Briscoe, Paul

Joining the industry 1980 in the Engineering department of CBC Television and specializing in the emerging domains of digital television and CGI, he was a lead infrastructure and facility designer of the Toronto Broadcast Center, utilizing the then-new SDI infrastructure. He joined Leitch Technology (today Imagine Communications) in 1994 and over his 19 years he managed product R&D and led Standards activities. He went on to several years of consulting and continuation of Standards work including the 2059 and 2110 drafting and interop projects. In 2109 he signed on Chief Architect at TAG Video Systems, an industry-leading innovator in software-based media processing. He is a member of the SMTPE and IEEE, a SMPTE Fellow, is an active participant on many Standards committees, and longtime participant in SMPTE Board and Section activities. He is a deep expert in timing and synchronization and the SMPTE 2110 and 2059 technology suites. Through his career, he has delivered many technical presentations to conference audiences and has developed and taught technology courses at several local colleges and for SMPTE. Paul is an active Radio Amateur (VE3KU), avid maker of many things, an animal lover, curler in the winter and cyclist and gardener in the summer.