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Colin Bielen

Executive engineering leader specializing in AI, platforms, and streaming media

Proximity WorksPepperdine University20 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Engineering leader with experience at CBS Interactive and Paramount who scaled a web engineering team from 4 to 30+ (adding QA/PMO/mobile) while instituting strong agile and code-quality processes. Led a major architectural shift to a generic content API that decoupled web/mobile experiences from niche publishing systems, reportedly cutting developer onboarding time by ~50% and enabling some day-one production commits.

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Key Strengths

  • Aligns technology roadmaps to executive-defined success metrics and business strategy
  • Reframed tech debt and upskilling as strategic enablers to unlock product vision (CBS Interactive)
  • Scaled web engineering org from 4 to 30+ including QA, PMO, and mobile developers
  • Built engineering operating system: agile planning, build processes, coding standards, and code review culture
  • Improved developer onboarding velocity using 'time to first commit' as a metric; enabled day-one production commits in some cases
  • Led major platform architecture shift (generic content API) that decoupled front ends from niche CMS tools and cut onboarding time ~50% (Paramount)
  • High-transparency stakeholder management and proactive roadmap recalibration during delivery challenges

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Experience

Executive Consultant, AI & Platform ArchitectureProximity Works · Jan 2025 – Presentfreelance
Angel Investor (Part-Time)Seattle Angel Conference · Jan 2026 – Presentpart-time
VP, EngineeringParamount · Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
Senior Director, EngineeringCBS · Jan 2017 – Jan 2021
Director, Media Platform ServicesNBCUniversal · Jan 2012 – Jan 2017
Manager, Platform EngineeringComcast · Jan 2006 – Jan 2012
Lead Software EngineerE!
Lead Software EngineerCNation LLC

Education

Pepperdine Universitymaster, Business Administration
USCbachelor

Languages

English

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Colin BielenExecutive engineering leader specializing in AI, platforms, and streaming media