Now on Streaming Media TV: C-Level Grill With Wowza CEO David Stubenvoll

I asked David to discuss various topics as he is uniquely qualified with the business acumen and enterprise expertise that, I believe, gives one the ability to formulate a worthy opinion when it comes to Enterprise streaming and media delivery in general.

He is also an engineer, which makes him keenly aware of what is really going on "behind the scenes," so to speak. (And, as if CEO and engineer weren't enough, he's also a lawyer!)

Wowza Media Systems announced yesterday that more than 1,000 beta customers are using a preview release of its Wowza Media Server 2 Advanced software. That'ss a lot of beta testing going on!

Throughout this interview we explore the mysteries behind the media that streams, David's personal philosophy on the growth and experimentation that is driving the industry and the enigma wrapped in a riddle we call the "Wowza Media System."

The video runs 7 minutes, 55 seconds, and beneath the player window you'll see some cue points to take you right to specific topics David addresses.

45 seconds
In three sentences, I ask David to sum up how the landscape for streaming media distribution has changed over the years. His answers?
1. It has changed dramatically
2. There has been a great deal of growth and experimentation
3. Much more growth, experimentation and use of streaming media is ahead

1 minute 23 seconds
How can an enterprise organization go about planning an architecture for its internal streaming needs without making a huge investment and without limiting their ability to scale as their "ecosystem" scales?

2 minutes 45 seconds
How to roll out a more cost effective, codec agnostic, and scalable eCDN

5 minutes 58 seconds
Finally, the Ghost in the Machine is everywhere and it doesn't care what streaming data you have; it does its job like a brick and just works.

David Stubenvoll, Chief Executive Officer/Co-Founder
A co-founder of Wowza Media Systems, Stubenvoll has over 18 years of experience in enterprise and consumer products and services. Prior to Wowza, the fifth new business he has developed, Stubenvoll served as an Entrepreneur in Residence/Senior Director at Adobe Systems and previously managed mergers and acquisitions. Stubenvoll has also held senior management positions at Intuit, and was President of GALT Technologies (an Intuit subsidiary) and was a co-founder and CEO of Freeworks. Stubenvoll, who holds two patents, earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, his JD from Boston College and an MBA from the Carnegie Mellon Graduate School of Industrial Administration.