Andrew is the Operations Manager at DAMsmart, heading up all technical operations. With over 11 years at DAMsmart, Andrew has been at the forefront of ensuring all DAMsmart’s projects, large and small, have been a success.
Andrew is responsible for the technical requirements and outcomes for all projects that are undertaken by DAMsmart. Andrew has over 16 years’ experience in the broadcast and preservation industry. Prior to joining DAMsmart, Andrew was the Digital Media Specialist with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, where he researched and developed standards for encoding analogue material for preservation, the web, production and cinema. Andrew has a Postgraduate Diploma in Audiovisual Archiving from CSU. Andrew is a current member of the IASA Technical Committee and has been a lead contributor to the development of International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives TC-06 ‘Guidelines for the Preservation of Video Recordings’.