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Keynotes

Jim Wuthrich

William O. Leszinske, Jr.
General Manager, Digital Home Group
Intel

Bill Leszinske is the General Manager of the Consumer Electronics Group within Intel Corporation's Digital Home Group. He previously served as the Intel® Viiv™ Technology Platform Manager. Bill has an extensive background in sales and marketing. In 2004, he formed the Digital Home marketing team within Intel's Desktop Products Group. He also served as director of Chipset and Software Marketing for the same group. Prior to joining Intel, he was a regional applications manager for one of the world’s largest computer companies. Bill joined Intel in 1989, and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is based out of Intel Corporation’s Folsom, California campus, and lives nearby with his wife and three children.

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Speakers

Mitch Berman

Mitch Berman
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
ZillionTV
Mitchell Berman’s 25 years of executive management and entrepreneurial leadership in multimedia entertainment and technology includes a combination of powerhouse television brands and rising television technology start-ups. Under his global leadership, Mitch has spearheaded the launch of consumer entertainment services spanning cable, DBS, IPTV, Broadband, P2P, VoIP, wireless, interactive television, video-on-demand (VOD) and digital advertising insertion. Prior to joining ZillionTV, Mitch was corporate vice president of global marketing for C-COR (acquired by ARRIS in December 2007; NASDAQ: ARRS), where he led the company’s successful repositioning and marketing strategy for its video-on-demand, digital advertising insertion, optical transport and operations support software products.

Itzik Cohen

Itzik Cohen
F ounder and CEO
ClipSync
Itzik Cohen is the Founder and CEO of ClipSync. Based in Silicon Valley, California, ClipSync was co-founded by former WebEx veteran Itzik Cohen to research, create, and implement a Social TV platform that makes TV viewing highly interactive, engaging and more fun. ClipSync's ongoing mission is to cultivate and promote innovative ways to bring TV viewers together to interact with each other and engage with the content they’re viewing online. Cohen was centrally involved with funding and IPO at WebEx Communications, the Web Meeting Applications Company Acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO). Prior to WebEx, he was Director of Business Development at NetManage Inc., where he led the Advanced Technology team focusing on collaborative technologies. A well spoken industry expert in online social media, Cohen has contributed to several panels and conferences over the years, including Digital Hollywood, AlwaysOn Media and OnHollywood to name a few.

Pat Dunbar

Pat Dunbar
Director, Advertising
TV, Video & Music Business Group
Microsoft Corporation

Joshua Greer

Joshua Greer
President and Co-Founder
RealD
Joshua Greer has been identifying new technologies and turning them into profitable products and businesses for over 20 years. As President and Co-Founder of RealD, Joshua's ability to recognize early technology and market trends, quickly locking up critical IP, has allowed RealD to quickly become the standard for 3D presentations. Previously, Greer was Co-Founder and Chief Convergence Officer of Walden Media, where he was responsible for overseeing all of the company's technology and infrastructure and was involved in the development of such films as The Chronicles of Narnia, Holes and Charlotte's Web, as well as James Cameron's 3D documentaries for IMAX, Ghosts of the Abyss and Aliens of the Deep. It was his work with Cameron, designing the first all-digital 3D projection system, which first inspired him to create RealD along with Michael Lewis.

Patrick Griffis

Patrick Griffis
Senior Director, Technology Policy
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
As Senior Director, Technology Strategy at Dolby Laboratories, Patrick Griffis is charged with helping define future technology strategy for the company. Prior to joining Dolby, Pat spent 10 years at Microsoft leading global digital media standards strategy, including adoption of the Digital Living Network Alliance as a baseline media sharing standard in Windows 7 and standardization of Windows Media Video technology as an international SMPTE standard. Prior to Microsoft, Pat spent 15 years at Panasonic in senior management positions, including Vice President of Strategic Product Development at Panasonic Broadcast, where he helped launch DVCPRO and drive US strategy for HDTV Pat started his career at RCA, earning eight patents in TV product design.

Jason Henderson

Jason Henderson
Games Product Manager
Verizon Communications
Jason Henderson manages online gaming for Verizon Communications, where subscription gaming has been a success story since its launch in 2005. He is the creator of several comic book series including "Sword of Dracula" and is the author of several science fiction novels, both original IP and for brands like Incredible Hulk, X-Men and Spider-Man. His most recent books are THE DARKLING BAND and the manga PSY-COMM 2. A Texas attorney, he has over 10 years of experience in the games industry, with game production credits for Electronic Arts, Microsoft and Ion Storm.

Alan Hoff

Alan Hoff
Vice President of Product Marketing
SeaChange International

Brad McManus

Brad McManus
Director of Investments
Panasonic

Len Rand

Len Rand
Managing Director
Granite Ventures

Emil Rensing

Emil Rensing
Chief Digital Officer
EpixHD

John Rubey

John Rubey
President
AEG Live

Jimmy Schaeffler

Jimmy Schaeffler
Chairman & CSO
The Carmel Group

Russ Schafer

Russ Schafer
Senior Director of Product Marketing
Yahoo! Inc.

Blake Whitman

Blake Whitman
Community Director
Vimeo

Speakers

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Bill Leszinske Keynote
William O. Leszinske, Jr.
General Manager, Digital Home Group
Intel

Mitch Berman Mitch Berman
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
ZillionTV
   
Itzik Cohen Itzik Cohen
F
ounder and CEO
ClipSync
   
Pat Dunbar Pat Dunbar
Director, Advertising
TV, Video & Music Business Group
Microsoft Corporation
   
Joshua Greer Joshua Greer
President and
Co-Founder
RealD
   
Patrick Griffis Patrick Griffis
Senior Director, Technology Policy
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
   
Jason Henderson Jason Henderson
Games Product Manager
Verizon Communications
   
Alan Hoff Alan Hoff
Vice President of Product Marketing
SeaChange International
   
Brad McManus Brad McManus
Director of Investments
Panasonic
   
Len Rand Len Rand
Managing Director
Granite Ventures
   
Emil Rensing Emil Rensing
Chief Digital Officer
EpixHD
   
John Rubey John Rubey
President
AEG Live
   
Jimmy Schaeffler Jimmy Schaeffler
Chairman & CSO
The Carmel Group
   
Russ Schafer Russ Schafer
Senior Director of Product Marketing, Yahoo! Inc.
   
Blake Whitman Blake Whitman
Community
Director
Vimeo
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