Eric Gsell | Executive Vice President, 2025 -2026

Staff Engineer Dolby Laboratories

I’ve been a research and application engineer for most of my career, from my early days at the Advanced Television Test Center and the Model DTV station to Dolby Laboratories.  I’ve helped develop and create technologies for DTV, advanced compression tools, Digital Cinema, HDR and next generation entertainment experiences.  During most of that time I have been an active SMPTE member, participating in standards, testing and local section management.  As a SMPTE Governor I’ve been able to learn more about how the Society operates and the challenges we face as we move into the next iteration of media technology.  My comprehensive experience at every facet of SMPTE gives me good perspective to understand what has made SMPTE successful, where the strength exists and where we need to grow new muscles to be successful in the future. As Executive Vice President my job is to  support the membership of the society by continuing and building on the strategic efforts that the SMPTE Executive Committee, Board, Staff and Membership have created, while helping guide the society towards newer and greater horizons. That growth will involve changing the way SMPTE operates, building on the strong success of our past, but becoming nimble and faster as the world increasingly speeds up.  Recognizing the changing needs of the membership as the industry grows and evolves will be paramount to the value and long term success of SMPTE. I often think of SMPTE as providing “Technology in the Service of Creativity”; creativity that drives the expansion and capabilities of media creation and delivery. And it is the creativity of SMPTE that we need to lean on and embrace as we envision SMPTE and its future.