63 INDUSTRY INVENTORY 2019 Wrap-Up
NIC HATCH CEO, Ncam Technologies
STEVE REYNOLDS President, Imagine Communications
TIM SHOULDERS President, Grass Valley
Top achievement of the year? When Imagine set our goals for 2019, the number-one priority was a focus on delivery. The results are tangible. We’ve taken several big projects from concept to full deployment in under a year, including the launch of the National Playout Center for Nine and Seven in Australia. Your most humbling moment? We work with so many brilliant business leaders and technologists that we’re constantly learning how much we don’t know. We recognise we’re just contributors to someone else’s big idea. Imagine provides solutions, but it’s our customers who are transforming their businesses. Your battle cry for 2020? First, helping our customers make more money. Second, continuing to enable our customers to make content and operate those multiple platforms more efficiently and more cost-effectively. If you could change one thing in the media tech industry what would it be? The media tech industry puts too much focus on the tech as the objective, when we really should be focused on the industry. I’m already seeing a shift towards focusing on business outcomes.
Top achievement of the year? Working with the team to create and deliver the philosophy of software-defined visual storytelling, which I believe will shape the future of our industry. Your most humblingmoment? Joining Vizrt was a pretty special and humbling moment – I get to work with some bona fide geniuses. Best thing youwatched? BBC Studios has delivered a rare and delicious delight in His Dark Materials . If you could change one thing in the media tech industry, what would it be? I’m looking to change more than one, but I’ll start with encouraging a more diverse talent base to take up software engineering in our industry. The future belongs to IP-native, digitally adept, customer outcome-focused talent. I’m pretty sure at least 50% of them are going to be female. Your battle cry for 2020? More stories, better told. Top achievement of the year? Launching the MK2 camera bar, fundamentally changing the possibilities available to our customers. Your most humbling moment? Watching Tommy Caldwell scale the 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan and risk not completing the climb, because he refuses to let his co-climber, Kevin Jorgeson, fail. Incredible feat. Your battle cry for 2020? Ensure Ncam becomes the go-to company for camera tracking and scene/ location data collection. If you could change one thing in the media tech industry, what would it be? Introduce more incentives to educate young people with the latest technology and provide more opportunities for people trying to get into the industry. Best thing you watched? The Dawn Wall STEVE WIND-MOZLEY CMO, Vizrt
Top achievement of the year? Launching the Grass Valley Technology Alliance, and achieving the highest switcher sales in the company’s history across Q1 and Q2 combined. Your most humblingmoment? We launched a comprehensive initiative to look at our company culture. What I found is that we do important work, bringing the world together through the magic of media. We’ve taken the first steps towards becoming a purpose-driven company. Best thing you watched? The FIFA Women’s World Cup. It was exciting to see these great athletes perform on such a large stage. It’s also wonderful that women’s sports have come so far and consistently dominate the headlines with events like this.
Your battle cry for 2020? Leading through collaboration.
If you could change one thing in the media tech industry, what would it be? I’d like to see more collaboration between suppliers in media tech to drive the development of the business models that will help our traditional broadcast customers succeed in this new media landscape.
AT THE END OF IT ALL, WE HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT WE’RE JUST CONTRIBUTORS TO SOMEONE ELSE’S BIG IDEA
SABINA HEMMI CEO and co-founder, Elo Entertainment
to feel powerless, but I think it helped me to triage the most important tasks. Best thing you watched? Without a doubt The International 2019 Dota Championship tournament.
Top achievement of the year? We secured a Series A investment after running a profitable, bootstrapped company for over seven years. It’s been a huge change and growing the company since then has been a huge achievement. Your most humbling moment? In 2019, I got mono and it made my productivity hit a wall. It was demoralising
Your battle cry for 2020? Discipline.
If you could change one thing in the media tech industry, what would it be? Web advertising is an industry that I desperately want to see disrupted.
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