This combination of the Cospective and ftrack teams presents us with a real opportunity to do something inspiring. What are you most excited about regarding the future of ftrack? My third main area of focus is on new development, specifically around the integration between cineSync and ftrack and finding new workflow solutions to make the best of the tech we have. Secondly, as the Adelaide office takes on more responsibility for ftrack sales and support, I will be overseeing ftrack sales for the Asia Pacific region. Firstly, I continue to oversee the product management and worldwide sales of both cineSync and Frankie. What are your primary responsibilities as General Manager of ftrack Australia? It’s a thrill to be challenged by new things.Įven though our work is more about problem solving than creating, it’s always exciting to be around the talented, imaginative, and sometimes unusual people that this industry attracts. I love experiencing concepts that would never have occurred to me if someone hadn’t created it, whether it’s cinema or music, or walking around an art gallery. I have always been in awe of creative people – those that can create new ideas out of thin air. Why do you enjoy working in the creative industry? We have access to more resources, new markets it’s an exhilarating prospect. The deal allows us to do things with cineSync that we couldn’t have done alone otherwise. We both want to take what we have and build on it, not tear it apart or dilute it. We have a shared vision and goal, and we both respect our staff and our customers. With ftrack, it was clear from the beginning that it was about more than just stripping Cospective for parts. We’ve seen it happen to many other companies, and it always seemed depressing. However, we’ve always had a sense that the potential acquirer was more interested in our tech than anything else – that as soon as they had access to it, they would pull it apart and incorporate it into their other products and cineSync would no longer exist. We’ve been approached about potential acquisitions several times in the past. We’ve enjoyed several tradeshows (and dinners) together since!
It was around then that we realized just how closely aligned our companies were, not only on a technical level but as people. Both ftrack and Cospective had their entire teams in Las Vegas, so it was an excellent opportunity for everyone to meet. In 2016 we shared a booth at NAB for the first time, and it was a pivotal moment. We’ve been partners with ftrack since 2014, and throughout the time we’ve worked together, we’ve built a robust integration between our platforms. Hopefully, it didn’t scar her for life! Since then, ftrack acquired Cospective, and you’re now a part of the team! Can you tell us a little about the acquisition? I was so blown away that David Lynch was using cineSync that I made my young daughter watch part of Lost Highway. But still, my biggest highlight was a cineSync account for Twin Peaks: The Return, purchased with David Lynch’s credit card.
In 2018 we won an Emmy and we were able to take the whole team and their families over to LA for the ceremony, which was brilliant. That win gave us a good boost, so we hired an extra couple of team members, added a bunch of new features to cineSync, developed our online review platform Frankie, and we never looked back! Still, it was also around that time that we ended up winning an Academy Award for cineSync’s contribution to the industry. It was a tricky period, with some difficult economic headwinds and an awful AUD/USD exchange rate. The cineSpace crew all left, while the much smaller cineSync team – of which I was a part – stayed on. Cospective sold the IP for cineSpace in 2011, and it ultimately ended up at THX. cineSpace started around 2000, and cineSync followed a few years later, around 2005. It was a tool for calibrating monitors to match one monitor to another, but also to help match a monitor to another output, as with a film projector.
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The first software product was called cineSpace. Can you tell us about your time at Cospective?Ĭospective originally started as Rising Sun Research, the sister company to a VFX house called Rising Sun Pictures.
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