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Llew Roberts

@llewroberts

Senior Technical Product Manager turning complex platforms into shipped products—leading distributed teams and AI-enabled systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead technical product strategy and delivery for platform teams—shipping reliable, low-latency, API-driven products with strong cross-functional execution, distributed teams, and AI-enabled production workflows that scale.

I’m a Senior Technical Product Manager with 15+ years leading complex platform projects across video streaming, payments, mobile apps, and API infrastructure. I’ve built a reputation for turning chaos into shipped products, including multiple startup crisis recoveries that led to successful acquisitions.

I lead cross-functional delivery from zero to launch, and I’ve built and managed distributed engineering teams across six countries. In my recent role, I led development and launch of Red5 Cloud, a self-serve WebRTC video platform, from concept to GA in 5 months.

Earlier, I founded Airshow Technologies and produced and broadcast live stream air shows and events, developing a low-latency streaming service with redundancy and automatic failovers. I’m currently building AI-enabled production systems using agentic development workflows, and I bring deep technical product execution—paired with strong partner alignment and crisp roadmap prioritization.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder/CEO

Current

Airshow Technologies

Dec 2012 - Present (13 years 7 months)

Produced and broadcast live stream air shows and other events. Developed a low-latency live streaming service with normal- and low-latency audio and redundancy with automatic failovers on stream/source failures.

Live Streaming Video Streaming

Current

Treasurer / Board Director

Current

Northwest Council of Air Shows

Jan 2011 - Present (15 years 6 months)

Serves as Treasurer / Board Director for the Northwest Council of Air Shows.

Director of Product Management

Red5

Feb 2024 - Jun 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Led development and launch of Red5 Cloud, a self-serve WebRTC video platform, from concept to GA in 5 months. Owned the full product portfolio and aligned capabilities with partner requirements to increase platform adoption.

Product Management Roadmapping WebRTC Video Streaming Cross functional Leadership

Senior Technical Product Manager

Exit83 Consulting

Jan 2018 - Jan 2023 (5 years)

Engineering consultancy delivering managed projects and staff augmentation across public safety, consumer electronics, fintech, and IoT. Hired and managed engineering teams and led client engagements from requirements gathering and concept through launch.

Product Management Engineering Management

Integration Engineering Manager

Comcast Technology Solutions

Jul 2016 - Aug 2018 (2 years 1 month)

Managed a team of 12 integration engineers across Seattle, LA, NYC, Toronto, and Kuala Lumpur delivering VOD streaming workflows for major media customers. Met or exceeded KPI goals for 6+ consecutive quarters and built executive buy-in across solution architecture and engineering leadership.

Integration Engineering KPI Management Distributed Teams

Senior Technical Product Manager

Corkz / CellarTracker

Aug 2010 - Apr 2016 (5 years 8 months)

Managed engineering and operations for iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire apps serving the CellarTracker wine cellar platform. Led a distributed team owning a proprietary RESTful API backend and mobile clients, and coordinated channel partner integrations.

REST APIs API Design iOS Development Android Development Distributed Teams Partner Integration

Director of Technology

Geffen Records / Universal Music Group

Led a 10-person team supporting 400 employees across Geffen, A&M, Interscope, and DreamWorks Records in 6 offices. Partnered with executives to develop strategies for Internet and MP3 adoption.

Technology Leadership IT Operations MP3 Adoption

Program Manager, Outlook v1

Microsoft

Designed and managed development of the Tasks module, Import/Export, and Exchange offline synchronization for Outlook v1. Collaborated across Works, CE, Exchange, Outlook Express, and MSN teams and held a patent.

Exchange Offline Synchronization Import Export Product Development