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Larry Goldberg is WGBH's Director of Media Access and oversees NCAM (the research and development arm) and the two access production/service departments: The Caption Center and Descriptive Video Service®. He regularly publishes on media access issues, presents WGBH research at conferences, and consults for government and media and technology companies on access issues. Mr. Goldberg was a pioneer in the development of the digital television closed captioning standard now required by the FCC and has been a member of numerous advisory boards at the FCC, for major corporations, and national consumer groups across the country. Mr. Goldberg was awarded a patent in 1996 for "Rear Window®," the first closed captioning system for movie theaters and theme parks and in August 2007 was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc., "in recognition of an individual who has devoted significant time and energy over an extended number of years to improving accessibility to telecommunications and media in the United States."
Larry has a BA in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California and joined the Media Access Group in 1985.
Rich Caloggero is an Accessibility Researcher with NCAM. Rich works on NCAM's grant-funded activities and well as with its strategic partners on website accessibility evaluation and repair projects for corporate clients. Rich consults with NCAM's clients providing feedback on their accessible implementations, and tracks industry trends and practices which impact current and future software accessibility. He is an expert screen reader user, and has worked in the computer field as a programmer, adaptive technology consultant, and Web developer for over 20 years. In addition to his position in NCAM, Rich consults at the Assistive Technology Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Rich holds a BS in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and joined the Media Access Group in 2005.
Donna Danielewski is Manager of Strategic Partnerships for NCAM. She develops and maintains collaborative relationships with corporate and public sector partners, identifying challenges and possible accessibility solutions for a wide range of products and services that utilize new media. She works closely with leading technology companies such as Yahoo!, Apple, HP, IBM, and Adobe on numerous projects and is expert in designing experimental, implementation, training or support projects for NCAM clients interested in exploring accessibility solutions. Prior to joining NCAM, Donna worked at Abt Associates, where she managed diverse project teams on multi-million dollar, multi-site, multi-year projects, partnering with some of biotechnology's leading players.
Donna holds a BA from Boston University, an MA from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD from Florida State University. She joined the Media Access Group in 2008.
Geoff Freed is NCAM director of technology projects and Web media standards. He has represented NCAM within working groups of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), the Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C/WAI), the DAISY Consortium and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), and has participated in the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s (ASTC) Mobile Handheld working group to ensure that mobile content and devices meet the needs of users with disabilities. He is a co-author of the W3C’s Timed Text Markup Language (TTML), a non-proprietary method for providing captions and subtitles in digital media, and is a specialist in captioning technologies in all formats, from broadcast to Web. Geoff has led numerous federally funded R&D projects focused on hardware and software accessibility solutions, standards development and content preparation. He is an authority on Section 508 regulations and frequently consults on accessibility issues with a wide range of clients, from software and hardware manufacturers to museums, major publishers and universities.
Geoff has a BA in English from the University of Nebraska and joined the Media Access Group in 1985.
Bryan Gould is the Project Manager of NCAM's Effective Practices for Describing Science Content within Digital Talking Books project. He is also providing text and audio descriptions for science-based multimedia within WGBH's Teachers' Domain digital library. Mr. Gould also works with WGBH's Descriptive Video Service (DVS) and has developed audio descriptions for hundreds of TV shows, films and other projects. He edited the current DVS style guidelines and served as DVS's Operations Manager. He continues to participate in focus groups with blind and visually impaired consumers and to train new describers.
Bryan holds a BA from Syracuse University and an MA from the University of Massachusetts, both in American History and joined the Media Access Group in 1996.
Madeleine Rothberg is a Project Director at the National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH. She focuses on providing access to multimedia and information technology for users with disabilities, both through directly accessible solutions such as captions, talking software, and audio description, and through improvements to infrastructure through standards. Madeleine established the IMS Global Learning Consortium’s Accessibility Working Group which created the Access For All specifications for personalized accessibility of online information, now an ISO draft standard. She also served on the technical panel that developed the NIMAS standard for accessible textbooks. Previously she developed prototypes and guidelines to make science and math software more accessible to blind and visually impaired students. Before joining WGBH, Madeleine developed educational software at Learningways, a division of Davidson and Associates.
Madeleine has an EdM in Technology in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education and joined the Media Access Group in 1997.
Peter Villa is the Business Manager overseeing the administrative and financial management of the department.
Peter has a BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and joined the Media Access Group in 2007.
Larry Goldberg is WGBH's Director of Media Access and oversees NCAM (the research and development arm) and the two access production/service departments: The Caption Center and Descriptive Video Service®. He regularly publishes on media access issues, presents WGBH research at conferences, and consults for government and media and technology companies on access issues. Mr. Goldberg was a pioneer in the development of the digital television closed captioning standard now required by the FCC and has been a member of numerous advisory boards at the FCC, for major corporations, and national consumer groups across the country. Mr. Goldberg was awarded a patent in 1996 for "Rear Window®," the first closed captioning system for movie theaters and theme parks and in August 2007 was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc., "in recognition of an individual who has devoted significant time and energy over an extended number of years to improving accessibility to telecommunications and media in the United States."
Larry has a BA in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California and joined the Media Access Group in 1985.
Rich Caloggero is an Accessibility Researcher with NCAM. Rich works on NCAM's grant-funded activities and well as with its strategic partners on website accessibility evaluation and repair projects for corporate clients. Rich consults with NCAM's clients providing feedback on their accessible implementations, and tracks industry trends and practices which impact current and future software accessibility. He is an expert screen reader user, and has worked in the computer field as a programmer, adaptive technology consultant, and Web developer for over 20 years. In addition to his position in NCAM, Rich consults at the Assistive Technology Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Rich holds a BS in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and joined the Media Access Group in 2005.
Donna Danielewski is Manager of Strategic Partnerships for NCAM. She develops and maintains collaborative relationships with corporate and public sector partners, identifying challenges and possible accessibility solutions for a wide range of products and services that utilize new media. She works closely with leading technology companies such as Yahoo!, Apple, HP, IBM, and Adobe on numerous projects and is expert in designing experimental, implementation, training or support projects for NCAM clients interested in exploring accessibility solutions. Prior to joining NCAM, Donna worked at Abt Associates, where she managed diverse project teams on multi-million dollar, multi-site, multi-year projects, partnering with some of biotechnology's leading players.
Donna holds a BA from Boston University, an MA from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD from Florida State University. She joined the Media Access Group in 2008.
Geoff Freed is NCAM director of technology projects and Web media standards. He has represented NCAM within working groups of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), the Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C/WAI), the DAISY Consortium and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), and has participated in the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s (ASTC) Mobile Handheld working group to ensure that mobile content and devices meet the needs of users with disabilities. He is a co-author of the W3C’s Timed Text Markup Language (TTML), a non-proprietary method for providing captions and subtitles in digital media, and is a specialist in captioning technologies in all formats, from broadcast to Web. Geoff has led numerous federally funded R&D projects focused on hardware and software accessibility solutions, standards development and content preparation. He is an authority on Section 508 regulations and frequently consults on accessibility issues with a wide range of clients, from software and hardware manufacturers to museums, major publishers and universities.
Geoff has a BA in English from the University of Nebraska and joined the Media Access Group in 1985.
Bryan Gould is the Project Manager of NCAM's Effective Practices for Describing Science Content within Digital Talking Books project. He is also providing text and audio descriptions for science-based multimedia within WGBH's Teachers' Domain digital library. Mr. Gould also works with WGBH's Descriptive Video Service (DVS) and has developed audio descriptions for hundreds of TV shows, films and other projects. He edited the current DVS style guidelines and served as DVS's Operations Manager. He continues to participate in focus groups with blind and visually impaired consumers and to train new describers.
Bryan holds a BA from Syracuse University and an MA from the University of Massachusetts, both in American History and joined the Media Access Group in 1996.
Madeleine Rothberg is a Project Director at the National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH. She focuses on providing access to multimedia and information technology for users with disabilities, both through directly accessible solutions such as captions, talking software, and audio description, and through improvements to infrastructure through standards. Madeleine established the IMS Global Learning Consortium’s Accessibility Working Group which created the Access For All specifications for personalized accessibility of online information, now an ISO draft standard. She also served on the technical panel that developed the NIMAS standard for accessible textbooks. Previously she developed prototypes and guidelines to make science and math software more accessible to blind and visually impaired students. Before joining WGBH, Madeleine developed educational software at Learningways, a division of Davidson and Associates.
Madeleine has an EdM in Technology in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education and joined the Media Access Group in 1997.
Peter Villa is the Business Manager overseeing the administrative and financial management of the department.
Peter has a BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and joined the Media Access Group in 2007.