SeaWell Networks
SeaWell Networks, Inc. is a provider of video delivery products designed for use by content producers and their content delivery partner organizations. SeaWell provides network-based solutions for Internet streaming and video delivery that use the new H.264 SVC International Codec Standard. Using H.264 SVC CREATES dynamic optimization of the video stream, allowing for the best viewing experience on any device or network connection.
History
SeaWell Networks was founded in 2008 by Brian Collie and Robert Myers who had previous success as founding members of Chantry Networks, a WLAN (WiFi) equipment provider.
Management
Brian Collie – Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Robert Myers – Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Director
Kerri Golden – Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Development
Andy Beach – Chief Evangelist
Jeff Geiser – VP Business Development
Rob Pollock – VP Product Management
Ram Ranganathan – Director, Development
Board Members
Charlotte Burke – Director
Brian Collie – Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Andrew Harrison – CFA, Director
Robert Myers – Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Director
Kris Alexander – Advisor
Margo Crawford – Advisor, Human Resources and Administration
Richard Mavrogeanes – Advisor
Per Suneby – Advisor, Strategic Alliances
Funding
In early March 2010, SeaWell Networks was able to secure $7 million in initial funding with the conversion of seed funding from BDC Venture Capital, Northwater Intellectual Property Fund, and Ontario Centers of Excellence.
Technology
Lumen 1000
The Lumen 1000 is an advanced turnkey appliance used for the creation of content for online video for multi-platform distribution using the advanced H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) video compression standard.
Instead of encoding the same content multiple times for distribution across multiple platforms and devices, the Lumen 1000 allows content producers to encode the content once, creating H.264 SVC files that contain multiple resolutions and deliver only the bits required for play back on a given device, at a given network speed.