I was fortunate to be the product lead for a new digital asset management system called Nest while I was with WB. Recently, one of my fellow product people sent me a super note about the progress of my baby…
From: Scott, Patrick
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 12:23 PM
To: Tom Stratton
Subject: Thank youHey Tom,
Just a quick note of thanks for work you did while you were here.
In the last month, we’ve had two major releases related to Nest / Nuxeo:
- automating the ingestion of assets from Theatrical’s AdStream system (Ingest API for the win)
- consolidating workflows from HBO’s old DAM (OpenText; on prem; eck) into Nest for delivery of assets into HBOMax
The team deserves a lot of credit for getting the work done over the last couple of years, but those of us “in the know” have no doubts about who laid the foundation.
Thanks,
Patrick Scott
The project was particularly challenging because we were building agile teams but we also had an immovable deadline for turning off the system that we were replacing. It took a lot of collaboration with the leaders from all the business units that depended on the legacy system to cut the scope down to an MVP that everyone could accept.
It was a real lesson in managing an agile roadmap and all the compromises that come along with that. It’s gratifying to see the application that I gave birth to continue to grow and thrive under the new product team.