About

Akilayyappan Ravindran is a highly skilled Senior Engineer at Qualcomm with over 4 years of industry experience in product development and video compression. He has a strong background in software development, having worked on projects from scratch and optimized encoder performance through the design of sophisticated low-level assembly codes and writing Intel Intrinsic SIMD instructions. Akilayyappan has also developed efficient algorithms and designs and actively contributed to the open-source project x265, a leading H.265/HEVC video encoder application library. As a team player, Akilayyappan is known for his amicable nature and diligent learning attitude. He is passionate about coding and always seeks to brainstorm and solve challenging problems. He has experience in project management, problem-solving, and analytical decision-making, with interests in management, development, and learning. Akilayyappan's previous experience includes working as a Senior Software Engineer at Multicoreware, where he actively contributed to the x266 Versatile Video Coding (VVC) encoder, a successor to the gold standard x265 HEVC encoder. He also worked as a Software Engineer Intern at Multicoreware, where he gained extensive training in HEVC - x265 Codec and worked as a Video Engineer, specializing in HEVC Tools and Libraries, Code analysis, and Video compression standards. During his internship, he worked on project EPZS (Enhanced Predictive Zonal Search) in x265 for efficient and productive motion estimation. Akilayyappan holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, where he graduated in 2018. He also completed his secondary education in Computer Science at Infant Jesus Matriculation Higher Secondary School in 2012. Akilayyappan's technical skills include Software Engineering and Search, and he has relevant experience of 4.70 years.