Vittorio Giovara
Senior Director Of Video Encoding And Streaming at Vimeo
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVittorio Giovara is a Senior Director of Video Encoding and Streaming with 16 years of experience building and leading engineering efforts to preserve visual fidelity at scale. Based in New York, he leads Vimeo’s encoding strategy, ensuring videos are delivered with best-in-class quality, color management, and HDR support. A longtime “video hacker,” he contributes to key open-source projects like rav1e and FFMS/ffms2, where his work on color metadata, HDR, and content light level handling has improved encoder correctness and interoperability. He also maintains Homebrew formulas for multimedia tooling, bridging developer ergonomics with production needs. Trained in electrical and computer engineering from Politecnico di Torino and the University of Illinois Chicago, he blends deep signal-processing knowledge with pragmatic system design. Colleagues cite his rare combination of low-level codec expertise and product-focused leadership as a force multiplier for video platform quality.
16 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Illinois ChicagoMaster of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Github Skills (27)
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Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
FFMS/ffms2
Aug 2014 - Mar 2019
An FFmpeg based source library and Avisynth/VapourSynth plugin for easy frame accurate access
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 11 commits, 9 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Vittorio focused on improving the FFmpeg-based source library by addressing index errors, optimizing video processing, and adding features. Their contributions include fixing an indexing issue, optimizing video scaling, and adding content light level information. Furthermore, they enhanced HDR metadata handling, including updates for flip operations from the display matrix and exposing color matrix coefficients. These changes indicate a focus on improving video source functionality and metadata handling.
avisynthframevapoursynthvideomultimedia
xiph/rav1e
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
The fastest and safest AV1 encoder.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 16 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Vittorio primarily contributed to the rav1e AV1 encoder by implementing and refining core features. They focused on adding and modifying color-related properties within the encoder configuration and sequence headers, ensuring the correct handling of color descriptions and pixel ranges. They also worked on metadata OBU (Object Bounding Unit) implementation, specifically related to content light level and mastering display information, and made improvements to error handling and input validation. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the encoding process and adding HDR support.
av1-encoderencoderfastestav1
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