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Sam Parnell

Founder

Co-founder at Distributed Media LAB

Menlo Park, California, United States

FoundedDistributed Media LAB

About

Sam Parnell is SVP of Platform Engineering at Dotdash Meredith, where he leads engineering across the services and tools supporting the company's publishing operations. He has more than 25 years of experience in technology and product roles, including helping grow Bleacher Report into a product set spanning web, mobile, and apps that generated over $100M in revenue, and building digital concepts with Target and other companies. His background covers cloud infrastructure, micro-service and serverless architectures, mobile app development across multiple platforms, and managing globally distributed teams.

Co-founder at Distributed Media LAB

Co-founders at Distributed Media LAB

DGDavid Gehring
David GehringFounder

Experience

  1. Dotdash MeredithSVP Platform Engineeringcurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Distributed Media LabCo-founder, Board Member & Advisorcurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  3. Distributed Media LabCo-founder, Board Member & CTO2017 — 2022Palo Alto
  4. NfiniteGlobal CTO2022 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
  5. TargetVP Innovation Engineering2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Binge Media (Acquired by Turner Broadcasting)Founder and CTO2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Bleacher ReportCTO Emeritus & Advisory Board Member2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Bleacher ReportCTO2008 — 2014San Francisco
  9. Turner SportsVice President2012 — 2014Various
  10. Core·ContinuumCTO and Co-founder2006 — 2008
  11. Blast RadiusManager, Application Development2005 — 2006
  12. AvenueA | RazorfishTechnical Architect2002 — 2005
  13. OpalSoftSenior Consultant2001 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
  14. QuidnuncArchitect1998 — 2001
  15. Self-employedIndependant Consultant1997

Skills & more

Strategy2Leadership38Executive ManagementAgile Methodologies77Scrum73Product Management49E-commerce44Social Media37Software Development36Web Development34SEO22Mobile Applications22
+12 moreTechnology ManagementDigital MediaScalabilityArchitectureDistributed SystemsEngineering LeadershipEngineering ManagementOnline AdvertisingWeb AnalyticsSoftware ArchitectureRuby on RailsMySQL

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sam Parnell?
Sam Parnell is SVP of Platform Engineering at Dotdash Meredith, where he leads engineering across the services and tools supporting the company's publishing operations. He has more than 25 years of experience in technology and product roles, including helping grow Bleacher Report into a product set spanning web, mobile, and apps that generated over $100M in revenue, and building digital concepts with Target and other companies. His background covers cloud infrastructure, micro-service and serverless architectures, mobile app development across multiple platforms, and managing globally distributed teams.
Where does Sam Parnell work?
Sam Parnell is Co-founder of Distributed Media LAB.
What companies did Sam Parnell found?
Sam Parnell founded Distributed Media LAB.
Where did Sam Parnell go to school?
Sam Parnell studied at University of Reading (BSc, Computer Science & Cybernetics).

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