Programming is a craft, and art form. We capture elusive requirements, document difficult specifications, and engineer solid foundations, all in pursuit of the most flexible live video streaming product on the market today.
Programming is a craft, and art form. We capture elusive requirements, document difficult specifications, and engineer solid foundations, all in pursuit of the most flexible live video streaming product on the market today.
Frozen Mountain provides the most flexible live video, audio and messaging software on the market today. With 10+ years of experience and a passion for innovation, we pride ourselves on providing our clients with the very best in real-time communications technology.
Jerod and Anton Venema, two brothers and fellow developers, launched Frozen Mountain in October 2008 with a plan to develop a collaborative diagramming tool.
Launched WebSync, a high-volume signalling and messaging server. The earliest iterations of WebSync used long-polling, based on the Bayeux specification for establishing bidirectional client/server connections. This was 2 years before the WebSocket protocol was standardized.
After high consumer interest in the product, efforts were refocused on developing commercial pub-sub systems.
Launched IceLink, a cross-platform WebRTC solution compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer (via ActiveX control) and Safari (via Java applet). IceLink came to the market just months after the first cross-browser video call was made using WebRTC.
In response to customer demand for large scale video conferencing, we launched LiveSwitch, a highly flexible server software stack and SDK that supports dynamic scaling between video connection types depending on the session needs.
Launched LiveSwitch Cloud, a highly flexible, fully managed, enterprise-grade, live video platform. LiveSwitch Cloud features the same hybrid architecture as LiveSwitch Server with the added benefit of real-time metrics, reports and integrations.
We work closely with our clients and partners all around the world to help them build world-class applications that exactly match their specifications and use cases. No matter how unique or complex, our flexible products have you covered.
CEO
Jerod is passionate about applying real time communications technology to find innovative solutions to business problems. Jerod is continuously engaged in ensuring each and every customer receives the highest quality products and service from our team and is always excited to explore and satisfy the unique requirements of each new project.
Before founding Frozen Mountain, Jerod worked as a senior project manager, senior software developer, and application architect for a variety of companies including DuPont, Siemens, and Prosperity Software Solutions. Jerod has been active in the open-source development community for several years. He holds two engineering degrees from North Carolina State University. With over 16 years in the field, Jerod's knowledge and experience are invaluable in guiding the company’s operations.
CTO
As the technical visionary and prime architect of Frozen Mountain’s products, Anton is responsible for ensuring that Frozen Mountain's products exceed the needs of today and predict the needs of tomorrow. His technological intuition, vast knowledge base, and extensive academic background provide a strong foundation upon which Frozen Mountain's innovation thrives.
Before founding Frozen Mountain, Anton worked as a freelance technical consultant for a number of companies including Siemens and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science. His professional career in developing web and communications applications started in high school
before any formal training. Anton holds a joint degree in Computing Science and Linguistics from Simon Fraser University, with a focus on machine learning and computational linguistics. After working in the field for over 12 years, Anton has the expertise necessary to guide the company through the ever-changing world of emerging technologies.
CFO
Drew is based in Raleigh, NC, and contributes to the team with a strong background in strategy, finance, and business development. His core skills include helping scale companies from startup through rapid growth. He has over 25 years of experience in finance and business development mostly in SaaS software.
He holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University with a focus on finance and technology management and a BA in Math and Economics from Colgate University. He earned the CFA charter # 9072935 and is an IFR licensed pilot.
Chief Customer Officer
Renee is responsible for managing the Professional Services division, overseeing all client projects, and the Frozen Mountain resources assigned to each project. She understands the needs of both the client and the development team, and is able to find the balance between creating the ultimate technical solution with the need for efficient development within an expected client timeline. Renee recognizes each client's business needs and processes are unique, and she enjoys working with each of our clients to solve their business problems.
Prior to joining Frozen Mountain, Renee worked at IBM for 14 years in many different roles including as an application developer, development team lead, business analyst and product owner, and within various industries including Telecommunications, Financial Services, eCommerce and Healthcare. In the extensive experience Renee has had in her career, she has gained the skills required to manage and adapt to any development and business challenge given to her professional services team.
Renee has a Computer Engineering degree from the University of Victoria.
VP Business Development & Marketing
As VP of Marketing at Frozen Mountain, Greg is responsible for overseeing and executing all strategic marketing activities, lead generation initiatives, and competitive market analysis.
With a Bachelors degree in Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Administration coupled with over 20 years of technical and management experience working with Fortune 500 companies all over the world, Greg brings a diverse range of talents to the Frozen Mountain team.
In his role as VP of Business Development, Greg is passionate about working with partners to find and fuel synergistic growth opportunities that add true value. Greg is fully versed in the Frozen Mountain technology stack and ready to help both partners and customers alike achieve their business objectives with tailored audio/video solutions that differentiate them from their competition.
VP Finance
Lisa joined Frozen Mountain in 2016. She is a senior finance professional with 14 years of progressive experience. Lisa is an action-oriented leader skilled in management, strategic planning, problem-solving, and building consensus across departments. Lisa brings a unique skill set having experience working in diverse industries including manufacturing, transportation, genetics, horticulture and now software development.
Lisa is responsible for managing the Finance & People Team, overseeing all things finance, accounting, and HR-related. She is passionate about growth and professional development and works to inspire employees to live out the company's core values in everything they do. Lisa is responsible for strategic financial planning, reporting and analysis, internal controls, cash flow, forecasting, and cost management within Frozen Mountain. She also oversees the People team who are responsible for employee engagement, benefits, talent attraction, policies and compliance, perks and events, community involvement, and Health & Safety.
VP Engineering
Adam is responsible for all aspects of Frozen Mountain's Engineering Department, a diverse team, varying in experience from Junior to Senior Developers, Architects, DevOps engineers, QA Analysts, and Customer Success Representatives. He supervises the management of Feature Development, DevOps, QA, Support, SLAs, and Service Partnerships for Frozen Mountain's flagship product LiveSwitch - a real-time media streaming and broadcast capable server solution and client SDK, and LiveSwitch Cloud - a fully managed offering of LiveSwitch complete with peripheral web services for account and application management.
Adam is a University of Waterloo Computer Science graduate with 14+ years of experience. As an experienced full-stack developer, Adam has brought diverse projects from initial design through development to production, leveraging many languages, frameworks, and standards. As a hands-on Architect and Lead Developer across many successful projects, Adam has extensive experience leading teams of Designers, QA Analysts, and Developers to successful project completion.
Adam loves to learn, is passionate about User Interface and User Experience, and is always excited by the opportunity to develop enterprise-class customer-facing solutions using new technologies and frameworks.
Chief Product Officer
As Vice President, James is responsible for driving Frozen Mountain Software’s Product Team, which includes the LiveSwitch Cloud and LiveSwitch Server products. He has extensive leadership experience across diverse roles and technology areas, with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500.
James joined Frozen Mountain Software from IQVIA, where his responsibilities as Senior Director led to the creation of the Customer Buying Experience which included leading product management teams. Prior to this role, James was President of Sales for Sageworks.
James holds a bachelor’s of science degree in business management from North Carolina State University
VP People
Monte is the VP of People at Frozen Mountain where he oversees the talent acquisition team and all aspects of human resources strategy. As a highly driven leader with over 12 years of experience, he is responsible for providing strategic HR and talent acquisition leadership in support of organizational and revenue goals. Monte’s background and passion have been in helping growth stage SaaS companies to scale by building best-in-class teams.
Prior to joining Frozen Mountain, Monte was the VP of Human Resources at Sageworks (now Abrigo), a growth-stage fintech company that was acquired by Accel KKR private equity firm. After that successful exit, he was the VP of Talent Acquisition at Three Ships, a digital marketing company. Monte received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
VP Operations
Margaret is based in North Carolina and brings 13+ yrs experience driving multidisciplinary programs, constructing high-performance and efficient teams and streamlining operations. After graduating from Duke University with distinction, Margaret led extensive research and government projects at Clinical Tools, Inc., a health and technology company. Other research experience includes Harvard Medical School and Duke University Medical Center.
Margaret started a successful corporate career in fintech in 2014 where she led customer success teams, had P&L responsibilities and later led company operations. Afterward, she grew and scaled two national nonprofits, where she developed and shaped strategy on national expansion.
VP Customer Success - Professional Services
Trevor is responsible for managing the Customer Success - Professional Services division, overseeing all client projects, and the Frozen Mountain resources assigned to each project. He understands the needs of both the client and the development team, and is able to find the balance between creating the ultimate technical solution with the need for efficient development within an expected client timeline. Trevor recognizes each client's business needs and processes are unique, and he enjoys working with each of our clients to solve their business problems.
Prior to joining Frozen Mountain in 2016, Trevor worked in the Building Automation industry at Delta Controls for 11 years in many different roles including as a developer, business analyst and project manager. In the extensive experience Trevor has had in his career, he has gained the skills required to manage and adapt to any development and business challenge given to his professional services team.
Trevor has a Bachelor of Science, Computing Science with a Minor in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
VP of Sales Operations
Todd joins the Frozen Mountain team bringing with him an extensive background to bolster sales operations and support accelerated growth objectives. He is a dynamic, entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing strategist and team leader with a 25+year record of achievement and demonstrated success in the Technology sector. Management experience includes a diverse knowledge in many business-to-business arenas ranging from Small to Medium Enterprises, Fortune 1,000 companies, and all three levels of Government. Long-term trusted business relationships are the determinants of success and delivering mutually beneficial outcomes.
VP of Partnerships
Thomas “Tom” Rychlik is VP Partnerships, responsible for developing new partner channel relationships and agreements with companies that will contribute to selling the FM product, with a focus on increasing scale commensurate with the new objectives of the company.
Tom comes to us after having spent more than 30 years at Sikorsky Aircraft/Lockheed Martin, maker of venerable products such as the BLACKHAWK helicopter, where he was last Regional Executive-Asia Pacific and has had past experiences in program management, new business development, and contract development/negotiation.
Tom holds a bachelor and MBA degrees from Sacred Heart University and an Executive MS degree in Management & Leadership from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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