Summary
Yoshiharu Dewa is a seasoned broadcast and multimedia engineer with over 30 years of experience designing consumer electronics platforms and standardizing interactive multimedia formats. He has led TV R&D teams and driven application distribution strategies for hybrid broadcast systems (Hybridcast, HbbTV, ATSC 3.0), combining deep technical expertise in codec and middleware development with hands-on implementation from his early work on MHEG and BD-J. A frequent contributor to international SDOs (ARIB, DVB, W3C, ATSC, IPTV Forum), he bridges research, industry practice, and policy—often shaping specs that enable internet-enabled television services. His career spans industry leaders and academia, including long tenures at Sony and LG Japan Lab and recent research appointment at Hokkaido University, reflecting a rare mix of product delivery, standards leadership, and academic rigor. Not obviously apparent from his CV, he also designs workshops and programs, signaling a talent for translating complex technical topics into teachable, practical formats.
10 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Certification of the program, Workshop design, Certification of the program, Workshop design at Aoyama Gakuin University
Master’s Degree, Information Engineering, Master’s Degree, Information Engineering at Hokkaido University
English, Japanese