Andreas Schuler

Experienced Software Architect and Entrepreneur

Palatine, Illinois, United States

About

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with over twenty years of experience in medical systems, internet video streaming applications and eCommerce automation and customer experience solutions. Internet video streaming experience includes architecting a low-latency, performance-centric streaming engine and native SDKs for mobile platforms; working with various media codecs, platform specific rendering and capturing APIs, and transport protocols. Experience in eCommerce automation and solutions includes inventory and catalog management as well as Patent Pending product color search technology. Experience in medical systems industry includes digital signal processing, parallel computing and image reconstruction. Experience in all phases of product development: requirements, architecture, design, integration, and validation. Research experience includes collaboration with industry in developing theoretical models and algorithms utilized in industry applications and resulting in technical publications and intellectual property. Management experience includes planning, reporting status, identifying and minimizing risk, executing according to established plans, schedules, and estimates thereby effectively delivering a quality product within budget. Computer skills span over several operating systems, programming languages, and simulation tools. Specialties: Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS, Android Programming Languages: C++(11), Java, Objective-C, Swift, C# Tools, Applications & Frameworks: XCode, Visual Studio, Android Studio Configuration Management & Tracking Tools: Git, Gerrit, YouTrack

Experience

  • ULL Streaming Architect at Stats Perform
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • Phenix Real Time Solutions (10 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior Principal Architect
      Jan 2022 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Architects the real-time streaming engine and native SDKs, emphasizing performance-centric designs, such as the thread-local reactor pattern. Focuses on creating low-latency architectures that prioritize media processing efficiency and network throughput. Designs scalable media routing solutions to minimize latency and packet loss, optimizing media quality under high load. Co-invented, designed and implemented a mechanism allowing for real-time distribution of DRM protected content over WebRTC. This resulted in the submission of a patent application with the USPTO. Architected streaming engine feature allowing for splicing of viewer specific secondary content (e.g. ads) into a multi-bitrate stream in real-time.

    • Lead Software Engineer
      Dec 2014 - Mar 2022 · 7 yrs 4 mos

      Responsible for design and implementation of multi-platform end-to-end media capture, processing and rendering pipeline in C++. Designed audio and video drivers for iOS, tvOS, and macOS that include advanced processing capabilities such as echo cancellation. Built interactive multi-party video chat application for iOS leveraging the Phenix SDK and Swift 3. Development experience includes various platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, tvOS, and Android. Gained deep knowledge of iOS frameworks such as CoreAudio and AVFoundation. Internship mentor.

  • Co-Founder and Partner at 75 Trading
    Jan 2011 - May 2016 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    75 Trading builds eCommerce solutions to improve the experience for customers shopping for products by color. Head of technology, as well as leading the charge in Strategy and Business Development. Built inventory and catalog automation software to interface with Amazon and Rakuten marketplaces as well as the Volusion API. Built solution to automatically monitor MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) among competitors selling the same products ensuring more wide spread compliance. Invented and helped build a prototype product search engine enabling searching for products by color (as opposed to clicking on broad color bins, such as 'red', 'green', 'blue'). Refined color technology, built and released ShowMeTheColors Widget. Widget works as a zero impact add-on on retail sites, enabling its customers to physically view the closest actual product color(s) through more familiar and easily obtained color collection swatches (e.g. Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore...) before deciding on a purchase Lead inventor on 5 filed utility patents.

  • Co-founder and CTO at Dosensio, Inc.
    Sep 2008 - Aug 2011 · 3 yrs

    Dosensio's aim is to simplify enterprise content management and let users interact with documents stored for instance in Microsoft SharePoint through the Windows File Explorer using their favorite applications. Our aim was to implement our solution in Java to remain as platform agnostic as possible. I was responsible for building an interface enabling our software to appear as a local hard drive, so documents and folders from the cloud could be projected as if they were local. A first implementation involved a user-mode driver framework along with JNI to implement the various system calls in Java. A second more stable version used the Alfresco SMB driver, entirely implemented in Java. We became members of the Microsoft BizSpark program, in consideration for the elite BizSpark One.

  • Chief Technology Officer at Neokast LLC
    Nov 2006 - Aug 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Architected, designed and implemented audio-video capturing and rendering framework for peer-to-peer video streaming platform independent of native multi-media system. Led porting efforts of .NET C# based web browser client to C++ reducing installation and load times, minimizing CPU and memory usage, eliminating the need for .NET framework improving portability. Designed and implemented diagnostics system that included automated data collection and statistical analysis of errors significantly reducing defect resolution times. Demonstrated streaming solution to investors and customers. Consulted clients in understanding their business needs, setting up and installing the streaming solution, and troubleshooting issues. Contributed to strategic planning and roadmaps and identified business opportunities, which helped bringing an emerging technology to market with an exit plan to a Fortune 100 company. Managed and mentored senior engineers ensuring timely task completion.