Management Team
Leadership Team
Wowza’s leadership team is made up of problem solvers, creators, and innovators with one goal in mind: To help organizations in every industry create the next big thing in live streaming.
David Stubenvoll
Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder
David Stubenvoll is a streaming-industry veteran, launching Wowza with Charlie Good to fill a stark void in the industry: the lack of flexible, robust media server software on which to build reliable streaming. Wowza is Dave’s fifth new business venture, having previously served as entrepreneur in residence at Adobe Systems and as CEO/cofounder of Freeworks. Dave has also held senior positions at Intuit and serves as president of GALT Technologies (an Intuit subsidiary).
Elliot Miller
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Legal
Elliot Miller leads Wowza’s global people operations, legal affairs, compliance programs, and corporate development activities as senior vice president. With more than 15 years of experience providing in-house legal counsel to technology and services companies, Elliot works to attract and retain great colleagues by building a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture with compelling employee benefits. In Elliot’s legal and corporate development roles, he leads initiatives and processes to support Wowza’s rapid growth while managing the company’s risk.
Erin Sawyer
Chief Financial Officer
Erin comes to Wowza with 20 years of finance, accounting, and operational experience as well as 10 years in the software industry. She is passionate about leading great teams, partnering throughout the organization to drive growth and operational excellence. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family creating new memories.
Michael Phillippi
Chief Technical Officer
Michael Phillippi is an experienced leader of SaaS engineering organizations. He’s managed engineering teams utilizing a range of technologies such as machine vision, IoT, hardware engineering, web applications, APIs, data streaming, and analytics. Michael’s experience includes scaling several companies to accelerate innovation and enterprise-level reliability, including Canto, Lytx, Enlyte, The Sabre Group, and HP Global Systems.
Mark Lockwood
Chief Revenue Officer
Mark comes to Wowza with over 15 years of experience driving significant revenue growth and company value across both PE and VC-backed companies. Over the course of his career, he has held leadership positions in sales, marketing, and management consulting and is passionate about working collaboratively to scale GTM functions to support growth. Outside of work you can find him spending time chasing around his two young kids, Jack and Lizzy, and attempting to relive his soccer glory days in pickup games around the neighborhood.
Ashique Anwar
Chief Product Officer
Ashique joins Wowza with 17 years of experience in video streaming. His extensive industry experience includes prominent product roles with such industry heavyweights and innovators as Brightcove, Ooyala, Piksel, and Irdeto. Ashique is passionate about establishing product strategy and empowering the teams to plan and execute on it, which drives growth for the company. Outside of work, he is a huge sports fan and spends most of his weekends driving and watching his children play various sports.
Matt Thompson
Vice President of Marketing
Matt heads up Wowza’s marketing, demand generation, communication and brand presence efforts. Matt brings more than 15 years of diverse experience with SaaS tech growth companies, including senior leadership roles in global marketing and product management. Matt is a believer in building high-performance, high-confidence teams that learn how to win deliberately together. Matt lives and works in Seattle, Washington.