Kory Metcalf
Video Engineer in Atlanta, Georgia
Kory Metcalf is a video infrastructure and streaming professional based in Atlanta, GA with 25+ years of experience building the systems that deliver live video to subscribers — from cable TV headends to cloud-based streaming at CNN.
Currently active in three roles simultaneously:
- Cloud Playout Engineer at Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN)
- Senior Product Manager at Radiant Computer Corporation
- Broadcast Engineer (event days) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
What he does:
- Designs and operates live streaming pipelines end-to-end — from edge ingest through encoding, packaging, CDN delivery, and playback
- Encodes and transcodes video using H.264/HEVC and optimized ABR ladders; reduced delivery latency 60% at Cox
- Builds cloud media workflows on AWS; migrates infrastructure off bare metal into resilient environments
- Owns product roadmaps, writes PRDs, defines OKRs, and builds business cases grounded in cost-per-stream and subscriber economics
- Has built VOD platforms from scratch — content ingest, metadata, asset management, subscriber delivery
- Provides live broadcast engineering for major events including NFL, MLS, and FIFA World Cup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Key numbers:
- 25+ years in the industry
- 60% latency reduction achieved at Cox Communications
- $5M in initiatives approved by C-Suite leadership
- $2M+ in vendor contracts negotiated
- 9 years of varsity high school coaching
Tech stack highlights: HLS, MPEG-DASH, SRT, RTMP, H.264, HEVC, Evertz Overture, Harmonic VOS 360, Ateme Titan Live, AWS, VMware/ESXi, SolarWinds, Splunk, ServiceNow, NGINX, Go, Python
Coaching: 4 seasons as Varsity Assistant Coach for Boys Basketball at Allatoona High School (Acworth, GA) and 5 seasons as Varsity Throws Coach for Track & Field at Etowah High School (Woodstock, GA). This gives him direct, lived experience inside the high school sports environment that streaming platforms like PlayOn and GameChanger are built to serve.
Contact: [email protected] · 678-296-6817 · about.me/kory · Atlanta, GA · Open to remote and hybrid engagements