Brendan Quinn
Managing Director at International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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Top SchoolBrendan Quinn is a seasoned media-technology leader and Managing Director of IPTC with over two decades of experience connecting publishers, broadcasters, news agencies and tech providers through open standards for metadata, rights and content distribution. He has led large-scale digital transformations and product teams at the BBC, Associated Press and Fairfax, co-founded a journalism marketplace that onboarded top global outlets, and built revenue-driving distribution platforms such as APVideoHub. Equally comfortable advising C-suites on strategy and working with developers on implementation, he combines a computer science background and an MBA with hands-on expertise in cloud architecture, archives, video distribution and ad transaction systems. Based in Tallinn after roles across Melbourne, Berkeley and London, he’s known for bridging editorial, business and engineering to unlock collaboration and trust in news ecosystems. A certified AWS Solutions Architect, he brings a pragmatic, standards-first approach that turns complex media workflows into interoperable, value-generating systems.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Executive MBA, Technology Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Executive MBA, Technology Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at London Business SchoolMBA (exchange term), Venture capital, innovation, entrepreneurship, MBA (exchange term), Venture capital, innovation, entrepreneurship at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessHonours degree of Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science), Computer Science, Honours degree of Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science), Computer Science at Monash University
English, Estonian
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Github Skills (55)
python10
json-schema10
iptc10
django10
amazon-product-advertising10
schema-org10
orm10
structured-data10
json-ld10
rdf10
web-framework10
amazon-api9
schema9
amazon9
parsing9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bquinn/schemastore
Nov 2019 - Mar 2022
A collection of JSON schema files including full API
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
json-schemaapijsonschema-files
iptc/video-metadata-hub
Feb 2021 - Jul 2026
Specification and examples for IPTC's Video Metadata Hub
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 13 pushes in 5 years 5 months
iptc
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