Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of media services powerhouse Prime Focus, has added IT industry veteran Raghunath Mohanrao (Raghu) to its executive suite as chief operating officer (COO). Raghu is stepping in to take over duties from PFT co-founder and former COO, Ganesh Sankaran, who is taking sabbatical for 15 months to pursue an MBA, while remaining on the PFT Board of Directors.
“I’ve wanted to go back to school for my MBA for some time now and with PFT in such a strong position I know this is the right time,” said Sankaran. “I’ve known Raghu for well over 18 years and am confident he is the right fit for PFT. I look forward to Raghu’s leadership to take PFT to the next level of its growth journey.”
Ramki Sankaranarayanan, founder and CEO, Prime Focus Technologies, stated, “Ganesh is taking a well-deserved break from the hot pursuit of building PFT from its inception in a garage to where it is now. Raghu is an accomplished technology leader in the media and entertainment space and his background and skills offer the best fit for what PFT requires as it charters the next level of innovation, delivery excellence and growth.”
Previously, Raghu worked as the telecom, media and entertainment industry leader at IBM, managing its globally integrated capabilities. Raghu also focused on worldwide growth strategy as vertical delivery head at Wipro Technologies, responsible for services delivery including profit and loss for telecommunications and worldwide media and entertainment businesses in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. With his experience and success in conceptualizing and implementing numerous global operations centers across the world, Raghu joins PFT with an eye toward furthering its growth within the global media and entertainment markets.
“PFT’s breadth of technology offerings and opportunity for transforming media and entertainment companies are two of the many reasons for my interest and excitement as I take over the position of COO,” said Raghunath Mohanrao. “I look forward to bolstering the unwavering customer and people focus, delivery excellence and innovation at PFT.”
Raghu will be joining Sankaranarayanan and the PFT executive team at the annual NAB Show, a key event for both PFT and the media and entertainment industry as a whole. At NAB, PFT will showcase updates to its CLEAR Media ERP Suite, which helps media and entertainment companies virtualize the content supply chain and achieve the digital transformation necessary to compete in an industry undergoing unprecedented change.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
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