Full Name
Hugo Gaggioni
Job Title
CTO
Company
Sony Electronics Inc. Imaging Products and Solutions Division
Speaker Bio
Hugo Gaggioni is Chief Technology Officer of Sony Imaging Products and Professional Solutions - Americas, a division of Sony Electronics Inc.
Gaggioni, who joined Sony in 1988, holds several patents and has authored more than 40 technical publications in the areas of video compression, digital filter banks, HDTV and UHDTV devices and systems. Previous to joining Sony, he worked at RCA Corp. and Bell Communications Research.
- He was a member of the Advanced Television Advisory group to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (1987 to 1994).
- He is a Fellow of SMPTE and the recipient of the 2004 Leitch Gold Medal award, and the 2018 David Sarnoff Medal Award.
- In 2008, he received the U.S. Broadcasting and Cable Technology Leadership Award
- In 2019 he received the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award.
- In 2021 he became a member of the Hall of Fame of the Sports Video Group
Gaggioni holds degrees in Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, and Electronic Engineering from the University of Essex in Colchester, England, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University, respectively.
Gaggioni, who joined Sony in 1988, holds several patents and has authored more than 40 technical publications in the areas of video compression, digital filter banks, HDTV and UHDTV devices and systems. Previous to joining Sony, he worked at RCA Corp. and Bell Communications Research.
- He was a member of the Advanced Television Advisory group to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (1987 to 1994).
- He is a Fellow of SMPTE and the recipient of the 2004 Leitch Gold Medal award, and the 2018 David Sarnoff Medal Award.
- In 2008, he received the U.S. Broadcasting and Cable Technology Leadership Award
- In 2019 he received the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award.
- In 2021 he became a member of the Hall of Fame of the Sports Video Group
Gaggioni holds degrees in Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, and Electronic Engineering from the University of Essex in Colchester, England, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University, respectively.
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