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Localization delivery application
The Walt Disney Studios
An end-to-end app integrating eight internal systems: source orchestration, per-vendor transcoding, forensic watermarking, encryption, and vendor delivery.
Los Angeles · Product engineering
Benjamin
Rapoport
Product engineer who builds the applications behind studio operations, backed by 25+ years in media, production, and technical support.
What I buildApplication Development✦Product Engineering✦Systems Integration✦Studio Technology✦Prototyping & PRDs✦Media Systems✦Automation✦Operational Reliability✦
Applications / 01
Things I
build.
Clarify the problem, write the PRD, prototype it, then ship the application and the documentation that keeps it alive. Internal Disney apps are available on request.
02
Studio media operations tooling
Studio Technology
Applications built with Cursor and Claude Code, starting from self-initiated PRDs and prototypes that led to a move onto the app engineering team.
03
Enterprise media applications
Iyuno and Interra Systems
Tools and vendor integrations for global media supply chains, plus the documentation and runbooks that keep them maintainable after launch.
Now / 02
Systems behind
the story.
Benjamin builds and supports the applications behind studio media operations, moving from business problem to PRD to a working product that teams can actually run.
012025 - Present
Product & Media Engineer
The Walt Disney Studios
Designs and ships internal applications for Studio Technology, including a localization delivery app that connects eight internal systems end to end: source orchestration, per-vendor transcoding, forensic watermarking, encryption, and delivery for Disney's DCVI localization vendors.
- Application design & delivery
- PRDs and working prototypes
- Systems integration
- Media QC & transcode delivery
02Recent
Media Engineering & Support
Iyuno, Inc. ✦ Interra Systems, Inc. ✦ Harmonic, Inc. ✦ Omneon, Inc. ✦ Avid, Inc.
Owned enterprise media applications and vendor integrations for global teams with no dedicated engineering org, turning business needs into working tools and training the people who used them.
- Enterprise media applications
- Vendor integrations
- Technical documentation
- User enablement
03Recent
Epic Credentialed Trainer, ASAP
UCLA Health
Stepped into healthcare IT and delivered hands-on Epic ASAP training and go-live support for Emergency Department staff, working directly with clinical leadership under real deadline pressure.
- Epic ASAP
- Go-live support
- Clinical workflows
- Stakeholder training
04Recent
Product Support & Reliability
The Walt Disney Studios ✦ Iyuno, Inc. ✦ Interra Systems, Inc.
The support side of building: owning troubleshooting and escalations for the QC, transcode, and delivery systems studios run on, and writing the runbooks and documentation that cut onboarding time and keep global teams unblocked.
- Troubleshooting & escalations
- Runbooks & documentation
- Onboarding & training
- Workflow improvement
Experience / 03
Proof in
the work.
The accomplishments behind the applications: products shipped, teams enabled, and systems kept running where the stakes were real.
01
Shipped a localization delivery application
The Walt Disney Studios
Designed and shipped an end-to-end app integrating eight internal systems: source orchestration, per-vendor transcoding, forensic watermarking, encryption, and delivery for Disney's DCVI localization vendors.
02
Earned a move onto the app engineering team
The Walt Disney Studios
Self-initiated PRDs and working prototypes, built with Cursor and Claude Code, demonstrated enough value to move from media engineering onto the application engineering team.
03
Kept studio QC running at studio quality
The Walt Disney Studios
Managed Telestream Vantage, Interra Baton QC, and NexGuard G2, and wrote runbooks and troubleshooting documentation that cut onboarding time for the whole team.
04
Ran enterprise media apps for global teams
Iyuno and Interra Systems
Owned enterprise media applications and vendor integrations for global teams with no dedicated engineering org, turning business needs into working tools and training the people who used them.
05
Delivered under clinical deadline pressure
UCLA Health
Epic ASAP credentialed trainer providing hands-on training and go-live support for Emergency Department staff, working directly with clinical leadership.
Experience across
- The Walt Disney Studios
- Iyuno
- Interra Systems
- UCLA Health
- DirecTV
- Harmonic
- Omneon
- Avid, Inc.
Selected archive / 04
Forged in the cut.
The production foundation behind today’s systems thinking: feature films, episodic television, live multi-camera work, and performance.
Capabilities / 05
01
Application Building
Designing and shipping internal applications end to end, from PRD and prototype to integration, delivery, and the runbooks that follow.
02
Systems Integration
Wiring orchestration, transcoding, watermarking, encryption, and delivery systems into one workflow people can trust.
03
Product Support
Connecting people and technology through investigation, workflow improvement, documentation, and training.
West Coast Salsa Congress
600
minutes, live.
RapoDesigns produced and staged non-stop entertainment for more than 15,000 dancers at the 5th Annual West Coast Salsa Congress.
15,000+Attendees
1 stageNon-stop show
Biography / 06
Production instincts. Engineering rigor. Human support.
Benjamin Rapoport is a product engineer who builds applications for complex media operations, drawing on more than 25 years across film, television, digital media, and technical support.
At The Walt Disney Studios he designed and shipped a localization delivery application spanning eight internal systems, and continues to build tools for studio media operations.
His earlier editorial career includes Heat, Mimic, Anaconda, The Fan, The Juror, and thirteen episodes of Law & Order.
Contact / 07