Phone: (514) 934-5543 ∙ Email: rachad_alao@yahoo.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
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High-tech executive
with a strong background
in embedded Consumer Electronic
device technologies
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Outstanding knowledge of
Digital TV Set Top Box (STB), Mobile
phone and Networking technologies.
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Excellent knowledge of embedded Flash® and HTML5 engines.
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10+ years of international
technical leadership experience (US
Silicon Valley, Canada and France).
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Inventor of several patents
(encryption, communication protocol, communication gateway, etc.)
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
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Chief Technology Officer at
Bluestreak Technology (Montreal, Canada) |
since May 2010 |
Bluestreak Technology is a leading
Flash® and HTML5 based UI Engine and Application Frameworks vendor
for embedded Consumer Electronics devices (Set Top Boxes, Mobile Phones, Digital
TVs, Tablets, etc.).
Responsibilities include:
Achievements include:
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Various Senior Management positions at Bluestreak Technology |
September 2004 April 2010 |
Positions included VP Engineering (
Responsibilities included:
Achievements included:
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MTS at
TiVo (Silicon Valley, California), owner and CTO at Voodoo Tech |
May 2003 to August 2004 |
TiVo is a world leading company in Personal
Video Recorder systems.
Voodoo Technologies is a software development and consulting firm I
founded.
Achievements included:
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Software Architect at
OpenTV US (Silicon Valley, California) |
January 1999 to April 2003 |
OpenTV is a world leading company
in Digital Interactive TV software.
Achievements included:
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Software Engineer at OpenTV Europe ( |
August 1998 to December 1998 |
Achievements included:
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Academic Experience |
November 1995 to July 1998 |
Achievements included:
EDUCATION:
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Telecom Paris (Paris, France) – a “French Ivy League” School (Grande Ecole) |
September 1995 to July 1998 |
Master in Telecommunication Engineering
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"Mathématiques Supérieures /
Mathématiques Spéciales" |
September 1993 to July 1995 |
National Preparatory Class Program emphasizing Mathematics and
Physics. This is an elite undergraduate program leading to competitive
examinations for admission to French graduate-level engineering institutes
("Grandes Ecoles", i.e. “French Ivy League” schools).
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
PATENTS:
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Digital television application protocol for interactive television |
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Digital television application protocol for interactive television |
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