Wolfgang Schildbach
Director, Standards at Dolby Laboratories
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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SeniorWolfgang Schildbach is a standards-focused technology leader with 15 years of experience shaping broadcast and audio/video codec ecosystems, currently serving as Director, Standards at Dolby Laboratories in Nuremberg. He progressed through roles in broadcast technology and systems engineering at Dolby and its predecessors, combining deep engineering roots from Fraunhofer IIS and Coding Technologies with strategic leadership. Known for creative thinking and ab initio problem solving, he translates complex technical requirements into interoperable standards and practical engineering roadmaps. His career blends hands-on codec and systems expertise with cross-organizational standards advocacy, often working at the intersection of research, product, and industry consortia. An understated strength is his continuity of impact—leading the same technology domain through company transitions while steadily broadening influence from engineering delivery to industry-wide standardization.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
German, English
Github Skills (45)
mss10
drm10
javascript10
hbbtv10
smooth-streaming10
mpeg10
mse10
playback10
html5-video10
webrtc10
mpeg-dash10
eme10
ietf9
wave8
chartjs8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
wschidol/DASH-IF-Conformance
Jun 2022 - Feb 2025
This repository provides the source code for MPEG-DASH/DASH-IF Conformance Software/Validator. It has been extended according to further standards, such as CMAF, DVB-DASH, HbbTV, and CTA WAVE.
Contributions:9 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 8 months
garminhls-streamctadashcmaf
Dash-Industry-Forum/DASH
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:4 reviews, 13 commits, 2 PRs in 3 months
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