Ian Trow

Ian Trow
Senior Director Emerging Technology & Strategy
Harmonic

Ian Trow has worldwide responsibility for emerging technology and strategy for Harmonic worldwide. This currently includes:

High Efficiency Video Coding
4K
High Dynamic Range / Wide Color Gamut
Targeted Advertising
Software & Cloud Based Solutions
Video Quality Optimisation
Hacking, Piracy & Security.

He has over 25 years of systems and design experience in High Definition and MPEG video products. Ian’s previous roles to Harmonic were at Thomson (Director of Compression Technology) and Envivio (VP of Technology & Marketing).

Ian was at Tandberg Television for 9 years, as Engineering Group Manager working on MPEG-2 broadcast encoders, and later moving to become Segment and Product Manager with responsibility for satellite, terrestrial, and IP delivery of compressed material. Before Tandberg, he was a design engineer at Snell & Wilcox and Sony Broadcast.

Ian obtained a B.Sc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Sussex is Cisco CCNP & CCDP qualified and currently studying for CEH (Certified Ethical Hacking) certification.