Richard J. Beaton has served as our Senior Vice President, Research and Development since November 2005 and, prior to that, served as our Managing Director of DTS Canada from the time that he joined our company in July 2004. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Beaton served as President and Chief Executive Officer of QDesign Corporation, an audio technology company which he founded in 1995 and that we acquired in July 2004. Prior to founding QDesign, Mr. Beaton served as Manager of Technology Development at MPR Teltech, a telecommunications research and development facility located in Canada. Mr. Beaton has more than 20 years experience in advanced media technology development, and has contributed to the development of the ISO MPEG and ITU Digital Audio Broadcast standards since 1989.
