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Mediafly’s CTO Joins a Panel of Experts to Discuss Reliability and Security at the NAB Cloud Computing Conference

Chicago, IL, April 03, 2013 –(PR.com)–
NAB Show, held April 6-11 in Las Vegas, is the world’s largest electronic media show covering filmed entertainment and the development, management and delivery of content across all mediums. On Monday, April 8, an expert panel will address the remaining pitfalls that cause producers and distributors to resist migrating to the cloud. Placing content on the cloud heightens concerns around the secure exchange of media. This coupled with the need for reliable access to content regardless of whether you are online or offline makes this a key discussion to attend if you want to understand how these obstacles are being overcome. The panel will include the Chief Technology Officer of Mediafly, Jason Shah. Mediafly works with three of the four major broadcast networks and has addressed these issues first hand.

Jason joined Mediafly in May 2010 and oversees all product management, engineering, and services. His duties include product management, platform and integration engineering, customer delivery, and product marketing. Jason brings a strong background in client engagement and software product management, with experience from Neuros Technology, Bain & Company, and Trilogy Software.

More information about the event is available at http://bit.ly/Y4wrII.

About NAB Show
NAB show hosts more than 90,000 attendees from 151 countries and 1,600+ exhibitors, NAB Show is the ultimate marketplace for digital media and entertainment. From creation to consumption, across multiple platforms and countless nationalities, NAB Show is home to the solutions that transcend traditional broadcasting and embrace content delivery to new screens in new ways. Complete details are available at www.nabshow.com.

About Mediafly
Mediafly, Inc. creates business media solutions for the Fortune 500. Mediafly joins its cloud-based content management platform with elegant native applications on mobile, tablet, connected TV devices, and PCs. Industry leading customers use Mediafly as a powerful selling tool for face-to-face meetings, as a media screening and review/approve tool for pre- and post-air media, and as a platform to deliver engaging live and on-demand corporate communications to every employee and partner. For more information, visit: www.mediafly.com.

Presentation for Chicago Google Technology User Group (GTUG) #5

December 3, 2009

Cedric Hurst, David Parks and Jason Shah presented at the Chicago GTUG #5 event held at the Google Office in Chicago, IL on December 3.  Our topic: Getting REST with the Google App Engine and Android.  The goal of the presentation and accompanying demo were to:

  • Demonstrate the power and versatility of the REST framework
  • Illustrate how simple it is to build web services with Google App Engine that utilize REST with RESTlets
  • Integrate the App Engine service into an Android client

The demonstration focused on building Andraffle, an Android-based check-in and raffle system for events managed by eventbrite.com.  Source code for the demonstration can be found on Google Code.

The topic was intentionally very technical, to cater to our audience.

The full presentation is embedded below.

Getting REST – Part 2

Chicago Tribune: Motorola and Android

September 6, 2009

Chicago Tribune Jason Shah was quoted in an article in the Sunday Chicago Tribune discussing Motorola’s efforts at a turnaround in its cellular phone division through investment in Android.

““What [Motorola is] doing is trying to provide tools for free to developers, so those developers will be more inclined to focus on Motorola,” said Jason Shah, the developer behind the Android application for Mediafly Inc., a Chicago company that aggregates podcasts and makes them available on Web-connected devices. Mediafly was accepted to Motorola’s special developer program last week.”

MOTODEV podcast

September 1, 2009

In this 30-minute long podcast, Jason Shah and Keith Waxelman, VP of Business Development for Mediafly, Inc., fielded questions about Android, development, and media partnerships.

"What’s great is that no matter what type of streaming device you have you can access your content (whether on your Android device or on your Roku player at home).  Try it out on your Android device by searching for the mediafly on the Android Market… We’ll be chatting about everyone’s background, Mediafly and their overall strategy, the Mediafly Android application from a business and developer perspective."