STE Past President Nathan Simmons Joins ATEME

March 27, 2007 - Bievres, France

 

ATEME SA, a world leader in MPEG-4 video compression solutions, today announced that STE Past President Nathan Simmons has joined the company as Director of Sales, Broadcast and Broadband for the US market.

An innovator in post production systems design, Mr. Simmons began his career designing audio systems for 35mm and 70mm motion picture theaters, as well as numerous digital post-production
and computer based animation facilities in the US and abroad.

Holding numerous leadership positions within STE (The Society of Television Engineer), Mr. Simmons brings a unique industry perspective to ATEME as both an engineer and marketing professional.

Previously at Sony® Business and Professional Group, as well as Leitch and Panasonic®, Mr. Simmons will now bring his wealth of experience to ATEME's North-America sales efforts.

"Having a professional with the caliber of Nathan Simmons joining the ATEME team is a real win for the company," said Benoit Fouchard , Vice President of Sales . "His industry expertise and grounding in both engineering and marketing make him an ideal fit with ATEME as we expand our worldwide sales efforts and we are very excited to have him on board."