Maria O'Reilly Named Chief Operating Officer of MPEG LA.DENVER -- Maria F. O'Reilly, former COO of MPEG LA (UK) Ltd., was today promoted to Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , MPEG LA, LLC. In announcing the promotion of Ms. O'Reilly, MPEG LA, LLC 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. Baryn S. Futa stated, "This appointment is well deserved in light of Ms. O'Reilly's exceptional ability and insightfulness, unsurpassed knowledge of the Company as well as her consistent and continued outstanding performance and enormous contributions to MPEG LA." Mr. Futa continued: "The next ten years will present extraordinary opportunities and challenges for MPEG LA. I and all the employees of MPEG LA look forward to the future with great optimism knowing that we will benefit from Ms. O'Reilly's leadership as MPEG LA COO." As COO, O'Reilly's responsibilities will encompass the day-to-day management of all operational departments of MPEG LA, LLC and its subsidiary MPEG LA (UK) Ltd. O'Reilly will continue to report to CEO Baryn S. Futa. O'Reilly will be based at MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). LA's office in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . O'Reilly has been employed by MPEG LA, LLC and MPEG LA (UK) Ltd. since 1997. Prior to that time, she was employed with the United Nations in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. O'Reilly currently resides in Tokyo, Japan, and is a native of Ewa Beach, Hawaii. MPEG LA, LLC MPEG LA is the world leader in one-stop technology platform patent licenses, enabling users to acquire patent rights necessary for a particular technology standard or platform from multiple patent holders in a single transaction as an alternative to negotiating a license with each of them. Wherever an independently administered one-stop patent license would provide a convenient marketplace alternative to assist users with implementation of their technology choices, the licensing model pioneered and employed by MPEG LA may provide a solution. MPEG LA is not related to any standards agency and is not an affiliate of any patent holder. MPEG LA licenses portfolios of essential patents for the MPEG-2, IEEE 1394, DVB-T See DVB. , MPEG-4 Visual (Part 2), MPEG-4 Systems and AVC/H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10) standards. MPEG LA is also facilitating the development of alternative patent portfolio licenses relating to DRM Reference Model v 3.0 and the proposed SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. VC-1 standard. In addition, MPEG LA actively seeks to adopt its alternative patent licensing model in other industries including biotech and pharmaceutical. For more information, please refer to www.mpegla.com. |
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