Ioan Allen — Senior Vice President at Dolby Laboratories

Ioan Allen serves as Senior Vice President of Dolby Laboratories Inc. Mr. Allen spent several years in artist management and record production. Mr. Allen joined Dolby Laboratories in 1969 and was in large part responsible for the origination and development of all the major audio advancements emanating from the Dolby film program. During his tenure at Dolby Laboratories, Mr. Allen has spearheaded the introduction of many of Dolby's breakthrough audio formats'from Dolby Stereo in 1974 to Dolby SR in 1986 and Dolby Digital in 1992'each representing another step forward leading to Dolby Laboratorie's successful transition from analog audio pioneer to digital entertainment leader. He also serves as technical chairman of the Trailer Audio Standards Association (TASA). Mr. Allen has received much recognition for his work over the years; he is a recipient of SMPTE's Samuel L. Warner Award for contributions to motion picture sound (1985) and of several Scientific and Engineering Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1979, 1987, and 2001). Mr. Allen received the BV Sturdivant Award for extraordinary service to the exhibition industry (1998) from the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), and the Moving Image Society in Britain gave him the BKSTS Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry (1999). Mr. Allen has also been honored for his contributions to the film industry with the Ken Mason Award from the Intersociety for the Enhancement of Theatrical Presentation (2002). In 1989, Mr. Allen was awarded Oscars for continuous contributions to motion picture sound through the research and development programs at Dolby Laboratories. After leaving the Royal Navy in 1959, he specialized in technical writing, including the preparation of Admiralty manuals. Mr. Allen holds several patents and has authored many papers in technical journals. He is a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society (BKSTS), and a past president of the International Theatre Equipment Association (ITEA). He is active in world standards organizations, and is Engineering Director, Motion Pictures for SMPTE, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television and was awarded a prestigious honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Nottingham in the UK. Mr. Allen was educated at Rossall School and Dartmouth Royal Naval College, England.