Sam Ballard
@samballard
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Technical Project Manager at Disney Streaming, working on video streaming at a massive scale.
Previous experience "playing games for a living" as QA in the San Francisco game industry.
Constantly tired dad of 3.
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I'm open to
guest lecturing,
joining company boards,
mentoring,
beta testing new products,
speaking at events,
writing,
advising companies,
and speaking on podcasts.
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Sep 2020 - Present
Associate Technical Project Manager, Disney Streaming Services
Jun 2018 - Sep 2020
QA Analyst II, Disney Streaming Services
Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
QA Analyst, Pocket Gems
Mar 2013 - Jul 2017
Test Analyst, Cryptic Studios
