Friday's Last Word: Wowza Media Systems CEO Dave Stubenvoll
David Stubenvoll is a streaming industry veteran, launching Wowza Media Systems as his fifth business venture. Here's what he's like outside the office.
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Friday's Last Word: Wowza Media Systems CEO Dave Stubenvoll
To find out who Friday's Last Word: Wowza Media Systems CEO Dave Stubenvoll is outside of the office, click through this slideshow.
Stubenvoll: Dispatch at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. One of my favorite bands and so glad they got back together.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: The band was active from 1996 to 2002, went on a 10-year hiatus and got back together in 2011 when it announced a national tour.
Stubenvoll: Kingsman: The Secret Service. More fun than it should have been.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: We haven't seen this one but gotta love anything with Colin Firth!
Stubenvoll: Subaru Forester with EyeSight system – for my daughter.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: Good job Dad!
Stubenvoll: Justified.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: There's six seasons of this FX show, perfect for binge-watching this weekend.
Stubenvoll: Holacracy by Brian Roberson was the last book I finished. The last fun read was Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. The movie was not fair.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: Some of the many champions of Holacracy include Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com (author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Delivering Happiness), Evan Williams (co-founder of Blogger, Twitter, and Medium).
Stubenvoll: Amazon Echo. Even my wife likes it.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: Must come in handy for listening to Dispatch tunes!
Stubenvoll: Stanhattan (Stranahan’s Manhattan).
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: Want to make one yourself? Here's how:
Stranahans Perfect Manhattan
Cocktail glass, chilled
Pour into an iced mixing glass
2 1/2 oz. Stranahans Colorado Whiskey
1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
1-2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Stir and strain
Lemon twist garnish
Stubenvoll: Concrete by The Revivalists. Great band!
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: Here's The Revivalists singing it live.
Stubenvoll: Australia over Christmas and New Year’s with the family. Celebrating my 50th birthday and 25th wedding anniversary.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: Sounds like a great way to celebrate several occasions at once!
Stubenvoll: TrueCar. See #3.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: TrueCar helps car buyers connect with our network of over 10,000 new car dealers across the US.
Stubenvoll: TrueCar. See #3.
TALKIN' CLOUD'S SPIN: TrueCar helps car buyers connect with our network of over 10,000 new car dealers across the US.
Friday's Last Word: Wowza Media Systems CEO Dave Stubenvoll – who exactly is he?
David Stubenvoll is a streaming industry veteran, launching Wowza Media Systems with Charlie Good to fill a stark void in the industry: the lack of flexible, simplified media server software on which to build reliable streaming. Wowza is Dave’s fifth new business venture, having previously served as Entrepreneur in Resident at Adobe Systems and as CEO/co-founder of Freeworks. Dave has also held senior positions at Intuit and served as President of GALT Technologies (an Intuit subsidiary). Dave holds two patents and concurrently earned a JD from Boston College Law School and an MBA from the Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University.
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