Cloud Production Pipeline Using IMF, C4ID, and Open TimeLine IO, in SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, vol. 130, no. 9, pp. 33-40, Oct. 2021

Rich Welsh is Senior Vice President of Innovation at Deluxe, where he works across mastering, distribution and localization services for studios, OTT platforms and content creators worldwide. Rich has over two decades experience in movie and television post-production, mastering and delivery. Prior to his role at Deluxe, Rich was CEO and founder at Sundog Media Toolkit which pioneered cloud based automated mastering for movies and TV for Hollywood studios. Sundog was acquired by Deluxe in 2020. Rich has also held positions as Head of Operations at Technicolor as well as Director of Digital Cinema at Dolby.  Rich currently serves on the board of SMPTE and chairs the Media in the Cloud initiative. He has also previously held the role of SMPTE Vice President Education.  Rich holds a BSc(hons) Media Technology and Doctor of Technology (HC) from Southampton Solent University.