Todd Colletti
San Francisco, California (San Francisco Bay Area) Internet
Todd Colletti's Experience
Co-founder and SVP of Engineering and Architecture
Ringz
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry
February 2011 September 2011 (8 months) San Francisco Bay Area
As the SVP of Engineering and Architecture for RINGZ, Colletti has been responsible for managing the design and development of a publishing framework which supports multi-stream. broadcast and on-demand media engagement using a novel and patented interface which connects people to other people based on common interests in a variety of content types.
VP - Engineering
Moblyng
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
September 2009 December 2010 (1 year 4 months) San Francisco Bay Area
Managed Engineering and Network Operations for a small, venture-backed game development studio, engaged in HTML5 / cross-platform software development for mobile devices, in support several major publishers including Viacom, Playdom/Disney, and WeeWorld.
VP - Operations
Mediazone
Publishing industry
August 2007 September 2009 (2 years 2 months) San Francisco Bay Area
Managed Operations / Engineering for a mid-sized (200+ person) organization, with offices in Johanesburg, San Mateo, Bejing and Shanghai. Developed core Content Management System (CMS) to support multi-casting of live HD-quality and rights-protected (DRM) content to 31 nations, using IPTV protocols. Enabled live Internet broadcasts of Wimbleton, the Indy 500, Rugby World Cup, and supported NBC Sports in the broadcast of the Bejing Olympic Games.
Sr. Director, Applications & Product Planning
CBS Interactive (Formerly CNET Entertainment)
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CBS; Online Media industry
June 2005 August 2007 (2 years 3 months) San Francisco Bay Area
Directed the engineering organization for CBS Ineteractive's multi-disciplined Interactive Entertainment Group. Managed the development of core technologies enabling dynamic monitoring and elastic provisioning of network capacity to maintain high-quality broadcast experiences to viewers. Earned 3 commendations for the disclosure and filing of three patents which described how CBS Interactive Entertainment managed live events, developed more efficient and effective relationships with CDN partners, and provided overall quality of service improvements to site visitors, members and advertisers / publishers, resulting in more than $1MM of bottom-line operational cost avoidance, while expanding ad and subscription based revenue on the top-line 35% for two consecutive years.
VP, Production & Biz Dev
3d4W, Inc.
May 2002 January 2005 (2 years 9 months) Santa Clara, CA
Managed the Production and business development of small 7 person team engaged creating an ultra-light-weight 3D rendering platform for newly emerging smartphones. After completion of the core product, successfully completed the acquisition of 3d4W to SK Telecom.
CTO
ARUSH Games (WebCorp.com)
Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry
January 2000 May 2002 (2 years 5 months) Scottsdale, AZ
Co-founded startup game development studio pursuing an episodic series publishing model for distribution over the Internet, exclusively (no retail box product). Pioneered the development of delivery systems that managed network congestion and delivered more than 250,000 copies of DRM protected software games in less than 6 months.
Executive Producer - European Operations
Atari (Formerly GT Interactive)
Public Company; 11-50 employees; ATA; Computer Games industry
1997 2000 (3 years) San Francisco Bay Area
Joined GT Interactive through acquisition of Singletrac Entertainment. Producer for front-line games in the US and Europe for Simulations and Sports Games. Included best sellers just as Driver, Deer Hunter Series, Indy Car Racing, Stunt Car Racing, Dirt Track Racing, Powerslide, and children's learning products.
Manager, New Technologies / R&D
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SNE; Entertainment industry
1993 1997 (4 years) Foster City, CA
Managed the development of hardware supporting the core PS1 and PS2 platforms and associated licensing programs for third-party peripheral technologies. Technical Evangelist for SCEA during the critical launch of the PS1 and signed-on the first 200 publishers and developers for the platform, ensuring its foothold in the US market. First official employee of SCEA.
Manager, Technical Marketing
Fluent Machines
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
May 1991 March 1993 (1 year 11 months) Natick, MA
Developed first applications for streaming broadcast quality video over standard ethernet networks.
Analyst
Aeneas Venture Group (Harvard Management Company)
Nonprofit; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry
1987 1991 (4 years) Boston, MA
Developed portfolio decision support system to organize and compare various investments in the venture capital market, supporting the growth of Harvard University's endowment.
Todd Colletti's Courses
BA/MA, Technology & Society
Boston University
Principles of Physics (PY251)
Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (EC201)
Dynamic Systems Theory (ME501)
Modes of Historical Inquiry (UN201)
Modes of Scientific Inquiry (UN202)
Modes of Religious Inquiry (UN203)
Stellar and Galactic Astrophysics (AS312)
Enriched Calculus I & II (MA124)
Logic and Language (First-order Predicate) (LX502)
Modes of Political Inquiry (UN204)
Todd Colletti's Volunteer Experience & Causes
Bookkeeping / IT Management
Harvard Management Company
Education
April 1987 October 1991 (4 years 7 months)
FPM
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Civil Rights and Social Action
June 2005 present (8 years)
Causes I care about:
Arts and Culture
Children
Civil Rights and Social Action
Economic Empowerment
Education
Human Rights
Poverty Alleviation
Science and Technology
Social Services
Organizations I support:
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS SF)
American Red Cross
American Cancer Society
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
GLAAD
Project Open Hand
PFLAG - Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Public Transportation Association
NASA
SETI Institute
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
MacArthur Foundation
Harvard Management Company
Todd Colletti's Certifications
Certified Scrum Master
cPrimeOctober 2010 to October 2012
Todd Colletti's Patents
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DELIVERY NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
United States Patent Application 20090327079 Filed June 25, 2008
Inventors: Todd Colletti, Edmond Meinfelder, Sam Parker, John Zorko
System and method of managing delivery of data files receives a user request for a data file and determines a user profile and permission level based upon the received user request. The system and method establishes a delivery file path for the requested data file based upon the user profile and permission level, prioritizes delivery of the requested file based upon the user profile and permission...more
GAMING EVENT MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE
United States Patent Application 20090023494 Filed July 18, 2007
Inventors: Todd Colletti, Ethan Schlenker, Sam Parker
An event management architecture (EMA) for managing gaming events includes a plurality of sub-events associated with a gaming event. Each sub-event has at least one sub-event participant and provides a sub-event score to each sub-event participant according to a set of sub-event rules during a sub-event interval. A scheduling coordinator schedules, for each sub-event, the sub-event interval. A...more
Todd Colletti's Skills & Expertise
Interactive Entertainment Game Development Online Advertising Large Scale Deployments Objective-C iPhone development Mobile Programming Knowledge Discovery Ambient Intelligence Swarm Intelligence Artificial Life Agent-based Modeling User Stories Ice Cream Android Drupal CMS PPV IPTV Publisher Relations
View All (50) Skills
Todd Colletti's Education
Boston University
BA/MA, Technology & Society
September 1987 May 1991
Boston, MA
Activities and Societies: University Scholar, University Professor's Program, Dean's List
Thomas Jefferson High School
1984 1987
Port Arthur, TX
Activities and Societies: National President, OEA/FBLA; National Honor's Society; Eagle Scout
Todd Colletti's Additional Information
Websites:
Company Website
Blog
Ringz.tv (past projects)
Interests:
Astronomy; The Philosophy of Science; Strategy Gaming; ; Logic & Language; Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Investment; Local Charities and GLBT issues; Future Studies, and a big fan of Hard-Science Fiction, Utopia's and Dystopia's alike;
Groups and Associations:
BU Alumni; Silicon Valley HUB; LinkedInnovators;
Animation, Media & Entertainment
