Steve Urban

Steve Urban is a dedicated leader currently heading a backend engineering team within Netflix's Studio Engineering organization, where he is involved in assisting Netflix's global creative team in making content acquisition decisions. He has a strong background in managing teams focused on product experimentation platforms that cater to a diverse user base, including data scientists, engineers, and product managers at various levels within the organization. Steve is an advocate for experimentation, evident from his co-founding of an A/B Testing meetup in 2015 to promote this practice within Netflix and Silicon Valley. Throughout his career, Steve has leveraged data-driven and software engineering methodologies to address business challenges across all stages of product development, from sales engagements to support. His specialties and interests lie in areas like Experimentation, Lean Software Development, Product Management, Data Science, Personalization, and Cloud-Based Services.