Craig Weiss Craig B . Weiss is the Executive Director of for CBS Digital , the group responsible for remastering work for both the " Star Trek : The Original Series " and " Star Trek : The Next Generation " blu - ray releases . Weiss has commented that CBS Digital have discussed a possible project to remaster as well . Weiss has been extensively featured in the vidcast documentary , " " of 27 November 2012 , in which he discusses in detail the technological aspects of the remastering process of " The Next Generation " . He was also interviewed for the TNG Season 1 Blu - ray special feature " Energized ! Taking The Next Generation to the Next Level " . In the remastered versions of " The Next Generation " , Weiss has three characters named after him , Craig Weiss Raymond in , in , and in . Career . A 1987 graduate from Cal State Northridge with a Bachelor ’ s Degree in Fine Art , Weiss started his professional career in 1988 as production illustrator when he joined CBS Television Studios that year . While working on the 1994 television series " Touched by an Angel " , he convinced his employer to get into the business of Visual Effects and Animation , which eventually resulted in the establishment of CBS Digital , Weiss set up with two fellow artists . He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Design as graphic designer on the soap opera " The Young & the Restless " . He was later nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special . His first was for the 2004 television movie " The Winning Season " . He shared this nomination with his fellow CBS Digital co - workers Loren Bivens , Deane Boeka , Chris DeCristo , George Garcia , and Niel Wray . He was then nominated for the 2005 mini - series " Into the West " ( featuring Keith Carradine , Keith Szarabajka and Garrett Wang ) . DeCristo , Garcia , and Wray also shared this nomination . Weiss was the Visual Effects Supervisor on both of these projects . Weiss , along with fellow CBS Digital co - workers Jimmy Berndt , Toni Pace , and Brian Vogt , were nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award in Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program for their work on the pilot episode Bryan Fuller ' s ABC series , " Pushing Daisies " . His other work with CBS Digital includes such television series as " Touched by an Angel " , " Jericho " , and " The Bronx Is Burning " , television movies like " Jesus " , " Locusts " ( featuring Natalia Nogulich ) , and " Pope John Paul II " ( featuring James Cromwell ) , and the 2004 film " Riding the Bullet " ( featuring Matt Frewer ) . Further projects as special effects supervisor include the series " Numb3rs " ( 2007 - 2010 ) , " Ugly Betty " ( 2007 , starring Alan Dale , Tony Plana , and Vanessa Williams ) , " Entourage " ( 2010 - 2011 ) , " 1600 Penn " ( 2012 - 2013 ) , " the Neighbors " ( 2012 - 2014 , with Simon Templeman ) , and " Transparent " ( 2014 ) . More recent projects as visual effects supervisor include the television series " Galavant " ( 2015 ) , " Hindsight " ( 2015 ) , and " The Last Man on Earth " ( 2015 ) . Weiss is an active member of the " Blue Butterfly Campaign " , a charity dedicated to raise money for research to find a cure for childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( AML ) .