Ronald Walter Clifton, BASc, MASc, P.Eng., CISSP
Director

Ron Clifton is the President and Founder of CliftonGroup International Ltd, a C-Level management consulting company specializing in management support, solutions architecture and procurement work for telecom, broadcast and new media. Prior to that, Ron was the President and CEO of International Datacasting Corporation specializing in broadband infrastructure including satellite networks for television and radio broadcast as well as digital cinema and related datacasting applications.

Ron Clifton is a seasoned hands-on executive with a wide range of operational experience gained from running several private and publicly traded companies in the international information and telecommunications technology sector. He holds a BASc and a MASc in Electrical Engineering, he is a registered Professional Engineer (PEng) and he is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with specialty expertise in cybersecurity for broadcast and media applications. Ron serves as a Director of the Board for the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) where he is the past Treasurer and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. He is also an Executive Member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), a Lifetime Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD).

Ron has extensive experience in media and entertainment, broadcast and telecommunications networks and is helping organizations transition from legacy networks to modern infrastructure solutions, including cloud services, that are better able to adapt to the changing demographics, technologies and other emerging trends that are shaping the industry.