Summary
Krasimir 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 Sofia
PhD, PhD at Stanford University
Russian, Bulgarian, German