Albert Lai Email & Phone Number

I am a technologist at heart, or more accurately, a proud propeller-head. My experience – with companies over a hundred years old or startups almost a hundred days old in the media and e-commerce industries – focuses on a common thread: problem solving when objectives are clear and when there is an abundance of ambiguity. I build and operate innovative digital products for customers, whether individuals or companies. Making an impact, however, means my work is broad and deep, from C-level presentations to internal stakeholders or an auditorium of industry peers – to working on design with software architects – to analyzing data for cost modeling and deriving insights – to reviewing organization design with human resources to empower teams and grow individuals. I have had the opportunity to build companies, teams, and products from concept to realization. Each time, it underscores the principles of establishing clear objectives and defining the key results required to enable the operationalization for scale and success.My work has encompassed product management, building and securing microservices on public cloud infrastructure, application development (web, mobile, devices), digital media (OTT, publishing), data engineering (enterprise MDM, business intelligence, recommendations), and monetization (advertising, subscription, transactional). My roles have spanned executive leadership to individual contribution, from global teams to matrixed organizations.This has given me the opportunity to share and learn from industry peers, from participating in a wide variety of panels and speaking engagements (Advertising Week, Akamai Edge, AWS Media & Entertainment Symposium, Brightcove PLAY, BroadbandTVCon, Connected Sports Conference, CONNECTIONS at CTIA, Content Industry Connect, Devoncroft Executive Summit, Digital Entertainment World, DPP, ESCA Digital, ESCA Digital Europe, Global Entertainment and Media Summit, Google Cloud NEXT, HPA Tech Retreat, IBC Content Everywhere, MMA Innovate, NAB Online Video Conference, NAB Show Super Session, NAB Streaming Summit, NexTV CEO, Next TV Summit, OTTCON, SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, Streaming Media New York, Streaming Media West, TV of Tomorrow Show, Variety's Sports Entertainment Summit) to writing articles and papers (AllThingsD, Boston.com, IP&TV News, Journal of Digital Media Management, Rapid TV Everywhere, Re/code, Streaming Media, SocialTimes, SVG Europe, TechConnect, Techcrunch, VideoInk, Videonet, VideoNuze, VOD Professional, Wired).

Listed skills include Mobile Applications, Product Management, Digital Media, Digital Video, and 23 others.

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  Stanford University

  Computer Science