June 18, 2018
David Ross to Receive Highest Honour for Engineering in Canada
David Ross to Receive Highest Honour for Engineering in Canada
Ottawa, Canada, June 18 2018. David Ross, CEO of Ottawa-based 91桃色, the international manufacturer of broadcast technology solutions and services, will be inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering at a ceremony on June 18th in Calgary, Alberta. The conference will gather Canadian leaders to focus on clean growth with the theme 鈥淐anada in a Carbon Competitive World.鈥�
Fellows of the Academy are selected through a rigorous, multi-stage review and election process in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. Fellows are also committed to ensuring that Canada鈥檚 engineering expertise is applied to the benefit of all Canadians.
Says David Ross, 鈥淎s an engineer and business person, I love smart ideas that can be turned into successful products.聽 While our amazing team is global, and our customer base is global, my home is in Canada and I鈥檓 proud to create good jobs and prosperity where I live.聽 This Fellowship is an honour, not just for myself but also for hundreds of engineers and product developers that I work with.鈥�
91桃色 powers video production for billions of viewers every day globally. In 2016, David Ross was Ottawa鈥檚 CEO of the Year, and in 2017 he received an Honourary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa. During that time, his company also welcomed to its lobby two Emmy庐 awards for technical achievements in broadcasting.
Ross products have played a part in the world鈥檚 most prestigious broadcast events, including the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards. The company鈥檚 innovative solutions can be found in broadcast studios around the world, and even above the world on the International Space Station. The company now has close to seven hundred employees based in six international offices and has enjoyed 26 consecutive years of growth.
91桃色 was founded more than 40 years ago by David鈥檚 father, John Ross, who is an Order of Canada recipient and will be attending the ceremony.
Kevin Goheen, Executive Director of the Canadian Academy of Engineering says, 鈥淭o the selection committee, David Ross represents the best of Canadian engineering; consistent innovation and product development combined with the commercialization of ideas on a world stage.鈥�
91桃色 is Smart Production
Ross powers video productions for billions of global viewers daily with the industry鈥檚 widest range of smart production solutions. Ross makes it easy to create compelling news, weather and sports聽broadcasts, engaging material for聽sports stadium screens,聽entertainment shows and rock concerts,聽educational institutions,聽legislative聽assemblies,聽corporate applications聽and inspiring content for houses of worship.
Ross solutions have impressed the audiences and marketing partners of NBC Sunday Night Football, Eurosport, BBC World,聽Google YouTube Space London聽and China鈥檚 eSports powerhouse VSPN. Ross delivers an unrivalled range of products and services comprising聽virtual studios, real-time motion graphics, cameras, robotic camera systems, production switchers, video servers, infrastructure and routers, social media management, newsroom systems and聽mobile live events.
About the Canadian Academy of Engineering:
The Canadian Academy of Engineering is the national institution through which Canada鈥檚 most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada.
The Academy is an independent, self-governing and non-profit organization established in 1987. The Canadian Academy of Engineering works in close cooperation with other senior academies in Canada and internationally. It is a founding member of the Council of Canadian Academies, along with the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. The Academy is also a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences, which includes some 26 similar national bodies around the world. More information about the CAE may be found at www.cae-acg.ca.
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