Management Team
DCA maintains three discrete business units, each focused on a separate segment or industry. All business units report to the CEO and President of DCA.
Media Manufacturing Solutions (MMS)
The longest existing business unit, and the foundation of what DCA has become today, Media Manufacturing Solutions develops pre-mastering, mastering and plant management solutions for the optical media industry, particularly plant operations focused on delivering CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc products, as well as OEMs serving those plant operators. Products include Titan, Viper and Commander.
Co-Developed Custom Solutions (CDS)
A business created to support customers who prefer to have a long-term partner in developing new technology paths related to spinning media recording techniques. CDS products include the XBOX game disc format & tools and the Genesys reference signal processor and format design suite.
Focused exclusively on test & measurement of file-based media, particularly file-based QC solutions, Digimetrics' customers include IP, cable and broadcast providers worldwide with products including Aurora, Hydra and Eos.
Doug Carson
CEO and Chairman of the Board; Business Unit Manager, Co-Developed Custom Solutions
Having been in the optical disc industry since 1981, Doug Carson founded DCA in 1988 to provide world class signal processing systems to the optical disc manufacturing industry. Doug was instrumental in establishing DCA's DDP (Disc Description Protocol) as the de facto industry standard for exchanging data from authoring to mastering. His vision for format design continues to provide the only set of tools expressly available for that purpose in Genesys. Doug continues to set the vision and course for DCA.
Doug focuses his attention on technical issues and future technologies, as well as heading the Co-Developed Custom Solutions unit.
Mike Griffith
President and COO; Business Unit Manager, Media Manufacturing Solutions
Michael R. Griffith joined DCA as President and COO in March 2000. Mike brings 25 years of experience in the finance industry to DCA. Mike has been indirectly involved in a number of roles with DCA since its inception in 1988. His managerial and operational experience matches perfectly with the vision and future plans of DCA, Inc.
Mike focuses on day-to-day operational and financial performance for DCA.
Bryan Whitfield
Director of Engineering, MMS and CDS
Bryan Whitfield has over 20 years of experience in information technology, software development, and management. Bryan specializes in high performance server and network-based computing solutions as well as designing information systems for accounting , manufacturing, and service/support oriented processes. His experience comes from a cross section of industries including multi-national Fortune 500 corporations to founding an Internet services company in 1995. After earning his B.S. from Oklahoma State University in 1985, he has worked for NCH Corporation in Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Owner/Founder of Online Galleria Internet Services in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and at DCA for the last 29 years.
Bryan is directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the DCA engineering group, Microsoft Xbox support services, and is the lead technical contact for development of plant management solutions.