Transporting Production/Mastering-Quality Digital Video Signals through the Public Network Using SONET/SDH and ATM Technology

Steven L. Storozum has over 20 years of experience developing and marketing data, video, and voice communications technology products, specializing in fiber optics. As vice-president of marketing and sales for Video Products Group, Inc., he devises and implements strategies for public network and fiber-optic contribution contribution quality video/audio transport products. — Prior to his present position, he served as product line manager for fiber/DS3/SONET/ATM backbone data transmission equipment and for multiprotocol LAN hubs at ADC Fibermux Corp. He previously held the position of product manager for analog video transmission products at PCO, Inc.; helped to launch an Ethernet LAN equipment supplier, American Photonics, Inc.; and held engineering and marketing positions with McDonnell Aircraft Corp. and ITT Electro-optical Products Div. — Storozum has authored numerous articles and conference presentations on LANs, video, fiber-optic components, and fiber communications systems. He has been actively involved in standards organizations and has worked on both the IEEE 802.3 10 Mbit/sec and 100Mbit/sec Ethernet standards. — Storozum earned a B.A. in physics from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, an MSEE from Carnegie-Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, PA, and has pursued Ph.D. studies in electrical engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University and at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He is an active member of SMPTE, IEEE, the Video Services Industry Forum, and the American Physical Society.