UV&S Hires Shawn Rhodes
Underground Vaults & Storage (UV&S), a privately-owned company and an industry leader in secure storage solutions for the film and entertainment industry, has hired Emmy award winning producer and director Shawn Rhodes as Director of Digital Services for the US division of R3store Studios. This expansion advances UV&S’s commitment to offer film digitization and restoration services to all clients.
In April 2024, UV&S acquired the UK company, R3Store Studios, one of the leading film digitization and restoration firms in Europe to support its film and entertainment clients.
“Adding R3Store Studios was a strategic shift for us,” said UV&S President, Jeff Ollenburger. “Our ability to provide digital services to such an important industry for us has been met with great enthusiasm. Expanding these services by establishing a US division was the next logical step and something our clients were asking for.” Ollenburger added, “We are so pleased to have Shawn lead this new division. His incredible background in all aspects of film and television production, combined with his experience as a college-level instructor in digital services uniquely positions him to lead the expansion of R3Store Studios’ services, ensuring the preservation and digitization of cultural heritage for future generations.”
Rhodes comes to UV&S with an impressive resume of film and television work, including as producer and director of the documentaries, “Little Satchmo” and “This is Love” – films that have won awards at festivals around the globe. His most recent project, “The Sunshine Dreamer,” is currently being screened at Independent film festivals worldwide to rave reviews. The US division of R3Store Studios will be based in Wichita, Kansas, adjacent to UV&S Technology, a full-service IT and Data Center division. With its robust technological infrastructure, R3Store Studios will be able to work seamlessly with the UK division to provide a full range of digital services to clients around the world.
Founded in 1959, Underground Vaults & Storage, a full-service records and information management company, has rebranded as “UV&S” to better represent the varied services and subsidiaries it holds. UV&S supports clients worldwide, providing records storage and NAID certified destruction and recycling, by offering event and festival services through UV&S Event Services, and UV&S Technology provides IT support and data center hosting services. UV&S Corporate operates from Hutchinson, KS, supporting twelve locations in the United States, six in the United Kingdom, and one in France. We are best known for our flagship salt mine facility in Hutchinson, where we store millions of items 650’ underground for some of the largest companies in the world, including those in the motion picture and television industry.
