John Leland

lelands John Leland is Vice President of Global Media Operations for Origin Digital, an Accenture-owned global service provider for online video. He oversees all of Origin’s events, media operations activities, and global infrastructure & facilities.

With over 25 years of experience in both the television industry, and most recently in the digital media space, John Leland has unparalleled expertise in traditional and new media operations from seamlessly integrating advanced broadcast solutions to producing major international events online.

In the beginnings of his career, Leland worked with various facilities companies in Technical Management as well as with NBC both as a Tech Manager and a Director of Sports and Olympics Technical Operations. After NBC, he transitioned into the world of sports technology and became Senior Vice President of Operations at Sportvision, a premier global provider of enhancements for sports television. From Sportvision he then moved to become Vice President of Operations at Venue Services Group (VSG) where he was responsible for system design and implementation of state-of-the-art television technologies.

Later on, John Leland held the highly regarded position of Senior Director for IMG Digital Media and while there he was the main operational lead for successful events such as New York’s Fashion Week, Model.Live, The Masters, and design implementation of a fifteen city Preditor (Producer/Editiors) System providing content for CBS Digital Media.

Throughout Leland’s career, he has received accolades for major large-scale events such as the Olympics which has brought him to be honored as a four-time Emmy Award-winning television professional (including the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics, and for technical excellence with NASCAR and the PGA Tour).

November 13, 2009 · Posted in Speaker Bios