Daniel O’Callaghan, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Verizon
Dan has been doing digital video before it was cool. In 1989 Dan was the Vice president of Technology for SkyPix Corporation, an early direct to home satellite service that pioneered digital video compression.
In 1993 Dan joined Bell Atlantic as a Director and was a technical lead for the Stargazer system that provided video on demand (VOD) over ADSL connections.Following Stargazer he was also a technical lead in the Tele-TV joint venture formed by Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and Pacific Bell.
Most recently Dan was the architect for the Verizon video service known as FiOS TV which is delivered via their Fiber To The Premise deployment.
Dan has been doing digital video before it was cool. In 1989 Dan was the Vice president of Technology for SkyPix Corporation, an early direct to home satellite service that pioneered digital video compression.