Live streaming operator. CEO, Switchboard Live.
Switchboard Connect for public agencies: live video from the room, a recording residents can find later, and publish to the destinations they already use.
I run Switchboard Live. Switchboard Connect is live video for public agencies: it takes a live signal from whatever is in the room, keeps a recording residents can find later, and publishes to YouTube, Facebook, X, Twitch, custom players, and the agency’s own site.
Public-agency streaming is the day job. I also build with bots, agents, and agentic coding. Operator in the loop, not an AI-startup generalist. More below.
Fka Joicaster; name and focus changed during Techstars Cloud. Went through Techstars Cloud (San Antonio, Oct 2015–Feb 2016), a funding accelerator, not a job. San Antonio Demo Day. $1.5M seed (Nov 2017).
Stood up their online streaming division.
Corporate path (not a job row). Remaining XOS later operated as XOS Digital.
Municipal streaming first. Titles as published. Company note: Switchboard Live $1.5M seed (Nov 2017).
On LinkedIn. Profile
“Stream Live, Everywhere.” JOICASTER, before it became Switchboard Live.
Public-agency live streaming is the day job. I also build with bots, agents, and agentic coding. That is how I move faster on product work. I am an operator who uses agents, not an AI-startup generalist.
Shipping software with agents in the loop: write, review, and land changes without handing over judgment. The operator stays accountable for what ships.
Hands-on automation that has to stay useful after the demo. Orchestrate tools to build better tools, then keep what actually works.
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There is no clear market leader in public-sector live streaming. Rudy J. Ellis's operating view of the US buyer universe is about 22,000 city, county, and state governments that need streaming, closer to 39,000 if townships are included. Agencies need reliable, recordable, multi-destination live video for meetings and public information, not a media production stack.
Switchboard Live is the company. The product is Switchboard Connect: live video for public agencies. Created February 2016 (fka Joicaster). Name and focus changed during Techstars Cloud. Joicaster went through Techstars Cloud (San Antonio, Oct 2015–Feb 2016), a funding accelerator, not a job.
Switchboard Connect is Switchboard Live's product for public-agency live video. It takes a live signal from whatever is in the room, keeps a recording residents can find later, and publishes to YouTube, Facebook, X, Twitch, custom players, and the agency's own site. Secure multistreaming, enterprise-grade compliance and reliability.
Public-agency live video, Switchboard Connect, or building with agents. Or just shop talk. LinkedIn is the best place to start.