John Mailhot has worked in the field of digital high-definition (HD) television systems since 1990. Working on system design and algorithms for on the AT&T-Zenith team during the ACATS competition, and then as technical lead for the digital HDTV Grand Alliance encoder at Lucent Technologies. He subsequently held engineering manager and general manager roles at Lucent Digital Video, Aastra Digital Video, and the Harris Broadcast Video Networking Group – leading well-known products including FlexiCoder, VideoRunner, NetVX, Selenio MCP, and Selenio Network Processor (SNP). Today, Mailhot is the Senior VP of Product Management for Playout and Infrastructure at Imagine Communications. He has dual bachelor’s degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has been recognized as a SMPTE Fellow for his work as editor of SMPTE 2110. He also serves on the boards of the Video Services Forum (VSF) and the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA).