Eddie Drake

Current

Director, Distribution Platforms at The Walt Disney Company
Board Advisor at Raven Technology Group, LLC

Past

Chief Technology Officer at Myrio - A Siemens Company
Vice President, Software Development at Myrio Corporation
Director Technology, Co Founder at Myrio Corporation

Project Manager, On Demand Network at SourceNet Corporation
Interactive Media Specialist at SourceNet Corporation
Staff Editor / Digital Artist at Oasis Media

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Education

Brigham Young University

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Industry

Telecommunications

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Eddie Drake’s Summary

Entrepreneurial technology leader with focus on bringing innovative technology solutions to the consumer and other industries. 10 year veteran of the emerging IPTV marketplace with strong architectural, systems and software development leadership background.

Further experience in media design and production as well as technologies and solutions related to the digital home.

Eddie Drake’s Specialties:

Expert in IPTV Architecture and Middleware systems; software for embedded devices including STBs, and other devices. Strong background in media application & distribution technologies to and within the digital home. Experience with Agile development.

Deep understanding of digital video codecs and encoding systems, DRM/CA systems, Video on Demand systems. Light background in networking protocols and routing.

Media Production, Animation, Compositing and Graphic design background.

Eddie Drake’s Experience

Director, Distribution Platforms

The Walt Disney Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Entertainment industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Board Advisor

Raven Technology Group, LLC

(Industrial Automation industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

RTG is focused on bringing Ethernet and IP technology to the Industrial marketplace. Advisor to the board.
Chief Technology Officer

Myrio - A Siemens Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SI; Telecommunications industry)

April 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 1 month)

Responsible for defining and leading technology innovation initiatives, new application development, standards and IPR within Siemens Home Entertainment (now a part of Nokia Siemens Networks) with primary emphasis on IPTV middleware. Led a small team of software engineering professionals and architects focused on next generation solutions for IPTV based on the MHP-IPTV standard.
Vice President, Software Development

Myrio Corporation

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

June 2002 — March 2005 (2 years 10 months)

Led the software development organization including software engineering, quality assurance, technical documentation, and source control management. Implemented software developer in test (SDET) organization which created internal automated test and performance tools. Identified, negotiated and contracted with an off shore development organization and grew the overall IPTV engineering organization internally and externally to nearly 100. Created the MyrioInteractive(TM) Development Kit which allowed rapid porting of client middleware to many different set-top box vendors’ hardware. Was instrumental in attracting Siemens AG as an OEM partner and ultimate acquirer through participation in product demonstrations, customer interactions and technical due diligence.
Director Technology, Co Founder

Myrio Corporation

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

November 2000 — May 2002 (1 year 7 months)

Led a small team which delivered the first Linux/Java-based IPTV set-top box into the market. Migrated the company's technology strategy from proprietary technology to java-based technology on both client and server. Evangelized IPTV as an emerging technology. Met with technology leaders at the major Hollywood studios to help obtain rights to content. Participated in meetings with the venture community to secure ongoing rounds of financing.
Project Manager, On Demand Network

SourceNet Corporation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

November 1997 — October 2000 (3 years)

Developed the prototype application and predecessor to Myrio's current production solution (On Demand Network - ODN) identifying key technologies and system components. Lead the team that developed Myrio's first prototype application. Developed and ran the very first US field trial of IPTV at Churchill County Telephone, in northern Nevada for 18 months. Met with various venture partners to help secure initial round of funding that lead to the founding of Myrio Corporation. Evangelized the earliest versions of IPTV at industry tradeshows and other events.
Interactive Media Specialist

SourceNet Corporation

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1996 — September 1997 (11 months)

Employee #2 at SourceNet (Northern Nevada ISP, CLEC) responsible for building the Web site and interactive media part of SourceNet's business during the infancy of the commercialization of the World Wide Web. Created Web sites and multi-media CD-Roms for clients. The ISP/CLEC portion of SourceNet was ultimately acquired by ATG (now Eschelon Telecom).
Staff Editor / Digital Artist

Oasis Media

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

April 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 6 months)

Edited client projects on Avid Media Composer 1000 and Media 100 non linear editing systems. Used compositing and animation tools including Adobe AfterFX, Adobe Photoshop, and Lightwave 3D to create compelling content for clients. Under the direction of the company founder, established the interactive content and Web content creation service. Created Web sites for clients.