Management Team
Leadership Team
Wowza’s leadership team is made up of problem solvers, creators, and innovators with one goal in mind: To help organizations in every industry create the next big thing in streaming video.
David Stubenvoll
Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder
David Stubenvoll is a streaming-industry veteran, launching Wowza with Charlie Good to fill a stark void in the industry: the lack of flexible, robust media server software on which to build reliable streaming. Wowza is Dave’s fifth new business venture, having previously served as entrepreneur in residence at Adobe Systems and as CEO/cofounder of Freeworks. Dave has also held senior positions at Intuit and serves as president of GALT Technologies (an Intuit subsidiary).
Elliot Miller
Chief Legal OfficerSenior Vice President of Corporate Development and HR
Elliot Miller leads Wowza’s global people operations, legal affairs, compliance programs, and corporate development activities as senior vice president. With more than 15 years of experience providing in-house legal counsel to technology and services companies, Elliot works to attract and retain great colleagues by building a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture with compelling employee benefits. In Elliot’s legal and corporate development roles, he leads initiatives and processes to support Wowza’s rapid growth while managing the company’s risk.
Michael Phillippi
Chief Technical Officer
Michael Phillippi is an experienced leader of SaaS engineering organizations. He’s managed engineering teams utilizing a range of technologies such as machine vision, IoT, hardware engineering, web applications, APIs, data streaming, and analytics. Michael’s experience includes scaling several companies to accelerate innovation and enterprise-level reliability, including Canto, Lytx, Enlyte, The Sabre Group, and HP Global Systems.
Ashique Anwar
Chief Product Officer
Ashique joins Wowza with 17 years of experience in video streaming. His extensive industry experience includes prominent product roles with such industry heavyweights and innovators as Brightcove, Ooyala, Piksel, and Irdeto. Ashique is passionate about establishing product strategy and empowering the teams to plan and execute on it, which drives growth for the company. Outside of work, he is a huge sports fan and spends most of his weekends driving and watching his children play various sports.
Chris Drake
Chief Revenue Officer
Chris has been at the forefront of the streaming and digital media industry for more than 25 years and leads Wowza’s global sales, channel, and revenue operations. Prior to Wowza, Chris led global sales & revenue for Quickplay, and previously held senior positions at Verizon Media Platform, Telestream, Comcast Technology Solutions, thePlatform, and RealNetworks. Deeply passionate about the streaming industry, Chris enjoys fostering team development and working closely with partners and customers to creatively tackle their most significant challenges and opportunities.