Brian Benitez Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Leader on the Data Product team at Disney Streaming Services. Previously, lead product on consumer streaming apps MLB.TV, HBO NOW, NHL.TV, Eurosport, and ESPN+.BAMTECH Media was spun out of MLB Advanced Media in 2017, and was acquired by Disney. BAMTECH Media was re-branded as Disney Streaming Services in July 2018.

Digital product development and audio/video/IT engineering. Select client list: Apple, The Discovery Channel, Motorola, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Bank, TechTV, The Exploratorium, Bill Graham Presents, Broadcast.com, MX Entertainment, StarMedia Broadband, Webcast Solutions, MAP Digital, Chime Interactive, SNP Communications

New York, New York, Us

England, Uk, Us

Product management executive and member of 3-person bankruptcy turnaround team. Reporting to Chief Product Officer, led product management for a global video platform and software company with solutions in OVP, Over the Top TV, video-related mobile and STB applications, DRM, and Digital Signage.

Lead product development for a unique enterprise audio content management SaaS platform that powers both consumer and business web applications. Directly managed team of Product Managers and UI/UX Designers to deliver cutting-edge media applications. Oversaw mobile application product development for iOS and Android devices. Specified and developed product roadmap, software requirements and specifications, wireframes, and user interfaces. Coordinated with engineering, marketing, and sales to align product roadmap and development process to business objectives.

Directed the product development of an enterprise SaaS video syndication and business intelligence/monetization platform used by large media companies. Developed product vision, software roadmap and specifications, and web application UI. Helped implement and manage agile software development processes. Performed competitive market and product/market fit analyses. Developed and tested FFMPEG video encoding recipes.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for directing the development and delivery of enterprise-class SaaS solutions for web video publishing, digital asset management and distribution. Managed engineering projects, and implemented agile software development processes. Owned the company’s flagship CMS product along with other associated publishing systems, and was responsible for software roadmap, requirements gathering/analysis, software specification documents, UI wireframing and workflow. Interfaced with engineering, operations, support, and QA teams to manage the delivery of complex software solutions. Directly managed the QA department and was a key member of senior product and roadmap planning team.

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Designed, tested, and deployed technology solutions for the global multimedia headquarters of large financial firm. Interfaced with broadcast and IT departments to deploy live and on-demand video content in a high volume production environment with critical, highly secure desktop and mobile distribution requirements. Researched and recommended new workflow and technologies for efficient distribution, increased quality, streamlined operations, and cost savings. Managed day-to-day publishing staff and operations. Was responsible for all video publishing and related web pages on corporate intranet.

Founding CTO at Network Syndicate, which produces a popular electronic music web site known as the "Beta Lounge." Produced and executed live webcasts from studios in San Francisco, USA and Hamburg, Germany as well as from many remote field locations worldwide. Was responsible for all technical operations related to audio/video production and Internet delivery systems, as well as UI and web site application development. Directed the development of several iterations of the Beta Lounge web site and CMS tools. Heavily involved in product management, business development, content licensing, artist & repertoire.

Founding CTO at SmashTV, an entertainment and educational technology consultancy. SmashTV’s main emphasis was custom technology integration, web application development, and digital media production. Developed all technology and related business operations. Managed engineers and web application software development projects. Led the design and development of web publishing platforms and web sites for all clients. Managed and produced audio/video webcast productions. Coordinated all technology efforts with senior finance, business, sales, and marketing staff. Clients included Apple, Disney, The Discovery Channel, The Exploratorium, and many others. Involved in project lifecycle from the earliest sales consultations through to solution delivery. I helped sell services, assessed problems and solutions, and defined job scope. Conducted all technical research, and was responsible for the company's internal and client-facing IT infrastructure.

Founding CTO at a streaming media web community startup known as "GiveMeTalk." GiveMeTalk provided its users with the ability to create and webcast their own talk shows, and also to generate and communicate with an audience community - all without needing to have audio engineering or web publishing experience.Responsible for all technology decision-making and development. Managed web application software development, large-scale website/database development and integration, server systems design, and technology vendors. Owned web platform technical specification and user interface. Brought the community webcasting concept full-cycle, including developing the specification and UI for the simplified audio production software, the main company website and publishing platform, as well as the tools for site administrators and content producers. Managed the software development process, and specified and developed the server infrastructure that included large-scale storage systems for media and database as well as high transaction volume, load-balanced servers. Was intimately involved in the roadshow that secured the company's initial $1.5M funding round. Successfully launched website that developed several thousand independent content producers and many thousands of listeners, proving both the technology and the concept.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Lead Media Engineer for the first commercial web site, Hotwired – also formerly known as Wired Digital. Was responsible for all aspects of streaming media production and related web publishing operations. Duties included recording, mixing, editing, and live audio/video broadcast engineering. Interfaced with design, engineering, and editorial production teams to produce high quality web content. Engineered and co-produced many early, high profile live Internet audio and video productions with well-known entities such as U2, Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson, Allen Ginsburg, and others. Designed and built one of the very first dedicated streaming media production and transmission facilities.

Troubleshot Digidesign Pro Tools digital audio workstation systems. Engineered music recording and mix sessions. Performed digital audio editing, processing, mixing, and media library services.

Engineered music recording production sessions. Assisted in broadcast and commercial sound design. Performed digital audio editing, processing, mixing, and mastering. Created and published web pages to put MP3 content online.

Researched, analyzed, and wrote articles for Magellan web directory and “New Riders' Internet Yellow Pages” book.

Researched and wrote articles and reviews for CD-Rom/Internet music site. Administered mainframe-based Interactive Voice Response telephone system that provided music playback and purchasing experience for Rolling Stone magazine.

Berkeley, California, Us

Live sound reinforcement engineering, audio/video systems design, setup and operation.