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Dean Smith has been working in libraries in various capacities for more than half his life, most recently as the Digital Preservation Lead at The Frick Collection. 

His primary responsibilities are to coordinate the ingest of digitized materials into archival storage, and to integrate the institutional DAMS into The Frick’s preservation ecosystem. Dean’s academic background is in music history with a focus on the intersection of modern technologies and musical practice, especially the use of recording devices as compositional tools.

Molly works at the intersection of content, technology, and trust. Over nearly a decade at Dell, she has worked across DAM and content platforms as both a librarian and a product manager, gaining firsthand experience with the successes and shortcomings of large‑scale implementations while helping shift DAM beyond storage to enable speed, reuse, and confidence across the content supply chain.

Bastien Minniti is the Worldwide Head of Technology Services at Amazon MGM Studios, where he leads strategic technology operations across Amazon MGM Studios and their creative partners, driving innovation at the intersection of creative production, production media management and cloud collaboration. With deep expertise in scalable digital platforms and global technology delivery, Bastien is passionate about transforming how creative teams collaborate and how audiences experience content.

Saba Moghtader is the Digital Asset Coordinator at the Oakland Museum of California. As one of three on the team, she has helped usher in the development and onboarding of the institution's internal DAMS. She works closely with museum departments to facilitate the transition of their (non-collection) digital assets from siloed servers, the cloud, and external drives to the DAMS. She is also developing workflows and policies related to metadata capture, data retention, and DAMS administration and governance to ensure that assets are correctly uploaded, stored, and findable with ease.

Victoria Feeney is the Collections Data Coordinator at the Oakland Museum of California and a first-time presenter. While she jokes her position is “Professional Typo Fixer” the truth is that she manages asset ingestion and metadata across multiple systems while also heading up digital preservation of OMCA’s time-based media. She collaborates with Registrars, Conservators, and Curators to determine the best paths for standardizing data within the museum’s Collections Management System (CMS), DAMS, and Public Portal to ensure clean data and access for both staff and the public.

Erik Almlie is the Digital Asset Systems Administrator for the Oakland Museum of California. He was responsible for the initial needs assessment and DAMS vendor selection for the Oakland Museum of California, and is currently the technical specialist in a team of three administering OMCA’s DAMS and collection management system (CMS).

Kevin serves as Digital Asset and Information Manager for Old Navy. Holding an MLIS from San Jose State University, Kevin brings the ethos of public librarianship into the corporate sphere, championing user-centered access to information. His work focuses on empowering teams to navigate, store, and retrieve critical marketing assets through technology. By ensuring seamless integration of the Digital Asset Management system within a broader marketing technology stack, Kevin bridges the gap between people and tools to deliver efficiency and clarity.