Nationality American | Name Nils Lahr | |
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Occupation Chairman, and CEO of OrionsWave, LLC. Known for Inventions in media streaming Spouse(s) Kristi Charlton Lahr (m. 2001) Alma mater Polytechnic Institute of New York University | ||
Nils Lahr (born August 1973) is an American entrepreneur, inventor and computer scientist known for his work in the streaming media industry. He founded Synergy Sports Technology and several other companies. He has also been a senior developer at Microsoft.
Contents
- Early life
- Career
- CNNfn
- Microsoft
- iBEAM Broadcasting
- Youbetme
- Synergy Sports Technology LLC
- LexiconDigital
- Patents
- References
Early life
Nils Lahr was born in 1973 to John C. Lahr and Karen Ericson. His father was a scientist who worked as a research seismologist in the US Geological Survey from 1971 to 2003. Nils earned his higher education from Menlo-Atherton High School and his Bachelor in Computer Science from New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. He started programming early at the age of 16 by writing object-oriented databases for the US Geological Survey.
Career
Lahr began his career by working and founding some notable companies in the field of streaming and media, notable among them are;
CNNfn
Lahr worked at CNNfn, a financial news channel when it did the world's first streaming broadcast and built first fully digital studio. He was the webmaster of the team. In 1996, he also said to InfoWorld magazine that the only way for companies to get there content on the internet is through making it easy to find. During his career at CNNfn, he created the first automated stock ticker for TV.
Microsoft
Lahr joined Microsoft in 1996, after leaving CNNfn, and helped as a founding member of its streaming media division. Prior to joining Microsoft he worked for VXtreme and developed streaming media solutions which were later bought by Microsoft and were essential in the development of Windows Media Player and MPEG4.
iBEAM Broadcasting
Lahr co-founded IBEAM Broadcasting Corporation in April, 1998 and later served as it Chief Scientist. From may to July 1999, Nils served as its CTO.
Youbetme
Youbetme is a California based social betting platform, that enables users to bet via there website or there IOS app. It was founded by Jason Neubauer and Justin Jarman in 2011 and the technological services were provided by Nils Lahr, he is also the CTO of the company.
Synergy Sports Technology, LLC
Lahr is the co-founder and CTO of Synergy Sports Technology, the company provides statistical reports and associated video clips to the NBA coaches and also works for college teams. Nils Lahr develops all the streaming solutions for the company.
LexiconDigital
He worked with David Caruso, around ideas on how to bring production concepts into the digital world sooner for promotional reasons. They helped influence how some very large and early Hollywood projects promoted themselves online, such as the first and second Iron Man movies. They had a huge impact in a short time changing how movies used the Internet to promote themselves long before the release date.
Orions Systems
Lahr co-founded Orions Systems
Patents
Lahr has numerous patents spanning in the field of streaming media and content some notable among them are: