J. Anthony Ruffo Email & Phone Number

Rochester, New York Area

•Founded and operate digital media consulting and disc authoring company.•DVD project management for large studios, independent filmmakers, advertising and education. •Clients include CBS, The Criterion Collection, Sony, Pixelogic, Trinity Wall Street, NEA, Dignity Health.

New York, Ny

•Worked directly with Designers and Producers to maximize efficiency and workflow.•Regularly modified processes and workflow to lower project costs.•Built system to streamline production of “Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films” box.•Video encoding and disc authoring for hundreds of DVD titles.

San Francisco Bay Area

•Set up independent DVD Lab at Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope facility. •Helped design space and identify hardware and software requirements for DVD production.•Trained and managed small team of permanent and freelance staff.•Cultivated and maintained client relationships.•Produced titles from inception to final product.•Created menus and graphical user interface.•Video encoding and disc authoring.•Titles included "The Godfather Collection", "Apocalypse Now Redux" and “Lost In Translation”. •Clients included MGM, Sony Classics, Universal and Paramount Home Video.

San Francisco Bay Area

•Shaped strategy and direction of technology for MPEG encoding lab.•Managed small team of editors, compressionists and engineers.•Oversaw daily operations and delivery of hundreds of MPEG clips each week.•Beta tested hardware encoders and related software applications.•Maintained all encoding related computer hardware and software systems.•Designed and maintained digital video editing facilities associated with encoding.•Project manager and lead compressionist for “Total Recall” and “Dirty Dancing” VideoCD's for Philips.•Part of team that developed new encoding techniques used to digitize 'Riven: The Sequel to Myst'.•Clients included Bell Atlantic, Pics Retail Network, Pixar and Hong Kong Telecom