Alexander Adolf received a Dipl.-Ing. (FH) degree in Data and Information Technology from the Georg-Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg (Germany) in 1995. After developing GSM terminals for Nortel, he entered the digital media industry in 1996 and joined BetaResearch as a Senior Software Developer. For BetaResearch, he helped in the commercial launch and operation of Premiere, the first digital pay-TV operator in the German speaking countries. In 1997, he joined the DVB TM-GBS technical experts group, which he is chairing since 2000. Since 2001 he is with Micronas, a chip manufacturer supplying the CE industry, and is heading the team for middleware and application software stacks. Mr. Adolf is a member of the Association of Engineers in Germany (VDI).