Name  : Mark Russell

As CTO and Head of Strategy for MediaKind, Mark Russell leads technical and business strategy, strategic business development, M&A, and executive support for key customer and partner relationships.

Mark brings over 20 years of experience in media technology. He was at Microsoft for over ten years leading product development for the Mediaroom TV platform and Playready DRM. During that period Mark oversaw the development both products from incubation to scale businesses. While at Microsoft, Mark participated and lead several strategic initiatives on the future of video entertainment including the emergence of Cloud technologies and as-a-Service business models. He came to Ericsson Media Solutions (now MediaKind) in 2013 with the acquisition of the Mediaroom business. Since joining EMS, Mark has lead strategy for the entire portfolio. Mark has a computer science degree from Santa Clara University and has taken executive courses in Finance and Innovation Management from Harvard Business School and Stanford Executive Education.

Name  : Olie Baumann

Olie Baumann is Senior Technical Specialist, Video Processing at MediaKind. In this role, Olie is responsible for leading research into video compression and associated technologies. He has delivered several proof of concept demonstrations in high dynamic range (HDR) and 360⁰ video.

Olie joined Ericsson in 2013 and previously held roles as Senior Algorithms Research Engineer and Principal Engineer. Prior to this, he spent five years working as a research fellow in the field of active vibration control and a further five year working in biomedical signal processing.

Olie received his Master of Engineering degree in 2000 and his Ph.D. in image processing in 2004, both from the University of Southampton, UK. His work has been published in a number of journals by leading industry bodies including SMPTE and EBU, on topics such as the delivery of HDR, ultra-high definition television and HEVC.

Name  : Matthew Goldman

Matthew Goldman is Senior Vice President of Technology at MediaKind, where he is focused on video processing and media delivery solutions. He has been actively involved in the development of digital television systems since 1992. He was a prominent participant in the Moving Picture Experts Group where he helped create the MPEG-2 Systems and DSM-CC standards, and he continues to be influential in other industry organizations including the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the Alliance of IP Media Solutions (AIMS), the Ultra HD Forum, the Digital Video Broadcasting project, the Advanced Television Systems Committee, and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers. Four of his projects have been later recognized by Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. Mr. Goldman received bachelor (high honors) and master of sciences degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds six patents related to digital video transport. A SMPTE Fellow, he is also a senior member of the IEEE and an inductee of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers. Mr. Goldman is currently serving as the President of SMPTE.

Name  : Arnaud Caron

Arnaud Caron is the Head of Architecture & Orchestration, Video Processing & Delivery Portfolio, MediaKind, where he is responsible for defining the architecture transition of the MediaKind Video Processing & Delivery portfolio to components in line with the microservices and cloud approach accelerating Media Innovation and enabling orchestration for operations.

Previously, Caron joined Ericsson through the acquisition of Envivio, a U.S.-based provider of software video processing and delivery solutions. Caron’s experience ranges from the launch of the first IPTV service platform for Orange in 2004 through to launching the deep architecture evolution of Broadcast platforms in Europe at Envivio. Caron has also worked for Accenture, Nokia, Siemens Networks and Technicolor, covering IPTV, broadcast, mobile and OTT domains. Since joining Ericsson, Caron has been responsible for a successful POC and customer launch of Cloud Video Processing solutions to Tier1 Cable and Service Operators customers in the NAM, Europe and Asia.

Caron has studied Pragmatic Marketing and holds a Master Degree in Electrical System and Computer Engineering.

Name  : Carl Furgusson

He has over 20 years’ experience working in the video technology industry for television service providers and is an expert in Media Processing, including MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, HEVC and AV1.

Prior to his role at MediaKind, Carl has held several senior positions at Vice President level, including TANDBERG Television, where he was VP Product Management for five years, holding special responsibility for advanced video compression solutions. He also held the position of Director of Business Development – Americas, focussing on the development of the company’s share of the US Cable and Broadband markets. At Ericsson, Carl held a number of senior positions, focussing on leading and building product and business development strategies for the TV and Media Solutions areas. Carl is part of a team of inventors with patents in advertising targeting in ABR environments.

He graduated in 1992 with a B.Eng. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from University of Manchester.

Name  : Tim Kornhammer

Name  : Tim Sheppard

Name  : Richard Mansfield

Name  : Stuart Boorn

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