Rob Hummel

Rob’s passion for DOTS began in 1995 while he was working for DreamWorks. It was then that he was approached by the Eastman Kodak Company to take a look at their new archival media. Since that time, Rob has taken the lead to form a company to purchase the DOTS patents from Kodak and license the technology.

At DALSA Corporation, Rob was President of Digital Cinema, chartered with gaining acceptance of DALSA’s pioneering 4K Camera in the motion picture industry.

Before joining DALSA, Rob was Vice President, Production Technology, at Warner Bros. Among his responsibilities was overseeing the award-winning restorations of “Gone With The Wind” and “The Wizard of OZ.”. Rob also advised Warner Bros. production departments on Digital Capture and Digital Post Production technologies.

Prior to Warner Bros., Rob was Senior Vice President, Digital Cinema, for SONY Corporation of America. As part of the 21st Century Studio Project, Rob analyzed the operations of SONY Pictures in areas of digital mastering, archiving, storage and protection of their vast library of film elements.

Rob previously served as Executive Vice President, Digital Development, for Technicolor. He led Technicolor’s emergence as a leader in Digital Cinema, and the establishment of some of the first Digital Cinemas across the globe.

Before Technicolor, Rob oversaw DreamWorks international post production, film archiving, video mastering, theater operations, and special projects. As Head of Animation Technology, Rob oversaw building of the technological infrastructure for DreamWorks' feature animation studio. Prior to DreamWorks, Rob held various positions at Walt Disney in TV Animation, Feature Post Production, Line Producer, and Production Operations for the Theme Park Productions unit of Disney Imagineering.