Steed Ferns
President at ICON Media Communications Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSteed Ferns is a seasoned technology and operations leader with nearly two decades of experience building and scaling broadcast, IPTV, VOD, and digital signage platforms. As President of ICON Media and former CTO/COO roles, he has led engineering, product and operations teams to deliver large-scale networks and one of the market’s early digital signage platforms. He spearheaded a mobile-first on-demand and live-event streaming service focused on pop culture and sports, and has deployed solutions for marquee clients like L'Oréal, Samsung, Saks and MLSE. Comfortable in both hands-on software development (.NET, Angular, Node, AWS) and executive strategy, he bridges product vision with implementation and SLA-driven operations. Known for turning broadcast-grade requirements into cloud-native deployments, he combines entrepreneurial drive with deep industry domain expertise. Based in Toronto, he continues to pursue emerging trends that blend content, distribution and interactive experiences.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
University of Toronto Mississauga
Github Skills (15)
cloud-api9
homebridge8
robot8
sdk7
homekit7
api7
firmware5
wink4
iot4
tasmota4
tuya4
mqtt3
exec2
siri2
fritzbox1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
steedferns/homebridge-huesensors
Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
steedferns/homebridge-roomba980
Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:67 commits, 2 PRs, 65 pushes in 4 months
roombahomebridgehomekithomebridge-plugin
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