Osama Al-Shaykh, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
PacketVideo
Osama Al-Shaykh is chief technology officer at PacketVideo Corporation, where he is responsible for exploring new architectures and synchronizing the technical direction of the company. Prior to joining PacketVideo, Dr. Al-Shaykh worked as a member of technical staff with the Multimedia Group at Rockwell Science Center in Palo Alto. He has been actively involved in the development of ISO, MPEG-4, and JPEG-2000 video and image standards. Dr. Al-Shaykh received a bachelor's of science (with honors) in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan, Amman, the master's of science from Iowa State University, Ames, and the Ph.D. degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, all in electrical engineering. He was a post-doctoral visiting researcher a the Video and Image Processing Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, and he is an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. He was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship in 1991.

Jeffery Brown

Senior Director,

Business Development
QUALCOMM MediaFLO
Jeffery Brown is the senior director of business development for QUALCOMM MediaFLO Technologies. In this role, Brown is responsible for overseeing MediaFLO's international strategy and business development on a worldwide basis. Brown has been working in the broadcasting & media technology industries for more than a decade, specifically in the international markets. Prior to joining QUALCOMM, he held the position of the Asia Pacific managing director and SVP for OpenTV where he developed expansion into key regional markets and was responsible for all regional operations. In addition, Brown previously served as the president of General Instrument Japan with responsibility for all operations in Japan, Korea and Guam.

Donna Campbell
Executive Director, Mobility World North America
Ericsson
Donna Campbell has more than 15 years experience in strategic partnering, new business development, and general management for major corporations and start-ups. Ms. Campbell set up Ericsson's first third-party partnering program for application development, CyberLab NY, in cooperator with the New York City Investment Fund. The CyberLab partnering program was the model for Ericsson's global partnering network, Mobility World, now 30 centers around the world.

Stephen Condon

Vice President, Marketing

Entriq

Stephen brings more than 20 years of marketing experience to Entriq from the advertising and technology industries. His primary role as Vice President, Marketing, is to clearly position the company in the pay media marketplace. Mr. Condon's responsibilities include strategic marketing, marketing communications as well as developing the company's advertising, public relations and trade show strategy. He commenced his career in advertising working for J. Walter Thompson and Chiat/Day on leading brands such as Kraft Foods and NutraSweet. His advertising career introduced him to the high technology entertainment business when he worked on the hugely successful launch of DIRECTV at the advertising agency, Campbell-Ewald. Mr. Condon later joined DIRECTV, as Senior Director of Marketing and was responsible for program marketing and subscriber acquisition promotions. In 1998 he moved from delivering video over satellite to delivering video on the Internet and joined INTERVU as Vice President of Marketing where he lead strategic marketing efforts and marketing communications up until the Akamai acquisition.

Pierre-Emmanuel Struyven
Chief Marketing Officer
Streamezzo
Struyven is a seasoned executive with more than fifteen years of marketing, business management and technology experience in the mobile communications industry. Prior to Streamezzo, Struyven spent five years with the world's largest music company, Universal Music, heading operations, product marketing and business development for the Universal Music Mobile subsidiary and the Digital Division. There he was involved in mobile and digital music business development with a focus on new mobile distribution channels, customer experience, product development and innovation. Previously, he was director of product marketing at SFR, the French mobile service operator. At SFR Struyven held various positions managing marketing and sales IT development programs. Struyven holds an Engineering Degree from Ecole Polytechnique at Free University - Brussels.

Alain Fernando-Santana

Chief Marketing Officer

Envivio Inc.
Alain directs the worldwide integrated marketing communications strategy and business development activities for Envivio Inc. Prior to joining Envivio, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Netcentrex Inc., a voice over IP company. At Netcentrex, Mr. Fernando-Santana led the market strategy and operations in the Americas region. He also founded IPlay3, a consortium formed to develop and promote integrated triple play solutions. Previously, Mr. Fernando-Santana was a vice president of Syseca Inc., a leading provider of software integration services for the telecommunications, energy, and transportation industries, and a vice president of Thomson Software Products, a multi-national software development company. He has over 18 years of experience in executive management for U.S. and European-based high-technology companies in the VoIP telephony, media, wireless, cable, and data mining sectors. Mr. Fernando-Santana earned a B.A. from the University of Iowa , a J.D. from the American University and an L.L.M/ D.E.S.S. from Paris I, PanthÃon-Sorbonne.

Maureen FitzPatrick

Vice President, Mobile Development

Atomic Wedgie
FremantleMedia
As someone with a lifelong love of comedy, Maureen was thrilled with the opportunity to launch the Atomic Wedgie channel for the mobile market. Having grown up as the youngest of eight children, Maureen knows something about comedy, and has had firsthand experience with wedgies. Before joining Fremantle, she managed a wide variety of television, theater, and live performance productions, all of which share the common element of humor. Recent projects include producing late night, game show, talk show, and variety series for GSN, Fox, King World and Buena Vista , and consulting for the WE Network and the Ellen DeGeneres Show . Previous credits include Whose Line is it Anyway?, The Gong Show, Alright Already, $100,000 Pyramid, and Donny & Marie . Maureen has produced pilots with Bill Maher, Carol Leifer, John Henson, Tom Arnold, Bob Saget, and Chicago 's Second City . Before moving into television full-time, she served as executive producer of the award-winning Illegitimate Players theater company in Chicago . Maureen lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Doug, who writes flatulence jokes for a living.

Boris Fridman
Chief Executive Officer
Crisp Wireless
Boris Fridman is a serial entrepreneur. He is a published author, patent-holder, regular speaker and seasoned executive with a proven track record of building and leading successful software companies in today's ever- increasing mobile world. Boris is the CEO of Crisp Wireless, a provider of mobile content management and delivery solutions for media and entertainment companies. Under Boris's direction, Crisp Wireless has become a major mobile solutions provider to consumer-facing enterprises in media, entertainment, sports, advertising, broadcasting, publishing and online retail. Prior to Crisp Wireless, Boris was the Chief Operating Officer of SJ Labs, a developer of award-winning VoIP software products. He was instrumental in raising its initial round of capital and in focusing the company on development of innovative VoIP solutions in the emerging voice over Wi-Fi market. Boris remains a Director of the SJ Labs Board. Before SJ Labs, Boris founded and was CEO of Broadbeam Corporation, a leading provider of solutions that enable mobile personnel to exchange real-time information with an enterprise securely and reliably, resulting in increased productivity and greater business efficiencies. He led Broadbeam through its early high-growth phase and several rounds of funding to become a premier supplier of wireless middleware products to enterprises worldwide. Boris holds an M.S. degree in Physics. He is the co-author of the book "Wireless Data for the Enterprise: Making Sense of Wireless Business," published by McGraw-Hill. He is also the recipient of an early patent in the area of wireless access to the Internet.

Stephen D Gillespie
PhD, Partner
Fenwick & West LLP.
Stephen D. Gillespie is a partner in the Intellectual Property Transactions Group of Fenwick & West LLP. His practice concentrates on structuring and negotiating complex transactions relating to intellectual property, including national and international technology development and distribution agreements, strategic alliances, and IP issues arising in mergers and acquisitions. He has expertise in issues arising from use of open source software. Mr. Gillespie was the lead outside intellectual property attorney for Symantec in its acquisitions of Veritas, Brightmail, On Technologies, PowerQuest, and the GoBack assets of Roxio. Mr. Gillespie received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley. He received his J.D. and a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr., on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Larry Gitlin
Vice President of Business Development
HandHeld Entertainment
Larry Gitlin is vice president of business development for HandHeld Entertainment. For more than 15 years, Mr. Gitlin has gained experience in advanced strategic business development, product development, sales and operations, and specialized in digital media, motion picture and broadcast television, as well as wireless and advanced telecommunications products including advanced DSL, Wi-Fi and PON/FTTX. Mr. Gitlin began running production and post-production companies in the late 1980s and working on films and TV shows as a production manager and line producer, focusing on digital media in 1997. By 2001, Mr. Gitlin had produced and line-produced more than a dozen films and TV shows in Hollywood, and worked on projects including "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," "Hell Hunters" and "Firearm." From early 2001 until late 2002, Mr Gitlin served as VP of Qwest's Corporate Business Development group, launching an electronic media delivery product suite trial at Qwest for the entertainment industry. He also co-created a comprehensive security business unit within Qwest for enterprise and government channels that utilized a broad range of IP-based network applications, Infosec, SSL architectures, DIA, VoIP and local-loop access. From 2003 until mid-2004, Mr. Gitlin consulted with several top Silicon Valley firms such as Harmonic, Inc., leaders in compression and optical network products. Mr. Gitlin joined HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. in July 2004.

Jerry Hanley

Director of Business Development

Europe & Latin America
QUALCOMM MediaFLO
Jerry Hanley is Director of Business Development - Europe and Latin America for QUALCOMM | MediaFLO Technologies. He has been in product management and business development roles in Qualcomm for over two years. Previously, he served in the wireless telecom industry for over fifteen years, with companies such as Lucent Technologies, Sony, and magic4 (now part of Openwave). Hanley brings strong expertise in the areas of wireless infrastructure, wireless handsets, billing software and messaging software for mobile devices to his role at QUALCOMM | MediaFLO Technologies.

Weston Henderek
Senior Analyst, Wireless Services
Current Analysis
As a Senior Analyst covering wireless services for Current Analysis, Weston tracks all aspects of the wireless services market including carriers, service offerings, technology, and trends. Recent focus includes emerging wireless data services such as mobile music, mobile TV/video, and the growing MVNO market. Prior to joining Current Analysis, Weston worked as an Industry Analyst covering the wireless service market at Giga Information Group (now Forrester Research). He is often called upon to give presentations on the state of the industry and has presented at several major conferences including being a keynote panel member at Globalcomm 2006, where he discussed the topic of mobile video sports content and services. Weston has been quoted in numerous industry publications along with the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and the San Diego Union Tribune. In addition, Weston has appeared on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. Weston received his Bachelor degrees in Economics and History from Connecticut College.

Pierre-Henri Humblot
Product Development Director
V4x
Pierre has worked in France and overseas including 5 years in Australia where he created and developed the subsidiary company of Dalet S.A., worldwide leader in media asset management for broadcasters. Pierre was involved in first-time implementation of the new product line DaletPlus at Sky Network Television, Prime Television Network and Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General. Pierre Henri was instrumental in fine-tuning the new product specifications and the final marketing positioning. Diploma: "Ingénieur des Mines de Paris" . 2000

Thanasis Iatrou
Chief Executive Officer
Media Excel
Thanasis is one of Media Excel's founding members and currently serves as Board Member, President and Chief Executive Officer, overseeing corporate strategy and operations. Thanasis has 18 years of management experience in the High Tech industry. Prior to Media Excel, Thanasis was with DELL Computer, as General Manager (G.M.) of DELL' s UK Midsize Corporate operation and subsequently head of Marketing Operations for the Midsize Corporate division of DELL Americas. Prior to DELL, Thanasis worked for FUJITSU COMPUTERS EUROPE as V.P. and G.M. of Client-Server Systems Asia based out of Singapore and V.P. of Business Development in EMEA, where he was responsible for a number of Mergers and Acquisitions transactions ranging from $10m to $1bn value. Mr. Iatrou received an M.B.A. from Aston Business School in the UK, where he specialized in International Marketing, and a B.Sc in Physics from Athens University, where he studied Optoelectronics. Thanasis is a native of Greece.

Dr. Paul E. Jacobs
Chief Executive Officer
Qualcomm
Dr. Paul E. Jacobs is chief executive officer of QUALCOMM Incorporated and is also a member of the Company's board of directors. Dr. Jacobs has been the primary driver of QUALCOMM's focus on enabling wireless data services, which make the cellphone a tool not only for voice communications, but also the most personal device for entertainment, computing and information access. Most recently, Dr. Jacobs was executive vice president and group president of QWI. In this role, Jacobs oversaw QUALCOMM Technology Licensing, QUALCOMM Internet Service, MediaFLOT USA Inc. and MediaFLO technology development, QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions, QUALCOMM Government Technologies and QUALCOMM Technology & Ventures. Dr. Jacobs was also responsible for overseeing the corporate marketing functions and the Company's standards organization.

Benjamin Levy
Vice President, Marketing
Vringo
Benjamin joined Vringo recently as Vice President, Marketing. He brings over fifteen years marketing experience in the telecoms arena, product development, consumer marketing, market research, and academics. Prior to joining Vringo, Benjamin was in charge of Comverse's (NASDAQ: CMVT) marketing in Europe. To date, nearly half a billion people use value-added services that bear Benjamin's involvement in their development and marketing. Most significantly, he was instrumental in the development and introduction of ring-back tone services in Europe. Benjamin started his marketing career as a market researcher and consultant with Market Development, Inc. (today a part of TNS) where he worked strategic projects for such companies as Microsoft, AT&T, and Sprint as well as consumer goods and pharmaceutical companies. Benjamin holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, a MA in International Relations from the University of San Diego, and is currently in the final stages of a doctoral degree in Media Studies at Fielding Graduate University. His doctoral research focuses on the effects of New Media usage on consumer perceptions of brand value.

Louis Gump
Vice President, mobile
The Weather Channel Interactive
Louis has responsibility for all of the company's branded offerings for mobile consumers, including downloadable wireless Doppler radar applications, multimedia offerings, messaging products, and wireless websites. During his tenure, TWCi has launched various products such as made-for-mobile video and on-demand messaging, and has continued to integrate mobile offerings into weather.com, the Web site of The Weather Channel. Previously, Mr. Gump served as Director of Business Development and Director of Mobile Products and Services for TWCi.

Sue Marek
Editor-in-Chief - Telecom
FierceMarkets
Sue is currently Editor-in-Chief-Telecom at FierceMarkets. Previously, she was a member of Wireless Week's original launch team in 1995, and has more than a decade of publishing experience. She coordinated production of the start-up publication as managing editor. Before Wireless Week, Ms. Marek worked as managing editor of Convergence, a monthly magazine for cable television, phone and wireless network operators. From 1999 to 2001, she temporarily left Wireless Week to specialize in wireless data and broadband as news editor and analyst at Paul Kagan Associates.

Lital Marom
Director, Digital Strategy and Development
SafeNet
Lital Marom has built a career focused on developing new strategies and products in the mobile entertainment and telecommunications industries. In her current position, Ms. Marom leads new market and product strategy initiatives for SafeNet DRM product suite, which enables secure distribution of digital assets through innovative and market leading services within the mobile music and mobile television market domains. Prior to SafeNet, Ms. Marom focused on market-driven product and software development at several companies including Motorola, where she was responsible for product roadmap initiatives related to a GPS Location Based Services (LBS) system for generating mobile user positioning. She has also managed and defined the development of several first-to-market mobile entertainment systems including the Openlot mobile gaming and payment platform, Next2Me Instant Messaging (IM) and mobile entertainment platform, and Comverse Systems' Unified Messaging (UM) platform. Ms. Marom holds a degree in computer science and in business administration from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Israel

Sam Matheny

General Manager

News Over Wireless
Sam Matheny is General Manager of News Over Wireless, which is part of CBC New Media Group, LLC. CBC New Media Group is a division of Capitol Broadcasting Company with three principle areas of operation: digital television, Internet, and mobile wireless. Sam's focus is on strategic media applications, where he is currently engaged with mobile wireless content delivery. Sam has over fourteen years of experience in the high-tech world of computers and communications. Prior to joining CBC New Media Group Sam held management positions with satellite, digital television, web development, interactive video companies. Sam is a member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers , and holds a B.S. in Communications from East Carolina University and a M.S. in Technology Management from North Carolina State University. Sam lives in Zebulon , North Carolina , with his wife and two sons.

Roger Pavane
Pavane & Associates
Roger Pavane is an industry veteran with 22 years of experience in the telecommunications and mobile wireless media and technology industry. His practice is focused in hyper-growth early stage companies where the product roadmap is dynamic with a changing mix of service and product revenues, the market growth attracts new competition and FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) from incumbents and the value proposition, along with the needs of customers, is evolving. Formally Chief Revenue Officer of 1Rage Mobile Media, an online/mobile digital interactive media company recently purchased by a Japanese investment concern. Advisor and consultant to high profile companies; Cox Communications MSO-TV, Pulse Entertainment, Sona Mobile and iMEDIA International Senior Vice President for Index ($2B valuation; JASDAQ: INDX) owned mobile media and marketing group where he drove growth of mobile marketing and content services revenues. Served as Executive Vice President Sales of TruePosition, a Liberty Media (NYSE: L, LMC.B) owned wireless location technology software company where he lead the start-up company to record growth and expanded its market reach through several large publicized global wireless Location Based Services contracts. Served as Chief Operating Officer for ORA Electronics, a global wireless technology design and manufacturing corporation. Pavane was a corporate consultant to JP Morgan with responsibility for the Financial Technology Group providing the delivery of financial data and information services to the Banking and Securities industry. Pavane was an early executive at LP Communications in 1986, which was later acquired by Tektronix. Prior to LP Communications he held sales and marketing management positions at Reuters News and Satellite Business Systems. Pavane is a graduate of CUNY, New York, active member of CTIA, an advocate and industry speaker on mobile media content and enterprise/consumer mobile commerce and interactive mobile media.

Dennis Quinn

Executive Vice President, Business Development

Turner Broadcasting System

Dennis Quinn is executive vice president of business development for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.). In this capacity, he is charged with heading the company's designated point group on all approved domestic new business activity. Quinn's responsibilities include guiding collaboration between the various Turner divisions and departments in the United States involved in business development activity concerning new media, the Internet and digital delivery platforms; developing and implementing wireless strategies for the Turner brands; overseeing Turner Network Sales' (TNS) efforts in interactive and enhanced television; and assisting with the development and execution of Turner's narrowband and broadband strategies, including GameTap, a first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment and video game network. He is based in Atlanta and reports to Andrew T. Heller, president of domestic distribution for TBS, Inc.

Bob Shallow

Vice President/GM, Mobile Entertainment Group

TV Guide, Inc.

In September 2006, Bob Shallow was named to the newly created position of vice president and general manager, Mobile Entertainment Group at Gemstar-TV Guide International. In this role, Mr. Shallow is responsible for the leadership, development and day to day management of the mobile group, including driving growth and developing partner and customer relationships. Mr. Shallow most recently held the position of director of multimedia experiences for Nokia, Inc.'s multimedia business group. With Nokia, Mr. Shallow specialized in the areas of digital media technology and regulation. He helped launch a number of consumer applications in the domains of mobile internet and video and broadcast TV, among others. Further, Mr. Shallow was the director of channel sales and development for Nokia's music and rich media group, where he was heavily involved in marketing and merchandising with leading wireless carriers and national retailers. Prior to that, Mr. Shallow served as vice president of production ventures & services for TWI Interactive, where he was responsible for setting strategies and generating revenue related to content distribution and the launch of new digital channels through video on demand television, broadband, interactive television, mobile and packaged media. He also served at Trans World International as vice president of production. Mr. Shallow is based in New York , and reports to Rich Cusick, senior vice president and general manager of Digital Media. He graduated with a B.A. in Communications from Pepperdine University .

Levi Shapiro
Director of Audience Metrics
Telephia
Levi Shapiro is the Director of Audience Metrics for Telephia, the world's largest provider of mobile-related market research and the only source for POINT OF SALES measurement in mobile. In this role, Mr. Shapiro has created partnerships and products for leading movie studios, television networks, game publishers, record labels and advertising agencies. He has also developed innovative new products, including the industry's first-ever Mobile Video Report. Previously, Mr. Shapiro served as CEO of two mobile video companies, Two Minute Television and Snack Mobile. Two Minute Television created short-form TV series with episodes averaging 4 million broadcast and cable TV viewers, carriage on 110 major websites and distribution on wireless carriers in North America, Asia and Europe.

Neil Strother
Wireless Analyst
Jupiter Research
As an analyst with JupiterResearch, Neil Strother focuses on mobile marketing and media, providing valuable strategic and tactical guidance to clients engaged in mobile advertising campaigns. His extensive experience in wireless research - both the technological trends and consumer behavior helps these companies target mobile consumers with relevant content and appropriate promotional messages. Strother is quoted often regarding the latest mobile trends and devices in leading industry trade publications and mainstream news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The Economist, USA Today, BusinessWeek online, Forbes, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, and San Francisco Chronicle. Strother joined JupiterResearch in February 2007.

Daniel Tibbets

Executive Vice President, STUDIOS

GoTV NETWORKS
Daniel Tibbets is an accomplished executive from the entertainment industry, with more than 16 years of traditional and new media experience. Prior to joining GoTV Networks, Daniel held senior executive roles in production and development for companies such as CBS Enterprises , Fireworks Television , Inc., Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment and Twentieth Television. At Twentieth Television, Daniel ran FOXLAB, Inc. where he co-created and developed the first ever mobisode. In addition, he executive produced the first two original content mobisodes Love and Hate and Sunset Hotel, which launched in February 2005 . Daniel also developed the first convergence program to air on broadcast television at FOXLAB. In addition to his work at Twentieth Television, Daniel is credited with the development and sale of the HBO series ROME from his work at Papazian-Hirsch. Daniel graduated from Arizona State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with an emphasis in International Marketing and Business.

Mitch Weinraub
Executive Director
Products and Services
Comcast

Mitch Weinraub is Executive Director, Products and Services for the Comcast Media Center , a business unit of Comcast Cable. In this role, he oversees development and implementation of the company's content creation, management and distribution services. The Denver-based CMC's products and services encompass production and postproduction facilities, a national VOD platform, web streaming, store and forward delivery and video over IP, including IP multicasting via satellite and delivering video to PCs and portable media devices. Weinraub has over 18 years of experience designing facilities, systems and processes for the purpose of managing technology. Before assuming his current assignment at the CMC, he spent six years as its Senior Director, New Media Initiatives and Implementation. During this time he led the team that launched the CMC's national VOD platform, which currently manages and delivers over 3,600 assets each month to more than 15 million digital cable households across the US . His team also worked on developing the mosaic packages used for the CMC/GuideWorks' video-rich navigation (VRN) service, and creates and delivers standard definition and HDTV content for VOD and PC video players, including highlights of professional and international sporting events. Most recently, he has supervised the development and distribution of mobile video content for the Sprint JV, and cross-platform advertising and marketing promotions for one of the world's top consumer electronics manufacturers.

Scott Wills
President and Chief Operating Officer
Hiwire
Scott is responsible for the deployment and launch of Aloha Partners' mobile television broadcast service. He held Chief Executive Officer and executive positions for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, covering consumer-packaged goods, media entertainment and new technologies. During his early career, Mr. Wills introduced popular new products for companies such as P&G and Pepsi-Cola. He also successfully founded several media and technology companies, both public and private. Mr. Wills' media entertainment credentials include the launch of A&E cable network, relaunch of American Movie Classics, introduction of the Montel Williams TV show and development of Zing interactive TV.

Roger Wood
Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Americas
Amobee Media Systems
Roger Wood is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Americas for Amobee Media Systems. As Amobee expands its presence in the Americas, Wood is responsible for the management of the company's P&L and market launch in the region. In the past 15 years, Wood has been involved in some of the most innovative initiatives in the wireless industry and marketing arena. He began his career as a part of the iDEN Division of Motorola which created and launched the Nextel system and popular iDEN brand of mobile phones. Next, he joined Allen & Co. start-up Omnipoint Communications, where he managed the international business for Voicestream, Aerial, Powertel and Omnipoint - the consortium of GSM carriers which became T-Mobile USA after the Deutsche Telekom acquisition of the companies. Wood brings with him deep experience of the advertising and interactive marketing worlds, having served as Corporate Vice President of Global Marketing at Reebok International, now a part of Adidas AG. At Reebok, Wood pioneered the use of interactive media platforms for fitness video distribution, advertising and ecommerce for all of the company's brands, which included Greg Norman, Ralph Lauren Polo Sport, Rockport and Iverson I3. Formerly the COO & Practice Leader for the Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice at Willis Group, an international risk consulting firm, Wood has also been a consultant to CEOs and senior executives of many leading interactive media, entertainment and technology companies. Wood earned a BA in statistics and marketing from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He also completed his MBA at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied computer science at Columbia University in New York City.

Joe Zaller

Vice President, Strategic Marketing

Snell & Wilcox
As VP of Marketing, Joe Zaller brings to Snell & Wilcox a proven track record and more than 15 years experience in the digital media industry, including work in the broadcast, cable & satellite and IPTV markets on both sides of the Atlantic . His experience encompasses all aspects of marketing, including strategic development, product management, marketing communications, partnership management and business development. Joe joined Snell & Wilcox in 1988 and led the company's global marketing strategy throughout its rapid early growth phase before leaving in 1998 to become VP of US Marketing at Irdeto Access, a leading provider of conditional access control systems for cable, satellite, IPTV and mobile networks. At Irdeto he was responsible for the product management of the company's IP conditional access system which has now been deployed in a variety of IPTV and mobile video applications. Joe rejoined Snell & Wilcox in 2003 as VP Marketing and is responsible for the company's marketing strategy and market segment activities. He holds a BS Business Administration and BA Philosophy from Villanova University , and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.

Robert (Bob) M. Zitter

Executive Vice President, Technology & CTO

HBO
Bob Zitter is executive vice president, Technology and chief technology officer, for Home Box Office. He is responsible for the company's technology interest worldwide, overseeing distribution, origination, production operations and engineering. In addition, he oversees HBO's new technology planning and IT groups. He was responsible for HBO's pioneering introduction of digital compression technology in 1992, the development and launch of HBO HDTV in 1999, and the technology aspects of HBO on Demand. He was also one of the founders of HBO's businesses in Latin America, Asia and Europe . Zitter was inducted into The Cable Television Hall of Fame in 2006, and is a recipient of the NCTA's Vanguard Award.