Sumit Agarwal

• Led a 50+ member engineering team in designing and operating large-scale distributed applications serving millions of users across platforms.
• Delivered high-performance systems ensuring scalability, uptime, and reliability.
• Defined and executed engineering roadmaps, improving system resiliency and operational
efficiency.
• Established standard operating procedures, RCA practices, and risk management strategies to
maintain service reliability.
• Drove adoption of cloud-native architectures and optimized compute resources, reducing
infrastructure costs.
• Partnered with product and business teams to align engineering initiatives with growth
objectives.

• Led and managed cross-regional teams in developing the next-generation video player for SlingTV on Smart TVs (LG, Samsung, Vizio), Xbox, Browsers, iOS, Android
• Enhanced streaming performance index by 10% with the implementation of server-side ads.
• Delivered server side ad insertion across platforms resulting in better monetization and improved QoS by 15%.
• Led initiatives that improved start times by 40% and reduced rebuffering by 30% on Smart TV platforms.

• Led development team of 8 engineers working on next generation Adaptive Player for SlingTv on Roku, Android, Mac, iOS, and AppleTV.
• Redesigned and delivered new Roku app with BrightScript and Roku SceneGraph architecture
• Designed and wrote crucial video streaming features: Client-side Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI), Analytics Notifications, HLS/DASH player implementation
  

• Worked on various projects involving Intelligent Networks service implementations for European telecom operators.

• Directed team of around 40 engineering staff managing development of next gen video player on STBs (Roku, amazon fire), iOS, Android
• Led effort to deploy new player architecture across all of Sling platforms.
• Adobe, Nielsen, Comscore, Conviva analytics integration for compliance
• Oversaw initiatives devoted to improving customer experience, overall video quality and reducing churn.
• Increased revenue with ad insertion opportunities enhancement