Donald F. Ferguson, Ph.D. Seeka TV (www.seekatv.com) 21 Hoyt Street 1201 Marquette Ave S., Suite 200 South Salem, NY 10590 Minneapolis, MN 55403 +1 914-548-5001 +1 914-548-4001
[email protected] [email protected] Education 1989 Ph.D., Computer Science, Columbia University. Thesis – “The Application of Microeconomics to the Design of Resource Allocation and Control Algorithms” 1987 M.Phil., Computer Science, Columbia University. 1985 M.S., Computer Science, Columbia University. 1982 B.A. Com Laude, Computer Science, Columbia University. Professional Experience Seeka TV 2016-Present Co-Founder, VP, Head of Engineering Defining and leading technical strategy, architecture, engineering/development for an interactive video/content streaming startup. The platform targets two scenarios: 1) A web channel for independent film and web series creators; 2) Corporate videos and media delivery for education, marketing, conferences, etc. Seeka TV (www.seeka.tv) is currently delivering over 50 independent, professional web series, and is in pilot phase with several enterprises for corporate education/marketing videos. The solution is completely “serverless” using Amazon Web Services and other cloud technology. Core technologies in use include AWS (Lambda Functions, SQS, SNS, RDS, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3), Neo4J, Stripe, Brightcove, MailChimp, OAuth2, Facebook and Twitter APIs. Columbia University Professor of Professional Practice 2018-Present Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Computer Science 2012-Present Full professor and member of faculty starting 2018. Teaching, research, mentoring and helping align department with industry requirements and practices. Teaching popular (80-100 students) senior/master’s level courses on advanced topics in computer science. Supervising student small team projects.