John Gildred
Founder, CEO at Confidential
Encinitas, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Gildred is a veteran product leader, designer, engineer and founder with over two decades of experience delivering global-scale consumer electronics, immersive media and automotive products. He has led product teams at Google, Amazon and Netflix, launched first-to-market Blu-ray players and major TV/streaming platforms reaching nearly 100 million users, and repeatedly translated deep consumer insights into award-winning hardware and services. A hands-on operator and serial founder, he now builds live media tools and electrification platforms while consulting on immersive media and UX innovation. His rare blend of systems-level engineering, cloud-scale media architecture, machine learning-driven UX and device security expertise enables him to ship complex, high-volume products end-to-end. Notably, his career spans both founding startups and influencing industry standards (UPnP, DLNA, AVB), reflecting a mix of entrepreneurial grit and standards-level technical leadership.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
High School International (Argentina), High School International (Argentina) at Asociacion Escuelas LincolnHigh School, High School at Cate SchoolUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Spanish, Russian, Japanese, French
Github Skills (45)
animation9
windows9
android9
fastled9
reddit9
macos8
flutter8
arduino8
cross-platform8
desktop8
ios8
material-design7
dart7
mobile6
metal6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jgildred/fluff
Jun 2013 - Aug 2016
Contributions:375 commits, 15 pushes in 3 years 2 months
jgildred/makepad-site
Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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