Ariff Sidi is a media and technology professional with 14 years experience in Internet and digital media. He has authored ten patents, holds an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy, and has authored an academic paper on digital media in the television industry to be published in 2010. Ariff is also a regular speaker at industry and academic conferences. He currently works in digital media for The Walt Disney Company where he has had a broad range of leadership responsibilities in both operational and commercial roles.
Ariff's contributions include ABC.com's "Full Episode Player," the industry's first Internet television platform where Ariff developed the software architecture, many product features, and operational processes that underpin ABC's online video distribution business. Many of these innovations have helped define industry standards for Internet television and advertising. Ariff has also developed expertise at other Fortune 500 companies, like Qualcomm, and high-technology startups. Today, Ariff is working on new interactive television initiatives for European television markets.
Ariff has a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.