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info@researchchannel.org
Amy Philipson,
Executive Director
Phillippa Kassover,
Senior Director, Development and External Relations
Jim DeRoest,
Director, Streaming Media Technologies
Michael Wellings,
Director, Engineering
Tim Lorang,
Director, Membership and Production
Sephora DeRoest,
Manager, Programming
Amy Philipson, Executive Director
amy@researchchannel.org
1-877-616-7265
Amy Philipson is executive director of Streaming Media Video
and TV Technologies. She is responsible for the UW’s extensive,
award-winning television, video production and major advanced multimedia
efforts. Amy is founder and now executive director of the national
ResearchChannel consortium. Besides providing on-demand programming
and distribution of broadcast TV materials via the Internet, as
of January 2000 ResearchChannel has a full-time national channel
on Echostar’s consumer-oriented Dish500 Direct Broadcast Satellite
system, which reaches millions of people across the country.
Phillippa Kassover, CFRE
Senior Director of Development and External Relations UWTV and ResearchChannel
kassover@researchchannel.org
206-221-7344
Phillippa Kassover is Senior Director of Development and External Relations. A fundraiser and public relations professional for more than 20 years, Phillippa is the newest member of the ResearchChannel leadership team. She brings many years of experience in higher education, building relationships and raising funds for a variety of academic programs and projects in science and technology. Please contact Phillippa if you would like to learn more about supporting the valuable work of ResearchChannel.
Jim DeRoest, Director, Streaming
Media Technologies
deroest@researchchannel.org
1-877-616-7265
Jim DeRoest directs a research, development and support team focusing
on the cyberinfrastructure surrounding multimedia capture, digitization,
management and delivery for ResearchChannel, UWTV, KEXP radio and
the University of Washington campus. Jim is also involved in audio/video
middleware research, data and computational grid forums and international
collaboration and outreach efforts with PRAGMA (Pacific Rim Applications
and Grid Middleware Assembly), CANS (Chinese American Networking
Symposium) and WUN (Worldwide Universities Network).
Michael Wellings, Director, Engineeering
wellings@researchchannel.org
1-877-616-7265
Michael Wellings is director of Engineering for the ResearchChannel
consortium and the University of Washington which, in addition to
providing programming via the Internet, supports a 24/7 broadcast
stream nationwide. Mike directly contributes to ResearchChannel's
goals of content creation and manipulation processes to test materials
for analog and digital broadcast and on-demand multimedia offerings, as well as creating experiments with new methods of distribution and interaction
on a global basis. Michael pioneered efforts in MPEG2 high-quality
on-demand video distribution and was the chief broadcast architect
for high-definition television over IP networks with streams ranging
up to 200Mbps.
Timothy J. Lorang, Director, Membership and Production
tlorang@researchchannel.org
1-877-616-7265
Timothy J. Lorang is director of Membership and Production for ResearchChannel.
Timothy is an accredited member of the Communication Media Management
Association and has been working in television production for more
than 28 years.
Sephora DeRoest, Manager, Programming
sderoest@researchchannel.org
1-877-616-7265
Sephora DeRoest is program manager for ResearchChannel. Sephora manages all aspects of programming for ResearchChannel, including linear scheduling and video-on-demand selections. She also handles administration of contracts, retransmission requests and management of participant relations. Sephora has been with ResearchChannel since 2000.
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