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Craig Todd's involvement with multichannel sound spans more than 25 years beginning with his initial work on Dolby Surround sound in 1977. Since 1992 he has focused his efforts on bringing multichannel digital audio to the consumer. He was instrumental in establishing Dolby Digital in DTV CATV and DVD formats and has most recently made major technical contributions to the technology strategy and systems architecture of Dolby's Digital Cinema system. A holder of more than 20 patents Craig has participated in standards-setting activities for the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) project the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-R) the Audio Engineering Society (AES) the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). He is a Fellow of both the AES and SMPTE and in 2002 was awarded the SMPTE Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal for contributions to motion picture sound. Craig holds a BS degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology. | 