Sr. Technical Project Manager

Donald Quach

Program & Project mgmt · Media Workflows · CDN · Cloud Compute

Currently at Akamai Technologies, leading end-to-end delivery across gaming, media broadcast, and OEM/reseller. 6+ years and counting.

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EXPERIENCE FEED

A running record of what shipped, where, and when.

  • Lead cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Operations, Support) to deliver customer-requested initiatives across gaming, media broadcasting, and OEM/reseller accounts — consistently hitting delivery timelines.
  • Own a portfolio of 8+ enterprise clients simultaneously as primary project owner — multiple active projects per client, all driven to on-time delivery.
  • Spearheaded a client-visibility initiative letting internal teams track CDN consumption by region and business unit — sharpening operational awareness and data-driven decisions.
  • Led simultaneous onboardings of newly acquired CDN customers — seamless adoption, service continuity, and high customer satisfaction.
  • Proactively surfaced project risk and delivery gaps, building mitigation plans for live events and ongoing engagements — virtual and in-person.
  • Managed end-to-end app development for SBS (national broadcaster) — Live Linear and VOD across Mobile, Web, and tvOS.
  • Owned content onboarding: metadata, asset processing, and playout workflows via Amagi CloudPort for cloud-based linear channels.
  • Scheduled and ran playout for multiple 24/7 linear channels and supported live event cutovers with seamless scheduled-to-live transitions.
  • Coordinated 24/7 global headend delivery, selecting optimal transport (Zixi, HLS, RTMP) for reliability and broadcast quality.
  • Designed an automated workflow to capture and distribute daily media assets — cutting manual effort and speeding ingest & archiving.
  • Guided chapter officers across multiple universities on governance, operations, and organizational growth.
  • Ran regional workshops on leadership development, professional skills, and cross-chapter collaboration.
  • Served as liaison between national leadership and local chapters, keeping initiatives aligned.
  • Partnered with regional and national leaders on programs to improve member engagement and retention.
  • Planned and executed 20+ large-scale events on a $350K annual budget for a student population of ~7,000.
  • Owned delivery end-to-end: budgeting, scheduling, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and on-site execution.
  • Negotiated vendor, agency, and talent contracts to optimize cost — and secured sponsorships to offset event costs.
  • Led a cross-functional team of ~20 student leaders across logistics, marketing, design, and risk.
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THE STACK

▚ Streaming & Media

  • HLS
  • MPEG-DASH
  • SCTE-35
  • AWS Elemental
  • MediaLive
  • Wowza
  • Nimble Streamer
  • Amagi CloudPort
  • Zixi
  • RTMP

▚ Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • S3 Object Store
  • Multi-CDN
  • Edge compute
  • Edge delivery
  • Self-hosted web

▚ Project & Program Management

  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Stakeholder management
  • Risk mitigation
  • Timeline & dependencies
  • Customer onboarding
  • Vendor & contract ops
// education
UC Merced
B.S. Computer Science & Engineering
2011 — 2017 · Merced, CA
// languages
EnglishNative
Tiếng ViệtBilingual
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BEYOND THE BROADCAST

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Looking for a technical program & project manager who can own complex, cross-functional delivery end-to-end — across media & streaming, CDN, and cloud compute — keeping engineering, vendors, and stakeholders aligned and on-time? The line's open.