Minshik Park
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMinshik Park is a Principal Software Engineer based in Redmond with a multi-decade engineering career focused on systems, multimedia, and device integration across Microsoft and major telecom and device firms. He has driven core platform work from Windows Phone and HoloLens to Azure Media Services and the Azure Kinect Sensor SDK, blending low-level device firmware/driver integration with cloud media pipelines. Known for shipping hard-to-get features like UVC camera support and NV12 color-format handling, he brings deep expertise in video streaming, USB video class, and cross-platform SDKs. At Microsoft he has repeatedly stepped into leadership roles that combine hands-on coding, cross-team integration, and architectural guidance. His academic background in computer graphics (M.S., Sogang University) underpins a practical focus on media systems and performance-sensitive implementations. Colleagues rely on him to tame complex device and media edge cases that others often avoid.
7 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Sience (Graphics), Master Computer Sience (Graphics) at Sogang University
Github Skills (8)
video-streaming10
linux10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
kinect9
sdk9
sys9
embedded9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK
Feb 2019 - May 2019
A cross platform (Linux and Windows) user mode SDK to read data from your Azure Kinect device.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Integration Engineer
Back-end Developer & Integration EngineerContributions:15 commits, 4 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Minshik primarily focused on integrating the LibUVC library and implementing UVC (USB Video Class) camera support within the Azure Kinect Sensor SDK. They added support for NV12 color format and addressed issues related to SS USB and MSFT UVC metadata. Additionally, the user worked on fixing a hang during the stop process and other related bugs, demonstrating a focus on low-level device interaction and video streaming. They also implemented the initial Linux color camera implementation.
windowslinuxkinectsdkopenvr
kysucix/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK
May 2019 - May 2019
A cross platform (Linux and Windows) user mode SDK to read data from your Azure Kinect device.
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
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