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Speaker: Al Kovalick, Author: "Video Systems in an IT Environment"
Join us on Thursday, the 14th of June at 6:30 PM for drinks and pizza, or at 7:30 for his talk. Our "pizza meetings" always include a freewheeling Q&A session— informative and enjoyable!
Al Kovalick has worked in the field of hybrid AV/IT systems for the past 13 years. Previously, he was a digital systems designer and technical strategist for Hewlett-Packard. While at HP, he was a principal researcher and architect for a new product-class of signal synthesizer. Additionally, he was the principal architect of HP’s first VOD server. Following HP, from 1999 to 2004, he was the CTO of the Broadcast Products Division at Pinnacle Systems. Currently, he is with Avid Technology and serves as a Strategist and Fellow.
As a founding member of the ProMPEG Forum, Al contributed to the MXF professional file format. Additionally, he is a founding member of DAVIC, a 400 member strong body tasked with standardizing VOD protocols and reference architectures. At DAVIC, Al was the Vice Chair of the Management Committee.
Al is an active speaker, educator, author and participant with industry bodies including SMPTE. He holds 18 US and foreign patents. Al has a BSEE degree from San Jose State University and MSEE degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a life member of Tau Beta Pi.
*Drinks are availiable on a no-host basis (means that you pay for yours) from Round Table. There is no obligation to purchase to attend tonight's meeting. SMPTEsf will furnish the Pizza for tonight's meeting.
PARKING: The Round Table in Menlo
Park has two dozen spaces of its own, plus there's a huge, free municipal
parking lot only a few yards from the restaurant, behind the buildings
on the south side of Oak Grove Ave.
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