Before joining Technicolor, alongside serving on the Alcatel CIT(France) Excom, Donnan held similar responsibilities at Alcatel in Research & Innovation, and prior to this, he was R&D Technical Director (3G) in Alcatel/Fujitsu (Evolium). During the previous 14 years he worked in operations, in R&D in the fields of satellite & nuclear control systems, transmission systems, switching systems and radio infrastructure. From 1984, Donnan was active in research in the areas of real-time and distributed high performance computing and was a member of faculty, lecturing in Electronic Systems and Software Engineering. He received his degrees in Computer Systems from the University of Ulster, Ireland. He is a Chartered Engineer, and member of the Engineering Council.

Company Profile

With more than 95 years of experience in entertainment innovation, Technicolor serves an international base of entertainment, software, and gaming customers. The company is a leading provider of production, postproduction, and distribution services to content creators and distributors. Technicolor is one of the world's largest film processors; the largest independent manufacturer and distributor of DVDs (including Blu-ray Disc); and a leading global supplier of set-top boxes and gateways. The company also operates an Intellectual Property and Licensing business unit. For more information: www.technicolor.com