Women In Technology

Jaclyn Pytlarz, Dolby’s senior engineer for applied vision science, will be recognized by TVNewsCheck for developing color mapping and display management algorithms on a wide variety of displays, including HDR and wide color gamut displays.

The director of news technology for Cox’s KIRO Seattle will be recognized by TVNewsCheck for having transformed workflows at several stations and for her ability to lead teams of people through change. She will be honored during April’s NAB Show in Las Vegas.

The veteran media technologist will receive the 2018 Women in Technology Leadership Award at April’s NAB Show in Las Vegas.

The eighth annual awards ceremony and reception for TVNewsCheck’s 2018 Women in Technology Awards will take place at the NAB Show in Las Vegas in April and will benefit the NAB Education Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program.

Glodina Connan-Lostanlen of Imagine Communications and Yvonne Thomas of Arvato Systems’ Broadcast Solutions division were presented with the annual Women in Technology Leadership Award and Technology Women to Watch Award, respectively. Above, Connan-Lostanlen (left) receives her award from TVNewsCheck Publisher Kathy Haley. (John Staley photo)

NAB-goers can take time out for fitness and fundraising Tuesday, April 25, at Sunset Park in Las Vegas when the 4K 4Charity Fun Run takes off at 7:30 a.m. This year, the run/walk will benefit disaster relief organization Mercy Corps and Women Who Code, which promotes diversity and inclusion in technology careers.

TVNewsCheck’s 2017 Technology Women to Watch Award honoree Yvonne Thomas is an engineer who prefers to think like a user, mediating between clients and developers in her role as a product manager for Arvato Systems. Her latest work for Arvato’s media asset management system has her on the cutting edge of machine learning and cognitive computing.

Yvonne Thomas, product manager for Arvato Systems’ Broadcast Solutions division, will be honored during TVNewsCheck’s annual Women in Technology Awards presentation on April 25 during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. She is responsible for the media asset management system VPMS and closely follows new trends in the media landscape.

TVNewsCheck’s 2017 Women in Technology Leadership Award honoree spearheaded Imagine’s IP transition strategy while coaxing staffers and customers to embrace momentous change. Her mantra for company insiders: “It’s OK to fail. If you try to protect yourself and focus only on what you know, you’re not going to enjoy what’s coming.”

Imagine Communications CMO and veteran television technologist and marketer Glodina Connan-Lostanlen will receive TVNewsCheck‘s 2017 Women in Technology Leadership Award, which will be presented during the NAB Show in Las Vegas in April.

Gates said she’s launching a new initiative focused on the lack of females in the tech industry. It’ll be separate from the well-known Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which addresses myriad issues from the prevention of infectious diseases to sustainability and beyond. What this new venture will look like is still uncertain.

TVNewsChedk‘s annual Women in Technology Leadership Award and the Technology Women to Watch Awards support the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program, which places graduating engineers who are women or people of color in broadcast industry internships.

On Tuesday evening at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, TVNewsCheck saluted the accomplishments of its annual Women in Technology honorees — Leadership award winner Michelle Munson, CEO of Aspera (second from left), and TVNewsCheck Women to Watch honoree Jennifer Leung, director of product at the National Football League (second from right). They are flanked by Harry Jessell, TVNewsCheck editor, and Kathy Haley, TVNewsCheck Publisher. (Photo by John Staley)

The 30-year-old recipient of this year’sTVNewsCheck‘s Women in Technology Woman to Watch honor heads a team that is building a new content management system to support all of the NFL’s web and mobile products. She is also leading a redesign of the league’s eight-year-old website. “We’re focused on … how do we optimize moving audiences to the right experience,” she says. “Right now, that’s often mobile.” The award will be presented at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, on Tues., April 19, in Room N227 of the Convention Center.

The 30-year-old recipient of this year’sTVNewsCheck‘s Technology Woman to Watch honor heads a team that is building a new content management system to support all of the NFL’s web and mobile products. She is also leading a redesign of the league’s eight-year-old website.

The recipient of this year’s TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Leadership Award, Michelle Munson, co-founded Aspera which won an Emmy for its FASP networking technology that transfers large video files at speeds hundreds of times faster than conventional FTP sessions, and with a guaranteed delivery time. The award will be presented at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on Tues., April 19, in Room N227 of the Convention Center.

The NFL’s director of product, Jennifer Leung, will be honored during TVNewsCheck’s annual Women in Technology Awards presentation on April 19 during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. She is responsible for innovation and product management of the NFL’s digital Web, video and publishing products.

Munson is the recipient of TVNewsCheck’s sixth annual Women in Technology Leadership Award, which will be presented during the NAB Show in Las Vegas in April.

The accomplishments of TVNewsCheck’s annual Women in Technology honorees, including 2015 award winner Cindy Hutter Cavell (second from left), were celebrated at the NAB Show Tuesday evening in Las Vegas. Cavell was joined by (l-r):TVNewsCheck Publisher Kathy Haley; TVNewsCheck Women to Watch honoree Sara Kudrle, product marketing manager for infrastructure, monitoring and control within the Strategic Marketing Group of Grass Valley; and Harry Jessell, TVNewsCheck editor. (Photo by John Staley)

Sara Kudrle, Grass Valley’s product marketing manager for infrastructure, monitoring and control, will be honored by TVNewsCheck for contributions to industry technology during the NAB Show next month in Las Vegas.

Lucinda Hutter Cavell, senior engineer and practice manager at Cavell Mertz & Associates, is the recipient of TVNewsCheck’s fifth annual Women in Technology Leadership Award, which will be presented during the NAB Show in April.

TVNewsCheck’s 2015 Women in Technology Awards support the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program, which places graduating engineers who are women or people of color in broadcast industry internships. The Women in Technology Leadership Award recognizes women who have contributed significantly toward advancing their industry technologically, while The Technology Women to Watch Awards honor women in radio, TV and digital who show significant promise.

TVNewsCheck’s fourth Women in Technology Leadership Award Presentation and Reception at the NAB Show honored Renu Thomas, Disney ABC Network Group’s SVP of technology and operations. Also feted were Women to Watch honorees Tania Paz, VP of digital media operations and technology at Telemundo Networks; and Ann Marie Rohaly, director of accessibility, policy and standards for Microsoft’s Corporate Accessibility Group. Cursor over the photos to move slide show forward or back. (Photos by John Staley)

The accomplishments of TVNewsCheck’s annual Women in Technology honorees, including 2014 award winner Renu Thomas (second from left), were celebrated at the NAB Show Tuesday in Las Vegas. Thomas, Disney ABC Network Group’s SVP of technology and operations, was lauded for her accomplishments navigating some of the most difficult and frustrating shoals in television engineering. Thomas said she encourages young women to go into engineering so that women in technology don’t have to be celebrated. “It’s just going to be a fact of life.” Thomas was joined by (l-r):TVNewsCheck Publisher Kathy Haley and Women to Watch honorees Tania Paz, VP of digital media operations and technology at Telemundo Networks; and Ann Marie Rohaly, director of accessibility, policy and standards for Microsoft’s Corporate Accessibility Group. (Photo by John Staley)

The Disney ABC Network Group’s SVP of technology and operations is skilled at overseeing smooth changes by being sure to include all those affected. She is this year’s recipient of TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Leadership Award, having navigated some of the most difficult and frustrating shoals in television engineering, among them converting ABC News’ traditional control room to an automated one and shepherding a major overhaul in her company’s asset, marketing resource and work order management systems.

Renu Thomas, Disney/ABC Networks Group SVP of technology and operations, is the recipient of TVNewsCheck’s fourth annual Women in Technology Leadership Award, which will be presented during the NAB Show in April.

Presented each year at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, the awards honor women who are advancing the tecnology arts in TV, digital and radio and support the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program. To nominate someone for the 2014 Women in Technology Leadership or Technology Women to Watch awards, download a ballot here.

Although best known for her work in setting global tech standards, Warner Bros.’s Wendy Aylsworth is also a leader in communicating technology’s issues to Hollywood’s creative side.

Wendy Aylsworth, SVP of technology at Warner Bros. Technical Operations, on Tuesday received TVNewsCheck’s third annual Women in Technology Leadership Award at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Wendy Aylsworth, tech SVP at Warner Bros. Technical Operations and the first woman to serve as president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, will receive TVNewsCheck’s third annual Women in Technology Leadership Award during April’s NAB Show in Las Vegas.

TVNewsCheck’s second annual Women in Technology Leadership Award presentation and reception at the NAB Show last week honored Andrea Berry, the senior vice president of media services for Fox Networks Engineering and Operations.

The Fox SVP of media services will receive the annual Women in Technology Leadership Award at the NAB Show. This recognizes women who have contributed significantly toward advancing their industry technologically. It supports the National Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program.

TVNewsCheck’s first Women in Technology Leadership Award Presentation and Reception at the NAB Show honored Darcy Antonellis, president of technical operations of  Warner Bros. (right). It also turned a spotlight on the National Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program, which places engineering students in industry internships.The program is a beneficiary of the event, which was sponsored by Accenture, Modern VideoFilm, SDI Media and SwartAd. Receiving her award, Antonellis said she is a big believer in mentoring and volunteered to accommodate several of NABEF’s interns at Warner Bros. Helping Antonellis to celebrate that evening were leaders of the Alliance for Women in Media. (Photos by John Staley)

Darcy Antonellis, head of tech ops at Warner Bros., has earned her stripes through stints at CBS in both news and sports (including winning two technical Emmys) before joining Warner where she oversaw the move from analog to digital distribution. Now, she’s the first recipient of TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Leadership Award.

A new program from the NAB Educational Foundation offers college students and recent grads a chance to take part in a six-month Technology Apprenticeship Program.  It offers promising young technology students a chance to gain hands-on experience at TV or radio stations, and also get up to speed on the latest technological advances. TVNewsCheck‘s Women in Technology Leadership Award supports the TAP program.

The president of Warner Bros.’ technical operations is to be the recipient of the first Women in Technology Leadership Award, honoring her professional achievements and raising funds to support the National Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program.