Rick Kern is a highly experienced Senior Video Software Engineer currently at Pinterest since November 2021, with a significant background in video technology and real-time communications. As a contributor to FFmpeg, Rick Kern has played a critical role in enhancing hardware H.264 encoding for both iOS and OS X. Previously, Rick Kern served as a Senior Video Software Engineer at Phenix Real Time Solutions, focusing on software development for MPEG-TS, SDI, and SRT ingest into real-time CDNs. Founding 8 Birds Video, Rick Kern developed mobile real-time communications applications that reduced latency. Other notable positions include Video Engineer roles at Verizon and Flipagram, where Rick Kern architected media pipelines and applications utilizing GPU acceleration. Rick Kern's education includes a B.S. in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics from Wilkes University, and is currently pursuing an MBA from the same institution.
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