Ranjit Tulabandu is a Senior Principal Engineer at Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd, with a career spanning over 17 years, primarily focused on video and image codec development aimed at enhancing user experience and addressing server/client-side challenges for OTT and real-time applications. Ranjit has extensive experience in leveraging machine learning algorithms to optimize codecs and has contributed to significant advancements in the VP9 and AV1 encoders. Beginning with a foundational role in the design and implementation of multimedia encoders and decoders, Ranjit has progressed through various technical positions, consistently improving quality and performance in video processing. Ranjit holds an M.E. in Signal Processing from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Calicut. Prior experience includes an Applications Engineer role at Oracle India, focusing on software product development.