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The Future of Entertainment  & Events - EDU Summit 2021





The Future of Entertainment

& Events - EDU Summit 2021
Speaker profiles

Speakers

Bri Ancia
Co-Founder of Ancia LLC and Owner of B Events

 

Giles Baker
Sr Vice President, Consumer Entertainment at Dolby Laboratories

 

Dr. Maya Beasley
Founder/President, The T10 Group and Director/Professor, Diversity 360 at The University of Maryland

 

Dina Behar
Vice President Of Business Development, The Kitchen

 

Diego Carregha
Applications Engineer, Dolby Laboratories

 

Jeff Clanagan
Chief Executive Officer, Laugh Out Loud Network

 


Lea Dopson
Dean and James A. Collins Distinguished Chair at The Collins College of Hospitality Management, Cal Poly Pomona

 

Maureen Droney
Managing Director Producers & Engineers Wing at The Recording Academy

 

Nic B. Engel
Engineering Manager, Dolby Laboratories

 

Steve Forshay
SVP Advanced Technology Group, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

 

Tom Graham
Head of Dolby Vision Content Enablement, Dolby Laboratories

 

RJ Harrison
VP, Global Operations - Consumer Entertainment Group, Dolby Laboratories

 


Cameron Hicks
Associate Producer, Screenwriter, Filmmaker, & Student - San Francisco State University

 

Samir Hulyalkar
Vice President, Technology Architect, Dolby Vision, at Dolby Laboratories

 

Dina Ibrahim
Executive Director of the CSU Entertainment Alliance

 

Lexie King
Co-Founder and Head of Operations, IMPACT Learning Institute

 

Glenn Kiser
Senior Director of the Dolby Institute, Dolby Laboratories

 

Andrew Lacanienta, PhD
Assistant Professor and Experience Designer, Department of Experience Industry Management, California Politechnic State University

 


Scott Lefleur
Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services

 

Amy Lee
Associate Recruiter, Dolby Laboratories

 

Jessica Lindl
General Manager and Vice President of Social Impact and Education, Unity Technologies

 

Brian Maffitt
Technical Director and Animator, Late Night Cartoons

 

Heather Mason
Founder & CEO Caspian Agency, Consultant, Keynote Speaker

 

Aubry Mintz
Director, School of Art, CSU Long Beach

 


Ryan Morrison
Editor and Writer of film Stowaway

 

Margot Nack
Sr. Manager, Product - Cloud Workflows, Pro Video, Audio & Motion, Adobe

 

David O’Connor
Director, Global Recruiting at Dolby Laboratories

 

Jaclyn Pytlarz
Staff Researcher, Applied Vision Science at Dolby Laboratories

 

Robert Ramirez
Manager, Partner Operations, Peacock Originals

 

Bryan Ransom
Director of Athletic Bands, San Diego State University

 

Marti Romances
Co-Founder and Creative Director, Territory Studio San Francisco

 

Patrick Rossi
Vice President, Commercial Partnerships, Dolby Laboratories

 

Leslie Ruiz
Marketing Recruitment Manager, Dolby Laboratories

 

John Scanlon
Senior Manager Dolby Institute and Experimental Technology, Dolby Laboratories

 

Alan Seefeldt
Senior Member Research Staff, Dolby Laboratories

 

Jay Sheehan
Production Manager, School of Theatre, Television, and FIlm at San Diego State

 

Ninah Solidum
Sr Recruiter, University Relations at Dolby Laboratories

 

Katie Soo
Senior Vice President, Head of Growth Marketing, HBO Max

 

Jaye Sosa
Media Specialist, Dolby Laboratories

 

Karl Soule
Sr. Technical Sales Manager, Film and Video, Adobe

 

Anita Stokes
Senior Manager, University Relations

 

Hanyang Sun
Senior QA Engineer, Dolby Laboratories

 

Justin Vandegrift
Vice President, Consumer Entertainment Audio Technology, Dolby Laboratories

 

Simon Wakelin
Editorial-Minded Communications Specialist, Territory Studio

 

Rhonda Wilson
Senior Director, Sound Technology Research, Dolby Laboratories

 


Additional Speakers

Mike Abbott Audio Producer, 63rd Annual Grammy Awards

Terrence Coles Global Media and Programmatic Advertising Expert, Redbox

Jim Crenshaw Image Research, Dolby Laboratories

Jeremiha Douglas Product Mangement, Dolby Laboratories

Jennifer Goldfinch Director, Global Industry Marketing, Foundry

Denisse Krieger Head of Global Localization, Riot Games

Ted Milner President, Executive Temps

Philip Nicol Sr. Director, Dolby.io at Dolby Laboratories

Paige Raynes Creative Technologist for Digital Media and Entertainment, Dolby Laboratories

Amanda Rhodes Executive Coordinator at Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network

Sandeep Bangalor Venkatesh Software Engineer, Image Tech R&D, Dolby Laboratories