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 consumer and professional plasma display products.

At Pioneer, Josh was instrumental in the development of key technologies utilized in the company 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 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 Solutions 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 Sciences Technology and Engineering Committee. Kairoff is an ICIA Certified Technology Specialist and a Certified ISF Instructor. He also serves on the CEA/CEDIA committee for Home Theater Video Design working group led by Joel Silver.

Josh is available as an ISFccc certification engineer. Josh graduated from Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington with a Bachelors Degree in Video Production and Audio Engineering.