Jon Courtney

Jon Courtney has a diverse work experience in the tech industry. Jon currently holds the position of Director, Data Science at Sovrn Holdings, Inc. since October 2018. Prior to that, they worked at KickView Corporation as a Principal Machine Learning Engineer in 2018. From 2017 to 2018, Jon was a Data Science Resident / Assistant Instructor at Galvanize Inc.

Before these roles, Jon had a long tenure at CableLabs where they held various positions. From 2015 to 2016, they served as the Vice President, Application Technologies, where they led research efforts in cable applications and video technologies. Jon also managed a budget of $6M and established technology license agreements. From 2012 to 2015, they were the Director, Video Application Technologies, leading a team of 15 contributors in driving video R&D projects. Prior to that, they served as the Principal Architect, OpenCable Specifications, guiding the evolution of the OpenCable platform.

Jon's career started at Sun Microsystems as a Senior Staff Engineer, Java Software, where they oversaw the specification of Java platform extensions for digital television. Jon played a crucial role in promoting the adoption of Java TV in various digital TV consortia and standards bodies.

Before joining Sun Microsystems, Jon worked at Texas Instruments as a Member of Technical Staff, Corporate R&D, pioneering innovations in motion-based video event detection and indexing. Jon secured contracts from DARPA and other government agencies for their research in this area.

Jon Courtney holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science, which they obtained from Michigan State University from 1991 to 1993. Jon also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from the same university, which they completed from 1986 to 1991. In 2017, Jon attended a Data Science Fellowship at Galvanize in Denver, Platte. In addition, Jon has a certification in Machine Learning from Stanford University, although the specific details of when and where it was obtained are not provided.