Sam Parnell
FounderCo-founder at Distributed Media LAB
Menlo Park, California, United States
FoundedDistributed Media LAB
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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

Experience
- Dotdash MeredithSVP Platform Engineeringcurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
- Distributed Media LabCo-founder, Board Member & Advisorcurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Distributed Media LabCo-founder, Board Member & CTO2017 — 2022Palo Alto
- NfiniteGlobal CTO2022 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
- TargetVP Innovation Engineering2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Binge Media (Acquired by Turner Broadcasting)Founder and CTO2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Bleacher ReportCTO Emeritus & Advisory Board Member2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Bleacher ReportCTO2008 — 2014San Francisco
- Turner SportsVice President2012 — 2014Various
- Core·ContinuumCTO and Co-founder2006 — 2008
- Blast RadiusManager, Application Development2005 — 2006
- AvenueA | RazorfishTechnical Architect2002 — 2005
- OpalSoftSenior Consultant2001 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
- QuidnuncArchitect1998 — 2001
- Self-employedIndependant Consultant1997
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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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University of Reading mafia37
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Nfinite mafia3
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Shared employers
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