management team

José Royo

President and Chief Operating Officer, Ascent Media Corporation

José Royo was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Ascent Media Corporation in September 2008, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascent Media Group in February 2008. Since joining the company in 2002, José has been a key driving force behind Ascent Media Group's emergence as the industry's premier provider of digital services, and technologies to support emerging digital entertainment business models and strategies. In his previous position as Chief Technology & Strategy Officer, José provided the overall vision for technology strategy and oversaw the execution of all technical aspects of Ascent Media Group's operating entities. He also led long-term technology planning and partnership efforts, led all digital services initiatives, and held day-to-day responsibility for the company's global IT operations and infrastructure. As Senior Vice President, Technology & Operations, Digital Services Group, José was instrumental in helping Ascent Media Group develop and deliver some of the industry's first digital services for non-channelized, on-demand programming. He has also headed Ascent Media Group's Digital Media Center and its New Products Group.

Prior to Ascent Media Group, José was Chief Technology Officer at Broadband Sports, Director of Program Management at Trilogy Software, Lead Software Architect at Harvard University, and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Asian Studies at Harvard University. José holds AM, PhD, and MBA degrees from Harvard University where he was a Harvard Baker Scholar and TDK Fellow. He is fluent in Japanese and at one time worked as a simultaneous translator for Matsushita. José, a native of Spain, currently resides in Venice Beach, California with his wife and two children.