Joseph Akbrud
I'm a product manager based in New York, currently spending my days building apps and exploring what's next after 15+ years building streaming and ad tech products at places like BAMTech, CBS News, Vidmob, and Meredith. Outside of work I'm usually out with a camera adding to a slow pile of street photography, or deep in the kind of nerdery — Star Trek, home media servers, raw image processing — that doesn't really belong on a resume but takes up most of my head space anyway.
Now
Building small, useful apps solo and having a ton of fun in the process — a fishing regulations reference for New York fishermen, a migraine tracker with HealthKit integration, and a habit tracker for getting outside more. All are privacy focused and feature no ads, tracking, or telemetry of any kind.
Highlights
- Shipped core generative AI features at Vidmob, including the Adobe After Effects plugin.
- Owned the video roadmap across 41 brands at Meredith, helping drive portfolio viewership to 472M views.
- Led OTT app launches for CBSN during its initial growth phase to 227M+ streams.