Stephan Höfel

Stephan Hesse is a Senior Software Engineer at Apple, specializing in 3rd Party-Platforms (3PP) for TV+ and Music streaming since June 2024. Previously, Stephan served as Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer at nanocosmos, contributing to the development of an ultra-low-latency video delivery network platform from November 2022 to April 2024. As the Founder and Associate Engineering Consultant at EMLiRI, Stephan worked on open-source multimedia solutions from January 2017 to April 2024. Additional experience includes roles as a Research and Development Engineer at Haivision focusing on SRT protocol solutions, Innovation Consultant at Livery Video developing encryption systems for live streams, and Software Development Consultant at ProSiebenSat.1 Digital GmbH. Earlier in the career, Stephan held positions with why do birds as a Senior Software Developer, YouView TV Limited as an Embedded System Developer, Streamroot as a Software Development Consultant, and SoundCloud as a Playback Team Engineer. Stephan holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from EPFL and a Vordiplom in Electrical Engineering and IT from ETH Zürich.