Jared Counts
Manager Of Digital Technology at Houston Public Media
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJared Counts is a seasoned digital technology manager with nine years of focused experience leading web, audio, and video streaming operations for Houston Public Media. He combines hands-on engineering in PHP, JavaScript, and Python with infrastructure management and CMS development to keep public radio web properties reliable and up to date. Jared has a long history at Houston Public Radio, progressing from special events and content work to web development and now managing digital technology, which gives him a rare blend of editorial sensibility and technical depth. He enjoys learning and deploying new streaming servers and tools, often experimenting to improve delivery and resilience. Based in Houston with a BA in Communications/Media Production from the University of Houston, he brings practical, broadcast-focused engineering and a wry, creative perspective to technical challenges.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communications/Media Production, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communications/Media Production at University of Houston
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Github Skills (8)
wordpress9
grid-layout6
apple-news5
speech4
webview3
cli3
macos2
wordpress-plugin1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
OpenPublicMedia/npr-cds-wordpress
Dec 2022 - May 2026
Access NPR's Content Distribution Service (CDS) from within WordPress
Contributions:34 releases, 13 reviews, 16 PRs in 3 years 5 months
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jwcounts/hpm-podcasts
Apr 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:40 releases, 77 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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