Philippe LAFFONT

En résumé

Entreprises

• STMicroelectronics - Software Design Principal Engineer

  2013 - maintenant * Ensured company was within industry standards by attending worldwide committee meetings related to video compression standards (MPEG SC29 and JCT-VC), picture quality improvement (HDR) and broadcasting (DVB)
  * Analyzed SW and HW impacts on ST products.

• STMicroelectronics - Managed VideoIPs Architecture Team

  2007 - 2013 3 HW and 2 SW architects
  Team objectives:
  * Specification of a new scalable HW architecture and a new embedded SW architecture for ST UHD real time multi standards Video Decoders IP (Xp70 micros)
  * Implementation of HEVC, VP9, H264 video standards

• STMicroelectronics - Managed VideoIPs Software Team

  2003 - 2007 Team objectives:
  * Specification of an embedded software architecture for a new generation of ST HW HD-video decoders IPs (dedicated VLIW processor and hw accelerators)
  * Firmware development for broadcast video standards (H264/MPEG4 part10, MPEG2, VC1...) ;
  * Code optimization to match real time constraints ;
  * Defined a codec agnostic API allowing the control of the decoder in the same way for all standards.

• STMicroelectronics - SW Architect

  1999 - 2003 Team objectives:
  * Specification of a complete software architecture and its associated API for ST-Based SetTopBox aiming to facilitate the implementation of customers' applications and or commercial middleware (OpenTV...)
  * Responsible for graphic and video decoding related drivers (specification and development)

• STMicroelectronics - Field Application Engineer

  1997 - 1999 * Worldwide technical support for STM MPEG-2 video decoder IPs. Development and improvement of reference software and firmware

• GETRIS Images, Manufacturer of professional real-time 2D/3D video and graphics systems for post-prod - Embedded Software Engineer

  1993 - 1996 * Developed firmware for a digital RAM-Disk ;
  * Specified the firmware architecture of the world first real-time true 3D video effects generator on live videos (multi DSP-processors architecture).

Formations

• Université De Savoie Mont Blanc

  Chambéry - Le Bourget-Du-Lac 1996 - 1997 DEA (Master) master in applied mathematics and computer science
  
  o_-Maitrise (Bachelor) IT Management (1990 Université Claude Bernard Lyon)
  o- BTS (Associate Degree)Data Processing (1985 Baronnat Grenoble)
  

Réseau

• Audrey MINAKOVA

• Céline TEPPOZ

• David-Alexandre CHANEL

• François LAFFONT

• Michel BRUANT

• Morard-Lacroix GILLES

• Rebecca RICHARD

• Thierry BIDAULT