Eric Boyd Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

Product leader for the integration point between backend services and customer-facing video players in the Prime Video application live on millions of devices world-wide. Manages the end-to-end flow from when customers press play until their playback session is complete. The product ensures high-quality and availability for every playback session based on the customer's device, geolocation, and entitlement. It adapts to network conditions by monitoring available capacity to bring millions of concurrent streams to customers reliably across CDNs, ISPs, mobile networks, and home networks. Manages the offering to be extensible for internal organizations to build their own video experiences decoupled from the core Prime use cases.

Seattle, Washington, Us

New York, Us

New York, Us

New York, Us

Developers are the secret to our success. Millions of them around the world use JW software and APIs to create unique, engaging video experiences for their audiences. As the Head of Developer Programs I am working to connect these developers to our team of engineers and product managers by building out a robust developer experience and community. Interested in learning more about online video and the New York Video Tech scene? Don't hesitate to reach out!

New York, Us

Product managing the web video player JW Player, the flagship product of the company. Contributing to online video advertising standards and building out the most widely used video player on the web.

New York, Us

Product Manager for the JW Player.

New York, Ny, Us

Adjunct Lecturer for Digital Video and Multimedia.This course introduces students to the technology of digital video and multimedia with special emphasis on the web and mobile web. Topics covered include: digital representation of video, streaming video formats, video and graphics compression. Practical laboratory exercises include working with HTML and JavaScript.Created curriculum, learning objectives, and all assessments.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Enhanced a suite of learning tools that allowed students from all over the world to obtain a graduate degree online from a selection of premier institutions.Tasks and accomplishments included: • Responsible for gathering requirements, writing user stories, and creating wireframes. I am an Omnigraffle fiend.• Set up best practices for documentation, communication, and JIRA workflows.• Product Owner for an iOS and Android mobile app that allowed users to access course materials and attend live courses anywhere with an internet connection.• Product Owner for a Moodle LMS, a Drupal based CMS, and a Python and MongoDB based HTML5 college admissions application system.• Drove the strategy and vision behind an interactive lecture tool that promoted content consumption while being able to socially interact amongst peers.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Led a cross-functional team to develop, implement, and sell a new product that increased revenue and developed new business relationships.• Partnered with the team to formulate product and marketing strategies based on market segmentation and targeting.• Owned all aspects of custom products; managed P&L margins, created marketing materials, and fostered relationships.• Created a revenue model based on the cost of goods, direct labor, and overhead. • Scheduled and prioritized multiple projects based on available resources, business impact, and customer needs. • Conceptualized the product design and functionality for multiple projects that enhanced the application. Routinely built prototypes of new products with HTML and CSS, resulting in an easier way to demo products to both internal and external stakeholders. • Provided weekly updates to the executive board on the progress of high-profile projects. • Conducted presentations at national sales and marketing conferences, increasing the visibility of new products and furthering the companies knowledge of market needs.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Managed a team of supervisors, programmers, and content authors. Established yearly goals for all supervised employees and held quarterly reviews to ensure goals were being met. Identified talent and fostered a productive and efficient work environment.• Partnered with editorial stakeholders to own development initiatives that affected the editorial department. This helped strive to the creation of products with an increased awareness of market and customer needs.• Instituted Agile practices in the coding of textbook questions, resulting in increased efficiency and improved team morale.• Owned the creation of an internal tool that increased the efficiency and future manageability of a product by reducing the work required by 50%.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Maintained budgets, schedules, and communication with business partners to successfully deliver 20 products to the market.• Conducted interviews with costumers, analyzed competitor products, and delivered reports to a cross-functional team.• Led a team of designers, engineers, and subject-matter experts to analyze the customer needs of a product that was failing usability testing. Created a new product that solved customer needs and enhanced the user experience.• Expanded a supervisory role to multiple teams, totaling 15 programmers.

Geneseo, Ny, Us

Taught an introductory astronomy lab for four semesters.