With over 20 years supply Chain experience in the film and music industries commencing in those rarefied vinyl days, moving though Cassette, CD, DVD and BD mediums.
Rob Ouldcott is responsible for the European supply chain for Universal Pictures where he oversees the provision of consistently reliable supply of product to retail. With a multitude of years in project management within and outside this industry he is a keen advocate of diving innovative solutions to support an increasingly demanding supply chain. 
Prior to Joining Cinram Logistics Ouldcott has worked for Deluxe Global Media services where he managed the restructure of its European facilities before to being sold on to Sony. At Disctronics the operation grew from a single site UK based operation to a European multi site operation and made the transition from CD replication to DVD as the Vice President of Customer services for Europe, Ouldcott managed the integration of the new facilities in Italy and France into the Disctronics family.Ouldcott cut his teeth at EMI music services in the Vinyl Factory moving onto Cassette duplication, subsequently to CD replication, before moving into the distribution facility.

Maureen Hughes
Partner
Deloitte

Maureen Hughes has 28 years experience  including 9 years in line management and 19 years in consulting . She led Deloitte’s supply chain practice both globally and in EMEA. She specializes in large scale business transformations  aimed at achieving significant improvements in shareholder value. She has led both global and European transformation projects for some of the world’s largest companies in Media, Telecom and Consumer Business. Maureen’s specialities include design and implementation of Tax optimised business models, Supply Chain strategy, process redesign  programmes to improve efficiency and achieve cost reduction for large multi-nationals.

Paul Collard
Vice President Film & Digital Services
Ascent Media Group

Paul Collard is responsible for business development in Film and Digital Services for Ascent Media Group Ltd. He was formerly Managing Director of Soho Images and Todd-ao UK (now Soho Film Lab), and is now based at Ascent 142, Ascent’s flagship Soho post production facility in the UK.

Paul has an extensive background in both film and digital post production having begun his career in the Kodak Photographic School. He became Technical Manager at Metrocolor London, where he worked for 19 years responsible for technical and engineering services in film and video operations. Paul developed the ‘bleach by pass’ technique of desaturating film prints, primarily for the film ‘1984’ and later for Terence Davies’ films ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ and ‘Long Day Closes’. He is committed to training in the Industry and is a Council Member & Past President of BKSTS. In 2009 he received the Arri John Alcott Memorial Award from the British Society of Cinematographers for his contributions to their recent camera evaluation tests.

Paul has presented conference papers on Film Formats, Digital Intermediate, Digital Workflows, Digital Cinema, Digital Restoration and Archive Services for Film Archives. He has presented archive papers at Gamma Group, First, JTS (2007) and Video Active (2007) conferences & has attended JTS, AMIA (including nitrate workshop) & FIAT conferences. Paul is a board member of the European Digital Cinema Forum, a member of the SMPTE Digital Cinema working group on Additional and Archive Frame Rates, has liaised with the FIAF Technical Commission to ensure their views are represented, and is a member of DC21 SMPTE Digital Cinema Standards Committee. In his current role, Paul is also involved in the application of Ascent Media’s digitisation and asset management services to film & video archives in the UK & Europe.

With 20 years in the entertainment business working on both the retailer and studio side, in a wide range of business disciplines including Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain. I bring the devils’ advocate to most meetings within the business, and am always willing to challenge internally as well as externally on how we get better at what we do.

Guy started his career in the entertainment industry as a successful performer and producer, making music with industry giants such as Phil Ramone, Elliott Scheiner, and Dave Grusin. Guy joined the home entertainment industry as president of LFA, Inc., providing home video brand and business consulting services for a worldwide clientele. His firm represented JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.) in North America licensing the loading and duplication of VHS videocassettes bearing the VHS Logo Trademark. He became the director of operations for CDSA (then IRMA, International Recording Media Association) in 2005 where he pioneered the Daily News Portal, co-chaired the accountability sub-committee of EPCglobal Item Level Tagging Public Policy Steering Committee and helped form the Plastic DVD Packaging Standards Committee (authoring the standard used to certify packaging plants around the world).

Martin Porter has been providing information resources to entertainment technology professionals for more than 25 years. Originally a consumer electronics columnist for Rolling Stone, Premiere and GQ magazines, he has since worked as an industry consultant, editorial director and publisher for over 25 publications in professional audio, video, broadcast, electronic systems, and music. His company, Martin Porter Associates has provided consulting services to a range of trade and consumer events including the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Audio Engineering Society (AES), National Systems Contractor Association (NSCA), and the International Recording Media Association (IRMA). He is the founding publisher of Medialine magazine and was a founding producer of Entertainment Media Expo (EMX), and the Surround Music Awards.

Tom Moran
Senior Director, Media and Entertainment
Savvis

Tom Moran joined Savvis Communications Inc. when they acquired the commercial business of Eagan, MN based WAM!NET Inc. in 2003. Having served as Director of the Media and Entertainment division of WAM!NET from 2001 through 2004, Moran was promoted to Senior Director of the Media Services division of Savvis in January 2005. He is responsible for corporate strategy, business development, as well as sales and market development for the WAM!NET Service Portfolio at Savvis (SVVS).

Moran helped lead the successful restructuring of Cybernet Systems Inc. of Minneapolis, MN from hardware sales into professional services and training for its media industry customers, ultimately leading to the acquisition of Cybernet by WAM!NET in 2001. While leading the Media and Entertainment business unit at WAM!NET Moran was responsible for establishing a unique domain expertise that led to the implementation of a number of ground-breaking content management and distribution projects, serving customers such as Universal Music Group, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, EMI and Technicolor, and many other marquee names in the Media Industry.

Moran is the primary architect of business-to-business systems that are now the industry standard practice for production and distribution of media content electronically as opposed to the more costly, risky and time-consuming processes associated with handling physical media. This success led to his appointment to the Executive Governing Board of Directors for the Global Society for Asset Management in 2003 as well as a number of other industry accolades. Tom serves on the Board of Directors for the Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) and the Media and Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) as well as being the chairman of the Digital Supply Chain Committee of MESA.

WAM!NET’s Media and Entertainment business unit was the fastest growing and most profitable division of the Company under Moran’s management. By providing leadership for an industry-wide transformation of the way both packaged goods and on-line media products are produced and distributed, WAM!NET offers solutions that enable media companies to shave weeks off production schedules, get products to market faster and reduce the impact of content piracy.

Prior to entering the technology business, Moran was a successful artist, freelance photographer and media producer. He worked in Minneapolis, New York and London for major magazines, newspapers, film, and music production companies during his seven years as a freelancer. Moran studied Journalism and Fine Arts at the University of Minnesota from 1988 to 1992. He founded the highly regarded international artists collective “Otaku” in London in 1992.

Maurizio Cimelli Senior Vice President, EMEA    Maurizio is responsible for Ascent Media’s Content Services businesses in the UK and across the region, including:  Ascent 142, Ascent Media and Soho Film Lab.Prior to joining Ascent, Maurizio worked on a number of strategic projects with global media and entertainment companies to transform the monetization of content in the digital supply chain. Maurizio has also been responsible for securing some of the largest broadcast contracts in EMEA. Having qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant, Maurizio joined the media industry where, earlier in his career, he helped build and re-engineer many of today’s established media service providers.  His experience ranges from running large studio facilities to building global operations that service blue chip, international entertainment customers.

Miguel Geli

Miguel Geli is Managing Director for SRS Europe Limited, a joint venture between Sony DADC and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, focused on retail services.Miguel is responsible for the running and development of retail services in Europe, including but not limited to Vendor Managed Inventory and Demand Planning for Sony companies, as well as 3rd party publishers and retailers.Prior to this current position, Miguel worked for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as Divisional CIO for Home Entertainment as well as managing various projects for Sony DADC in support of the expansion of its European distribution.  

Miguel holds a Computer Sciences degree from the Institute for Higher Education in Deurne, Belgium and an Executive MBA from LSE, NYU and HEC.  

Dr. Maria Bauer
Environmental & Sustainability Officer
Sony DADC International

Dr. Maria Bauer, Sony DADC InternationalIn her role as Environmental & Sustainability Officer at Sony DADC, Maria Bauer maintains the focus on green manufacturing, production and distribution in one of Europe’s eco pioneers. For the last three decades, Sony DADC has put environmental sustainability at the heart of its business strategy and Bauer continues to support this vision in every part of the company’s operations.Maria Bauer was appointed to this dedicated position in 2009 and her background within Sony DADC is engineering. In 2007, Maria gained her Doctorate in Biochemistry, which she studied at Vienna University after graduating in Biology and Biochemistry from Erlangen University in Germany.