William Kent
Senior Consultant at ArtistScope
Greater Brisbane Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Kent is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and senior consultant with 28+ years leading product-focused engineering, having founded and steered ArtistScope since 1998 to pioneer commercial copy protection and DRM used across industries and governments. Based in the Greater Brisbane Area, he combines hands-on R&D leadership with operational experience running internet services and hosting infrastructure through Bribie Island Internet, solving connectivity challenges for a regional community. His background spans product design, IP protection, and display advertising systems dating back to Kent Displays, reflecting a rare blend of practical engineering, business operations and long-term custody of mission-critical software. Notably, he has repeatedly turned niche technical problems—secure media distribution and resilient local internet access—into sustainable services trusted worldwide.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Melbourne College of Printing & Graphic Arts
Github Skills (24)
videojs8
video-player8
player8
javascript7
html7
html5-video6
chrome6
database6
mobile-web6
css6
security6
security-vulnerability5
html5-audio5
git3
phpbb3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ArtistScope/drupal_copysafe_web
Sep 2015 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 pushes in 4 years 4 months
ArtistScope/drupal_copysafe_pdf
Aug 2015 - Jan 2020
Contributions:6 pushes in 4 years 5 months
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