Joel SilverPresident and FounderJoel Silver is the President and founder of the Imaging Science Foundation, Inc., which was incorporated in 1994 to introduce video image quality calibration services into consumer electronics.

He volunteers as the chair of the CEA and CEDIA committee on Home Theater Video recommended practices.

He also is the producer of the HDTV Calibration Wizard DVD.

His work on advancing HDTV image quality was covered in the NY Times, the LA Times, Popular Mechanics, Wired and numerous A/V publications here and abroad.

He has run research projects for the California Energy Commission documenting how video calibration produces significant energy savings.

He has been involved in and consulted for high-end video, high-end audio, telemedicine, medical management, Microsoft Media Center Edition PCs and the Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship program at the W. Averill Harriman School of Management.

In the A/V industry, he has presented at CES, American Association of Medical Instrumentation, Barco BE, CEDIA Australia, EHExpo, INFOCOMM, ISE Brussels, ISE Singapore, NESDA, NSCA, Microsoft’s WINHEC, received both top five and top ten CEDIA instructor awards, and is a CE PRO top-ten-for-ten-years most influential industry leader.

He has written articles for Audio Video Interiors, Forbes, Home Entertainment, Millionaire Magazine, Popular Science, Stereophile, Telemedicine Today Ultimate A/V, Video, Widescreen Review ands numerous other publications.

He consults for AMD, the BBC, Barco, BenQ, Bose, CNN, Datacolor, Dolby, DVDO, DNP, Epson, Harman, Hitachi, InFocus, Integra, Intel, LG, JVC, Linn, Lissau A/S, Microsoft, Minolta, Mitsubishi, Monster Cable, NEC, NVIDIA, Panasonic, Pioneer, Pixelworks, Runco, Screen Research, Sencore, Stewart Filmscreen, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Yamaha, Xrite and numerous other clients.

Joel Silver is a co-inventor of the patented Microsoft Media Center Calibration Wizard which is now in over 111,000,000 PCs.

Kevin MillerISF Technical ConsultantKevin Miller got his start in the Audio/Video industry in the late 80's as the Managing Editor and later the Publisher of The Perfect Vision magazine. He was responsible for hiring Joe Kane as the Technical Director of the magazine, which quickly put TPV on the map as the technical authority in video in the publishing industry.

From 1994 to 1997 he was a partner in Total Media Systems, a home theater custom installation business in New York. Kevin was the Marketing Director for Runco International from May of 1997 to April of 1999, which afforded him a good deal of front projection setup training and experience. His last full-time position was as the Editorial Director for Video at the now defunct consumer electronics Internet giant, etown.com.

As a charter member of the Imaging Science Foundation, Kevin has a keen interest in delivering the best video images possible in a home theater environment, and having been through the first ever ISF training course in February of 1994 he has more experience calibrating TVs than anyone else in the country.

Bob FucciDirector of ISF Calibrator Testing & CertificationBob reviews all the English language written tests and runs the oral reviews for most of our instructors.

His tutoring skills have brought literally hundreds of successful professionals into our industry.

Bob worked with Sound Advice, FL for over 9 years, and was their Director of Training.

He knows retail. He was a partner in "Better Sound", a high end custom installation company in Boca Raton, FL where he began his relationship with ISF. Joel Silver was at that time their in-house ISF calibrator.

Bob has assisted at many ISF sessions since 1998.

He is an active calibrator and supports multiple retailers and custom installation companies in South Florida.

When you want to master the skills of talking about complex ideas with your customers in a concise, clear, effective and easy to understand way, call Bob Fucci

Josh Kairoff

Josh worked closely with ISF during the development of the 1st ISFccc certified HDTV – the Pioneer Elite plasma – his work at Pioneer helped establish the Elite as one of the recognized references for HDTV image quality in its day.

Josh was the Director of Display Engineering for Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. In this role, he oversaw the engineering and development of Pioneer’s consumer and professional plasma display products.

At Pioneer, Josh was instrumental in the development of key technologies utilized in the company’s consumer plasma television line, including Advanced PureCinema™ and ISFccc.

Josh was involved with all areas of product planning including, the design of control and utility software, development of technical information resources as well as the engineering of new products and applications.

Josh began his career with Pioneer more than 14 years ago when he supported the company’s cube video wall display efforts. With more than 25 years of experience in the information and entertainment display industry, he has held various titles with audio/video design and production companies, and previously assisted professional display businesses with the development of digital signage and video wall displays.

He owns an engineering patent for his Expansion Solutionsâ„¢ Card Slot Interface.

He is actively involved with the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, the Society for Information Display Science and the National Television Academy Arts and Science’s Technology and Engineering Committee. Kairoff is an ICIA Certified Technology Specialist and a Certified ISF Instructor. He also serves on Joel Silver’s CEA/CEDIA committee for Home Theater Video Design working group.

Josh is available as an ISFccc certification engineer.

Josh graduated from Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington with a Bachelor’s Degree in Video Production and Audio Engineering.

Jeff MurrayISF Instructor and President at SpectraCal Sales, Inc

Jeff Murray has helped us run ISF trainings worldwide for over ten years. He ran the home theater division at Sencore for a decade plus and now heads SpectraCal, LLC, inventors of the award winning "CalMAN" video calibration software.

They market, support and train on associated hardware products targeting almost anyone who designs, installs, or uses a display device, from CEDIA Home Theater Installers to Colorists in Hollywood, Broadcasters, Manufacturers and Medical Imaging Specialists. Their staff of highly trained and experienced professionals will take the guess work out implementing pristine (and industry compliant) video in almost any application, DICOM Medical, SMPTE, EBU and more with software capable of controlling over 50 devices including color analyzers, video sources, processors, and displays and able to address and modify 3D Color Gamut and 3D Gamma and other controls both manually and automatically.

Jeff will be demonstrating ISF calibrations in over 30 US cities in 2010, and will be with us in Asia and Europe as well. Jeff is available for private ISF trainings worldwide.