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Becky is an informational professional who finds ways to bring traditional library and archival theory to non-traditional settings.  She is currently a taxonomy and metadata strategist for product, digital asset management, and content marketing for TripAdvisor Experiences.  Becky implemented her first DAM in graduate school, but her sister helped her set up her first library on a rainy day in 1985 in the basement of their parents’ house.

Michelle Roell is a Taxonomy Consultant working for clients via Kforce. Her current assignment includes developing and maintaining taxonomies and metadata for an audio production DAMS and no/low-code workflow tools helping creative operations teams plan their campaigns. She leads data governance groups with internal subject matter experts, writes and maintains documentation and advocates for shared data foundations across teams.

Andrea is head of Asset Management at Paramount Pictures. Prior to Paramount Andrea has been Head of Preservation at the British Film Institute, Digital Studio Director for Discovery Communications, Archivist for Dreamworks SKG and preservationist and research database expert at UCLA Film and Television Archive. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and currently serves on the Science and Technology Council where she chairs the committee on Digital Preservation of Motion Pictures. 

Kathleen has been organizing assets be it analog, digital, or analog to digital for discovery and reuse since 1989. She embraces usability challenges and appreciates it is not enough to find an asset but to also know if an asset can readily be reused.

With a career spanning over 35 years in the music, computer games and film industries working in production, post-production and marketing services, the last 18 years of which at Universal Pictures International.   Nicky has experienced first-hand the challenges of how continue to deliver creative materials efficiently and cost effectively in an ever changing physical to digital landscape.  Outside of the office Nicky is the mother of two teenage children, a school Governor and trustee of a local medical charity.

Heather Hart leads a team of five professionals and oversees the network of systems and systems architecture that underpin The Huntington's digital infrastructure.

Prior to joining The Huntington, Hart served as director of information technology at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, overseeing all aspects of the museum's digital footprint including digitizing the Broad's archives; overseeing the design and development of internal business systems; and creating and managing public-facing systems, including the museum's websites and mobile app.

Robert Ionta is a 3-time Emmy-Award winning broadcast and media management professional with over 20 years of experience in TV and sports broadcasting. He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Television, Radio and Film production and went on to provide media management and content distribution services for Discovery Networks, Fox International, the 2002 World Cup and NBC Sports for 10 Olympic games. Rob discovered his passion for DAM during his time as a Sr.