Cooke Optics has appointed Andy Buckland to the newly created role of director of product management. He reports directly to CEO Tim Pugh. Buckland’s new role includes responsibility for developing Cooke’s product roadmap, including launching forums to enable the design and development team to engage more effectively with customers and users.
Buckland brings extensive experience from across the media manufacturing industry, having previously held roles encompassing product, technical, and commercial responsibility with companies including Blackmagic Design, Mark Roberts Motion Control, and Sony Professional Solutions Europe. He is a member of the technical committee of the IMAGO lnternational Federation of Cinematographers, and holds an MSc in Broadcast Futures from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication as well as being a chartered engineer with the Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC).
Cooke manufactures camera lenses and is the developer behind /iTechnology, the protocol enabling vital lens and camera information to be captured and passed digitally to postproduction teams. Cooke was honored with a 2013 Academy Award ® of Merit (an Oscar® statuette) for its continuing innovation in the design, development and manufacturing of motion picture camera lenses.