Joseph Akbrud

I'm a product manager based in New York City, currently spending my days building apps while looking for my next senior product role 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, media servers, gadgets— that doesn't really fit on a resume.

Now

Building small, useful apps solo and having a ton of fun in the process — a fishing app for New Yorkers, 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 plugins for After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro.
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.