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Prior to Cornami, Mr. Franz was Vice President of IoT Engineering for Elyven Inc. There his responsibilities included selecting appropriate technologies, defining the architecture, setting strategy, and leading development. Franz has over 26 years of experience as a software engineer and executive manager of development teams, all in the realm of delivering high quality audio/video experiences to consumers. Franz also has experience with internet and embedded software development, 3D and 2D graphics technologies, network architecture design, Internet content delivery, and project management.

Previously, Franz served as Vice President of Engineering at Yesvideo where he developed products and solutions for legacy home content. He also served as Vice President of Engineering at Vidomi where he helped pioneer the market for MPEG-4 / DivX by developing high performance DivX encode and playback software. Additionally, Franz served as Vice President of Technology for Segasoft, where he managed multiple game development teams and assisted in the specification and development of the Sega Saturn game console, Sega 32X game console, and the Sega Dreamcast game console.