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Abstract:
Dr. Russ Muzzolini is Vice President of Imaging and Rendering and is responsible for defining Shutterfly’s imaging strategy, along with leading the solution architecture and implementation teams. Russ has been with Shutterfly for more than 11 years and has played a key role in developing Shutterfly’s imaging pipeline including Shutterfly’s print production systems, imaging features and industry standard tools for commercial applications.
During his tenure at Shutterfly, Russ has been a thought leader in the areas of computer graphics, digital imaging, and product imagery software development. He holds 10 patents for algorithms, software and systems developed in these areas. Prior to joining Shutterfly, Russ worked at Silicon Graphics, designing and developing specialized digital workflows for postproduction companies in the movie industry.
Besides providing technological expertise, Dr. Muzzolini also had to provide entrepreneurial leadership. His company emerged successfully from significant challenges, including the dotcom bust and tech downturn. In his talk, he will use the backdrop of Shutterfly to present some of the practical lessons he learned about software development from both a technical and business perspective.
Russ was born and raised in Saskatoon. He graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada in 1996.
Details:
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Room 271, Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan
PG Sorenson Distinguished Graduate Lecture Series: http://www.cs.usask.ca/research/Lecture%20Series/research_lec_pg_sorenson.php
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