15 Industry Leaders Awarded SMPTE Fellow Status

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), has elevated 15 industry leaders to the status of SMPTE Fellow.

The honour is conferred on individuals who have, through their proficiency and contributions to the industries, attained an outstanding rank among members of the Society.

The new SMPTE Fellows will be elevated on Wednesday, 28 October, during the Fellows Luncheon, held in conjunction with the SMPTE 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2015) at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.

The SMPTE 2015 Fellows are:

• Annie Chang, Vice President of Post-Production Technology at The Walt Disney Studios
• Paul R. Chapman, Senior Vice President of Technology at FotoKem
• Peter Fasciano, Executive Director at Franklin TV and WFPR-FM
• Simon Fell, Director of Technology and Innovation at European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
• William T. Hayes, Director of Engineering and Technology at Iowa Public Television
• Larry J. Hornbeck, TI Fellow Emeritus at Texas Instruments
• Jim Houston, Principal at Starwatcher Digital
• Toshiaki Kojima, Senior Standard Manager at Sony Corporation
• Sara J. Kudrle, Product Marketing Manager at Grass Valley, a Belden Brand
• Karl Joseph Kuhn, Senior Video Applications Engineer at Tektronix
• Kenneth Michel, Vice President of Content Systems Engineering at Disney/ABC (retired)
• Delbert R. Parks III, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
• Michael Strein, Director of Technology and Workflow at ABC-TV
• Giles Wilson, Head of TV Compression Business at Ericsson
• Peter A. Wilson, Founder and Managing Director at High Definition & Digital Cinema Ltd. (HDDC)

Further information on each Fellow can be found via the SMPTE website.

Image: SMPTE 2015 Class of Fellows

www.smpte.org

(JP)