respected R&D leader within our organization. Frank is self-driven and is able to work remotely with a high degree of autonomy. He can also work collaboratively as a member of a highly functioning team. He is approachable, respectful, professional, calm and dedicated to the success of his team, his organization, and his company. This may be the most underrecognized ability that Frank has. He welcomes collaboration with team members regardless of whether they are architects or junior engineers -- He is not intimidating, he is personable, and all of his interpersonal skills are outstanding, including presenting, collaborating, troubleshooting and documenting solutions. His presentation style effectively informs the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable individuals. Frank is the rare individual that can set the strategic technical vision, can identify and quickly adopt critical capabilities such as emitting telemetry within our software, and can also troubleshoot the most complex, low level customer technical issues we face. His focus, dedication and extensive problem-solving skills are driven by one underlying trait – His commitment to excellence. I can’t say enough good things about Frank. Simply put, he is exceptional.
Experience
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Assurance IQ
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Director, Engineering
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Mar 2023 - Present
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Imagine Communications
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United States
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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400 - 500 Employee
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Chief Software Architect - Playout Division
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May 2020 - Dec 2022
• Managed and provided technical leadership for a team of 8 highly experienced software architects responsible for defining the technical direction of the division• Worked with stakeholders to define product features and technical direction• Provided mentorship to developers through technical presentations and design collaboration• Lead architect for Aviator Make TV – An AWS cloud-based broadcast video playout channel solution• Lead architect for dynamic audio processing solution for the highly demanding broadcast environment Show less
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Software Architect
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Apr 2014 - May 2020
• Architected and implemented core structure of a server-based broadcast video channel product used to provide television to millions of people every day• Lead architect for Epic MV - An IP and SDI-based broadcast multiviewer used for monitoring and QA of up to 48 television feeds simultaneously• Researched, designed, and implemented a Windows network stack driver for 24/7 CPU load balancing of high bandwidth streams comprised of 50 billion packets per broadcast channel per day• Architected and implemented a highly configurable, real-time software-based video format converter• Frequently called upon to solve difficult customer issues, often in completely unfamiliar codebases, under extreme time pressure when others had failed to come to a resolution Show less
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Digital Rapids (acquired by Imagine Communications)
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Markham, Ontario, Canada
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Co-Founder, Chief Software Architect
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Mar 2001 - Apr 2014
• Co-founder of this self-funded startup and a primary force in its growth to a $22M/year business and the 4th fastest private growing company in Canada (2007 Profit 100 list) • Led a team of 20 developers as well as contributed individually to the creation of products for live over-the-top (OTT) content streaming and offline transcoding • Co-architect of the rich Zenium development framework used for developing media-based products which was adopted by Imagine Communications as a primary development framework (US patents - US10310824, US10216490, US9535669, US9182949, US9152470, US9043747, US8887154) • Implemented video processing algorithms using Intel assembly including SIMD instructions • Designed and implemented Windows-based drivers and APIs for video capture and playout PCI-based hardware Show less
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Leitch Technology Corporation
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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Software Development Manager - Device Driver Group
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Sep 2000 - Mar 2001
• Led a team of 6 developers designing and implementing Windows drivers and APIs for proprietary audio and video PCI-based hardware • Led a team of 6 developers designing and implementing Windows drivers and APIs for proprietary audio and video PCI-based hardware
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Software Development Manager - Device Driver Group
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May 1997 - Sep 2000
• Led a team of 6 developers designing and implementing Windows drivers and APIs for proprietary audio and video PCI-based hardware
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Software Developer
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May 1995 - May 1997
• Designed and developed Windows drivers and APIs for proprietary PCI-based hardware used for non-linear video playback and effects
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Education
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1990 - 1995
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering
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