A behind-the-scenes look at the engineering of the live webcasting architecture on SermonAudio—covering Kubernetes orchestration, real-time transcoding and segmenting, global load balancing, and the failover strategies that keep streams online when everything goes wrong. Mike Furtney is a veteran computer scientist and University of Waterloo graduate who serves as Chief Architect of The Vault at SermonAudio, where he designs and oversees the systems responsible for the long-term preservation and delivery of millions of sermons. == The Computer Science Department at Bob Jones University hosted the inaugural lecture of the SermonAudio Technology Lecture Series on March 31 at 7 pm. The SermonAudio Technology Lecture Series features informative and educational presentations focusing on the latest advancements and trends in technology utilized by the SermonAudio platform.