Datazoom Leadership
The Datazoom leadership team is led by a seasoned group of data infrastructure and streaming video alumni.
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.
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.
Lauren Johnson
VP of Sales
She has spent the past decade in the video streaming industry, holding sales leadership positions at Brightcove, Xstream and most recently MobiTV. Her focus is on building strategic sales organizations, introducing innovative products into the market and creating meaningful customer relationships. In her spare time Lauren enjoys traveling, trying new recipes, and spending time with her family.
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.
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.
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.
Cory Carpenter
VP of Product
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.
Lending Expertise
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