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Thomas Box
Director of Solutions Engineering, Media and Entertainment at Verizon Digital Media Services
Thomas Box is an accomplished senior manager with over 18 years of experience in building teams and architecting technology solutions across various industry sectors including information systems, consumer electronics, media & entertainment, and consumer products.
He has a recognized ability to evangelize and demonstrate solutions related to content distribution, post-production, and distribution platforms for major studios' content. His expertise extends to partnering with global service providers to integrate various technical components like encoding, transcoding, multiplexing, transmultiplexing, security, and playback support.
Thomas possesses strong technical leadership skills and has successfully managed relationships with customers and vendors. He excels in interacting with senior management teams, C-level executives, product owners, and engineering team members.
His core competencies include global business development, M&A due diligence, digital asset management, a collaborative management style, customer focus, total quality management approach, broad knowledge of streaming ecosystems, complex problem-solving abilities, superior organizational and interpersonal skills, team building and development, business and process flowcharting, and strong analytical skills.
Thomas Box studied Marketing and International Business at Oregon State University, and his professional journey includes key roles such as Director of Solutions Engineering in the Media and Entertainment sector at Verizon Digital Media Services, Sr. Solutions Architect in Streaming & Media Solutions at DTS, Inc., Director at Ascent Media, Director at Thomson, Manager of Advanced Technology at Technicolor Digital Cinema, and Sr. System Administrator at Technicolor Digital Cinema.
His experience spans business development, project management, back office operations, pre-sales support, and managing projects with minimal supervision, showcasing his ability to lead and collaborate effectively across diverse functions.