SMPTE Board of Managers

JOHN MAIZELS - Section Chair

John entered the Broadcast Industry in 1970, and has worked professionally in radio and television in a variety of creative, production and engineering roles.

From 1988 to 1994 he was Chief Engineer at ISEN, IBM's compressed digital Business TV/Distance Education network, and then Digital Media & Broadcast Engineering Consultant within IBM Business Consulting Services. In 2004 he joined FOXTEL Engineering as a Senior Engineer.

John has been a member of SMPTE since 1988 and has sat on the Australia Section Board of Managers since 1990. Heavy involvement with the Section's Conference & Exhibition program over the last decade has seen John take on the roles of Facilities Chair, Conference Chair, Papers Chair and Event Chair.

In addition to the SMPTE role, John chairs the Media Industry Technologist Certification Steering Committee, an industry body focused on restoring learning culture and education opportunity to the ranks of engineers, technicians and paratechnicals within the Media sector.

In 2006, John was recognised for his contributions to industry and the Society by elevation to the grade of Fellow of the Society. In 2007 he was elected to serve as Asia-Pacific Region Governor for 2008/2009.

While John is constantly striving for world peace, he is known to be willing to settle for audio without artifacts, a seriously good cup of coffee, and an education system which is positioned to deliver for the industry which it serves.

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