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George
Anderson
George Anderson is a senior solutions manager for
the broadcast and postproduction industries at WAM!NET,
working closely with entertainment customers to ensure
leading-edge deployment and use of WAM!NET e-services.
He has been instrumental in a number of WAM!NET broadcaster
digital workflow successes, including the BBC Worldwide
Americas Library Services digitization of 50-plus
years of radio and TV archives for an online stock
footage library. He holds a B.S. in broadcasting and
film from Boston University's School of Communications.
Class: 116
Paul
Bales
Paul
Bales has been with the Screen Actors Guild since
1998. He works in the theatrical contracts department
and his responsibilities include signing producers
to collective bargaining agreements and resolving
grievances. Prior to joining the Guild he was the
West Coast representative for the American Guild of
Variety Artists, SAG's sister union, which represents
club singers, magicians, dancers, jugglers, and amusement-park
entertainers. Bales started his career at Universal
Studios, where he was responsible for hiring and managing
all of the performers in the studio theme park. Class:
DVIFS
Steve
Bannerman
Steve
Bannerman is responsible for defining directions for
Apple's industry standard, cross-platform QuickTime
Media Layer and related tools. Prior to working with
QuickTime, Bannerman held other positions at Apple
including Senior Product Manager for Power Macintosh
where he defined high-end hardware directions for
the Publishing and New Media markets. Bannerman joined
Apple in 1989 after spending three years as a Senior
Systems Engineer and Manager at Hayes Microcomputer
Products, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Management
from Georgia Institute of Technology, with a minor
in Business and Technical Communications. Class 092
Jack
Baran is a graduate of N.Y.U. and the London
Film School. He began his career in the U.K. at M.G.M.'s
Borehamwood Studios. He has worked in many capacities
on such films as Renaldo and Clara, The Big Easy,
Barfly, Single White Female, and Shattered Image;
he co-wrote Great Balls of Fire and Band of the Hand;
and directed a feature, Destiny Turns On the Radio.
His most recent project is Jack the Dog, a digital
feature that is currently being transformed to film.
Class: DVIFS
Steve
Bayes
Steve
Bayes is the senior designer for the Media Composer
and Symphony systems at Avid Technology. One of the
first instructors at Avid, Bayes directed the design
of the last three software releases. He helped develop
the courseware for more than 40 Avid Authorized Education
Centers and the 200 Avid-certified instructors for
Avid editing products. Bayes is the author of The
Avid Handbook, which is now in its third edition.
Class: 056
Marcie
Begleiter
Marcie Begleiter is a filmmaker and educator who has
worked extensively in the film, video, and interactive
industries. She is owner of Filmboards whose client
list includes Paramount, Tristar, New Line, HBO and
ABC. She is currently the supervisor of Visual Studies,
Department of Film at Art Center College of Design
as well as a faculty member in the professional training
division of the American Film Institute, and the new
State Film School in Cologne, Germany. Her book From
Word to Image: Storyboarding and the Filmmaking Process
will be published by Michael Wiese Productions in
October, 2000. Class: 037
Shiron
Bell
Shiron Bell is the founder and director of the Digidance
Digital Cinema Festival, which launched in Park City,
UT, in January 2000. Graduating from the Wharton School
of Business, he worked as an investment banker in
New York before moving to Los Angeles. He is also
a partner in the independent exhibition company, Access(O)
Microcinema. Class: DVIFS
Adi
Berenson
Adi
Berenson oversees product strategy and technical development
of Veon's core products and technologies, having previously
served as director of client development and senior
software engineer. Prior to joining Veon, he garnered
his software-engineering background from extensive
work at Amdocs Ltd., Comfy Interactive Movies, and
the Israeli Defense Force. Berenson holds a B.Sc.
in computer science and statistics from Tel Aviv University.
Class: 101
Christopher
Blandy
Christopher Blandy focuses on new pro-duct development,
broadband, and video production for Foxsports.com.
His expertise in video production workflow optimization
and compression tech-niques has helped streamline
FoxSports.com's efforts to lead the broadband revolution
in desktop video. Classes: 021,
133
Barry
Braverman is a veteran director of photography
specializing in nonfiction specialist. Shooting all
over the world on formats ranging from 35mm to mini-DV,
his credits span National Geographic specials and
network programs to national commercials and music
videos. Currently, Braverman is shooting and producing
a range of specialty programs on DVD-VIDEO. Braverman
is a member of IATSE 600 and writes regularly for
Millimeter and Video Systems magazines. Class: DVIFS
Robert
Brenner
Robert
Brenner has written 37 books including How to Price
Graphic Design and DTP, Pricing Guide for Desktop
Services, Pricing Guide for Web Services, and Desktop
Production Standards. He also produces an online searchable
database of prices, writes a business column for Micro
Publishing News and is a nationally known speaker.
He heads Brenner Microcomputing, Inc., a research
and information content provider. He holds master's
degrees in electrical engineering and in systems management.
Class: 041
Daniel
Brown
Daniel
Brown is the Web evangelist for Adobe's Graphics Products
Division. He has 10 years of experience in graphics/production
and three years of experience in Web design, production,
and programming. Prior to joining Adobe, Brown was
director of the Web Technologies Group at Metagraphics,
Inc. where he was responsible for all phases of Web
site development. Class: 034
Michael
Bryant
Michael Bryant is currently leading a talented team
of trainers and consultants at Sonic Foundry. He began
his career in the production industry before the word
"digital" was a household word. He quickly traded
his razor blade for a mouse when he discovered digital
audio in the late 80s. He has played the role of audio
engineer, producer, composer, Foley artist and musician.
He has taught students from sixth grade to college
level. Class: 014
Bryce
Button
Bryce
Button has been on the forefront of nonlinear editing
for a decade. After beginning his editing career working
on Moviolas at Dennis Hayes and Associates in NYC
during the late 80s, he has edited documentaries,
feature films, commercials and cable series, winning
numerous awards for his efforts. His current and past
client list includes Robert Redford, The Royal Shakespeare
Company, Disney, NBC national, ABC national, The Vatican,
TCI, Hallmark, Odyssey, Dennis Aig, Jones Entertainment,
and Republic Pictures. Classes: 035,
058, 108
Christopher
began filmmaking at an early age by creating, scripting,
and scoring Super 8 films that starred his brother,
Nicolas Cage. He studied music composition at Redlands
University, and film at the San Francisco Art Institute.
As a producer/writer/director, Christopher has completed
seven feature-length motion pictures. His television
work includes writing and directing for Fox Television,
ABC, Nickelodeon, and Disney. Christopher is a member
of the Director's Guild of America. Class: DVIFS
Frank
Capria
Frank Capria is a content strategist for Scient Corporation,
a leading e-business consulting firm. He is the founder
and creative director emeritus of Kingpin-DTVPix,
a television and film design studio in Boston. Capria
is also a member of the summer master faculty at the
International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport,
ME. Classes: 058,
077, 095
Tom
Clark
Tom
Clark is director of technical marketing for Vixel
Corporation, a manufacturer of Fibre Channel switches,
hubs, transceivers, and SAN management software. Clark
is author of Designing Storage Area Networks, A Practical
Reference for Implementing Fibre Channel SANs, published
by Addison Wesley Longman, and has written articles
on storage networking for Computer Technology Review,
Storage, Inc., Infostor and other trade magazines.
Class: 116
Tracy
Colby
Tracy
Colby teaches motion graphics design in the Digital
Media Department at Otis College of Art & Design.
Her work has been exhibited at the Computer Museum
in Boston, and internationally through Siggraph and
Eurographics. Classes: 068,
078
Chris
Courtney
Chris
Courtney is the founder of California-based 1stbyte.com,
which develops entertainment content for Web sites
and establishes new marketing venues for major record
labels. 1stbyte.com's client list includes companies
such as SGI, Sun Microsystems, Business Week, Price
Waterhouse, RCA Records, Island Records, and BMG.
Class:124
Elyse
Couvillion started her filmmaking career
in as a camera assistant in the live-action effects
unit at Industrial Light and Magic. She worked with
cinematographer Allen Daviau ASC on several feature
films and over a hundred commercials. She produced
a PSA on domestic violence for the United Way and
Cedars-Sinai; she wrote, directed, and produced Is2o;
and has spoken on several filmmaking panels. She also
wrote, directed, and co-produced the three-minute
Sweet, digitally photographed by Mr. Daviau. She is
currently finishing her feature screenplay, Shortness
of Breath, and is in development on the feature script
and Internet series based on Is2o. Class: DVIFS
Jan
Cox
Jan
Cox is vice president for QuickBand Networks, where
she oversees the licensing, development, and distribution
of digital and traditional short-form entertainment,
including animated, experimental, and documentary
short films; music videos and concerts; and interviews
with musical talent. Cox was formerly director of
international animation for Palm Pictures/Manga Entertainment,
Inc., and managing director for Mellow Manor Productions,
Inc. Class: DVIFS
Aaron
Culbreth
Aaron Culbreth is a program manager in media systems
development at RealNetworks, Inc. Culbreth's primary
responsibilities include the authentication and commerce
extension for the RealServer. Classes: 052, 083
Mike
Davidson
SEASONTICKET.com is the Internet's first on-demand
sports highlight show. As a broadband-only site, SEASONTICKET.com
provides the some of the largest and highest-quality
streaming video on the Internet using a combination
of Real, WindowsMedia, QuickTime, Flash 4, SMIL, and
ASP. Davidson also teaches modern design at a conceptual
and tactical level at the School of Visual Concepts
in Seattle, WA. Class: 021
Jeffrey
Dawes
Jeff
Dawes oversees the design and implementation of programming
and application development for ChoiceSeat. Prior
to joining Williams Communications Group, Dawes was
senior vice president of programming and operations
for Cable Video Store Partners. He has also held senior
management positions at Graff Pay Per View and Spectradyne,
as well as various positions at Showtime Networks,
having begun his career at IBM. Dawes earned a bachelor's
degree in Business Administration from the University
of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. from the University of
Houston. Class: 063
Shannon
Donnelly
With over 17 years experience in interactive design,
Donnelly has produced, designed and created Web sites
and interactive projects for such companies as Warner
Bros. Online, Brother Wolf, Petersen Publishing, Sony,
Phillips Media, and others, as a consulting producer,
designer, and writer. Her credits include published
fiction and non-fiction, as well as speaking engagements
at DV Expo '98 and '99 and the Game Developer's Conference.
She has taught classes online, and has also taught
at UCLA. Classes:016,
063
Norman
Doyle
Norman
Doyle is responsible for the development of Sorenson
Video, a QuickTime video codec for both lowÐand highÐbandwidth
applications; and Sorenson Broadcaster, a QuickTime
tool that enables the production of live Internet
broadcasts of audio and or video. Class: 114
Dr.
Edward Driscoll
Under
Driscoll's direction, the company's iVideo was named
one of the top 15 products at NAB 2000 and awarded
Internet Showcase PeopleÕs Choice Award in 1997. Driscoll
has founded four start-up companies in the imaging
field. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from the
University of Pennsylvania, two master of science
degrees from Harvard, and a doctorate in Remote Sensing-Digital
Imaging from Stanford University. Class: 063
Christine
Falsetti
Christine
Falsetti is a senior marketing professional with more
than 16 years of experience in Internet market development.
She is a recognized for her pioneering achievements
in the development of large- scale networking systems.
Her work at Cisco Systems is focused on driving to
market solutions based on key intelligent network
services, including multicast and QoS. Class: 061
Jim
Feeley
see Advisory Board.
Classes: 031, 057,
067
Dann
Filter
Dann
Filter founded Web Design, a small independent design
house in southern California. Filter has done contract
work for clients such as E-Commerce Exchange, Land
Rover and Club Med as well as the design and construction
of multitudes of e-commerce sites. He has recently
been a panelist on streaming media at Web-LA, has
served on the staff of Apple's Quicktime Live!, and
is a member in good standing with the AIP and VIC.
Class:142
Douglas
Filter
dvBuzz,
Inc. is a production studio and producer's Web portal
(www.dvBUZZ.com) based in San Francisco. Filter is
an award-winning producer of animated shorts, new
media productions, and documentaries. He has established
and managed both independent and in-house production
organizations. He is best known for business and marketing
strategies and production and tracking procedures
developed at law firms, corporations, and production
houses. Classes: 030,
036
Kevin
J. Foxe began his film career in 1983 as
an editor, location manager, and line producer. He's
worked with filmmakers including Federico Fellini,
Bob Fosse, and David Mamet. He executive produced
many films, including The Blair Witch Project, and
has produced numerous independent films. He is currently
producing a project with Walt Disney, and recently
formed a new company to create digital content for
wired and wireless entertainment. Class: DVIFS
Andrew
Fry
Andrew
Fry's primary focus at Lariat is setting the vision
and strategic plan for the company. Lariat grew from
Fry's excitement with new technology, innovative work
with early Web tools, and successful leadership of
Free Range Media, a pioneering Web solution provider.
He is also co-author of How to Publish on the Internet
(1995). Class: 081
Tracy
Geist
Tracy
Geist manages a team focused on the identification
and development of strategic alliances with software
solution partners, consulting/systems integration
partners, distributors, and resellers globally. Prior
to Bulldog, Tracy held several positions at Oracle
Corporation, including senior director of emerging
markets and technologies at Oracle's Alliances Group.
Tracy has a B.B.A. in information systems and strategic
business analysis from Baylor University. Class: 032
Scott
Gershin
Scott
Gershin has been supervising and creating special
sound effects for films for the last 14 years. Gershin
founded a sound design and music division at Soundelux
specializing in computer entertainment, commercials,
and movies. His film credits include: The Perfect
Storm, American Beauty, Tarzan, Godzilla, Flubber,
Mouse Hunt, Das Boot (restoration), Hunchback of Notre
Dame, Courage Under Fire, Braveheart, Pocahontas,
True Lies, Heat, JFK, Born on the Fourth, The Doors,
and Glory. Class:144
Pat
Greer
Pat
Greer has more than 20 years of software-development
experience. Greer worked as part of the Sandpiper
Networks team responsible for the creation of Footprintª,
a technology that improves the speed, performance,
and profitability of Web sites through optimum routing
of rich content to end users. Greer was vice president
of the professional services groups at the Magnifi,
Inc., and Wallop Software. Before this, Greer worked
at America Online, SHL Systemhouse, Inc., TRW, CSC,
and Comptek Research.
Class: 042
Sherman
Griffin
Sherman
Griffin has been in Internet sales and marketing for
over five years. Griffin is responsible for evaluating
and deploying next-generation streaming media services
over broadband networks. He actively participates
in industry efforts to build and deploy next-generation
networks. Previously, Sherman worked at SBC Communications's
Internet subsidiary, where as lead DSL product manager,
he launched SBC's consumer DSL Internet access product.
Class: 142
Steve
Grimes
Steve
Grimes is currently the creative director for advertising,
marketing, and e-commerce for RealNetworks. His group
is responsible for creating advertising and marketing
solutions to drive advertising sales, increase e-commerce
sales, and build the company brand. Prior to joining
RealNetworks, Grimes was creative director at Disney's
Go Network, responsible for advertising on ESPN.com,
ABCNews.com, Mr. Showbiz, and Go.com. Grimes graduated
with distinction from Plymouth College of Art & Design
in England. Class: 101
Stephen
Haskin
Stephen
Haskin has been involved in DV since the late 80s.
He's also been involved with computing since the 70s.
Before that he worked in commercial and film production.
Two years ago, Haskin left the corporate world for
academia. He currently directs the development of
Internet and intranet video for the University of
Michigan, Department of Surgery. Classes: 032,
121
Keith
Hatounian
Keith
Hatounian is the worldwide manager of digital marketing
at Apple Computer, where he's been for over eight
years. He is responsible for marketing digital video
and QuickTime solutions to Apple customers throughout
the world. Previously, Keith spent six years in engineering
and sales with Apple, supporting entertainment customers
in Southern California. Class: 135
Andrew
Heimbold
Andrew
Heimbold studied physics at the University of California
at Santa Barbara. His interest in graphics convinced
him to move to San Diego to start Echo Images, a computer-graphics
production company specializing in multimedia/CD-ROM
work. Echo Images contracted by Presto Studios to
create 3D graphics for the award winning Pegasus Prime
CD-ROM adventure game. Finding that bandwidth limitations
of the Web were limiting his design creativity, Heimbold
started Reality Check Studios with Kory Jones and
Steven Heimbold in 1997, and currently serves as the
company's president and CEO. Classes: 097,
107
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Bill
Holshevnikoff
Bill
Holshevnikoff has been lighting and shooting award-winning
broadcast, corpor-ate, and educational programming
for nearly 15 years. His clients include Ritz-Carlton
Hotels, the BBC, American Airlines, PepsiCo, Sega,
Infinity, Northern Telecom, and many more. He has
produced more than a dozen highly successful lighting
education videos, including his own Power of Lighting
video series, and more than 80 featured columns in
trade publications such as American Cinematographer
and Video Systems magazine. Classes: 096,
106
Todd
Iorio
Todd
Iorio has been involved in animation, broadcast design,
and motion graphics since 1992. He is the creative
director of MediaSmiths, Inc., a visual effects company
based at the Ogden House in Denver, CO, and is director
of the Animation Center, a 3D animation and visual
effects educational facility. Iorio teaches classes
locally and nationally in animation and visual effects.
Classes: 020,
044, 065,
097, 107
John
Jackman
John
Jackman has been involved in video production for
over twenty years. He was an early adopter of DV technology;
his features and reviews have appeared regularly in
DV magazine over the last several years, and produced
the Basic Lighting for DV videotape, which is a part
of DV's "Hands-On Videos" series. He is vice president
of Comenius Communication, Inc., an independent television
production company. Classes:
DVIFS, 067,
075, L1,
L2
Bruce
A. Johnson
Bruce
A. Johnson got his start in TV at an ABC affiliate
in Orlando, FL. He spent six years shooting documentaries,
promotions and commercials. He moved to Wisconsin
Public Television in 1987, and has shot and edited
documentaries and news programming for the last 12
years. Programs he's shot, edited, or composed music
for have been awarded six regional Emmys, the Ohio
State Award, the NATPE Iris Award, and many others.
He also freelances on video and consulting projects.
Classes: 067,
087
Nels
Johnson,
see Advisory Board.
Classes: 021, 061,
081
Andy
Kamlet
Andy Kamlet is a developer of several performance
optimization solutions and a client-server application.
He is director of product management for Exodus Performance
Solutions, a unit of Exodus Communications. Kamlet
provides leadership for the strategic and tactical
plans for Web performance measurement products. Kamlet
has developed numerous Web site monitoring solutions
and has spoken at a variety of industry symposia.
Class: 081
Jeff
Karnes
Jeff
Karnes comes to Virage from Cinebase Software, Inc.
(now eMotion, Inc.), where he was product manager
for the Cinebase product line and responsible for
three generations of asset-management software. He
also held various sales positions while at Cinebase.
His career also includes positions at Morgan Stanley,
Dean Witter, and Solomon Smith Barney. Class: 032
Steve
Kazanjian
Steve Kazanjian graduated from USC's Business Entrepreneur
school and moved to New York. A year later he was
art directing the marketing and theatrical divisions
for Showtime and The Movie Channel. After two years
at Showtime, Steve freelanced in Los Angeles where
he designed the graphics packages for BZZZ! and MTV's
Loveline, as well as graphics for clients like Disney,
Warner Bros., HBO, The Movie Channel, and Tribune
Entertainment. After being a one-man shop for a nearly
two years, Steve, along with Mike Goedecke, founded
Belief in 1997. Classes: 097,
107
Michael
Kelley
Michael
Kelley works at Idiot Box, an award-winning broadcast
design and animation company in Santa Monica, CA.
Some of Idiot Box's clients include Honda, Lexus,
Delta Air Lines, Paramount Pictures, ABC, Fox Family
Channel, the WB, and the Kids1 WB Network. Kelley
has directed award-winning short films and just wrapped
production on his short film Vegas Invasion. Kelley
is also an instructor of Adobe After Effects and Fundamentals
of Digital Video at the American Film Institute. Class:
018
Isaac
Victor Kerlow
Isaac
Victor Kerlow plays a key role company-wide on digital-production
efforts, including 3D computer animation and digital
video. Previously, Kerlow led the group at responsible
for developing and producing CD-ROM, online, and platform
games at Disney Interactive. Kerlow spent a decade
at Pratt Institute in New York as a tenured professor
and the founding chairman of the Department of Computer
Graphics and Interactive Media. He has authored books
including The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Imaging,
Second Ed. (John Wiley and Sons, 2000). Class: 040
Scott
Klososky
Scott
Klososky was the founder and CEO of webcasts.com.
He collaborated with HR Halderman on a book and CD
ROM project and founded ParaGraph, Inc, where he developed
the original handwritten text-recognition software
for the Apple Newton. Classes: 021,
066
Charles
Kramer
Charles B. Kramer has practiced corporate, copyright,
and trademark law in New York since 1982. His clients
are primarily game developers and information service
providers. Kramer has written numerous articles on
interactive media legal issues for publications such
as InterActivity magazine. Kramer frequently gives
seminars on legal issues at events such as DV Expo
and the Game Developer's Conference. Class: 091
John
Kranz
John
Kranz is responsible for directing strategic partnerships,
product training, seminars, and product research and
direction. He brings 10 years of experience in computer
software and three years experience in Web design,
production, and programming. Prior to joining Adobe
in 1999, Kranz was director of technical support and
Training for GoLive Systems, acquired by Adobe in
1999, as well as manager of sales force automation
and product manager for Apple Computer. Class: 115
Ralph
LaBarge
Ralph
LaBarge is an independent DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and
hybrid DVD title developer based in Gambrills, MD.
He has completed over 100 DVD projects to date, including
Earthlight Special Edition, AVIA Guide to Home Theatre,
Coral Sea Dreaming, Mars, The Red Planet and the NAXOS
Musical Journey series. Classes: 028,
093
Christine
Lukasik
Christine
Lukasik is a messenger of RealNetworks technical strategies,
customer liaison, and trainer. Before applying her
marketing degree (Kent State University 92) to software
at RealNetworks, Lukasik spent several years in Web
development and design at CompuServe and Microsoft.
Classes: 062,
072
Paul
Lundahl
Paul
Lundahl is co-founder and creative director for eMotion
Studios, which special-izes in entertainment-based
interactive production and design for the Web, CD-ROM,
video, and film. Paul co-produced, photo-graphed,
and edited the feature-length documentary Anatomy
of a Springroll, which appeared nationally on PBS
and received a Gold Award from the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting. He has taught at the Stanford
Summer Computer Science program, California College
of Arts and Crafts, Bay Area Video Coalition, Film
Arts Foundation, and MacSummit. Class: 029
James
McNabb
James
McNabb is recognized as one of the leading experts
on multicast protocol design, management, and implementation.
McNabb codeveloped the Reliacast solution to capitalize
on the enormous market potential for streaming mass-audience
events on the Web. McNabb received both Masters of
Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in computer
science from the University of Virginia. Class: 061
Brian
McNelis
Brian
McNelis's lifelong interest in the relationship between
technology and the arts and his passion for filmmaking
culminated in Better Living Through Circuitry. McNelis
was founder, publisher, and editor of the seminal
small-press publication, Nexus Six. He is also an
electronic musician and synthesist experimenting in
various forms of technology-based music and media
manipulation. His career has included stints at the
Warner/Elektra/Atlantic corporation and Metal Blade
Records. McNelis is currently the general manager
of the L.A.-based independent label Cleopatra Records.
Class: DVIFS
Chris
Manners
Chris Manners has been involved in multimedia projects
since the early 1990s. Initially concentrating on
video for on-line distribution, he moved into Web
site development following the Internet explosion.
He has written for magazines such as 3D, DV and InterActivity
and has presented at events across the country. He
is currently the resident 3D/video freak and an experienced
architect at Xpedior Inc., a San Francisco-based Internet
e-business solutions provider. Class: 123
Jon
Mauldin
Jon
Mauldin is president of Lot^3 Inc., a digital postproduction
and DVD facility in Denver, CO. He is a certified
trainer for both Avid Technologies and Sonic Solutions.
He has edited feature films, documentaries, series,
and commercials. His DVD work includes feature film,
marketing, training, and advanced Internet interactive
titles. Classes: 134,
146
Chris
Meyer, see Advisory
Board. Class: 066
Trish
Meyer
Trish Meyer is a principal partner of the Los Angeles-based
motion graphic studio Cyber-Motion, one of the original
development sites for Adobe After Effects. Her clients
include NBC, ABC, HBO, PBS, UPN, Fox, PAX, The Learning
Channel, Recovery Network, Propaganda Films, New Line,
Iwerks, Xerox, Apple Computer, Microsoft, Sun, Scitex,
Clarion, and Isuzu. Meyer and her partner Chris Meyer
co-author the Motion Graphics column for DV magazine,
plus the book Creating Motion Graphics with After
Effects. Meyer also teaches After Effects at the Hollywood
branch of the American Film Institute. Classes: 071,
086
Dominic
Milano,
see Advisory Board.
Classes: 038, 043
Don
Miskowich
Don Miskowich has worked in film and computer animation
for 25 years and is a Clio winner. His projects include
commercials for Ford, 7-Up, and Zenith; logos for
ABC, CBN, and Columbia Pictures; and the feature films
Star Trek the Motion Picture, Endangered Species,
and Brainscan. Currently he develops HD postproduction
on desktop computers at Admit One. Previously he introduced
and marketed graphics, film, and video products for
Abel Image Research, Wavefront, Kodak, Cinesite, Efilm,
Composite Image Systems, Digital Cinema Systems, and
Sony Pictures Entertainment. Class: 095
Colleen
Moffitt
Colleen Moffitt is responsible for server administration
and interoperability through open standards support.
Moffitt's previous responsibilities have included
server error and access logging, monitoring, as well
as competitive technical reviews. Moffitt holds a
B.A. in psychology from the University of Puget Sound.
Classes: 052,
083
Gary
Montanus
Gary Montanus is executive vice president of advertising
sales for Microcast. Previously he held high-level
positions in advertising sales and marketing at Worldvision
Enter-prises, Inc., a division of Viacom's Spelling
Entertainment; SFM Entertainment; and Columbia Pictures
Television. At Columbia, he spearheaded the effort
to develop and sell syndicated programming to the
advertising community. Montanus began his career as
an account executive for Meredith Television Stations
and later worked for CBS Television Stations. Class:
101
Terrence
Montgomery
Terrence develops strategic alliances with the film,
television, and media industries. Previously, Terrence
worked in Global Crossing's business services division.
He has also worked as an Internet music-industry consultant
in L.A. and an account manager at MCI Worldcom. In
addition to directing GeoVideo's West Coast sales
efforts, Montgomery will oversee the build-out of
GeoVideo's showcase network, including the KCET-TV
studio in L.A. Montgomery is a member of the Society
of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
Class: 142
Ken
Moore
Ken Moore pioneered the highly successful RealJukebox
Skins format and implementation. Prior to his work
at RealNetworks, Moore worked for Jump Music on The
Piano Discovery System software. He received his B.S.
in computer science from Virginia Tech in 1991 with
a major in math and a minor concentration in music.
Class: 132
Sudip Nag
Sudip Nag manages the development of advanced IP
services and developing strategic partnerships. Previously,
he has held management positions at Ameritech and
IBM. Nag has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, an
M.S. in computer science from the State University
of New York, and a B.S. from the Indian Institute
of Technology, Bombay. Class: 142
Debbie
Newman
Debbie Newman is the program manager responsible
for multimedia within Microsoft's Internet Explorer
team. She is an active participant in the W3C's Synchronized
Multimedia (SYMM) Working Group and is responsible
for the SMIL Boston effort. She has several years
of experience in different aspects of multi-media-related
software, having held positions within Microsoft in
areas such as media playback, multimedia application
programming, and developer support. Class: 094
Christian
Nightingale
Plus 8 Video is a national rental house with the
largest inventory of digital high-definition and Digital
Betacam cameras in the United States. Nightingale
was trained in all aspects of photography, video,
and motion picture film as a U.S. Naval Photographer.
Soon after leaving the U.S. Navy, he worked for Bexel
Corporation before joining Plus 8 Video. Class: 095
David
Nunnerley
David Nunnerley has been instrumental in forging
a solid vision for making Excalibur's visual products
the standard for indexing and retrieving video-based
information since joining the company in 1996. Prior
to Excalibur, he was vice president of engineering
for Videopress Software, a provider of video-delivery
products and solutions to cable companies deploying
cable modems. He also worked at Digital Equipment
Corp. for 15 years in various product management/
marketing roles and management positions. Nunnerley
holds a B.Sc. in computer science from University
of Greenwich, London, England. Class: 032
Philip
Page
Philip Page is executive director of the Informix
Media and Web Publishing Business Unit. Philip has
worked for Informix for seven years, where he has
managed channel development in the U.K., industry
marketing across Europe, and now global Media business
development, product management, and marketing. Previously,
he was European marketing director for an object-oriented
tools company, North American business development
manager for a decision support company, and managing
director of a U.K.-based solutions supplier. Class:
032
Ash
Pahwa
Ash
Pahwa, Ph.D., is CEO of DV Studio Technologies. Listed
in Who's Who in the Frontiers of Science and Technology,
Pahwa is considered a pioneer in the development of
the CD-ROM and digital video industries since 1986.
He developed CD-Gen and CD-Arch premastering and mastering
software for the CD-Recordable market; developed Apollo
and MPEGCamera, both real-time MPEG-1 encoder boards
for the digital video market, and most recently the
Apollo Expert MPEG-2 encoder for the DVD and Super
VCD market. Class: 134
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Matthew
Parks
Matthew Parks is product marketing manager for Keynote's
Streaming Per-spective Service. Before joining Keynote,
Parks was at Qualcomm, where he held numerous positions,
including senior product manager for the CDMA PdQ
smartphone and product manager for wireless information
services. Parks was one of the founding members of
Qualcomm's Eudora division and held various positions
there. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Class: 081
Patrick
Paulson
Patrick
Paulson is the director of Internet broadcasting at
e-net live, a full-service streaming media company.
Paulson has extensive experience producing and directing
events for live and on-demand Webcasting. He currently
focuses on bringing the highest production values
to streaming media. In the last year, he has produced
and directed Internet events for VH1.com, Apple Computer,
American Express, Fox.com, Artist Direct.com, Rhino
Records, David Bowie, Melissa Etheridge, and many
others. Paulson earned his degree in radio and television
from San Francisco State University. Class: 021,
076
David
Pava
David
Pava is a broadcast manager for eScene Networks. In
this capacity, he helps companies develop online pricing
models for their content and develops launch and rollout
plans. As the former Internet producer and content
manager for World Championship Wrestling at Turner
Broadcasting, Pava produced the first-ever pay-per-view
projects in that company's history. Class: 061
Krishna
Pendyala
Krishna Pendyala is the cofounder and vice chairman
of MediaSite, Inc. (formerly ISLIP Media, Inc.). Previously,
he was assistant director of the Informedia Digital
Video Library Project at Carnegie Mellon University,
which focused on user interaction with video content
in an online world. Pendyala also founded Visual Symphony,
Inc., which developed networked interactive multimedia
applications. He is a UNESCO consultant to India on
multimedia infrastructure and was the vice president
of the International Interactive Communications Society
(IICS). Class: 032
Eric
Peters
Eric
Peters has contributed much of the technology underlying
Avid's products, including Avid's first hardware and
a realtime JPEG codec. He is listed as an inventor
on over 25 U.S. patents. He also has received two
Emmys for work on the Avid Media Composer and an Oscar
for conception of the Avid Film Composer. Class: 056
Narayanan
Ram
Narayanan Ram, chairman, CEO, and founder of SeeItFirst,
devised his company's patented interactive video technology.
Before starting SeeItFirst, Ram was employed at Cirrus
Logic, where he was one of two principal players in
an internal start-up program responsible for producing
a chip for desktop videoconferencing. Ram graduated
with an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University
of Texas, concentrating his studies on video compression.
Class: 101
Kimberly
Reed,
see
Advisory Board.
Classes: 026, 058,
DVIFS
Robert Reinhardt
Robert Reinhardt is the co-developer of Moviola Digital's
Web Training program (www.moviola.com) and the co-author
of Flash 4 Bible, published by IDG Books. With a background
in photographic arts and digital media, Reinhardt
has developed multimedia courses for educational facilities
in Canada and the U.S., delivered conference seminars
on Web design, and served as technical editor for
several Photoshop and Web books. Recently, he completed
work on the Warner Bros. feature film Gossip.
Marty
Roberts
Marty
Roberts has been the lead in several significant projects
during his past four years at RealNetworks. He was
instrumental in creating the Devzone for Developer
Relations, was a product manager for the RealPlayer
Plus, and led product management for the Enterprise
Products Group. Currently, Roberts is the product
manager for the RealServer Product line. He holds
a degree in marketing from the School of Business
at the University of Washington. Class: 013,
061, 092
Jim
Robinson
Founder and CEO
CinemaElectric.com Inc.
jfrobinson@cinemaelectric.com
Based in Los Angeles, CinemaElectric is the originator
of PocketCinema, a new miniature form of digital cinema
that is meant to be portable, collectable, and emailable.
As a writer/director, Mr. Robinson received critical
acclaim for his award-winning feature film, Still
Breathing, starring Brendan Fraser. Class: 141
Josh
Rosen,
see Advisory Board.
Class: DVIFS
Tim
Sassoon
Tim
has two decades of experience in both traditional
and digital film techniques. Sassoon Film Design has
developed numerous innovations, including Cineon Tools
for Adobe After Effects and the AG_Shaders for Electric
Image. Currently involved in feature and large-format
film projects, he is a contributing editor to DV magazine
and teaches at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,
CA. Classes: 055,
105
John
Scharber
John
Scharber played a pivotal role in the engineering,
design, and implementation of commercial networks
at Entera. Previously, Scharber was director of engineering
and a founding member of GlobalCenter. He was also
director of advanced technology for DHL Worldwide
Express, as well as being involved in three network
and health care start-ups. Scharber has contributed
to the development of several network and network-management
specifications. Scharber has a B.S. in business administration
from San Jose State University. Class: 061
Jonathan
Seelig
Jonathan
Seelig focuses on building relationships with domestic
and international backbone pro-viders, hosting companies,
and ISPs. He is responsible for deployment of Akamai's
FreeFlow network. Previously, Seelig worked for ECI
Telecom in Tel-Aviv, Israel. His telecom experience
has included projects in over 30 countries where he
worked in the four languages that he speaks fluently.
Class: 042
Larry
Shenosky
Larry
Shenosky owns Digital Television Strategy, which helps
local media outlets leverage digital TV. Previously,
Shenosky was director of operations for KRON-TV and
BayTV in San Francisco. He managed local production
for both channels, including the station's entry into
digital high-definition television. He came to KRON
in 1992 as an executive news producer after holding
the same position at WFLA in Tampa, FL, and KMOV in
St. Louis, MO. Shenosky also served as a newscast
producer for WTVJ and WPLG in Miami and at WJXT in
Jacksonville, FL. Class: 095
Walt
Shires
Walt
Shires started working at Macromedia on Final Cut
Pro while he was still in film school at SFSU getting
his directing/cinematography degree. Once out of school,
he became the full-time SQA on FCP until it was purchased
by Apple. He came to Apple and continued work in the
engineering direction. Today he is the video technology
manager of Final Cut Pro. Class: 135
Lloyd
A. Silverman
Lloyd
A. Silverman received his B.A. in international economics
at George Washington University. In 1991 he began
working at Universal Pictures, where he established
Lloyd Silverman Productions. In 1997 he started the
Artists' Colony, designed to nurture the creative
vision of A-list talent. His producing credits include
the CBS television series Freeze Frame, films such
as Shattered Image and Snow Falling on Cedars, and
Broadway and off-Broadway shows such as Little Shop
of Horrors, Other People's Money, and La Cage aux
Folles. Class: DVIFS
Matt
Silverman
Matt
Silverman specializes in visual effects and motion
graphics. Silverman recently completed commercial
work on projects for Black Rocket's newest spots for
Yahoo, PetStore.com, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and
BBDO West's new branding campaign for Best Western.
Other recent clients include The Attik, DDB Needham,
Saatchi & Saatchi, The Orphanage, March First (CKS),
and Foote Cone and Belding. Silverman is currently
a faculty member at the American Film Institute in
Hollywood. Classes: 098,
125, 136
Penelope
Spheeris
Penelope
Spheeris directed The Decline of Western Civilization,
The Boys Next Door, and Dudes. In the late 80s, Spheeris
released The Decline of Western Civilization, Part
II: The Metal Years, which led to Wayne's World. Spheeris
then directed The Beverly Hillbillies (Fox), The Little
Rascals (Universal), Black Sheep (Paramount), and
Senseless (Dimension). A new project, The Decline
of Western Civilization, Part III, revisits the punk
scene. Spheeris's work combines 16mm, Hi8, HD, and
DV. Class: DVIFS
Sanjay
Srivastava
Sanjay
Srivastava is responsible for leading Akamai's streaming
media-based business in the worldwide enterprise markets.
Before Akamai, Srivastava was the VP of marketing
at Network24, a pre-IPO streaming applications company.
Prior to that, Srivastava was the director of market-ing
at Hewlett Packard Company, where he was responsible
for the marketing efforts in North America for the
company's enterprise computing product lines. Class:
101
Pamela
Kleibrink Thompson
Pamela
Kleibrink Thompson is a recruiter, career coach, and
management consultant for clients such as Disney,
Simex Digital Studios, Fox, Digital Domain, Dream
Quest Images, Engineering Animation Inc., Click 3X,
Big Idea Productions, and interactive companies such
as Macromedia, Stan Lee Media, the Los Angeles Times,
and Lucas Learning. Thompson has written for more
than 40 trade periodicals and is active in L.A. SIGGRAPH
and ASIFA. Classes: 097,
107
Alex
Thompson
Mixed
Signals Technologies (MST) is a creator and manufacturer
of interactive television hardware and software for
the television and advertising industries. With fully
interactive versions of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune
airing nightly, and a 24/7 interactive gaming environment
on The Game Show Network, MST is the only company
in the industry with 30 hours of fully interactive
programming on the air every week. Class: 063
Tim
Tully
Tim
Tully has written two books and hundreds of articles
about music, audio, video, and technology in publications
ranging from Videography to The New York Times. In
1995, he created Radio Hyperstand, one of the first
regularly broadcast streaming-media programs on the
Web. His company, Wild Dog Productions, produces video,
audio, and music, and offers copywriting and graphic-design
services. Class: 024
Ron
Ungerman
Ron Ungerman, who has been working at Ultimatte for
17 years, developed his expertise in all aspects of
shooting bluescreen productions as well as answering
many of the technical questions for Ultimatte users.
Ungerman also freelances as an Ultimatte operator
in the film and television industry. Some credits
include Saturday Night Live, Drop Zone, Grace Under
Fire, Playboy, SiFi Channel, One Saturday Morning,
and T2 Three D. Class: 054
Donald
Vanderweit
Donald
Vanderweit works primarily with media and entertainment
companies, providing solutions for distribution and
streaming of broadband content over the Enron network.
He began his career in video encoding and transmission
in 1989 with MERET Optical Communications as an applications
engineer. Later, he became director of sales for the
satellite and broadband products division of Standard
Communications. Class: 042
Ben
Waggoner
Ben
Waggoner is one of the industry's leading streaming
media experts. He works with enterprises to develop
and deploy digital video production methodologies
and systems. Waggoner is a regular contributor to
industry publications and a speaker at events including
DV Expo and NAB. Classes: 022,
084, 092
Keith
Weilmuenster
Keith
Weilmuenster has extensive experience in postproduction
as an effects artist. After earning bachelor degrees
in philosophy and art and a graduate degree in art
history, he was a freelance compositor on various
projects for film and broadcast. Building on this
experience, Weilmuenster joined Denim Software, where
he worked on Illuminaire. Since joining Discreet,
he has worked on Paint and Effect and has helped with
the development of Combustion. Class: 088
Lynda
Weinman
lynda.com,
inc. is a training company that specializes in online
communcation design. Weinman is the author of numerous
best-selling Web design books. Her company offers
hands-on classes, videos, DVDs, CD-roms, books, online
tips, and conference events for creative Web professionals.
Class: 103
Peter
Weiss
Peter
Weiss is a Broadband Producer at Myprimetime and has
built an in-house digital broadband encoding studio
and video-asset workstations. Videos are distributed
to NBCi, PBS, Excite@Home, and WindowsMedia. He has
worked for NASA, streaming video for the Astrobiology
Department, along with Webcasting a fashion show for
Elle magazine and a press conference for 3dfx at Comdex.
Weiss has over 10 years' experience as a video producer,
cameraman, editor, and engineer. Class: 012
Adam
Wilt,
see Advisory Board.
Classes: DVIFS, 017,
027, 057,
067, 085
Charles
Wiltgen
Charles
Wiltgen's interest in multimedia began in his youth
when, for a 4-H contest, he created a sight- and sound-filled
extravaganza involving the alien abduction of livestock
on his TRS-80 color computer. Unfortunately, the judges
failed to recognize the brilliance of his work and
awarded the prize to an actual cow. More recently,
Wiltgen spent four years as Apple's QuickTime technology
manager. He is currently the product manager for Terran's
Media Cleaner Pro. Class: 063
Eric
Wolford
Eric
Wolford was previously director of product management
for AT&T;'s IP Network Services, where his team developed
and launched more than 15 new services. Wolford earned
a B.S. degree in biology at Pepperdine University
and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from UCLA's
Anderson School of Management and NYU's Stern School
of Business. In 1998, he attended a graduate program
in management at the London Business School. Class:
142
Doug
Werner
Doug Werner, Digital Media Manager
at Apple, compresses movie trailers seen at www.apple.com
(where one of his efforts, *Star Wars: Episode I*
trailer, racked up a record 35 million downloads).
His success at raising the bar for streaming content
has led to compressing movie content for all the major
studios, and now working closely with Lucasfilm on
Episode II. Before becoming the company*s QuickTime
compression guru, Doug spent two years as webmaster
for all Apple*s software product sites including QuickTime
and Mac OS. Class 143
Michael
Yonchenko
Michael Yonchenko is principal owner of Cogent Communications,
which produces programs for the healthcare industry.
He has written, produced, and directed numerous video
projects and has won awards domestically and internationally.
Cogent's clients include major pharmaceutical companies
and medical institutions. Yonchenko collaborated on
the production of the Academy Award-nominated documentary
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American
Press. Class: 021
Olivier
Zitoun
Olivier
Zitoun has over 14 years of experience in the high-tech
and Internet industries. Prior to founding Eveo, Zitoun
was CEO of Aplio, Inc., a leading consumer Internet
appliance provider. Before Aplio, Olivier was senior
vice president and general manager at Artisoft, Inc.,
where he was responsible for the P&L; of the largest
product group of the company and launched a new line
of Internet software products. Zitoun was previously
based in France, where he held various positions for
Artisoft including vice president Europe. Class: 112
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