Datazoom Leadership

The Datazoom leadership team is led by a seasoned group of data infrastructure and streaming video alumni.

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Diane Strutner

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

A Silicon Valley native and accomplished international executive, Diane has demonstrated her leadership abilities and sales & business development acumen within the American and Spanish startup scenes. Before Datazoom, Diane was VP for Global Sales and Business Development at NicePeopleAtWork. Prior to that, she held sales and business development positions at several internet and software startups in Spain.

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Tony Gentile

VP of Customer Operations

Tony joined Datazoom in January 2018 following an extensive career in print and digital media. Spanning his work experience, Tony has held technology management positions at several major publishers including McGraw-Hill, Condé Nast, and immediately prior to Datazoom, a 17-year tenure at The Walt Disney Company/ESPN. At ESPN, Tony held roles such as IT Director for ESPN the Magazine, Senior Director within the Technology Innovation team, and most recently, Senior Director of Technical and Content Operations for ESPN’s premier streaming service, WatchESPN.

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Gordon Lai

Head of Data Collector Architecture

Gordon boasts 20+ years in complex multimedia systems, especially real-time streaming, both architecture and hands-on development. Gordon co-founded Vuemix, leading development of a high-scale video engine and low-latency streaming. Previously, he architected streaming and various media system solutions at Netflix, Real Communications, and InterVideo (now Corel). An avid runner, Gordon brings dedication and perseverance to his work.

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Kerry Travilla

VP of Technology

Kerry has progressive experience in engineering, sales, and senior management positions in the field of digital communication and streaming multimedia applications. His expertise is in the intersection of sales and engineering disciplines with a customer-centric ethic. Kerry has xtensive experience in the innovative, evolving fields of streaming multimedia, cellular IP networks, and DSP algorithm to silicon implementation.

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Cory Carpenter

VP of Product

As the VP of Product at DataZoom, Cory brings a wealth of expertise in streaming media, dynamic advertising and leveraging data and analytics to drive successful products and empower businesses. He is focused on creating a clear, compelling, customer-centric strategic vision founded in research and insight, advancing an innovative culture, facilitating communication, and ensuring the feasibility and scalability of product initiatives. Cory is interested in the field of AI, investing time in his kids that are growing up too quickly and exploring unique cultures and scientific topics. 

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Josh Evans

Technology Advisor

Josh Evans is a 17-year Netflix veteran (30 years in tech). Over a ten-year period Josh built and led e-commerce engineering at Netflix from DVD by mail through the inception of video streaming. Over the next four years Josh lead Playback Services through four engineering-wide technology shifts – from data center to cloud, from US-based to multi-country, from a handful of supported devices to thousands, from third-party CDNs to OpenConnect. In the following three years Josh led Operations Engineering, a centralized engineering organization supporting developer productivity, real-time analytics, and service reliability, performance, & efficiency. Josh’s core strengths include team building, distributed architecture, cloud, tech ops, project management, strategic planning, and organizational scaling. Josh joined Datazoom to leverage his Netflix video streaming experience to the benefit of the broader streaming industry.

Lending Expertise

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