Joel E. Welch, owner and Chief Learning Officer (CLO) created Macklyn LLC* to help others advance their L&D (Learning & Development) efforts. Macklyn LLC is a labor of love inspired by his family and the desire to help others. It represents the fulfillment of a life-long dream.
Joel is a Senior Learning & Development (L&D) professional who built a career helping people and organizations learn. He has 35 years of experience in both the non-profit and corporate sectors in North America and Australia. He has demonstrated the ability to develop effective learning strategies, hire the right people, and to build technical and leadership learning programs from the ground up while keeping an eye on the strategic impact of each initiative. His systemic organizational view ensures the impact on the whole organization is considered through use of collaborative methodologies. His technical leadership background, creativity, and ability to alternate between logical and intuitive approaches provide him with a unique perspective during strategic planning, establishing goals and objectives to support strategy, and tactical implementations.
Joel is a Senior Learning & Development (L&D) professional who built a career helping people and organizations learn. He has 35 years of experience in both the non-profit and corporate sectors in North America and Australia. He has demonstrated the ability to develop effective learning strategies, hire the right people, and to build technical and leadership learning programs from the ground up while keeping an eye on the strategic impact of each initiative. His systemic organizational view ensures the impact on the whole organization is considered through use of collaborative methodologies. His technical leadership background, creativity, and ability to alternate between logical and intuitive approaches provide him with a unique perspective during strategic planning, establishing goals and objectives to support strategy, and tactical implementations.
Mr. Welch produced, hosted, moderated, and edited on-demand videos for a variety of SMPTE's webcast series. These webcasts included speakers from the following companies**:
- NASA
- Grass Valley - Dolby - MIT Media Lab - ETC (Entertainment Technology Center) @USC - Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT MAGIC Center) - IEEE BTS (IEEE Broadcast Technology Society) - Pixar Animation Studios - National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) - Kibo121 - Warner Bros. Discovery - Iowa PBS - Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG - Arsenal FX - AWS Media & Entertainment - Whistling Woods International (Mumbai) - Mr. MXF (UK) - Southampton Solent University - Skywalker Sound - Epic Games - EBU (European Broadcasting Union) - CBS - Canon - DreamWorks Media - NVIDIA - SID (Society of Information Displays) |
- Facebook
- Technicolor - ByDeluxe - ATSC - NVIDIA - Tektronix - HBO - Dalet - Ambidio - SDVI - Streambox Inc - Sound Particles - IRT - Evertz - Imagine Communications - Harmonic - Vizrt - Net Insight - Key Code Media - FeedForward AI - Platina Systems - Amagi - Symply, Inc. - HDBaseT Alliance - UltraHD Forum - …and many more |
Conference and Event Program Development Experience
Joel has successfully facilitated development of the following event or conference programs:
- SMPTE Media Technology Summit (formerly the Annual Technical Conference - Multiple years)
- SMPTE Symposium (Multiple years)
- SMPTE+ Virtual Event (Multiple years)
- NAB Show's Future of Cinema Conference (Multiple years)
- SCTE's CableTec Expo Program (Multiple years)
- IBC's Big Screen Program
- SMPTE Media Technology Summit (formerly the Annual Technical Conference - Multiple years)
- SMPTE Symposium (Multiple years)
- SMPTE+ Virtual Event (Multiple years)
- NAB Show's Future of Cinema Conference (Multiple years)
- SCTE's CableTec Expo Program (Multiple years)
- IBC's Big Screen Program
* Macklyn LLC is a single-member for-profit LLC owned and operated by Joel E. Welch. The .org top level domain name was chosen to reflect the primary focus on the non-profit sector and the L&D services provided by Macklyn. Our primary mission is to help others achieve their L&D goals.
** SMPTE Technology Series Webcasts were produced, hosted, and moderated by Mr. Welch for SMPTE. Webcast speakers presented with permission from their employers.
** SMPTE Technology Series Webcasts were produced, hosted, and moderated by Mr. Welch for SMPTE. Webcast speakers presented with permission from their employers.