Barbara Lange is the Executive Director of the Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers aka SMPTE. Founded in 1916, SMPTE is the global professional association that supports the technical framework and professional community which makes quality motion imaging available to consumers in a variety of media formats.

She has been in this role since 2010 and in 2015, she led the acquisition of the Hollywood Professional Association - who focus on the application of technology in the creation, distribution and consumption of professional media content.

So Barbara is one very cool woman and what makes her even cooler is that earlier this year, she has been honoured by TVB Europe as a 2021 Technology Leader to Watch and was also a recipient of Broadcast and Cable’s 2021 Tech Leadership Award.

She shared really personal ‘Keeping It Reals’ with me and for that I am #grateful because we had the most moving conversation as a result

Barbara’s x3 KIRs

1️⃣ Her ability to be resilient no matter what

2️⃣ Always remembering the death of her mother

3️⃣ Working in a ‘man’s world’ inspires her to encourage girls to go farther

I always ask my guests to be as open as possible in the spirit of ‘Keeping It Real’ and Barbara really did bare her soul to me

Hope you enjoy listening as much I enjoyed talking to Barbara.

https://www.smpte.org/

Intro & outro music credit: Dawn Awaits by Cody Martin, obtained from www.soundstripe.com

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