Elio ZarmatiElio Zarmati—A native of Egypt, Elio Zarmati is a consultant to software and hardware companies in the area of dubbing and subtitling motion pictures and streaming video, Elio has been the CEO of VoxWorks. As the former President and CEO of Gelula & Co., Inc., a company he built into the world's premier provider of subtitles for DVD in thirty-four languages, Elio has been instrumental in developing industry-wide processes and standards for both theatrical and DVD release of subtitled films.

Prior to this, he enjoyed a career as a director, writer, producer and editor of motion pictures and television films in Europe and the United States. Born in Egypt of Italian-French Jewish parents, Elio moved to France after the Suez War and received a bilingual education in France and England. A graduate of the University of Paris, (Sorbonne), he joined the staff of the NBC News Paris Bureau in 1968 as a reporter and covered the student uprisings all over Europe. In 1973, he established permanent residence in Los Angeles. He serves on the Advisory Board of Levantine Cultural Center and on the Advisory Board of the International Rescue Committee. He previously owned the Local Hero bookstore in Ojai, California, where he also runs DMZ Publishing.