Wendy Aylsworth is a technology executive best known for her work in the television and motion picture industry.
In 1989, she moved to Walt Disney Imagineering, managing software development for theme park rides.
[4] She was a "key leader"[1] of the Digital Cinema Initiative, including being chair of SMPTE's D-Cinema Technology Committee.
She also led the effort to upgrade theaters to use High Frame Rate technology in preparation to show Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
[2] In 2012, Aylsworth was named President of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the first woman to hold that position.