Tim Carroll is currently Senior Director, AV Ecosystem, Americas at Dolby Laboratories. Before returning to Dolby, he was CTO of the Telos Alliance, comprising Telos, Omnia, 25-Seven Systems, Axia, Minnetonka Audio, and Linear Acoustic, a company he founded. Previously, Tim worked for Dolby Laboratories in New York mastering films and DVDs, moving to San Francisco to help manage the development of professional broadcast products for Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby E, and metadata. He has been honored with several Prime Time, Technology and Engineering, and Sports Emmy Awards for his work with Dolby E, television Audio Processing, and the Beijing, Vancouver, and London Olympic games. He is a member of AES, IEEE, SBE, and SMPTE, and is an active ATSC participant. He holds multiple patents in the field of television audio and data processing and currently resides with his patient wife and family in California.