Brent Colson
Principal Product Manager (Technical) Prime Video Sports Discovery Experience at PlayLocal.com
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolBrent Colson is a Principal Product Manager (Technical) with over a decade of experience building and scaling global content discovery platforms, currently leading Prime Video’s Sports Discovery experience and the U.S. and international customer journey for Amazon’s landmark NBA rights deal. He blends startup grit (co-founding PlayLocal) with enterprise leadership, having architected the core live sports platform that expanded Prime Video’s footprint to hundreds of thousands of live events annually. Brent is skilled at aligning product, engineering, content, and data science to deliver personalized, ad-integrated discovery surfaces that drive both engagement and new revenue streams. His work has powered marquee sports launches—Thursday Night Football, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, pay-per-view fights—and enabled complex partner integrations across Warner Bros. Discovery, DAZN, Paramount+, and more. Known for translating high-complexity broadcast rights and geo-restriction rules into seamless customer experiences, he combines technical product rigor with a marketer’s sense for growth and storytelling. Based in Greater Boston, he pairs an MBA in Entrepreneurship with hands-on software training, making him equally fluent in business strategy and technical delivery.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of BusinessComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack ReactorBS Business, BS Business at Brigham Young University
English, Portuguese, Spanish
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Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (5)
brentcolson/Smart-list
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:56 pushes, 25 branches in 24 days
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brentcolson/react-node-mongo-template
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:30 commits, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 8 days
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