Cobalt hires John Snow as senior FPGA software engineer manager
Published: WORLD
WORLD: Broadcast television equipment manufacturer, Cobalt Digital, has announced the appointment of John Snow as senior FPGA software engineer manager, as well as the promotion of Jesse Foster to director of product and business development. Serving the company’s embedded engineering team, Mr Snow joins the company from Xilinx, where he served as a video connectivity architect for more than 14 years.
‘As Cobalt continues to innovate in the broadcast market, John's experience working on leading technologies for Xilinx and his contributions to SMPTE standards will play a pivotal role as we expand into new territories,’ said Ryan Wallenberg, Cobalt's director of engineering. ‘I'm excited to have John join the team.’
At Xilinx, Mr Snow was responsible for implementing video interfaces including UHD-SDI, SDI, and HDMI into Xilinx FPGAs. Prior to Xilinx, he was director of engineering at Evans & Sutherland, where he was involved in real-time computer graphics for flight simulation. He has been an active member of the SMPTE standards community for many years and currently serves as chair of the SMPTE 32NF committee overseeing development of video connectivity standards for the broadcast industry. He is a senior member of the IEEE, holds two US patents, and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University.
‘John is an outstanding professional who brings an impressive background in broadcasting and video technology to Cobalt,’ added Cobalt’s executive vice president of sales and marketing, Bob McAlpine. ‘His presence, together with Jesse's promotion, will allow us to add greater depth and technical oversight to our product development. John has tremendous credentials in the realm of FPGAs for broadcast and video applications.’