Doug Petkanics

Doug Petkanics is a co-founder of Livepeer, a platform for decentralized video broadcasting. He previously co-founded Wildcard Inc and Hyperpublic (acquired by Groupon). He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. The aspiring Larry David of the software engineering world. Building live streaming on the blockchain at Livepeer. I am an entrepreneur and software engineer. I'm currently Co-founder at Livepeer, where we're building a decentralized live video broadcast platform. I previously co-founded Wildcard and Hyperpublic, and served as VP Engineering at both. Hyperpublic was acquired by Groupon in February 2012. I'm excited about challenges in blockchain and decentralization focused technology, as well as challenges involved in building, leading, and scaling effective engineering organizations. Past software development experience includes data focused architecture, agile development (Ruby/Rails, Python), mobile development (iPhone, Android), enterprise web applications, mission control software for the Department of Defense, modifications to the Bittorrent protocol, and contributions to the original XQuery implementation.