Daniel Jacobson

Daniel Jacobson
Director of Engineering - API, Netflix

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Daniel Jacobson is the Director of Engineering for the API at Netflix, responsible for delivering Netflix content to hundreds of devices. Prior to Netflix, he was Director of Application Development at NPR, leading the development of NPR’s custom content management system. He also created NPR’s API which became the distribution channel for getting NPR content to mobile platforms, member station sites throughout the country as well as to the public developer community. Daniel also co-authored the O’Reilly book, “APIs: A Strategy Guide.”

Sessions

9:00am Wednesday, 03/30/2011
Punctuated Equilibrium, Celestial Navigation, and APIs: Lessons from Netflix and NPR
Strategy & Business Models 2005
Sam Ramji (Apigee), Michael Hart (Netflix), Daniel Jacobson (Netflix)
In evolutionary theory, punctuated equilibrium refers to a period of significant environmental stress resulting in rapid, dramatic changes among species. It is a powerful model for understanding the changes in technology, business models and data over the last few decades - changes that have given rise to the age of APIs. Read more.
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