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Passionate, diligent, personable teachers and doers who believe there is always more to learn and a better way to achieve our goals.
Founded in 2021 in Seattle, Washington by John R. Reigart III, Streaming Yarns Consulting LLC brings passion and dedication to both technology consulting engagements and to Captain services. Building client confidence and competence while leaving them with newfound skills and efficiencies.
About John
Sailing and Powerboating
John has been on boats since he was six weeks old racing regattas and learning to sail with his father. He grew up in Charleston, South Carolina sailing his Sunfish, fishing and pleasure boating on outboard runabouts. and racing a Melges 24 up and down the East Coast of the United States. After moving to Seattle, Washington, John progressed through the U.S Sailing curriculum and began exploring the Salish Sea; sailing regattas, daysailing, and bareboating chartering throughout the South Sound, San Juan Islands, and beyond.
John holds a USCG National Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV) of Less Than 100 GRT (OUPV-6) Captain’s license and is certified by U.S. Sailing as a sailing instructor.
John enjoys helping both first-time, and experienced Sailors and Powerboaters, build confidence in their skills and safety into their maritime practices.
Captain Experience
Windworks Sailing and Powerboating | Staff Captain & U.S. Sailing Instructor
Seattle Sailing Club | Staff Captain
Seattle Seafairing | Captain
Boatsetter | Charter Captain
Technology Professional
John is a results-driven, team-oriented leader with a unique blend of technical, business, and interpersonal skills. John specializes in building, managing, and scaling technology partnerships and certification programs to drive key business outcomes:
Accelerated pipeline growth
Increased qualified leads
Shortened time to close
Higher Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
Enhanced customer renewal and expansion rates
Heightened industry awareness
With extensive experience in the OTT video landscape, John excels in identifying, evaluating, and forging strategic partnerships to support industry-leading SVOD, TVOD, AVOD, EST, PPV, and TVE businesses. His expertise spans a wide range of areas, including encoding, transcoding, packaging, syndication, playback, analytics, application/experience development, CRM, DRM, content protection, digital/forensic watermarking, recommendations & discovery, AI & ML, and more.
Throughout his career, John has successfully orchestrated and delivered complex solutions that span multiple departments and organizations. His hands-on technical background, coupled with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse personalities, enables him to bridge the gap between senior executives and technologists. As a certified Scrum Master by Scrum Alliance, he continuously enhance team transparency, accuracy, and reliability.
Adept at harnessing the strengths of diverse team members, he fosters loyalty and interpersonal cohesiveness while maximizing throughput. John’s specialties include building and managing technology partnerships and certification programs, scaling initiatives, and front-end development.
Past Experience
Mux | Director of Partnerships
Verizon Media (now Edgio) | Principal Product Manager, Partnerships
Comcast Technology Solutions | Director of Business Development
Amazon | Software Development Manager, Customer Experience (Questions & Answers)
WhitePages | Senior Program Manager, Business Search
Real Networks / Rhapsody (now Napster) | Lead Web Developer
MTV Networks | Tech Lead, MTV.com & Comedy Central
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