Bhanu Srikanth

As the CEO of Jargon, Bhanu is responsible for account management, business development, and overall strategy of the company. Through five and half years of strategic growth and satisfied customers, Bhanu has had the priveledge of working with Studio, Creative, and Authoring partners to deliver entertainment in exciting new ways on a medium used by millions of people. Most importantly, she is also the Chief Culture Officer, and ensures that all talent hired can support Jargon's vigorous coding standards and robust delivery methodologies.

Bhanu has over 15 years experience in software design and development. She transitioned into media technology in early 2002 when she joined Panasonic Hollywood Laboratories (PHL). At PHL, as part of the core R&D team that developed and evolved the Blu-ray™ format, she was involved in various aspects of Blu-ray™ technology; starting from pre-conception of the format through format standardization, building authoring tools and developing some of the early BD-Java & BD-Live™ titles. Bhanu spearheaded PHL's Blu-ray™ authoring group during the startup phase of the Blu-ray production, hiring & training staff, defining technical standards for asset delivery, authoring/programming & QC, and interfacing with creative, encryptors, replicators and player companies on title production matters. She also serves as a faculty at Javelin's HDTC, and co-developed targeted curriculum for various entities in Blu-ray™ Production chains to help them transition from DVD to Blu-ray™. She has conducted numerous training seminars for studios, producers, authors/programmers for Javelin. Bhanu holds a B.Sc in Physics and an Masters in Computer Science(MCA) from University of Delhi and University of Hyderabad in India.