Telegamez

I’m creating Telegamez to fuse casual game nights with live sports and mainstream entertainment, all in a real-time AI-driven social platform. My goal is to connect people across the globe, reducing isolation and depression through interactive experiences. Telegamez will feature collaborative experiences that leverage skill-based wagering, sponsorship promotion, and microtransactions via an add-on marketplace.

On the tech side, I’m leveraging PyTorch, Python, Docker, Next.js/React, Nginx, Redis, Postgres, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuned LLMs, WebSockets, APIs, and agentic frameworks. Passionate about building innovative experiences that bridge the gap between gaming, sports, and community—because entertainment should bring us all closer together.

Founder / Partner

MediaKind

• Led product strategy and development for a media workflow SaaS platform, managing a team of 5 Product Directors and collaborating with the COO, CTO, VPs of Engineering, Solution Architects, Business Development, Sales, and Client Success teams.
• Spearheaded the launch of workflow solutions with the National Basketball Association (NBA), working closely with NBA operations and video teams to deliver a solution that contributed to acquiring x million paid subscribers and generating $xx million in revenue.
• Implemented OKR and planning frameworks company-wide, establishing 3–5-year long-range plans, strategic pillars, tenets, and metrics-based sprint and feature planning processes.
• Partnered with key clients such as NBA, DAZN, Comcast, and DIRECTV, delivering tailored solutions to meet their business needs.
• Reduced cost of goods sold by 28% through global cloud infrastructure optimization, eliminating redundancies, enabling multi-tenancy, and pre-integrating third-party components.

Sr. Director Product Management

Amazon

• Spearheaded SaaS live event technology solutions, driving scalability and reliability for live sports production and streaming services.
• Drove the Network Operations Product Roadmap, with a focus on live event technology, operations, and strategic technology partnerships.
• Led the MVP and product strategy for Prime Video’s 5G Multicast Strategic Initiative, collaborating with technology partners, engineering, and operations to deliver next-gen 5G streaming at scale.
• Deployed the SYE platform on AWS Edge Compute for NFL's Thursday Night Football, enabling low-latency synchronized HD streaming.
• Piloted Verizon's 5G low-latency video experience for Super Bowl, enhancing in-venue video experiences in North America.
• Served as the lead for live streaming events across NFL, UEFA, WNBA, PGA, EPL, MLS, WTA, MLB, and Ligue 1 streaming events.

Sr. Consultant / Product Manager  - Technology Partnerships - Amazon Prime Video

Source Digital

• Led the development and growth of the ACR and Shoppable Video product lines, driving innovation landing 5 customers upon launch.
• Increased Universal Studios' digital sales by 19% through the successful deployment of Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology.
• Drove market expansion by enhancing platform capabilities, integrating with e-commerce and social media platforms, and developing strategic partnerships, contributing to significant product adoption and market leadership.

VP Product Management & Development

AerNow

• Led the product development for AerNow, creating 5G-enabled Live Video and On-Demand solutions for B2B and B2C markets.
• Developed a Low Latency Video solution for NASCAR, elevating fan experiences and increasing audience engagement.
• Developed digital experiences that increased average session durations for our customers by 33% and improved customer retention by 50%.

VP Product Development

Verizon

• Led product management in driving strategic initiatives, developing a data-driven business plan that facilitated the acquisitions of Edgcast and Uplynk, enhancing market share and achieving feature parity with competitors.
• Streamlined and migrated customers to the new platform, resulting in operational efficiencies with a 20% reduction in operating costs.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with sales, product, and engineering teams to achieve successful launches, and high user adoption rates.
• Utilized data-driven decision-making to track performance, refine marketing strategies, and drive measurable growth.

Sr. Consultant Product Management / Product Development

AT&T

• Oversaw product ownership for AT&T's media SaaS platform, while implementing an Agile development methodology within AT&T.
• Collaborated with a team of four product managers to manage a portfolio that included Streaming, Caching, Analytics, Storage, and Security.
• Launched SHO and HBO streaming services on U-Verse, resulting in over x million new subscribers to our platform.
• Led an initiative to replace the existing appliance based platform by licensing the Edgecast, which reduced operating costs by 25%.

Director Product Management - Digital Media Services

Level 3 Communications

• Launched a new CDN business offering content delivery solutions for video streaming, storage, and security services, delivering end-to-end media solutions for clients such as Disney, NBC, and Comcast.
• Delivered and monetized the industry's first online feature film with Disney’s Summer Movie Series, driving over $x million in revenue and setting a new standard for online feature-length content distribution.
• Launched new products, forming strategic partnerships with leading technology and media companies, resulting in a 9% revenue increase.

Director Digital Media Solutions

ClickStar

• Head of Product for Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment & Intel's pioneering digital "Day and Date Release" movie service.
• Developed an Electronic Sell Through (EST) E-Commerce system, a media CMS platform, as well as a Digital Rights Management system.
• Partnered with CDNs, media metadata services, as well as encoding and transcoding vendors.

Vice President of Product Management

Yahoo!

• Led the development and launch of Yahoo!'s first music subscription service, a precursor to today's Spotify.
• Successfully acquired over x million subscribers in the first year, generating over $xx million in revenue.
• During a transition in the service, through data analysis we reduced MoM customer churn by 27% for the music subscription service.
• Became an Agile Certified Product Owner, under the mentorship of Mountain Goat Software.

Sr. Product Manager On Demand Services

USC, Pioneered Streaming, Product Technologist, Launched Movie and Music Services. Worked at Akamai, RealNetworks, Yahoo, Lumen, AT&T, Verizon, and Prime Video

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