Simon Gauntlett

Simon is a SMPTE Fellow, a Chartered Engineering Fellow of the IET and an Honorary Fellow of BKSTS. He joined Dolby in 2016 where he continues to be the technical imaging lead in several standard groups including DVB and ETSI in addition to supporting EMEA colleagues with technical implementations, demonstrations, and partner engagements for Dolby Vision. Simon drives ATG strategy on immersive media for extended reality (VR/AR/XR) applications and also chairs a cross-business group team, coordinating the strategy discussions on potential future opportunities within different parts of the organisation.

He is currently coordinating the technical efforts for next generation video codecs. Simon started his career at BBC Research and Development. He then worked for 10 years as Chief Technology Officer at the Digital TV Group – the UK industry body responsible for technical interoperability standards in TV.