The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers(R) Elevates Cognizant’s Global Head of Broadcast Consulting to the Status of SMPTE Fellow

John Footen, Global Head of the Broadcast Consulting Practice at Cognizant, was elevated by The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers(R) [SMPTE(R)] to the status of SMPTE Fellow.

In its centennial year, SMPTE(R), the organization whose standards work has supported a century of technological advances in entertainment technology, conferred the honor on individuals who have, through their proficiency and contributions to the industry, attained an outstanding rank among members of the Society.

“John Footen is a global industry expert in business process management, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and the cloud, and he has been responsible for managing broad and complex media solutions projects for various media enterprises,” wrote SMPTE.

“He is a founding co-chair of the Framework for Interoperable Media Services (FIMS) and has chaired multiple SMPTE Technology Committees. He earned the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal for pioneering the introduction of workflow-improving approaches such as SOA into the media industry, as well as his leadership in furthering the Society’s standards and education work,” SMPTE noted.