MXF Practice and Reconfigurable Application Specific Computing

Chris Golson has been senior director, market segments, at SGI, where he is responsible for the development and implementation of worldwide marketing programs for the targeted industry segments of SGI. Golson also oversees the group's broadcast and production marketing strategy-working closely with partners and systems integrators to develop solutions that address the digital television and digital cinema marketplaces. Prior to joining SGI, Golson was vice-president of corporate marketing at Quantum Corp. where he repositioned the hard-drive manufacturer as a data protection and network-attached storage company. Prior to that, he was vice-president of marketing at Sony Broadcast and Professional Co. During his 16-year tenure at Sony from 1984 to 2000, he was instrumental in driving the company's HDTV efforts including 24P and HD over IP, successfully launched the Digital Betacam and Betacam SX digital videotape formats, and oversaw product and development marketing for videotape recorders, editors, switchers, servers, and monitors/projectors, including the introduction of Trinitron monitors for broadcast. Golson holds a BA cum laude in history from Tufts University of Medford, MA.