Biographical Information
Chris McCarthy
GM of Media and Entertainment, New Relic
Chris McCarthy is the GM of Media and Entertainment at New Relic, where he has spent over eight years working on solution development and go-to-market strategy for industry verticals. Previously, he was an engineer at Sentient Technologies (now acquired by Cognizant), a pioneer in distributed evolutionary intelligence, where he honed the expertise he now applies to large-scale market solutions.
Articles for Chris McCarthy
Locked Out Before First Pitch: Why Live Event Outages Start Long Before the Stream
04 Nov 2026
The MLB postseason may be over, but the technical demands of delivering live sports to millions of viewers remain. For streaming providers, traffic surges, fragmented visibility, and complex system dependencies can create challenges long before a fan ever presses play.
No Second Chances: Why Streaming Providers Should Embrace a Unified Observability Approach to Avoid Costly Site Failures
29 Oct 2025
When millions tune in for live events, just seconds of downtime can have irreversible costs. Here's how providers can build resilience into their tech stack.