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Dr. Apple's professional experience includes many different areas in the Telephone, Aerospace, Broadcast, and Personal Computer industries. He has been involved in digital communications, video compression, satellites, and computers for many years. After receiving his BSEE at the University of Arkansas and while completing his PhD at Purdue and working on a NASA research contract, he designed and lead a team to build the first transform codec (predecessor to the MPEG II codecs which make today's digital TV systems possible). While at Bell Laboratories, he was one of the designers of the first interframe video codec designed for commercial use. At North Electric he headed up a group which developed transmission and synchronization systems for one of the first digital telephone switching systems. At TRW, Dr. Apple was involved in many digital communication system projects including several satellites, modems, and data compression systems. He was the Systems Engineer for a major part of
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- • 1 investors hold the President and Executive Officer role in VCSift. Gordon Apple is one of them.
- • 61 investors are based in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
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