Thomas Kernen
Principal Architect at NVIDIA
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Summary
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SeniorThomas Kernen is a Principal Architect based in Geneva who specializes in transforming live media production toward IP-centric architectures, blending deep network engineering experience with industry standards leadership. With nearly two decades of hands-on work—from co-founding multiple startups to designing service provider IP networks and hiring/managing engineering teams—he now drives end-to-end platform requirements and represents media and timing technologies at NVIDIA and in standards bodies like SMPTE. His career spans technical leadership roles at Cisco, Mellanox, and consulting work for large service providers, giving him rare visibility at the junction of broadcast and IP service networks. Notably, he has moved beyond product design into shaping interoperability and standards, helping bridge the operational gaps between service providers and broadcast ecosystems.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
English, French
Github Skills (22)
dmx5129
broadcast9
television8
broadcasting8
software-defined-radio7
media-library7
audio-applications7
receiver6
transcoding6
studio6
webradio6
mixer6
zoneminder6
dac6
infrared6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SMPTE/rp2059-15
Nov 2020 - Feb 2022
Public CD of SMPTE RP 2059-15
Contributions:1 review, 24 commits, 24 pushes in 1 year 2 months
tkernen/traceroute
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:5 PRs, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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