Alan Hurdle
Senior Technologist - Research And Development at Foxtel
Greater Sydney Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Hurdle is a Senior Technologist with 18+ years designing and architecting broadcast and multi-screen video systems, currently leading R&D at Foxtel. He combines deep systems and low-level engineering experience—from Z80/68000 firmware and FPGA work to modern DRM, ABR streaming, and video compression architectures—to deliver end-to-end live and VOD headends, automated content workflows, and conditional access integrations. A pragmatic architect, he has repeatedly translated complex broadcast requirements into operational, file-based production and multi-screen publishing systems that prioritize workflow productivity. His toolkit spans Linux, Java, C/C++/C#, scripting languages and a long history with Irdeto/NDS and content security, reflecting both research-led thinking and hands-on delivery. Not obvious from titles: his early hardware and QA automation background informs a systems-thinking approach that reduces operational overhead while future-proofing platform design.
18 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Maths, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Art, High School, Maths, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Art at Hall Mead SchoolHND, Electronic & Computer Engineering, HND, Electronic & Computer Engineering at Essex Institute of Higher Education
french (intermediate)
Github Skills (13)
rubinius7
virtual-machine7
esoteric-language5
programming-language3
amazon-ion3
mws3
amazon2
points2
python2
carbon-emissions1
sustainability1
risk-assessment1
interoperability1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hurdlea/STL2TTML
Apr 2015 - Mar 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
hurdlea/config-test
Dec 2023 - Dec 2023
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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