Fresh Tech Fridays

Brad Lowman is a leader and subject matter expert in digital storage and infrastructure with over 35 years of experience.

His current role is Storage Architect for Walt Disney Studios, where, Brad supports Marvel, Disney, and the 20th Century Studio labels. 

Brad has also held roles in production at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney New Technology and New Media.  

Brad is also an entrepreneur -- 1999 helped create the world’s first digital connected picture frame, and has made and shipped over 4,000 cases of  Pinot Noir, Viognier, and Petite Sirah.

Brad Glassman , born and raised in Los Angeles, has been in the Entertainment Industry for going on 30 years, and has been with the Walt Disney company for the last 18, most recently as a Broadcast Technical Specialist. 

Gordon Prince joined Warner Bros. and the Entertainment Industry 20 years ago, for the last 8 years serving as VP, Content Management & Distribution.  He has been responsible for global inventory and ordering systems, an Emmy award-winning digital supply chain solution, studio-wide DAM solutions,

Anmol Das is the Storage Platforms Sales Director for PNW at Dell Technologies. 

Prior to Dell, he worked as a management consultant in the Aerospace and Defense Industry. 

He leads a team of 14 people at Dell covering large enterprise accounts including MS, T-MOBILE, Starbucks, and more.  

Anmol lives in Livermore with his wife Kuldip and their three girls, Amrita, Maya, and Kyra.  Anmol enjoys fitness and is an avid sports fan.  He also enjoys wine tasting and reading history.

Donald Strand is a Systems Administrator for BLT Communications.

His career in IT started at the age of 15 working in a small store in the Bay Area that sold Amstrad 8086’s and Atari 1040st’s.

Donald has embraced multiple IT related roles including being an Electronics Technician on a Submarine, a streaming engineer at Akamai, and various computer sales and support gigs before he attained his current position as a systems administrator at BLT where he’s worked for the past 14 years.

Matt Poletto is a Technical Producer at Nomad Editing in Santa Monica, CA. 

Originally from Upstate NY, after migrating to the West, he joined Nomad Editing in 2003, where he oversees the technology infrastructure for offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Tokyo. 

When he’s not working, Matt is an avid traveler who enjoys tango dancing and beach volleyball.