Management

Steve Weinstein, President and Chief Executive Officer

With a background that spans technology, intellectual property and entertainment, Steve Weinstein now leads the film industry’s united effort to explore and invest in emerging technologies to advance the consumer experience in the new media environment.  Prior to joining MovieLabs, Steve served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Technology Officer at Macrovision Corporation, where he led the post-reorganization effort to define that company’s strategic and technological direction. Steve previously served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Macrovision’s Entertainment Technologies Group, where he guided the transition from physical security technologies to secure online distribution, commerce and subscription services. Previous to Macrovision, Steve held the role of Chief Technology Officer at Vicinity, a mapping company acquired by Microsoft in 2002. Steve was a founding executive and Chief Strategist and Technologist at Liberate Technologies, an interactive television software company. Over his career, Steve has held executive-level positions at Microprose/Spectrum HoloByte, Electronics for Imaging, and Media Cybernetics.

James Helman, Chief Technology Officer

Jim Helman is an industry-recognized technologist who brings to MovieLabs an extensive background in building entertainment-related products and a passion for technological innovation. Jim was a founding architect and later chief software architect at Liberate Technologies, where he led the design of systems for delivering interactive cable services. Prior to Liberate, he was a software architect at Silicon Graphics, developing real-time 3D systems for location-based entertainment, virtual sets, and simulation. Jim has also consulted extensively on software architecture, intellectual property and product development for many companies including Comcast, NEC Research Labs and Xerox PARC. Having worked for over twenty years with Silicon Valley technology companies and start-ups, he is frequently called upon by entrepreneurs and investors as an expert advisor on patent and technology issues. Jim holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Applied Physics from Stanford University and a B.A. in Physics and Math from Washington University. 

Raymond Drewry, VP EMEA Operations, Principal Scientist

Raymond has been in the industry for 25 years primarily as a technologist. He has designed and implemented systems that range from the first fully interactive digital cable network in Europe, through the first-ever networked digital video system for journalists at an international sporting event, to real-time robotics systems for special effects and mechanical-industrial performance pieces.  He also was a prime contributor to early versions of the X11 window system and Microsoft Windows 1.0.  Before joining MovieLabs Raymond was CTO at Aggregator TV, a UK-based IPTV content company, and before that CTO and VP of engineering at Liberate Technologies.  He has also been Director of Technology for New Media at Sybase; Principal Engineer and Architect for graphics systems at Digital Equipment Corporation, working in both research and product groups; and an engineering manager at Microsoft.  As a consultant he has worked on large-scale networked multimedia systems, US and EU patents, interactivity for mobile devices, and commercial applications of novel mathematics.  His patents, publications, and contributions to technical standards cover distributed multimedia systems and graphics hardware and software.  Raymond has a BA in Classics (Latin) and Computer Science from Yale University.

M. Kip Welch, Vice President, Business Development

Kip Welch comes to MovieLabs with a legal background and considerable experience crafting complex technology business agreements.  While at Intel Corporation, he served as director of legal affairs for the Digital Home Group, the business unit responsible for leading Intel’s drive into the consumer electronics business and the development of consumer and media entertainment PCs, and where he also led the legal team for the launch of Intel Viiv technology.  Kip has extensive experience dealing with business and legal issues related to IP licensing, media technology, content protection, ecosystem enabling, and industry standards efforts.  Prior to Intel, he served as vice president and general counsel for MicroProse, Inc., an entertainment software company acquired by Hasbro in 1998, and as an attorney with the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.  He has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Craig Seidel, Vice President, Digital Distribution

Craig Seidel joined MovieLabs with over 20 years of experience leading technology projects and bringing novel products and systems to market. Craig’s focus includes technologies applicable to digital distribution of video; including ecosystem architecture, metadata, fingerprinting, and content protection.  As senior director of engineering at Macrovision’s Santa Clara headquarters, Craig led engineering and operations for peer-to-peer anti-piracy and software licensing. Craig previously served as director of engineering at TiVo where he led the development of some of TiVo’s best selling products. Prior to TiVo, Craig was responsible for the development and implementation of interactive televisions systems at Liberate Technologies.  He has also led research and development activities at Electronics for Imaging, SRI International and Hughes Aircraft. Craig holds a B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.