Soundgena

sound innovation singularity ™

Soundgena is the unique convergence of 60 years of combined experience in
inventing and commercializing globally adopted audio technologies.

Christophe Chabanne - CEO
Christophe worked in the CTO Office, Marketing, and the Advanced Technology Group at Dolby for more than two decades. Co-inventor of Dolby Atmos, he oversaw the technology conception, content creator engagements, research, productization, and IP strategy for the Cinema industry as part of the Atmos core leadership team. He moved on to play the same role for Dolby Atmos consumer applications (broadcast, home cinema, mobile, etc.) and in recent years successfully standardized Atmos in ADM rendering and advanced sound systems at the I TU (a United Nation agency) as a member of the United States delegation. In 2023, he co-founded Soundgena while advising on strategic advancements for large venue audio technologies. In 2024, he received an Academy Award for his work on Dolby Atmos.

Glenn Dickins - CTO
Glenn has led spatial audio and media processing since being part of Lake DSP from 1996. He has inventive contributions to Dolby Headphone, Atmos, and Vision and was the driving instigator for Dolby Voice and the initiative that became FlexConnect. Glenn was also part of the founding team of seeingmachines and Platform Architect at Audinate (Dante). Glenn holds six degrees across engineering, physics, computer science, perceptual psychology, management and information theory, ~150 patent families related to spatial audio, video coding and communications and is a Honorary Professor at ANU and continues to develop IP and embedded technology in a consulting role for high profile prosound and consumer electronics companies. He is passionate about supporting spatial sound projects for education with cost effective systems which he provides via dickinsaudio.

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