Ed McNichol

Science Support, UW (Legs 1 & 2)

Ed McNichol is a video technology and communications professional with 28 years of global experience. He has designed and built sophisticated solutions for worldwide firms with a focus on video broadcast and post-production facilities. An expert in his field, Ed served as an Instructor for Sony for 11 years and has written for numerous trade magazines. An Apple Certified Professional, Ed is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. His duties on this mission include the recording and archiving of high-definition video with embedded metadata. He is also responsible for developing the systems, policies, procedures, processes, schema and back-end databases that support this research.