
Philip Hodgetts is a technologist, editor, and industry pundit with over 30 years' experience in production and post. He is a recognized authority on the changing nature of the digital landscape and has an enviable record of accurately predicting the implications of changing technology over the last decade. He's now focused on using metadata to make workflows more efficient with Lumberjack System and Intelligent Assistance Software, Inc. Lumberjack Systems is an integrated suite of tools for acquiring and managing content metadata from shoot to suite, including Builder NLE, the only NLE developed for editing Video and Audio with text. Intelligent Assistance is a technology developer specializing in metadata-enabled, XML-integrated workflows. He is the author of several books has presented his work on the application of Artificial Intelligence at numerous conference including the the Hollywood Post Alliance.