Krasimir Kolarov
Director, Embedded Media at Apple Inc.
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolKrasimir Kolarov is a seasoned media and embedded systems executive who has led Apple's Embedded Media team since 2009, bringing deep expertise in video/image signal processing, compression, multicore systems, AI and display technologies. He combines hands-on algorithmic development and product shipping with strategic roles in standards and industry bodies—pioneering and driving adoption of CMAF, MIAF and WebVC while chairing MPEG Applications Formats and CTA WAVE CMAF-IF. His background spans founding startups, leading business development and technical architecture, and bridging industry with academia through long-term teaching at Stanford. Comfortable moving between mathematics-driven research and pragmatic engineering, he has repeatedly converted novel IP into shipping products across consumer and broadband ecosystems. Based in Menlo Park, he pairs a PhD-level technical foundation with a track record of securing customers, financing and cross-industry partnerships that scale new media technologies.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. with High Honors, M.S. with High Honors at University of SofiaPhD, PhD at Stanford University
Russian, Bulgarian, German
Github Skills (3)
id39
timed8
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cta-wave/CMAF-Byte-Stream
Aug 2020 - Jul 2023
Contributions:6 comments, 8 issues in 2 years 11 months
cta-wave/cmaf-if
Sep 2020 - Apr 2023
Contributions:6 comments, 1 issue in 2 years 7 months
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