Joe Ambeault

Serial intrapreneur with a proven track record of leading product managers, designers, and engineers to move fast, and ship awesomeness.

| Experience

Altice USA, New York, NY

Feb 2023 – Current

Senior Vice President, Product Development

◦ Lead technical product management, product operations, product engineering, and product design for Optimum consumer and business communications services that generate $9B in annual revenue

Brightspeed, Charlotte, NC

Nov 2021 – Feb 2023

Vice President, Product

◦ Lead product management and business development for a startup fiber broadband provider that acquired assets from Lumen

◦ Core contributor for a debt offering, backed by Apollo Capital, that is raising over $7B in capital

◦ Lead negotiator for strategic contracts with a total value exceeding $400M

◦ Established product vision, principles, and 2-year product, offer, and technology strategy

◦ Led the definition and delivery of a new API-first, cloud-native tech stack to replace 800+ conveyed applications in 10 months

◦ Launched new fiber products in 6 months after the company began operating while stabilizing conveyed products

Codecademy, New York, NY

Jun 2020 – Jul 2021

Vice President, Product

◦ P&L owner for subscription direct to consumer and business-to-business education tech products

◦ Led product, design, UX research, data science, and community departments consisting of 39 employees

◦ Implemented Bayesian knowledge tracing machine learning models to measure the mastery of technology skills

◦ Grew 1Q21 revenue 52% YoY with e.commerce optimizations, tech quality improvements, and new features

Discovery, New York, NY

Apr 2017 – May 2020

Senior Vice President, Product and Technology

◦ Responsible for GO products with 100% YoY growth that provided the majority of the corporation’s ad revenue growth

◦ Led a global team of product managers, designers, and engineers that grew from 23 to 164, plus 90 insourced engineers

◦ Delivered and operated consumer experiences with over 100K videos across 11 CE devices for 18 content brands

◦ Integrated header and waterfall programmatic ad sources with audience measurement to meet eCPM and fill rate targets

◦ Implemented product improvements and supported marketing initiatives to grow daily hours viewed from 0.2M to 3.1M 

◦ Justified and delivered global partner integration services, creating the largest sales channel for Discovery+ subscriptions

◦ Led global product and development workstream for The Enthusiast Network and Scripps acquisitions and integrations

Verizon, New York, NY

Oct 2005 – Mar 2017

Executive Director, Consumer Video Product Management

◦ Responsible for FiOS TV and GO90 products that secured commitments of over $80M during the 2015 up-fronts 

◦ Led a global team of 50 product managers, designers, and usability researchers 

◦ Co-inventor for 2 digital media discovery and delivery patents that were granted by USPTO in 2016

◦ Led the acquisition and integration of Vessel’s technology and product development staff to accelerate GO90 growth

Chief Product Officer, Redbox Instant by Verizon

◦ P&L owner for a subscription video on demand joint venture that acquired 0.5M OTT subscribers in under 2 years 

◦ Led a global team of 120 product managers, engineers, designers, and usability researchers

◦ Rationalized offers using analytics with predictive modeling to increase engagement by 17% and reduce churn by 13%, accelerating positive value contribution from subscribers by 4 months

Director, Consumer Video Product Management

◦ Responsible for FiOS TV and VCAST Videos products that grew from $0 to over $8B in revenues

◦ Led a global team of 35 product managers and analysts 

◦ Delivered the pay TV industry’s highest ARPU of $103 while reducing costs by over $100M annually

◦ Popular Science Best Innovation (2007), Consumer Reports (2007-2012), and J.D. Powers (2008-2012) awards

SeaChange International, Acton, MA

Jun 1999 – Sep 2005

Director, Broadband Systems Product Management

◦ Managed Emmy award-winning VOD and advertising products for global markets, generating $120M in annual revenue

Product Manager, Advertising Systems

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Capital Corporation, Boston, MA

Oct 1997 – May 1999

Network Manager

SeaChange International, Acton, MA

Dec 1996 – Sep 1997

Service Engineer

| Education

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

May 1998

Bachelors of Art