Ben Waggoner offers industry leading digital video consulting, training and encoding services. Ben was formerly Director of Consulting Services for Media 100 and Terran Interactive, and before that Chief Technologist and founder of Journeyman Digital. Ben is often featured at large trade shows such as NAB, DVExpo, and QuickTime Live. He is a contributing editor for DV Magazine, and frequently writes about video compression for it. Ben is an expert in video compression methodology and codecs and instructs in all the major compression formats including QuickTIme, Real, Windows Media, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4. Ben’s focus is on helping customers create the best possible compressed video and the best tools for created compressed video.