Dominic Stone is a media industry specialist with deep experience in business development and sales. As a commercial television executive he established a major on-air automation system and produced news and sports programmes. He is the former General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s International Television service and launched a new satellite channel. Dominic has led media solutions sales at IBM UK for seven years with a consistent record of successful sales and growth in the media industry.

Dominic currently manages business development for IBM Cloud Object Storage in Europe. Currently he is working with business partners and developers on Network PVR solutions and Media Asset Management.

Recent developments include a proposed broadcast technology upgrade for BT Sport. Dominic has worked with the BBC archive on media asset management, led a due diligence process for the BskyB acquisition of Virgin Media Television and developed a technology roadmap for China Central Television (CCTV).

In addition to numerous publications and public presentations Dominic chaired an IBC2016 panel on Analytics and the previous year on Cloud. He has presented at NAB, IABM and as keynote presenter at Broadcast India.

Dominic has an MA (Media Technology, Law), an MBA and a BA (Communications). He is a member of SMPTE, IABM and the Royal Television Society. Personal interests include flying light aeroplanes, driving off-road, sailing and making cider. He is a member of Naval and Military Club in London.