About Ben Formesyn | Senior Specialist Solution Architect, AWS

I'm a Senior Specialist Solution Architect at AWS, focusing on Media Services and Edge technologies. Over twenty years in broadcast and content delivery, helping customers design and operate cloud-based media workflows at scale.

Media Services: AWS Elemental MediaLive, MediaConvert, MediaPackage, MediaTailor, and Interactive Video Service (IVS).

My work spans live video encoding, OTT streaming, content delivery networks, and edge security. I architect solutions that combine high-performance delivery with robust DDoS and application-layer protection.

Edge Services: Amazon CloudFront, AWS WAF, AWS Shield Advanced, Lambda@Edge, and CloudFront Functions.

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Topics I work with

Live video contribution and distribution — multi-site encoding, IP backhaul, redundancy strategies
OTT platform architecture — adaptive bitrate, DRM, manifest manipulation
Accessibility signaling — CEA-608/708, IMSC1, audio description in HLS and DASH
Content delivery at scale — CloudFront origins, cache hierarchies, compression
Edge security — WAF rule design, Shield Advanced incident response, bot management
Lambda@Edge & CloudFront Functions — request routing, header manipulation, A/B testing at the edge