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GRAPHICS CREATION. REINVENTED. MODERATOR: Karen Hogan Ketchum, SVG, Senior Editor SPORTSGRAPHICS AGENDA PANELISTS: Andrew Lalonde, Oilers Entertainment Group, Digital Display Specialist #SVGSportsGFX Eric Long, Philadelphia Eagles, Director of Production Michael Rocha, Panasonic Xperiences, Director, Creative/Technical Solutions Greg Stocker, ChyronHego, VP, Sports and Live Events 9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION and TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASES OPEN 12:00 – 12:15 p.m. 9:45 – 9:50 a.m. WELCOMING REMARKS AVID AND LIVELIKE CASE STUDY: sponsored by AWARD-WINNING Johan Apel, ChyronHego, President and CEO sponsored by Inside the Super Bowl LI Virtual Reality – Jocelyne Meinert, SVG Graphics Committee Chair A First in the History of the Super Bowl and Big Studios, Owner/Director Super Bowl LI took VR to a new level, with Fox Sports and LiveLike production 9:50 – 10:30 a.m. STATE OF THE ARTS: teams coming together to deliver a six-camera VOD VR experience that took users up close to some of the most important plays in the game. Avid also played a major REAL-TIME GRAPHICS Sports Graphics Today and Tomorrow part in the efforts, and this presentation by LiveLike, in association with Avid, will The third-annual Sports Graphics Forum kicks off with a top-tier discussion focus on the virtual-reality setup at Super Bowl LI. featuring creative directors and top graphics-production pros. What are the PRESENTERS: significant creative and technological trends? What are the industry’s greatest Fabrice Lorenceau, LiveLike, Co-Founder and Head of Production challenges and opportunities, and what lies ahead for the sports-graphics sector? Jan Umansky, Twizted Design, CEO and Founder MODERATOR: Jocelyne Meinert, Big Studios, Owner/Director SOLUTIONS PANELISTS: 12:15 – 12:30 p.m. MLB NETWORK SPOTLIGHT: Jason Joly, MSG Networks, Director of Broadcast Graphics Mike Gallardo’s Story sponsored by JP LoMonaco, CBS Sports, Senior Art Director Hundreds of customers around the world rely on Brainstorm’s award-winning real-time virtual Camille Maratchi, HBO Sports, Associate Creative Director A little over a year ago, MLB Network hired Mike Gallardo a former Cav Scout sets technology, augmented reality and next generation CG solutions to dramatically enhance John Schleef, NBC Sports Group and Olympics, Art Director who served in Iraq with the 1st Cavalry Division. To say he is a warrior is an understatement. Hear his story and the impact he has had in his new career. production value to capture and retain new and larger audiences, while greatly reducing 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. KEYNOTE CASE STUDY: PANELISTS: production costs and opening up new sources of revenue. Inside ESPN’s Monday Night Football Open Mike Gallardo, MLB Network, Military Apprentice and Freelancer Chris Mallory, MLB Network, SVP, Creative Services How do we get creative lightning to strike? Formal meetings and assignments? Now is the time to take a serious look. Loose and ad hoc discussion? Listen to ESPN’s surprising and inventive journey to the 2016 launch of the Monday Night Football open. 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCH sponsored by PRESENTER: IN TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE AREA Michael “Spike” Szykowny, ESPN Creative Services, Senior Director, Motion Graphics 1:15 – 2:00 p.m. SERVING MULTIPLE SCREENS: Graphics for Mobile and Streaming 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK Designing graphics for mobile devices and streaming experiences has presented IN TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE AREA a host of new challenges for creators of live sports productions. Designers need to understand the complexities of working with mobile platforms and how they are • Award-Winning Virtual Set/AR Technology 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. different from graphics for linear television. Digital sports execs and vendors lay out best practices in graphics creation for streaming and mobile experiences. • TrackFree and TrackAR Technology IN-VENUE GRAPHICS: sponsored by Driving Fan Engagement MODERATOR: Brandon Costa, SVG, Director, SVG Digital • Over 20 years of innovation at the Stadium PANELISTS: In-venue videoboard productions have become full-scale broadcasts in recent Karen Nicol, NBC Sports and Olympics, Creative Director, Digital Products years, as fans demand the time and score, the latest stats, and much more. Maria Rapetskaya, Undefined Creative, Founder/Creative Director Venue-production leaders and tech vendors discuss the challenge of scaling Bill Reinhart, Avid, Territory Accounts Manager graphics across a variety of screens, the need for automation, and how to balance Tom Shelburne, Vizrt, Director of Operations, Northern Region entertaining and informing the fans. 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK • 2D/3D Real-Time Motion Graphics IN TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE AREA • Fast Creation, CG & Playout • Over 40 years of innovation

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2:45 – 3:30 p.m. GAME-CHANGERS: 2:45 – 3:30 p.m. INSIDE THE TRUCK AND CONTROL ROOM: An Examination of Graphics Innovation in 2016 What’s New in Real-Time Broadcast Graphics? This can’t-miss session will examine the best of graphics innovation in the past Graphics have never played a more integral role in the production of live sports telecasts. How can producers identify new technologies that warrant investment, year. Panelists will present their picks for the most notable work from across the and how does the impending rise of 4K and HDR affect operations? Top network global broadcast landscape. execs discuss the latest issues and opportunities facing the industry today. MODERATOR: Brandon Costa, SVG, Director, SVG Digital MODERATOR: Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Executive Director, Editorial Services PANELISTS: PANELISTS: Jocelyne Meinert, Big Studios, Owner/Director Scott Armstrong, Golf Channel, Director, Tournament Graphics and Technology Timothy O’Shaughnessy, ESPN, Art Director Brian Perkins, MLB Network, Senior Director, IT Production Systems John Schleef, NBC Sports and Olympics, Art Director 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE: What’s Ahead for Sports Graphics in 2017? 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. PLAYER TRACKING AND DATA A deeper dive into future directions, opportunities, and challenges: how does the VISUALIZATION: The Future Is Now graphics industry’s rapidly changing landscape affect creative teams, budgets, and Player-tracking systems are all the rage right now, as pro sports leagues look to decision-making? Hear industry leaders’ views and their future predictions. gather more data from the action on the field and broadcasters look to visualize that data for fans within telecasts and live streams. Learn how these systems are MODERATOR: Jocelyne Meinert, Big Studios, Owner/Director evolving and how these technologies are changing the way fans view the game. PANELISTS: MODERATOR: Doug Field, Creative Strategist Jason Dachman, SVG, Chief Editor and Sports Graphics Forum Program Director Jaimee Kosanke, Spike TV, VP and Co-Executive Producer, Sports and Documentary Programming PANELISTS: Brian Matthews, NBC Sports, VP, Creative Director, Marketing and Promotion Matthew Davidowitz, STATS, Head of Broadcast Products The game changer is here. Eric Woods, NBC Sports Group, Director, Promotional Design Ken DeGennaro, NBA, SVP, Digital Product Development Jed Drake, SMT, EVP, Emerging Technologies XPression. 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. 360 VR MOTION GRAPHICS: Kevin Prince, MLBAM, Broadcast Analyst A Whole New World 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. BROADCAST VIRTUAL GRAPHICS AND 360 VR sports content is happening. How will motion graphics develop and ENHANCEMENTS: Seeing Is Believing thrive in this new viewing environment? Learn from the graphics pros working From the 1st & Ten Line to virtual ad insertion, virtual graphics have been in the trenches of this bleeding-edge new industry. commonplace on sports telecasts for several years. Today, virtual graphics are a MODERATOR: Eric Woods, NBC Sports Group, Director, Promotional Design more integral part of live-sports coverage than ever. Get an update on the latest PANELISTS: developments in virtual-graphics, AR, and virtual-studio technology. Jon Fish, ESPN, Feature Producer II MODERATOR: Jason Dachman, SVG, Chief Editor and Sports Graphics Forum David Leopold, Viacom Music and Entertainment, Director of Content and Program Director Post Production, Content Management Group PANELISTS: Fabrice Lorenceau, LiveLike, Co-Founder and Head of Production Charlie Collin, ESPN, Senior Manager, Motion Graphics Design Marc Rowley, ESPN, Director of Production Enhancements, Virtual and Terry Daily, Ross Video, Augmented Reality/Virtual Set Designer Augmented Reality Thierry Gonzalo, Brainstorm, Product Manager

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www.xpression.com DOUG FIELD, Creative Strategist SPORTSGRAPHICS WHO’S WHO Field specializes in development of brand design and execution for sports- and #SVGSportsGFX entertainment-media outlets. He works hard to connect audiences with what they love most: the passion and tribal emotions that define fandom. Most recently, he served as VP/creative director for MSG Networks, the media home of the New SPORTS GRAPHICS COMMITTEE CHAIR York Knicks, Rangers, and Islanders and the New Jersey Devils. Field led the network’s brand JOCELYNE MEINERT, Big Studios, Owner/Director strategy as well as the internal creative-services team. In this capacity, he directed the recent Meinert has been pioneering CG animation and design since the industry’s rebrand of the network’s live game-graphic presentation and overall network identity. inception in 1982. She started Big Studios in 1991, completing large-scale design and animation projects for such clients as ABC News and Sports, HBO, JON FISH, ESPN, Feature Producer II M T V, Oprah, CTV, CBC, ESPN, CBS, and NBC. Whether 2D or 3D animation, Fish has worked in all capacities as a storyteller for ESPN, and his productions VFX, live action, graphic design, or all the above, Meinert continues to direct and manage range from features to podcasts and documentaries all over the world. Most the design of large-scale projects, such as ESPN’s Monday Night Football, Turner Major recently, Fish completed the SC Featured: Pin Kings project. Pin Kings featured League Baseball, and CBS March Madness, as well as original-content development. ESPN’s first-ever 18-part episodic podcast (Fish served as a co-host) and a one-hour documentary, as well as an ESPN The Magazine article and ESPN.com roll out. In the fall of 2016, a new approach was taken while producing the Michigan vs. Ohio State SCOTT ARMSTRONG, Golf Channel, Director, college football game, during which Fish produced two stories for ESPN Virtual Reality. Tournament Graphics and Technology Armstrong has a hand in Golf Channel’s graphics package from the concept, MIKE GALLARDO, MLB Network, Military Apprentice and Freelancer creation, delivery, and maintenance all the way to the data integration with the Gallardo is a below-the-knee amputee. He had signed up for the U.S. Army on-site scoring providers. Just this past year, he created specific graphics packages because he felt that it was his calling and wanted to serve his country. In 2006, he for The Open, the Ryder Cup, The Players Championship, WGC-Match Play, was deployed to Iraq, where he encountered many gunfights, deaths, and LPGA’s International Crown, NCAA Championships, Drive Chip and Putt, and the World improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After healing from his injuries and receiving Long Drive Championship. his prosthetic, he decided to do more with his life, to motivate, and inspire people, so he did the world’s toughest triathlon: The Silverman, an Ironman event in Henderson, NV. He CHARLIE COLLIN, ESPN, Senior Manager, Motion Graphics Design showed people that, even though there can be obstacles in the way, there is always a way to go Collin has been with ESPN since 2008, specializing in real-time graphics around it. After the Ironman, Gallardo joined CrossFit, Olympic weightlifting, wheelchair technology. He has helped launch several exciting projects for studio and event basketball, and many more sports. executions. Utilizing touchscreen, augmented reality, virtual studio, and insert graphics, Collin is committed to visualizing data and information that facilitate THIERRY GONZALO, Brainstorm, Product Manager the best storytelling experience possible for ESPN fans. Gonzalo has been the product manager at Brainstorm since 2010, with an overall responsibility of the whole company’s portfolio regarding product definition and BRANDON COSTA, SVG, Director, SVG Digital development supervision. Previously, he headed a development team designing bespoke Costa is senior editor for the Sports Video Group and oversees the company’s digi- solutions for weather, maps, and journalist applications, and managed a system tal and college initiatives. He covers various sports video production trends integration team for manufacturers such as Grass Valley, ChyronHego, Sony, and Brainstorm. including streaming, social, 4K/UHD, virtual reality, and more. He serves as the director of both the SVG College Sports Summit and the SVG Digital Summit. JASON JOLY, MSG Networks, Director of Broadcast Graphics Joly and his team are responsible for the creative direction for MSG Networks’ live JASON DACHMAN, SVG, Chief Editor and Sports Graphics Forum Program event packages for the Knicks, Rangers, Devils, Islanders, Sabres, Red Bulls, and Director Liberty. They also oversee the packaging for all on-air promotion, studio shows, Dachman oversees all aspects of SVG’s North American editorial operations, and original programming. Joly previously served as a producer at boutique including the thrice-weekly SVG Insider newsletter and SVG’s annual print creative agency Nth Degree, working for clients such as ABC, Bravo, CBS, Discovery, Food publications. A member of the SVG team since 2009, he also serves as program Network, HGTV, History, and Yahoo. director for SVG’s Sports Asset Management & Storage (SAMS) Forum, Sports Graphics Forum, and TranSPORT event. KEN KERSCHBAUMER, SVG, Executive Director, Editorial Services Kerschbaumer was a co-founder of SVG with Paul Gallo and Marty Porter in 2005 and TERRY DAILY, Ross Video, Augmented Reality/Virtual Set Designer has been writing about how sports networks and leagues use video and audio Daily joined Ross Video in 2015 as a specialist in augmented-reality and virtual-set technology to deliver a quality TV experience since 1991. He began his career in 1991 Changing design within Rocket Surgery, the creative-services arm of Ross. He leads the technical at Television Broadcast magazine and subsequently served as founding editor of and creative efforts for the managed-services deployment of live augmented-reality Digital Broadcasting magazine. In 2000, he joined Broadcasting & Cable as senior editor of technol- Changing graphics for NBC Sports’ Sunday Night Football and Thursday Night Football. A ogy, covering all aspects of broadcasting, cable, and internet-content creation and distribution. seasoned 3D/2D designer, Daily works with a wide range of clients throughout the year to help fully leverage the capability of their Ross Xpression systems. KAREN HOGAN KETCHUM, SVG, Senior Editor the Game Having joined the SVG team in 2011, Hogan Ketchum focuses on the venue industry the Game MATTHEW DAVIDOWITZ, STATS, Head of Broadcast Products while also reporting on a variety of sports-production and technology topics. She Davidowitz joined STATS in June 2015 to oversee the strategy and roadmap for all manages SVG’s print publications and drives its Venue Initiative, coordinating the Take your sports production to a whole new dimension of STATS’ broadcast products and services. Over the past year, Davidowitz has program for the Sports Venue Production Summit and Venue Production Seminars. played an integral role in helping STATS provide more value to broadcasters In addition, Hogan Ketchum is also director of the Women’s Sports Media Initiative. Take your sports production to a whole new dimension through new research reports and data/graphics integration packages, including a MLB pitch type and velocity feed currently being utilized by NBC Sports Regional Networks. JAIMEE KOSANKE, Spike TV, VP and Co-Executive Producer, Captivate your viewers with a fully immersive sports experience. From rich Sports and Documentary Programming UltraCaptivate HD/4K content your viewers and augmented with a fully immersivereality to powerful sports experience. sports enhancements— From rich KEN DEGENNARO, NBA, SVP, Digital Product Development In 2016, Kosanke produced approximately 70 hours of live combat sports DeGennaro oversees a team responsible for all aspects of software development television including Bellator MMA, Premier Boxing Champions, and Bellator AvidUltra end-to-end HD/4K content sports and solutions augmented give you reality the platformto powerful to createsports captivatingenhancements— content for the NBA, WNBA, and NBA Development League, including online, data Kickboxing, along with several long-form sports specials. Kosanke is an executive Avid end-to-endfrom any sports location solutions and deliver give you a game-changing the platform to viewer create experience. captivating content services, and OTT software. He was instrumental in the successful launch of NBA. producer alongside Network Entertainment on the documentary series I Am, com/Stats, the official NBA statistical destination powered by the SAP HANA most recently lauded for I Am Chris Farley and I Am JFK Jr. Kosanke started at Viacom in from any location and deliver a game-changing viewer experience. real-time platform in February 2013. The site provides the league, teams, media, and fans 2001 at MTV and moved to Spike TV during its inaugural year nearly 14 years ago. access to the NBA’s entire official history of statistics, including every box score in history. ANDREW LALONDE, Oilers Entertainment Group, Digital Display Specialist JED DRAKE, SMT, EVP, Emerging Technologies Lalonde oversees the progression, integration, and execution of the IPTV, Drake oversees the development and implementation of SMT’s comprehensive in-house scoreboard-broadcast room and the “spectacular digital displays” in the Learn how by contacting your Avid sales representative and integrated sports-information and player-tracking systems. Prior to joining newly opened Rogers Place and surrounding Ice District in Edmonton, AB. 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Avid_Sports_8-5x11_SVG.indd 1 1/23/17 2:50 PM DAVID LEOPOLD, Viacom Music and Entertainment, Director of Content BRIAN PERKINS, MLB Network, Senior Director, IT Production Systems and Post Production, Content Management Group Perkins oversees graphics technology, production-system integration, and the Having worked in nearly every aspect of production and postproduction, Leopold continual evolution of statistical systems used to enhance storytelling. In addition, spent much of his career as an editor creating content of all types, including he oversees IT production systems for NHL Network, whose daily on-air broadcast series and specials, short-form digital videos, ads, promos, digital operations have been based and operated out of MLB Network headquarters since campaigns, interactive, VR, and a feature-length documentary. Currently, he October 2015. Perkins places particular importance on automating creation of on-screen and applies his experience as an editor, motion-graphics animator, producer, and postproduction on-set graphic elements containing baseball and hockey data. supervisor to identify and solve user-facing issues across Viacom’s brands. MARIA RAPETSKAYA, Undefined Creative, Founder/Creative Director JP LOMONACO, CBS Sports, Senior Art Director Rapetskaya is the creative leader and architect of the boutique motion-graph- LoMonaco oversees the entirety of on-air design and graphics production for ics agency, which works with household names like NHL, NBCUniversal, The CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. He began his tenure in the sports Maury Show, Better Homes and Gardens, and the UN. She built the company’s division in August 2015, undertaking the once-in-a-lifetime project of reputation on good old-fashioned customer service and consistent execution rebranding CBS Sports from the logo up, which culminated in the gold on brand, on time, and on budget. She remains hands-on in both design and production. standard of all sports broadcasts, Super Bowl 50. LoMonaco has been leading graphics teams in the broadcast industry since 1996 for such networks as Fox and UPN. BILL REINHART, Avid, Territory Accounts Manager Reinhart was awarded the 2015 Avid Chairman Circle for outstanding business ERIC LONG, Philadelphia Eagles, Director of Production development, capping 20+ years of achievement and leadership in the broadcast, A member of the Philadelphia Eagles for eight seasons, Long directs production postproduction, graphics, and asset-management markets. In his current role, he for the team’s creative entity, Eagles Network. He oversees production of content defines and delivers innovative solutions to address strategic initiatives, that is consumed on a variety of platforms: television, website, app, social media, leveraging partnerships and forging strong relationships in core and expanding markets. and in-venue at Lincoln Financial Field. He leads a staff of talented producers and editors responsible for execution of the organization’s digital-content strategy and manages MICHAEL ROCHA, Panasonic Xperiences, Director, logistics for the team’s major production projects. Creative/Technical Solutions For more than two decades, Rocha’s career has focused on interactive media and FABRICE LORENCEAU, LiveLike, Co-Founder and Head of Production THANKS ITS SPONSORS digital storytelling. Working primarily with large displays featured at sports Lorenceau has worked at major production companies in the U.S. and France, venues, he helped pioneer many of the ways fans enjoy events. In his current role, including Cruise Wagner Production at Paramount and Les Films Christian he develops new software platforms and workflows that continue to add levels of Fechner. With the emergence of the Internet, Lorenceau started YouFoot to interactivity and capabilities but with a 360-degree approach that moves beyond the venue. empower everyone to create content for football. In late 2014, with his brother André Lorenceau, he launched LiveLike which uses virtual reality to bring you and your MARC ROWLEY, ESPN, Director of Production Enhancements, friends together in a sports-viewing experience. Virtual and Augmented Reality Rowley has led ESPN’s research and development in production enhancements CHRIS MALLORY, MLB Network, SVP, Creative Services for 10 years. He invented the ESPN Pylon Cam and ESPN GoCam, as well as the TITLE SPONSOR Mallory creates grand-scale production-design concepts and broadcast packaging. SportsCenter rundown. He oversees a creative team charged with advancing He has received 14 Sports Emmy Awards and 30 nominations for high-visibility graphics presentation on television and streams. In his 18 years in Bristol, CT, 22 events, including the launch of MLB Network; Super Bowl XXXIV, XXXVII, and overall with ESPN, he has made creating advanced storytelling his core mission. XL; and Monday Night Football. At MLB Network, Mallory oversees 22 staff members and is responsible for conceiving, maintaining, and perpetually enhancing the JOHN SCHLEEF, NBC Sports Group and Olympics, Art Director brand’s visual product to drive sales opportunities and audience engagement. Schleef is a seasoned art director for NBC Sports, NBCSN, and NBC Olympics, having led the creative for a majority of the best-known NBC Sports properties. Schleef CAMILLE MARATCHI, HBO Sports, Associate Creative Director leverages his highly charged creative energy, his passion for visually appealing design, In her current role, Maratchi oversees the on-air graphic look for the and his drive for highly collaborative teamwork to deliver a compelling audience department’s live telecasts, studio shows, and documentaries. She has helped experience. His art direction and hands-on design/animation can be seen across the past seven create the on-air look for HBO Sports’ flagship telecasts: World Championship Olympic Games, three Super Bowls, and Sunday Night Football since its inception in 2006. Boxing, HBO Pay-Per-View, and Boxing After Dark. In addition, she was instrumental in the rebrand of two other properties, Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel and TOM SHELBURNE, Vizrt, Director of Operations, Northern Region The Fight Game With Jim Lampley, which included a seamless integration of new set With Vizrt for more than 10 years, Shelburne has seen the company evolve from designs and complimentary-insert graphic packages. the original provider of real-time graphics to a global leader in sports analytics, MAM, PCR automation, and many other products built on the Viz Engine BRIAN MATTHEWS, NBC Sports, VP, Creative Director, compositing platform. His technical experience and depth of broadcast EVENT SPONSORS Marketing and Promotion knowledge have given him a unique perspective, an asset in working with Vizrt customers to Matthews joined NBC Sports in 2007 as Director, Promotion working on major find optimal workflow solutions for their productions. events that included Summer and Winter Olympic Games; PGA Tour; NHL; The Ryder Cup; US Open Golf; Triple Crown Horse Racing; Notre Dame Football; GREG STOCKER, ChyronHego, VP, Sports and Live Events Wimbledon; Sunday Night Football; and Super Bowls XLIII, XLVI, and XLIX. Prior Stocker’s background spans television-broadcast production, audio engineering, to NBC Sports, he was Art Director for ABC Sports, working on major events that included audio consulting, and digital-media–content delivery. He spent 14 years as College Football on ABC, Monday Night Football, Super Bowl XXXVII, and Super Bowl XL. managing director of sports at Sound and Video Creations, best-known for its Click Effects family of products. Following ChyronHego’s acquisition of Click KAREN NICOL, NBC Sports and Olympics, Creative Director, Effects last July, Stocker leads ChyronHego’s new Sports Venue Division. Digital Products Nicol is an award-winning creative director with 15+ years experience in MICHAEL “SPIKE” SZYKOWNY, ESPN Creative Services, successfully creating design strategies that help drive the user experience and user Senior Director, Motion Graphics interface for digital products. For the past four years, in the role of creative director With ESPN for 20 years, Szykowny, a six-time Emmy Award winner, has of digital products, Nicol has been responsible for overseeing the design strategy of worked on everything from Monday Night Football to the ESPN Megacast. He the entire line of web and digital products for NBC Sports, Telemundo Deportes, NBCOlympics. leads a group of more than 150 designers, animators, and VZRT Artists who com, and Rotoworld. create and play out graphics for the family of ESPN networks. He recently added the oversight of the Production Enhancements team to his group. TIMOTHY O’SHAUGHNESSY, ESPN, Art Director O’Shaughnessy has crafted the creative behind many ESPN properties, most ERIC WOODS, NBC Sports Group, Director, Promotional Design recently College Football, and is responsible primarily for guiding teams of Woods manages a strong team of designers in his role as design director of the creatives through large-scale animation and insert-design projects. He believes in promotional arm of NBC Sports. With a background in design, motion, compositing, simultaneously investing in the employee and the project for a mutually beneficial producing, and managing, Woods was challenged to build a design team and workflow result. Previously, O’Shaughnessy worked at Ghostmilk Studios in Toronto, designing show as NBC Sports transitioned from Philadelphia, PA, to Stamford, CT. Through emerging title sequences for the CBC. technologies, Woods has been seeking new ways to convey stories in even more immersive forms.

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