Matt Ference

Matt Ference is a seasoned professional with a strong background in Digital Media Applications. His expertise includes ideation, planning, developing, launching, and managing networked media applications.

He has held various leadership roles in Media Technology, encompassing Operations, Marketing, and Product Management. Matt's specialties lie in Product Management, Business, and Product Development with a focus on Agile methodology, Social Media, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Personalization, DRM, Content Delivery (CDN), TV Everywhere, OTT, Analytics, CMS, Multi-Screen, Multi-Platform, and MVPD.

With a goal to work on market-changing concepts with breakthrough potential, Matt seeks to collaborate with teams driven by passion, insight, and ethics to enable unique media services from content creation to end-user consumption.

Matt Ference pursued a BA in International Business at USC and furthered his education by studying a Certificate in Strategic Product Management, Business, and Technology at the University of California, Irvine.

Throughout his career, Matt has been associated with reputable organizations such as Amazon, where he was involved in Technology Partnerships and Live Streaming for Amazon Prime Video. Notably, he founded CHANNEL NETWORKS, INC. and worked as a Consultant for Live OTT Solutions at Net Insight.

His experience also includes roles as a Product Management & Development Consultant at Source Digital, VP Product Development at AerNow, Senior Consultant in Product Management/Development at Verizon, Director of Product Management in Digital Media Services at AT&T, Director of Digital Media Solutions at Level 3 Communications, Director of Product Development at ClickStar, Senior Product Manager in On-Demand Services at Yahoo!, Senior Product Manager at RealNetworks, Director of Product Operations at Inktomi, and Product Development Manager at InterVu/Akamai.