Chief Executive, Global Streaming Media Market Developer, Technologist & Analyst, PADEM Media Group/USA

Allan McLennan is a streaming media expert, entrepreneur, commentator, and adviser to digital media companies. He is the founder, Chief Executive and lead analyst of the San Francisco based PADEM Media Group, a media technology, market advancement consulting firm.

Allan’s 25+ year dedication to the global streaming media, data intelligent/AI and connected device revolution as a C-suite senior market growth executive has enabled him to contribute to and work with extraordinary companies, inventors, scientists, technologists, accomplished executives and high performing companies such as Ericsson; Siemens; Microsoft; Spielberg; APPLE and Disney.

With numerous global firsts he has developed/deployed products/services on five continents/17 countries to hundreds of millions of households and screens, from the first global streaming IP/OTT offering; founding president of US publicly traded data analytics firm RENTRAK to today advancing new education streaming services and category M&A.  

Allan is active in the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (EMMY’s); Producers Guild of America; Society of Motion Pictures Television Engineers; Board Director for IET/London and CEI (Center of Educational Innovation - NYC); Advisory Board for RightsTrade/LA (film/television licensing marketplace); an MBA International Strategy (team/behavioural economics); global speaker on media ecology and is a guest lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business.