John's career in broadcast and video technologies started after studying Engineering at Melbourne University. Working in television operations and video editing, he was prompted to move into broadcast software engineering, developing digital effects software for Ampex, Axial and Grass Valley in the USA. His work from this time forms the basis of motion tracking technology, underpinning current 3D/2D systems around the world. He has since been the principle developer and architect on such things as TV station on-air automation systems, ingest and playback technologies for commercials via satellite distribution, watermarking technologies and compression systems. His areas of expertise and special interest are digital compression, watermarking, digital distribution, speech-to-text technology and dimensionalization.

Eric’s professional career covered all facets of public accounting, with exposure to most industries, including the IT industry, and involved working with, and for, small charitable non-profit organisations to family operations and small businesses through to multi-nationals.

XDT benefits from Eric’s financial background, and from his forte with the design, development and implementation of accounting, reporting, internal control, management and non-financial systems and procedures.