EVS strengthens its media infrastructure team with Matt Salvidge and Trevor Spielmann

Matt Salvidge (solutions manager – media infrastructure) and Trevor Spielmann (VP sales – media infrastructure) join the EVS team.

With these appointments, EVS is committed to further enhancing its media infrastructure expertise to “help its customers face all their control, monitoring, and routing challenges in any production environment.”

Matt Salvidge has held a variety of engineering and project management roles throughout his career for key industry players. Salvidge worked at Grass Valley, where he was actively involved in producing proof-of-concept solutions and systems related to video and audio distribution for live production over uncompressed IP networks; as well as at Telenor Satellite Broadcasting and ITV Meridian, where he developed his expertise in television broadcasting, live playout and studio productions. As solutions manager, Salvidge will be responsible for overseeing the product lifecycle, focusing specifically on the definition, scope, pricing and marketing of EVS control, monitoring and orchestration solutions. He will liaise with other solution managers to define solutions designed to modernize customer workflows.

Furthermore, Trevor Spielmann has more than 20 years of experience in the media and broadcast industry, during which time he has worked in a variety of business development and sales roles focused on complex software solutions, professional audio/video solutions, video servers and post-production equipment. Previously, Spielmann was director of business development for newsroom solutions at CGI, an IT and business consulting services company (formerly known as Annova Systems and SCISYS). The new EVS recruit will help the company to drive the media infrastructure business internationally.

Peter Schut, SVP of media infrastructure at EVS, welcomes both professionals: “We are excited to reinforce our already strong media infrastructure team with highly skilled and talented individuals. We are confident their additions will help create valuable business outcomes for our customers who are looking to master and optimize their most critical broadcast operations within production infrastructures that are becoming more and more complex.”