Steve Braverman

Experience

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  Brave Music

  Jan 1997 - now

  Owner

  Pro Tools based studio for music, sound design, voice over, sound cues, live recordings, etc.

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  The Digital Difference, Inc.

  Oct 2006 - Jan 2011

  Lead Technician

  Lead Audio TechnicianConfigure and maintain audio & video editing systems for feature film stages, in the Los Angeles area.Clients included: SONY, WB, Paramount, FOX and various Visual FX houses.Maintain all editing system computers and disk images.Tech Support for in-house clients.

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  Avid Technology

  Apr 2011 - Jan 2019

  Software QA Engineer

  QA for Pro Tools software and hardware, the industry standard digital audio workstation.Flagship AVID HDX DSP PCI-e card testing throughout EVT, DVT and PVT phases. Pro Tools cloud collaboration and storage. Re-designed low latency engine for recording and playback.Test planning strategies for beta & public releases.

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  Oculus VR

  Mar 2019 - Dec 2023

  QA Engineer

  Member of exclusive 5-person Platinum QA team tasked with testing top priority features for Quest VR headsets, which have sold over 20m units.EVT, DVT and PVT phase testing for Quest v1, 2 & 3 features, including:Hand, Eye, Face and Body tracking features.Avatar testing for Facebook Messenger and Horizon Worlds.3rd party apps and game testing.Audio SDK testing for the FB360-Spatialiser plugin, utilizing Unity, FMOD, and Pro Tools apps. Test planning strategies to meet monthly public releases. Show less