Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Education Opportunities at the SMPTE


A video engineer with a wealth of experience in Southern California, Elchanan Grabarsky currently serves as the chief financial officer of B.Y.E, Inc., in Beverly Hills. Elchanan Grabarsky is a longtime member of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), an industry organization dedicated to supporting professionals in the video engineering fields. The SMPTE offers a wide range of educational services designed to improve the technical knowledge of its members.

Over the years, the SMPTE has delivered educational services in a number of different forms, from section meetings and conference programming to on-site seminars and educational webcasts. In terms of curriculum, the SMPTE offers courses on such topics as the Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) Routing & Switching Program and Navigating the Ultra High Definition (UHD) Ecosystem.

The SMPTE also sponsors the Louis F. Wolf, Jr. Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students in disciplines involving film and television technology.