A discussion on making your digital archive profitable and accessible today and in the future.
From production to consumption it is essential to identify and capitalize on what is in YOUR digital archive.
- Exploring assets interactively & visually
- Search-ability
- Metadata
- Storage and preservation
- Understanding usage trends over time
- Where to extend & expend resources in your organization
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Alex Grossman, CEO, Active Storage Alex Grossman is a 20 year veteran of the storage industry and a former Senior Director at Apple where he was responsible for driving the development of Apple's server and storage products. Prior to joining Apple, Grossman was Sr. Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and New Product Development at MicroNet Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of hardware storage solutions for creative professionals and IT managers. Grossman has contributed to several patents associated with storage technology and led the team that developed the first FireWire-based Storage Area Network. |
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Mark Lemmons, Chief Technology Officer - Thought Equity Motion As CTO of Thought Equity Motion, Mark oversees strategic technology and product roadmaps, as well as the development of new products and technologies. Mark has more than 15 years of experience in digital film and video management, search technology, content re-use, and video licensing. In his role, Mark brings seasoned expertise in key areas such as digital asset management, search and metadata technologies for creating assets, and large-scale database management and security. Prior to Thought Equity Motion, Mark led the Creative Software Group at Creo, a global company with key strengths in digital imaging and software technology. At Creo, he established and led the team's email-based asset management project, which enabled the rapid and secure search and retrieval of information for large-scale email databases. Mark also served as VP of strategic development at Quark. |
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Philip Spiegel, Project Director - Video Resources Group, ABC News Philip is a media archive and asset manager with nearly 20 years of stock library, post production and archive operations experience. He has managed large commercial film and video archives in their efforts to digitize, catalog, preserve and monetize content. He recently joined LAC Group (www.lac-group.com) as the Project Director, Video Resources Group, ABC News in New York. Prior to this new role he was the Director, Video Product Operations at National Geographic Digital Motion (www.ngdigitalmotion.com) in Washington DC. Philip also worked for 3 1/2 years at Corbis Motion and before that for nearly 13 years at The Image Bank then Getty Images. Philip's blog "DAM Ideas" (http://www.spiegelams.com) covers the challenges of DAM, metadata, rights and other issues around the business challenges of successfully transitioning from a physical to digital archive. |
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