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Spencer Shanson Email & Phone Number
SVP Architecture
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Paramount
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@pluto.tv
2 phones found area 317 and 111
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Spencer Shanson is listed as SVP Architecture at Paramount, based in Menlo Park, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at pluto.tv, phone signal with area code 317, 111, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Spencer Shanson.
Spencer Shanson previously worked as SVP Product Architecture at Pluto Tv and VP Product Architecture at Pluto Tv. Spencer Shanson holds Bsc, Computer Science from University Of Greenwich.
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I have spent over 30 years building software and hardware solutions for digital television and consumer electronics. After writing my first computer game on a 1KB Sinclair ZX81, I graduated to the Commodore Amiga which led me to join Commodore as a member of the core Amiga team in West Chester, PA in 1990. From there I moved to Silicon Valley in the early 1990s to work for 3DO on their Video-On-Demand trial in Omaha.In 1997 I was recruited as the first employee of ReplayTV, where I architected and built the world's first commercial PVR system. After leaving ReplayTV to start my own consulting business, I joined Netflix to lead their investigation into building an internet streaming consumer device. With Netflix streaming on every connected TV system, I’d say that worked out well!Having experienced the difficulties of developing a compelling User Interface with primitive tools and limited hardware I jumped on the chance to join Adobe to integrate Flash into network connected TV devices in 2007. My experience with Flash sparked a fascination with the idea of a cloud rendering service, prompting me to start my own company, Tooyah, to build out such a system.A year later, I co-founded Net2TV Inc to bring free advertising-supported long-form television programming to Smart TVs and connected devices under the brand name of Portico.tv. Three years later the Net2TV engineering team was recruited by Pluto TV and has been instrumental in growing Pluto TV into the leading Free Ad Supported TV (FAST) product on this planet (and beyond). Pluto TV was acquired by Viacom in March 2019 and I was tasked with building an Architecture team within Pluto TV to oversee Pluto TV's architecture as it grew to >$1B/yr in revenue and roughly 80MM monthly viewers.Viacom then merged with CBS to become ViacomCBS, and was rebranded as Paramount Global in February 2022. In January 2023 the Pluto TV architecture team's responsibility was expanded to include all Paramount Streaming brands of Pluto TV, Paramount+, and the former Viacom brands MTV, Comedy Central, Nickleodeon etc.ReplayTV, Netflix streaming and Net2TV all have one thing in common; I was the first engineer on the project, I architected and developed core parts of the system, and they all went into production.I hold a BSc(Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Greenwich, have won multiple technical awards (Emmys for ReplayTV and Pluto TV) and have contributed to several patents.Specialties: System architecture, software development, consumer electronics, digital video, project management
Listed skills include Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Software Development, System Architecture, and 44 others.
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16 roles · 39 years
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Svp Architecture
CurrentSVP of Architecture in the Paramount Streaming Technology organization, overseeing the architecture of Paramount Streaming brands Pluto TV, Paramount+ and the Viacom brands MTV, Comedy Central, Nickleodeon, Channel 5 etc.
Jan 2023 - Present
Svp Product Architecture
From content ingestion through publishing, video streaming, Ad insertion, infrastructure, APIs, applications and scaling, the PlutoTV Product Architecture team is responsible for the integrity and effectiveness of the PlutoTV product architecture. Large complex systems are built by combining small simple components - we look at the system holistically to.
Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
Vp Product Architecture
Mar 2019 - Oct 2020
Principal Architect
Content ingestion, transcoding, video stitching, DAI, micro services, lambdas, analytics, revenue, dev ops, CDNs, VOD, scale, STBs, Connected TV, mobile, desktop, redundancy, efficiency... Pluto TV is an internet television platform that delivers curated traditional and digital video content via web, mobile and connected TVs. The company launched in spring.
Dec 2015 - Mar 2019
Cofounder, Cto
Net2Tv
Net2TV is bringing a new class of free, advertising-supported television programming to smart TVs and connected devices. Net2TV was established in May 2012 and launched its Portico TV service in December 2012. Portico delivers special-interest channels from leaders in Food, Tech, News, Entertainment and film. Partnering with established media brands.
Feb 2012 - Oct 2015
Founder
Shanson Consulting
Consulting and contract software engineering for consumer electronics.Customers include Palm Inc, and privately held startup Neato Robotics (acquired by Vorwerk, September 2017)
Aug 2007 - Oct 2015
Founder, Cto
Tooyah
Tooyah solves the problem of SmartTV platform fragmentation by providing a single framework for building SmartTV applications. The traditional approach to a fragmented environment has been to build a middleware library that is ported to every possible platform, but that rarely if ever works successfully. Instead, Tooyah takes the view that there's only one.
Feb 2011 - Jun 2012
Senior Computer Scientist
Adopted Adobe’s FlashLite and Air for Smart TVs. Integrated hardware-assisted 2d rendering and audio/video decoding into the Flash pipeline, ensuring that Flash would work on the embedded systems typically found in TV devices.Shipped two generations of Flash for TV on Vizio, Samsung, and LG TVs, and Tivo.
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
Client Software Manager And Lead Engineer
Lead Engineer and Manager of the client-side development of Netflix’s streaming research project. This eventually shipped as the Roku STB, and enabled Netflix to become the dominant OTT player it is today.
Jul 2004 - May 2007
Sys Sw Dev Lead
Software Dev Lead of a team responsible for end-to-end delivery of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data from Server to Set Top Box across a Digital Cable Network.
Aug 2002 - Jul 2004
Cofounder
Techxcellent
CoFounder of TechXcellent, a consulting and contract engineering company specialising in hardware and software for the Consumer Electronics industry.
Jun 2001 - Aug 2002
System Software Architect
Founding employee and System Software Architect at ReplayTV. Designed and developed much of the system software of the world's first Personal Video Recorder. Lead the System Software team.
Aug 1997 - Jun 2001
Senior Software Engineer
Developed System Software for multiple variations and generations of the 3DO hardware platform.
Sep 1993 - Aug 1997
Senior Software Engineer
Member of Commodore's Amiga OS team, responsible for the graphics and video subsystem.
Aug 1990 - Sep 1993
Software Engineer
Argonaut Software
1987 - 1988
~1 yr
2 education records
Spencer Shanson education
Bsc, Computer Science
University Of Greenwich
Education record
Haberdashers' Boys' School
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What company does Spencer Shanson work for?
Spencer Shanson works for Paramount.
What is Spencer Shanson's role at Paramount?
Spencer Shanson is listed as SVP Architecture at Paramount.
What is Spencer Shanson's email address?
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @pluto.tv for Spencer Shanson at Paramount.
What is Spencer Shanson's phone number?
AeroLeads has found 2 phone signal(s) with area code 317, 111 for Spencer Shanson at Paramount.
Where is Spencer Shanson based?
Spencer Shanson is based in Menlo Park, California, United States while working with Paramount.
What companies has Spencer Shanson worked for?
Spencer Shanson has worked for Paramount, Pluto Tv, Net2Tv, Shanson Consulting, and Tooyah.
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What schools did Spencer Shanson attend?
Spencer Shanson holds Bsc, Computer Science from University Of Greenwich.
What skills is Spencer Shanson known for?
Spencer Shanson is listed with skills including Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Software Development, System Architecture, Start Ups, Digital Tv, Cloud Computing, and Streaming Media.
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