Ed Brakus
Board Member at Gulf Coast Symphony- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Mandarin Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Mark Noble
Ed is a natural product management leader. He has good vision and is a creative and holistic problem solver who is adept at applying his breadth of technical knowledge and understanding to formulating solutions that address real-world problems.
Peter Chu
Ed Brakus is recommended for a Director of Engineering position. In working with him, he was very driven to make decisions quickly based on data/experiments as opposed to what people thought was right based on intuition or emotion. Ed works well with people and motivates them to do their best.
Mark Noble
Ed is a natural product management leader. He has good vision and is a creative and holistic problem solver who is adept at applying his breadth of technical knowledge and understanding to formulating solutions that address real-world problems.
Peter Chu
Ed Brakus is recommended for a Director of Engineering position. In working with him, he was very driven to make decisions quickly based on data/experiments as opposed to what people thought was right based on intuition or emotion. Ed works well with people and motivates them to do their best.
Mark Noble
Ed is a natural product management leader. He has good vision and is a creative and holistic problem solver who is adept at applying his breadth of technical knowledge and understanding to formulating solutions that address real-world problems.
Peter Chu
Ed Brakus is recommended for a Director of Engineering position. In working with him, he was very driven to make decisions quickly based on data/experiments as opposed to what people thought was right based on intuition or emotion. Ed works well with people and motivates them to do their best.
Mark Noble
Ed is a natural product management leader. He has good vision and is a creative and holistic problem solver who is adept at applying his breadth of technical knowledge and understanding to formulating solutions that address real-world problems.
Peter Chu
Ed Brakus is recommended for a Director of Engineering position. In working with him, he was very driven to make decisions quickly based on data/experiments as opposed to what people thought was right based on intuition or emotion. Ed works well with people and motivates them to do their best.
Credentials
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Private Aircraft Pilot, Complex rating
Federal Aviation AdministrationMay, 1995- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Gulf Coast Symphony
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United States
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Music
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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Jan 2022 - Present
Member, board of directors I enjoy working with the board to define and drive a marketing strategy and program that expand the reach of the Gulf Coast Symphony. As part of this effort, I am also driving web CRO to increase revenue and ROI on marketing efforts. Member, board of directors I enjoy working with the board to define and drive a marketing strategy and program that expand the reach of the Gulf Coast Symphony. As part of this effort, I am also driving web CRO to increase revenue and ROI on marketing efforts.
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Agora
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Vice President, Product Management & Product Marketing
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Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
Agora’s RTE (Real-Time Engagement) technologies provide audio/video communications, rapid application development for virtual classrooms, and related core capabilities for application developers worldwide powering over 50 billion minutes of live audio/video each month. Agora’s key markets are education, distance learning, future-of-work, social media, gaming, and healthcare. Agora is powered by SD-RTN, a globally deployed network of cloud servers that provide real-time enablement of communications over the public internet at massive scale.
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Burma Spice Inc
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Glades county Florida
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Startup Founder
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Sep 2017 - Nov 2020
Details available on request. Details available on request.
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Agora
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Global Head of Product Management
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Oct 2015 - Sep 2017
• Built a global product management team from the ground up (China, US) • Product management infrastructure, Jira, Confluence, collaboration framework between product, marketing, BD, sales, support, and exec team • Core business strategy, GTM, reporting directly to and working closely with CEO to establish short, mid, long term strategic direction • Founding of Agora’s US headquarters in Santa Clara. Location selection, lease negotiation, competitive intel test lab design, NOC design and implementation • Development of customer advisory board, meeting quarterly to amplify impact of VOC • Geo-specific pricing models • Software architecture and key innovation development work for high-performance media routing over a global cloud network
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Vidyo
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Director, Product Management
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Jun 2013 - Apr 2015
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Polycom
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San Jose, CA
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Director of Engineering, Advanced Technologies Group
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Aug 2006 - Jun 2013
The advanced technology group was the innovation center of the organization where pioneering work in new products and technologies was focused. I relocated to Beijing to manage a core team of SW/HW engineers while also leveraging mechanical engineers, manufacturing engineers, industrial designers, and other product delivery talent located in the UK, US, and Canada as part of our advanced projects team. We delivered the following results; • Jobim – a cost reduced conferencing endpoint (MSRP $1000 vs $9,000 for base unit) offering 80% of the performance of Polycom’s incumbent entry-level endpoint • 4K video conferencing system based on commodity PC and A/V hardware less the custom 4k camera • Home Videoconferencing System – Patent #8619953 • Personalized Virtual Video Meeting Rooms – Patent publication #20120062689 • System and Methods for Scheduling Shared Program Content Videoconferencing – Patent publication #20120062687
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More than 15 years engineering experience
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Jan 1990 - Jan 2006
Languages C, C++, Assembly (several CPU architectures), JavaScript, PHP, NodeJS, Ruby, Python Environments web (server side, client side), embedded, mobile, custom ASIC, FPGA, SOCs, data center, AWS, Azure, WebRTC Application areas Cloud API / services, edge compute, networking, Wi-Fi, Medical, ML/AI, CE devices Languages C, C++, Assembly (several CPU architectures), JavaScript, PHP, NodeJS, Ruby, Python Environments web (server side, client side), embedded, mobile, custom ASIC, FPGA, SOCs, data center, AWS, Azure, WebRTC Application areas Cloud API / services, edge compute, networking, Wi-Fi, Medical, ML/AI, CE devices
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Education
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Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Chief Product Officer Program, Business Administration and Management, General