Kevin Freund's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Senior Developer @ Vixlet Built encryption/decryption library for microsecond-level encryption/decryption performance for secure encryption and decryption of user credentials.Architected, engineered and deployed a templated e-mail messaging system using the Handlebars templating engine and Amazon's SES/SQS services. Developed a batch email bound processor to automatically handle invalid destination e-mail addresses.Developed an always-on, functional test daemon using Node.js. This daemon runs a configurable set of functional tests on a preset time schedule and delivers uptime reports to Amazon S3, where an entire API's code base can be monitored for ongoing functionality issues 24/7 using a service like Pingdom or NewRelic.Developed a share service which automatically generates shortlinks to shared third party content, keeping track of which users shared which links and how often. From February 2015 to October 2016 (1 year 9 months) Los AngelesSelf Employed @ Transwarp Media Built an on-demand video encoding and streaming harness using Node.jsDeveloped software in Node.js to transcode and deliver 3D HD video on-demand.Developed a 3D video player application for Android tablets.Built a HIPAA compliant cloud API to interact with Android and iOS tablet software.Built an administrative portal in Angular.js to manage patient data and clinician access in a secure fashion.Managed secure cloud presences for customers in areas such as online gaming an medical applications. From 2013 to 2014 (1 year) Los Angeles, CAR&D and Professional Services - United States @ Kaltura Architected several video ingest and processing workflows extending the Kaltura platform for a major Hollywood entertainment and sports property, as well as authoring migration scripts from customer CSV dumps into the Kaltura platform.Kaltura Video cluster deployment and migration (Debian and RHEL based distros) to major enterprise, M&E and education customers, using a range of access techniques including ssh port forwarding/tunneling, RSA/DSA keypair authentication, Kerberos, Cisco IPSec VPN, RSA SecurID, sshfs, etc. Use of PHP, BASH, Apache, MySQL, Sphinx, Pentaho, Xymon/Hobbit, Wowza Media Server, FMS, Red5, NFS, etc.Assist sales and BD teams when working with highly technical prospects to answer detailed platform inquiries ranging from capacity planning to detailed description of workflows, format compatibility, content delivery and intra-cluster communication.Custom code against both the Kaltura APIs and the core Kaltura platform. From November 2010 to August 2012 (1 year 10 months) Los Angeles AreaVice President of Media & Entertainment Technology @ MySpace.com I managed 4 director-level direct reports and focused on emerging media technologies (HD video on demand, HD live streaming, distribution to set top boxes, mobile phones and other portable devices), media rights management, and interaction with major record labels, motion picture studios and television networks. I wrote the original code which ingested and processed all images, music and video uploaded by MySpace's users. I managed operations on the media workflow server farms as site traffic surged to make MySpace the largest site on the Internet. I authored a detailed capital expediture forecast and proposal to the NewsCorp Office of the Chairman, for the construction of an internal storage cloud and participated in its architecture. I planned and managed the execution of the world's first 480p webcast from a military installation in the Kuwait desert. I oversaw architecture and deployment of MySpace China's first media storage and delivery infrastructure.From my experience at MySpace during a 6 year tenure, I have led both engineering and operations groups and have been a key figure in the evolution of MySpace from a 500,000 user site to one with over 250,000,000 users. From February 2004 to January 2010 (6 years) Consultant @ City of Los Angeles Design and engineering of ISIS, the Integrated Services Information System with the City of Los Angeles.ISIS provides a common client base to multiple government sponsored social service programs and allows for case workers to follow clients at facilities throughout Los Angeles County.Responsibilities included drafting development standards, designing an application layer security system, building reusable components and working with social service experts to specify finished product. From October 2001 to February 2004 (2 years 5 months) Consultant @ Spectria Designed and implemented a Novell Netware 4 NDS (Novell Directory Services) account management module for a larger rights management system (subsequently branded Tivoli Identity Manager by IBM).This tool was written as a Windows NT service in C++. It supported more than 30 account attributes (Name, Password, Position, E-mail Address, Phone, Fax, OU, Restricted Login Times, etc), with the ability to add, modify, delete, and search for Novell Netware user accounts. From 2001 to 2001 (less than a year) Digital Media Specialist @ Self Employed Architecture of secure, live and on-demand digital media workflows, software development in POSIX environments for cloud or on-premise deployment. Los Angeles Metropolitan AreaChief Architect @ OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies Architected and coded an IMF cloud transcoder, for packaging studio master content into Interoperable Master Format (IMF). This full-featured, industry leading media transcoder supports image, audio and timed text essence packaging in MXF OP-1a format, as well as generation of all required composition playlist (CPL), packing list (PKL), and ASSETMAP xml manifests, supporting the full range of IMF Application #2, Application #2E, and RDD45 (ProRes IMF) specifications.Work with the IMF user group (35PM) as a SMPTE Standards Participation member to help define the IMF specifications and to encourage industry adoption of the IMF format. Regular participation in SMPTE and HPA PlugFests with technology leaders from major studios and technology companies.Developed cloud-based JPEG-2000 compression and decompression software in node.js and typescript to implement the commercial Kakadu JPEG-2000 SDK.Developed cloud-based ProRes compression and decompression software in C, node.js and typescript, fully implementing the Apple ProRes SDK. Developed an MXF multiplexer for ProRes to create RDD45-compliant IMF essences.Built and deployed a live video transcoder, situated in an Eastern European broadcast center, to re-broadcast hundreds of IPTV channels from Eastern Europe to the United States.Built utilities for use by content operations teams to analyze and conform source content for ingest into the OwnZones platform (fixing video irregularities, A/V sync issues, conversion & time-shifting of timed text formats, SCC to CCD decoder, CCD to SCC encoder, etc). From October 2016 to February 2020 (3 years 5 months) Beverly Hills, CA