Peter Wharton, TAG Video Systems Chief Strategy/Cloud Officer and Industry Stalwart, Passes Away

Peter Wharton, who served as Chief Strategy and Cloud Officer for TAG Video Systems and in several leadership roles at SMPTE during more than four decades in the media-technology industry, has died after a short illness.

Wharton joined TAG VS in October 2020 as Director, Corporate Strategy after two years working with the company as a consultant. During his time at the company, Wharton helped shape TAG’s overall strategy and played a pivotal role in opening TAG’s platform to new applications and increasing its international market share.

“Peter was an amazing friend, generous, thoughtful and kind with a huge heart,” Paul Briscoe, chief architect at TAG, wrote on LinkedIn. “He could be as objective or subjective as a situation called for, was persnickety on demand and always brought an enlightening and thought-provoking point of view to any conversation.”

“Knowing Peter has enriched me personally and professionally in more ways than I can count,” Briscoe continued. “We’ve talked about the widest range of things from deeply personal to highly technical to arcane nonsense, and all of it built a beautiful basis for a friendship which I hold close to my heart and will forever…I miss him terribly but he succeeded in leaving a big mark on me, on the industry and on everyone he knew. It’s this legacy that we carry with us, and I will forever use the ‘what would Peter do’ test to better understand things.”