Adam Roberts

Program Advisor @Agile Foundry

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Adam Roberts is an accomplished technology and program leader with over 15 years in digital media. In his latest role as Senior Director of Enterprise Program Management at Disney, he led the initiatives to deliver ESPN+ and Disney+ to market. Within 24 hours of its release, Disney+ had more than 10 million subscribers. It went on to be the second largest streaming service in the world in a matter of months. During his time at Disney, over 150 additional countries and territories saw the introduction of Disney+, all spearheaded by Adam and his program management team. As many accomplishments that were made in his six years at Disney, there were scores more lessons learned while scaling Disney+ from its initial launch to over 200 million subscribers in 2023. His media journey began with his tenure at Viacom, where, as its first Program Management Office leader, he oversaw an organization-wide Agile transformation. At a time of great upheaval in the traditional media industry, Adam led the centralization of media technology services across MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Between the consolidation of key technologies that drove Viacom’s digital media strategy and the transition to an Agile mindset, Viacom gained critical traction in the journey from a traditional media powerhouse to its successful streaming presence today. Prior to his career in Media, Adam was a technology maverick in the Internet startup world—beginning as a software developer, then as Director of Technology for the publisher of a groundbreaking massively-multiplayer online flight combat simulator. From there, he ventured to New Zealand, Australia, and Thailand where he built award-winning web applications and helped to launch one of the first 3G Mobile companies in Southeast Asia. With his proven ability to help organizations large and small effectively deliver, Adam currently provides his expertise to companies in their digital media and Agile journeys. His clients range from Tribune Media to Johnson & Johnson. When he’s n

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Work Background

Disney StreamingSenior Director, Enterprise Program Management, Disney Streaming

Jul. 2017 - Aug. 2023Greater New York City AreaLeader of the Enterprise Program Management and Process teams. Built a team of seasoned Program Leaders to partner with Engineering and Product stakeholders to roll out market-disrupting streaming products--Disney+, ESPN+ and Star+. Reporting to the Disney Streaming CTO, responsible for program management across key technology pillars--Commerce, User Engagement, Playback, and Identity Management. Developing lean enterprise process to drive priority, alignment with Objectives and Key Results, and streamline delivery.

Agile Foundry LLCConsultant - Agile Coach - Program Leader

May. 2015Greater New York City AreaHelping organizations large and small boost performance through Agile training and coaching, as well as program and project management following Lean/Agile principles. Working from the C-suite to individual team members to enable world-class delivery through a disciplined, pragmatic approach. Projects: BI Program Manager, Tribune Media Agile Transformation Consultant, Johnson & Johnson

ViacomVice-President, PMO Operations

Nov. 2011 - Jun. 2015Greater New York City AreaPromoted to create the first Project Management Office for Viacom’s Media and Technology Services (MTS) division. Built the PMO from scratch, working closely with the office of the CIO to establish Lean-Agile organizational governance, align technology with business strategy, and drive a culture of innovation.

ViacomSenior Director, Digital Platform Portfolio

Nov. 2006 - Nov. 2011Greater New York City AreaLead Agile Transformation across Viacom technology groups. Created and managed a team of ScrumMasters/Project Managers, Analysts and Operational managers to drive delivery of critical products that included content management systems, video players, web analytics, e-commerce initiatives, data warehousing, and applications for mobile, search, and social media.

XoomApplications Manager

Nov. 2005 - Nov. 2006San Francisco Bay AreaTransformed web applications delivery in a Sequoia-funded startup consumer remittance company through the introduction of Scrum and XP practices.

ON24Senior Manager

Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2005San Francisco Bay AreaDirected the delivery of live streaming media events for major corporate accounts in a webcasting startup firm.