Dan May Named President of Blackmagic Design, Inc.; Company Begins Re-Location to Silicon Valley.MILPITAS, Calif. -- Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design is a video production equipment company that makes the DeckLink, the Intensity and Intensity Pro, and the MultiBridge Eclipse and Pro break-out boxes and video capture cards. today announced the appointment of Dan May as President of Blackmagic Design, Inc. May joins Blackmagic as the company begins the re-location of its US corporate headquarters to Milpitas, California Milpitas (IPA pronunciation: mɪlpitʌs; inhabitants are called 'Milpitans') is a city in Santa Clara County, California. It is located with San Jose to its south and Fremont to its north, at the eastern end of Highway 237 and generally between Interstate freeways 680 and . All operations currently handled by the Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nevada office will be transferred to the Milpitas office. Blackmagic Design manufactures the world's highest quality video cards and converters for the post-production and television broadcast industries. "Our move to the Silicon Valley from Nevada is an extremely exciting opportunity for us and will enable us to have stronger ties with our alliance partners," said Grant Petty, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Blackmagic Design. "We welcome Dan to the team and are confident his talent and strong sales skills will enable us to move forward and into new markets and opportunities." May comes to Blackmagic Design from Inlet Technology where he helped to establish the company as a leader in high-quality advanced encoding solutions. Prior to his position with Inlet, May was responsible for sales and distribution channels for Canopus's video technology solutions. May is a frequent contributor at industry forums and on panels, sharing his vast technical knowledge. He received his Bachelor's Degree from San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State University. "I'm absolutely thrilled to join a company with such a strong reputation as has Blackmagic Design, and I'm looking to being part of a team that's changing the post production industry," said May when asked about his new position as President of US operations. "Blackmagic is the most innovative company in its space and has quickly established itself as the leader. The company does not hesitate to implement changes that present superior benefits for our customers. There is no better company I'd rather be part of, than Blackmagic Design -- the team that is revolutionizing the video industry." About Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design manufactures the world's highest quality video cards and converters for the post-production and television broadcast industries. The Multibridge and DeckLink family of leading quality video products have changed the post-production industry and made HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates more affordable for everyone. Blackmagic was founded by some of the world's leading editors and engineers from the post-production industry. This industry knowledge and experience is constantly fed back into our products allowing us to introduce the most amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. , creative tools for the industry. Blackmagic Design has operations in the USA, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Australia. |
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