Roger Sacilotto has been developing media workflow solutions for Avid over the last 32 years. Limewood can provide consulting, software development and technical evaluation for your workflow needs.
EXPERIENCE
- Software Engineer and Architect at Avid Technology: 1993-2025
- Developed Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) specification and first-version SDK
- Integrated OMFI with Avid Media Composer, Avid Media Manager and Avid Interplay
- Integrated AAF with Avid Interplay
- Designed media plug-in mechanism for Avid Transfer Manager for servers and file transfer
- Member of Avid Interplay architecture team
- Member of Avid Architecture team under CTO since 2007
- Designed Closed-Caption support for Avid Media Central UX
- Member of design team for CMTS API development in Avid Media Central | CloudUX
- Architected and led development of Avid NEXIS | EDGE
- Implemented prototypes for integration with the MovieLabs Ontology for Media Creation.
- Supervising architect for implementation of speech-to-text in Avid Media Central | CloudUX
- Represented Avid on SMPTE, AMWA, and ASWF
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: C++, Java, Python, JavaScript
Semantic Technologies: RDF, OWL, SKOS, XMP, SPARQL
Data Formats: XML, JSON
Database Technologies: Graph databases (Neo4j), Triplestores (Apache Jena/Fuseki)
Web Technologies: HTTP, REST
Media Standards: AAF, MXF, NMOS. OTIO
Avid Integration
Avid Media Composer: Media Management, Panel SDK and AVX2 SDK
Avid Media Central | CloudUX: CTMS API (AM, PM, iNews)
Avid Interplay Production Management: IP-WS
Industry Knowledge: Broadcasting workflows, Post-production, Media asset management