Ben Croy

About Ben Croy

Long time engineer with an interest in new technologies, systems, and network design.…

Experience

1. Director, Production Technology Architecture

   The Walt Disney Studios

   Jan 2007 — Present

   Responsible for the Production Technology Architecture group at Walt Disney Studios Technology. My team architects, builds and manages the Studio Production Network, 10s of PB of big storage, including responsibility for protecting the digitally mastered film content for the Walt Disney Studios. We also run servers hosting dozens of studio applications, several transport technologies (moving PB\'s per year). Our strategies include both public and private cloud, and we support a very large footprint with a small high performing team of engineers. We focus on enabling content creation for Disney film companies, like Marvel Studios and Disney Motion Pictures Productions. We also support Production in the Cloud initiatives, post production, distribution and all business related to the Studio segment at Disney

Education

• UCLA

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering, Computer Architecture, Fiber Optics, American History

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Broadcast Television
• E-Commerce
• Digital Media
• Data Center
• Digital Strategy
• Entertainment
• Strategy
• Management
• Digital Asset Management
• Program Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Cloud Computing
• Crm
• Integration
• Vod
• Television
• Video
• Hd Video
• Project Management
• Mobile Devices
• Product Management
• Digital Video
• Networking
• Streaming Media
• Start-Ups
• Vendor Management
• Iptv