November 8, 2006

DALSA APPOINTS ROB HUMMEL PRESIDENT

Hummel began his career as director of production services for the professional film division at Technicolor Laboratories, and also worked as director of project development for Douglas Trumbull's Entertainment Effects Group, during the filming of Blade Runner. He is an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), and is the editor of the 8th edition of the ASC Manual.

Most recently, Hummel was senior VP, production technology for Warner Bros. Studio, where he was responsible for the studio's digital post facility and was chartered with exploring areas of digital capture and digital post production for motion pictures.  Before joining Warner Bros., he held executive positions such as senior VP, digital cinema, for Sony Corporation of America; executive VP, digital development for Technicolor; head of animation technology for DreamWorks SKG; VP, technology at Disney TV Animation; and director of post production for Walt Disney & Touchstone Pictures.

Starting November 28th, Hummel will also oversee the company's full service camera rental facility in Woodland Hills.