Enabling Change Smartly Kathryn Brown
Strategic Development, Commercial Radio Australia
Digital Radio Project Manager, Kath Brown works with Commercial Radio Australia’s digital technical advisory committee to further develop the DAB+ platform. She
works with regional broadcasters and the regional digital working group to implement trials and develop the costing and technical framework for regional roll out in Australia. Kath works closely with retailers, manufacturers, the automotive industry and mobile phone manufacturers to introduce DAB+ into phones and cars. Kath has an Economics degree, a business and strategic focus and has worked in newspapers and radio for most of her career.
Dr Les Sabel
Managing Director & Owner S Comm Technologies Les has over 30 years
of experience in
communications systems, including digital radio (DAB/DAB+/DMB and DRM), mobile
communications (2, 3, 4G), wireless broadband and satellite communications. Les founded S-Comm Technologies Pty. Ltd. in 2008 to work with the Australian radio industry on the introduction of DAB+ digital radio. S-Comm has provided services to many Australian and international companies and currently provides on- going independent engineering consultancy to Commercial Radio Australia. Previously Les has held senior positions in companies including RadioScape Ltd. (UK), Verticalband (UK), Lucent Technologies (UK/USA) and the Institute of Telecommunications Research at the University of South Australia. His expertise covers the development of state-of-the-art communications infrastructure and receiver equipment, business development, product and project management. He has worked with companies across the globe to deliver new products and services.
Hossein ZiaShakeri
Senior VP of Business Development and Alliances, Spectra Logic A key associate since 1984 and the former vice president of advanced engineering, ZiaShakeri was named senior vice president of business development and alliances in
2004 to help maintain the company’s leadership position in product innovation and business success. ZiaShakeri has more than 20 years experience in digital and analog hardware design; firmware/ software development; and design engineering and management of storage subsystems. He currently leads Spectra’s vertical initiatives, including media & entertainment. ZiaShakeri earned a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Southern University in 1982.
Masakazu Iwaki
Senior Manager, Planning & Coordination Division, Science & Technology Research Laboratories, NHK (Japan Broadcasting
Corporation) Masakazu Iwaki joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting
Corporation) in 1990. From 1994 to 2008, he has developed electroacoustical
transducers for broadcasting use (directive
microphone for SHV sound pick up, for example) at the NHK’s Science and Technology Research Laboratories. In 2008, was transferred to NHK’s Engineering Administration Department engaging in media planning and international affairs. From 2012, he has worked as in charge of public relations and planning division in the NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories.
He is a member of the
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Audio Engineering Society (AES), Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ). Mr Iwaki was appointed the Chairman of the ABU Technical Committee in 2014 after serving as a vice-chairman since 2009.
Ruxandra Obreja DRM Consortium Chairman
Ruxandra Obreja is Head of Digital Radio Development in the BBC World Service Group, currently concentrating her efforts in leading the DRM Consortium, a not for profit international organisation.
Ruxandra first joined the BBC in 1985 as a journalist and worked as Head of the BBC Romanian Service, Editor of the BBC European Region and later as Commissioning Editor with BBC English Networks and News.
In 2006 Ruxandra was appointed Head of Business Development, BBC World Service and started getting involved in the work of the DRM Consortium.
In March 2008 Ruxandra was first elected Chairman of the DRM Consortium with the avowed aim of ensuring that the various stakeholders work towards the same goal: the global and mass scale take up of the DRM standard. Ruxandra was unanimously re- elected several times to this position (most recently in March 2014). Ruxandra has spoken at various conferences and written articles promoting digital radio and DRM.
Yahya Khaled
Senior RF Engineer, ATDI South Pacific Yahya is currently a Senior RF Engineer at ATDI South Pacific. He joined ATDI after he completed his Master’s degree in Wireless Communications from University of Sydney.
From his experience as a technical lead in projects for DVB-T2 rollout and private 2G and 4G networks, he gained in-depth knowledge in spectrum management issues; frequency assignment, interference analysis and technology co-existence issues.
Today, Yahya is in charge of ATDI’s technical consulting and training programs for regulators, military agencies and radio communications operators in Asia Pacific region.
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