Hack Viacom: ReaX Creates Winning Concept in Viacom’s First-Ever Hackathon

Our employees build creative and amazing things — apps, products, programs — every day. At “Hack Viacom,” the company’s first-ever hackathon, developers, designers, and product managers worked together to build innovative video hacks overnight at our headquarters in New York City. On one hand, the hackathon represents Viacom’s commitment to innovation. On the other, it marks revolutionary changes within the company, as Viacom has re-designed its tech organization to include product development and engineering capabilities to help the divisions think about what their products should look like – what an app looks like, what video looks like on mobile.

Drawing 77 participants from across the company and seven countries, employees brainstormed ideas, formed teams and developed cool projects before each team presented their work to a panel of judges.

Viacom’s President and CEO Philippe Dauman kicked off the event with an inspiring speech. Senior executives like our COO Tom Dooley and EVP Human Resources Scott Mills were also in attendance. Meanwhile, Jeremiah Zinn, EVP of Product Management and Engineering, and Josh Cogswell, SVP Product Management, skipped sleep and encouraged the participants as they hacked away.

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