Kris Alexander

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Senior Media and Entertainment Service Line Manager

Kris has an accomplished record as a marketing professional and business development entrepreneur in the technology and media and entertainment industries. He is presently overseeing the creation of media on-demand solutions for media and entertainment businesses to digitally deliver music, movies, games and syndicated content. Mr. Alexander has spoken on the subjects of Digital Media and Entertainment, Next Generation Game Platforms, Digital Content Delivery, VoIP and IP Security at industry conferences. He has contributed to several industry white papers regarding online gaming and electronic entertainment, most recently the Themis Report 2004 and is a contributing author to the International Game Developer Association.

Chris Anderson

Wired Magazine

Editor-in-Chief

Chris has led the magazine to four National Magazine Award nominations, winning the prestigious top prize for General Excellence in 2005. Previously, he was at The Economist, where Mr. Anderson served as U.S. Business Editor, Asia Business Editor (based in Hong Kong) and Technology Editor. He started The Economist's Internet coverage in 1994 and directed its initial web strategy. Mr. Anderson's media career began at the two premier science journals, Nature and Science, where he served in several editorial capacities. Prior to that Mr. Anderson worked as a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory's meson physics facility and served as Research Assistant to the Chief Scientist of the Department of Transportation.

Colleen Andersen

MSN/Microsoft Corp.

Senior Business Development Group Manager

Colleen has over 21 years in the music industry, the most recent seven years on the digital media side. Her career experience includes professional musician, major label executive, successful Internet entrepreneur and at present lead director of music industry engagements for MSN and Microsoft. Ms. Andersen is responsible for strategy, relationship management and business development for MSN and Microsoft across the areas of retail and subscription services, marketing, artist/label relations and industry evangelism. She also represents Microsoft on digital policy matters in the Digital Media Association. Formerly, Vice President of BD/Mktg for MongoMusic.com, Ms. Andersen was part of the executive management team acquired by Microsoft in it's acquisition of MongoMusic in September 2000.

Ben Bajarin

Creative Strategies

Analyst/Strategist

Ben joined Creative Strategies in 2000 after spending five years in the field as an Internet Software Engineer and IT Administrator. He started in 1996 with Cypress Semiconductor, implementing Internet solutions for inter-department efficiency. Then moved on to Valley Credit Union, where Mr. Bajarin worked with Internet presence and online banking strategies. He then spent 12 months as the Director of Internet Operations for WebAgencies, Inc.

John Beezer

Shared Media Licensing, Inc.

President

John is one of grunge music's few unrepentant instigators, and profiled in the 1996 documentary Hype! After the grunge media frenzy crested in the early 90's, He co-founded the web marketing firm Brazil Design Group. In 2002, Mr. Beezer helped develop the concept for Weed's unique file-sharing service and founded Shared Media Licensing. The idea was simple: Weed pays you to share files – as long as you buy them first.

George Borkowski

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP

Partner

George is a litigation partner and chair of its Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. As a senior member of the industry's litigation team in the cases against file sharing sites Napster and Grokster, Mr. Borkowski's practice covers a wide range of IP and technology concerns, including copyright, trademark, licensing, trade secrets and right of publicity matters.

Scott Boyd

America Online, Inc.

Director, Music Industry Relations, AOL Music and AOL Radio Network

Scott is responsible for developing and managing Pop, Rock and Indie music programming and production for aolmusic.com and the AOL Music and Radio Networks. He also oversees programming for AOL Music On Demand, the #1 free video on demand service on Time Warner Cable, as well as manages AOL Music’s relationship with Apple iTunes. Prior to joining AOL, Mr. Boyd served as an Artist and Repertoire representative for Time Bomb Recordings, and was a manager at Rebel Waltz Management, working with artists including No Doubt, Social Distortion, Chris Cornel and The Offspring.

Tim Bratton

RealNetworks, Inc.

General Manager, Music and Wireless Delivery
Tim invented the technology behind Rhapsody, the #1 Digital Music Subscription service while serving as Chief Executive Officer at TuneTo.com. After selling the company to Listen.com in 2001 and joining the executive team, he stayed on to build the Rhapsody business. Mr. Bratton joined Real in 2003 with the acquisition of Listen.com. He holds a BSEE from the University of California at San Diego and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Lane Bruns
Oakley, Inc.

Program Manager, Razrwire/Thump

Lane has worked at Hewlett-Packard as a Financial Analyst in the Video Commuincations Division and at Texas Instruments in product marketing and technical sales for the Broadband Communication Group. Later he joined Silicon Wave as Regional Sales Manager. Currently Mr. Bruns helped identify, design and manufacture personal electronics and communications products for Oakley which included launching "Thump," the world’s first MP3 player built into eyewear and "RazrWire," the world's first bluetooth headset designed into custom eyewear.

David Card

JupiterResearch

Vice President and Senior Analyst
David analyzes the media and music industries, focusing on cross-media programming, online revenue streams and audience segmentation. Previously, he directed media and marketing research, and, as Jupiter's Research Development Vice President, he helped guide coverage architecture, research methodologies, and overall quality. Mr. Card also helped launch the MindShare program for senior executives, initiated Jupiter's digital and interactive TV research, and was Senior Analyst in the Web Technology service.

Atri Chatterjee

Mercora

Executive Vice President and Co-Founder

Atri is a seasoned marketing and business development executive with a successful track record in Internet technology, consumer software and Internet direct marketing. He was most recently Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at McAfee.com Corporation before its merger with Network Associates. Prior to McAFee.com, Mr. Chatterjee was Vice President of Marketing and Co-Founder of Responsys Inc., an application service provider for Internet direct marketing. Hewas also an early employee of Netscape Communications where he held various roles including Director of Server Marketing, where he helped grow the business from $0 to $100M, and Director of OEM Business Development. Mr. Chatterjee has also held product marketing and engineering roles in a broad range of software and systems companies including Clarify and Sun Microsystems.

Gary Cohen

MusicNOW

President

Gary was the founder of several organizations, including Sapean Corporation, a profitable international investment and consulting firm, and Cruise Technologies, the leading supplier of wireless network computers, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Along with being responsible for daily operations at Cruise, Mr. Cohen established successful distribution partnerships with IBM, Motorola, Telos and Wyse Technologies. His depth of experience can also be attributed to his position leading operations and finance at Zenith Data Systems.

Scott Cohen
The Orchard
Founder and Vice President, International
Scott co-founded The Orchard in 1997 with legendary Producer/Songwriter and co-founder of Sire Records, Richard Gottehrer. He began his career in the music business in the late 80's as an artist manager of both independent and Major Label artists. In addition to Mr. Cohen’s responsibilities at The Orchard, he manages The Raveonettes (Columbia/SonyBMG), whose new album Pretty in Black is garnering rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Spin, Q and NME and entered the Billboard Heat Seekers Chart at Number 5 and is a top 20 hit in the UK.

Brida Connolly

Radio & Records Newspaper

Technology Editor and Associate Managing Editor

Brida has been covering consumer electronics and other technology news for leading radio-industry trade publication Radio & Records since 2000.

Brad Duea

Napster

President

Brad is responsible for overseeing the business operations and defining the strategic direction of the Napster service. He took on this position after serving as Vice President, Worldwide Business Development for Roxio, Inc., where he was responsible for all business development efforts for the company, including those for Napster. Mr. Duea reports directly to Napster’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Chris Gorog.

Eric Garland

BigChampagne

Chief Executive Officer

Eric is recognized as one of the industry's leading authorities on the global file sharing phenomenon. His report to the California State Senate was the basis of the Associated Press story "Analyst: Internet file-sharing bigger than record business." Most recently, Mr. Garland contributed data and analysis to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development flagship publication "IT Outlook 2004" and Forrester's research report "From Discs to Downloads." His commentary appears in the media frequently, and his remarks can be found often in the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.

Jonas Gerber

Moderati Inc.
Vice President, Business Development

Jonas is responsible for Moderati's business development group, which oversees carrier distribution & relations, strategic alliances, and content licensing. Prior to joining Moderati, he licensed music and developed a network of distribution partners for online music provider Listen.com's Rhapsody digital music service. Mr. Gerber's digital music experience also includes Mjuice, a pioneer in the digital download space, where he was one of the early employees.

Bruce Gitlin

ContentGuard

Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer

Prior to ContentGuard, Bruce was Director of Strategic Alliances at Xerox where he was responsible for establishing alliances with key computer industry leaders. At Xerox, his responsibilities included Vice President of Strategy for the Office Systems Division and Office Products Division, Vice President and General Manager of the Personal Computer Division, and a range of positions in marketing, international planning, product development, solutions development and program management.

David Goodman

Infinity Broadcasting

Marketing President

David works with the company’s 183 individual stations to enhance their own branding and advertising campaigns and also leads Infinity’s technology and new business initiatives. He joined Infinity in 2002 as Executive Vice President of Marketing and has played a pivotal role in developing multi-dimensional radio platforms for major clients, as well as formed a unique content and media/marketing alliance with America Online. Throughout his career, Mr. Goodman has successfully launched some of the world’s leading music, television and theatrical properties. He has also created award-winning integrated media sponsorship campaigns for a variety of advertisers both domestically and abroad, including American Express, Heineken and AT&T, among others.

Michael Grasso

SBC Communications

Executive Director

Michael has been with the SBC Communications family of companies for 14 years and currently oversees all consumer promotions, marketing communications and advertising initiatives designed to acquire and retain customers for SBC local and long distance voice services, SBC Yahoo! DSL high-speed Internet, SBC DISH Network satellite TV entertainment, Cingular Wireless and SBC Freedomlink Wi-Fi services. As a driver of the national consumer marketing strategy, Mr. Grasso’s areas of focus include general market, multicultural and college segments with diverse approaches for multiple customer sales points including SBC call centers, retail locations and sbc.com. He has built industry leading strategic joint marketing relationships and programs that have helped re-position SBC companies as leading communications and entertainment providers.

Sharon Graves

PhatNoise

Chairmen, President and Chief Executive Officer

Prior to joining PhatNoise shortly after inception, Sharon had over 15 years of experience in the investment and finance industry. She previously served as a Principal at the boutique merchant-banking firm Metier Capital Group where she helped architect private and public equity investments for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and GEICO Insurance, as well as develop capital and business strategies for global financial services firms, entertainment industry clients, and smaller companies. Ms. Graves also worked as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs. She received a B.S. with distinction in Industrial Engineering from Stanford.

Sunjay Guleria
411-SONG
Chief Executive Officer
Sunjay has over 12 years of marketing and business development experience working in the consumer, wireless and music services industries. Prior to joining 411-SONG, he served as Director of Product Marketing for Teltier Technologies, Inc., a New York based start-up that develops presence-enhanced wireless services for businesses and mobile professionals. Since the company's inception, he has directed its product marketing strategy and development. Before joining Teltier, Mr. Guleria worked in senior marketing positions handling consumer marketing, direct marketing and brand development for Liquid Audio, Time Warner and Procter and Gamble (P&G).

J. Scott Hamilton

VoodooVox

President and Chief Executive Officer

Scott was the founder of Cambridge Intelligence Agency (CIA), a software company that developed an e-mail marketing tool for high traffic web sites. CIA was later acquired by Marketing Services Group in 1999. He also previously served as chief operating officer MyWay Online, a world-class search and full-portal personalization engine, powered by the Internet's leading providers. Before entering the world of high-tech, Mr. Hamilton spent more than seven years in management consulting, principally with Arthur D. Little and Arthur Andersen Consulting.

Kurt Hanson

RAIN: Radio and Internet Newsletter

Publisher

Kurt is Publisher/Editor of "RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter," a daily web-only publication that has become the leading authority on the subject of Internet radio. He worked at radio stations in Milwaukee and Chicago throughout his high school, college and grad school years. Upon receiving an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1980, with partner Joe Mansueto, he founded Strategic Media Research, which has become the radio industry's leading music and perceptual research firm. During a nine-month sabbatical from the radio and research business, Mr. Hansont served as a graphic artist on the major motion picutre "Star Trek: Insurrection" and spent three months living in Tokyo. He began publishing "RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter" in Fall 1999.

Morgan Harris

Audio Lunchbox

Co-Founder

Morgan founded HYFN, a premiere web development and design firm specializing in viral media players and tracking for the music industry. Realizing there was a need for increased indie label and artist exposure in the digital marketplace, he co-founded Audio Lunchbox, an indie only digital music store in 2003. Mr. Harris brings years of experience to both companies and is active in all day to day activities, including marketing and business development.

Evan Harrison

Clear Channel Online Music & Radio

Executive Vice President

Evan is charting the future of online music and radio. Since joining Clear Channel Radio in November 2004 as Senior Vice President, Online Music & Radio, he has been building a portfolio of exclusive, custom content that will be delivered first via the existing sites of the company’s network of more than 1200 radio stations. In this innovative approach, Mr. Harrison intends to build first on the powerful relationships between some 110 million radio listeners and their local station. Before joining Clear Channel Radio, he was Vice President and General Manager of AOL Music and the AOL Radio Network. Prior to AOL, Harrison created and ran BMG Entertainment's online division and held various distribution and marketing roles there.

Steve Hartford

Reboot Music

President

Steve is President of Reboot Music, an independent music label founded by technology and entertainment industry veterans to reinvent the business of music. Reboot Music is at the forefront of online subscription and download services, wireless data services and alternative marketing. Previously, Mr. Hartford was Vice President of marketing at mobile entertainment pioneer Eyematic, and Co-Founder and Vice President of Play Inc., bringing multimedia products such as the Snappy Video Snapshot to millions of Windows PC users. In 1993, he received a Primetime Emmy award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his personal engineering contributions to the NewTek Video Toaster, a product widely credited with launching the desktop video industry.

Ken Hertz

Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLP

Senior Partner

Ken specializes in representing talent in the entertainment industries. The firm's clients include Will Smith, Destiny's Child, Beyonce Knowles, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt, Hillary Duff and Alanis Morissette. Prior to joining the firm, he was Vice President, Music -- Business and Legal Affairs -- for The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Hertz is also a principal in Membrain, an entertainment marketing strategy consulting firm that consults a number of firms engaged in businesses operating in the entertainment content, technology and marketing industries (including Hasbro, Alliance Entertainment, BMG and The Estate of Elvis Presley, Def Jam and Paul Frank Industries).

Laura Hess

CNET Networks

Technology Editor, MP3.com

Since 1999, Laura has been involved with the online music industry, working with digital music pioneer, Liquid Audio, now called Liquid Digital Media. As Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Liquid Audio, she chose all the music featured on the site and also Liquid’s affiliate sites including Tower Records, Best Buy and FYE, building key relationships with major and independent record labels across the United States. After the company was acquired by Anderson Merchandising in 2003, Ms. Hess developed innovative online marketing strategies for record labels and retailers, cumulating with her work with Wal-Mart’s online digital music store, where she chose the music for one of the most popular and influential digital music outlets on the Web.

Thomas Hesse

Sony BMG Music Entertainment

President, Global Digital Business

Thomas oversees all aspects of the music company's Global Digital Business operating group, which develops Sony BMG's digital revenues worldwide. He also leads Sony BMG's overall efforts in the area of new technology. Previously, Mr. Hesse served as BMG's Chief Strategic Officer. In this capacity he has been responsible for mergers and acquisitions and business development, as well as for setting the strategic direction for BMG's digital business and new technology initiatives.

Bradley Horowitz,

Yahoo!
Director, Media and Desktop Search

Bradley is responsible for leading Yahoo!'s efforts on desktop, image and video search. His expertise helps drive initiatives that enable the company to provide comprehensive multimedia offerings to customers. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Horowitz served as both the Chief Technical Officer and the Vice President of Engineering for Autonomy, where he was responsible for the technical delivery of five major product lines.

Daniel House

GoTV Networks

Director of Marketing

Daniel spent 15 years as the President and Owner of C/Z records, where he worked in every capacity including artist and repertoire, marketing and promotions. Mr. House has been involved in the digital realm, having spent several years at RealNetworks working with content development and acquisition, music editorial and music content for the Web. More recently, as the Chief Architect for DownloadPunk.com, he oversaw all aspects of the creation, development, design, workflow and functionality of one of the first genre-specific digital music download sites.

Jack Isquith

America Online, Inc.

Executive Director, Music Industry Relations, AOL® Music and the AOL® Radio Network

Jack manages AOL's relationships with more than 100 labels, managers and artists. In this capacity, he and his team are responsible for securing and developing exclusive music programming for AOL's network of leading music properties available on the AOL service and on the Web on properties including aolmusic.com, Winamp, Netscape Music, CompuServe Music and AIM Music. Mr. Isquith is also Executive Producer for AOL Music's popular original music programs AOL Music Sessions, intimate in-studio performances and interviews, and AOL Music LIVE! events, exclusive live concerts.

Dave Jaworski

PassAlong Networks

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Dave founded PassAlong Networks in 2002 based on his experience with digital media distribution. In eight years at Microsoft, he held several key positions in U.S. and Canada and received the first Bill Gates' Chairman's Award for Excellence. Mr. Jaworski went on to launch several software companies.

Susan Kevorkian

IDC

Senior Research Analyst, Consumer Markets

Susan examines the evolving world of digital audio hardware, software and related technologies, and provides market insight on and in-depth analysis of emerging markets for MP3, DVD-Audio and SACD players and content, A/V and DVD receivers, terrestrial and satellite digital radio hardware and services, IP-based and wireless music services, and the music industry.

Mieko Kusano

Sonos

Director, Product Management

Mieko is responsible for leading the product management, strategy and design of Sonos' products. Previously, as a Design Director and Product Manager at Philips Electronics, she worked on several consumer electronics products, including touch-screen remote controls, portable communication devices, and multi-media home theater. Ms. Kusano draws from her experiences with Philips Electronics Group and Invention Machine Corporation in developing, defining, designing and branding the Sonos Digital Music System. 

Christopher Levy

BuyDRM

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Christopher has several years of experience in the Rights Management Industry and is a noted industry expert on DRM and Rights Management at large. He is currently the CEO and President of BuyDRM.com, a new marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of Rights Management Services. Mr. Levy is the former Founder and President of EmpireDRM (ClearKey Solutions), a start up service provider in San Diego, California and a founder and CTO of DRM Networks a DRM Service Provider in Tempe, Arizona.

Martin Luther

Martin is an independent artist, a composer, musician and producer for The Roots, a pioneering hip-hop band. He plays rhythm guitar and does the lead vocals for The Roots. Under Mr. Luther’s own name, his current sophomore release is Rebel Soul Music. This San Francisco native has a degree in Media Arts and a concentration in Entertainment Law and Marketing.

Joe Lynam

PaymentOne

Chief Executive Officer

Joe has spent the last two decades as one of the leading pioneers of digital payment. He created the vision and developed innovative, patented digital payment solutions including the industry's fastest-growing PhoneBill service at PaymentOne. Mr. Lynam's early work in online payment methods, authentication tools, and comprehensive fraud control techniques now are emerging as industry-wide standards.

Tony McCall

M-Audio

Director, Consumer Division

Tony has been with M-Audio for six years in a variety of sales management positions and has been an integral part of moving the M-Audio brand into the consumer market.  Still an active singer and song-writer, his experience in the music industry spans more than 15 years and includes management of his own recording studio.

Robb McDaniels

INgrooves

Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer

Prior to founding INgrooves, Robb worked for six years in the finance industry. Most recently he was a Vice President in the Structured Finance Group at Marsh & McLennan Securities in San Francisco. Mr. McDaniels' focus was on maximizing the value of intellectual property to be used as a finance tool for a number of Fortune 500 companies. INgrooves represents music from over 1,000 artists and 300 independent record labels for internet and mobile distribution, marketing and licensing.

Mike McGuire

GartnerG2

Research Director

Mike is responsible for the media team’s coverage of the legal and regulatory issues facing media companies, and is responsible for GartnerG2’s coverage of the online music segment. He also collaborates with GartnerG2’s Allen Weiner to chart the emerging class of “New Media Titans.” Mr. McGuire is also GartnerG2’s research liaison with The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Before rejoining Gartner in 2000, he worked with mobile computing start-ups in the Bay Area and Southern California.

Tim Mitchell

Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA)

Vice President, Business and Product Development

Tim's current role is managing all music licensing for IODA's 600+ independent labels, and he drives product development and strategy in marketing, promotion and the core business of distribution. Recently he re-launched MP3.com at CNET Networks as the site Director in May 2004. There, he was responsible for managing MP3.com, its business strategy and technologies. Mr. Mitchell played a key role in the re-launch, providing a new brand, focus, strategy and directive. In 1996, he started his internet career at Wired Magazine and soon moved to Hotwired, the first commercial media website.

David Pakman

eMusic, Chief Operating Officer

Dimensional Associates, Managing Director

David is a pioneer and entrepreneur in the world of digital music. He was the Co-founder and President of Business Development and Public Policy at Myplay, Inc., the broadband application services company founded in 1999 that introduced the "digital music locker" and pioneered the locker category. After selling Myplay to Bertelsmann's eCommerce Group in 2001, he was named Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Public Policy for BeMusic, a division of Bertelsmann. Prior to Myplay, Mr. Pakman was an early principal force and co-creator of Apple Computer's Music Group, co-founding the Macintosh New York Music Festival and co-producing the then-largest industry webcast to date, the 1997 GRAMMY Awards.

David Porter,
Live 365
Director, Business Development
David is responsible for strategy, business development and consumer marketing for Live365. During his tenure, consumer subscription revenues have more than doubled. Mr. Porter maintains many of the Company's key relationships with distribution and content partners, including RealNetworks, Philips Electronics and Radio & Records. He also oversees the Company's financial reporting and analysis and day-to-day administrative operations.

Derek Reisfield

MusicStrands

Chairman

Derek is the Founder and former Chairman of MarketWatch, former President of the CBS New Media Group, former Vice Chariman and Executive Vice President of Luminant Worldwide Corporation, and Co-Founder of i-Hatch Ventures. He has spent his career in the Media, Telecommunications and New Media industries. As the youngest division president in the history of CBS (1997 to 1999), Mr. Reisfield was the architect of the company's New Media strategy and helped to build and operate over 200 Internet sites. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Business Development of CBS and a consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mr. Reisfield has helped to conceive, build and take public three Internet new media companies, MarketWatch, Sportsline and Luminant.

Jeremy Rosenberg

MusicChoice

Senior Vice President

Jeremy helps to guide Music Choice's exploitation of technology as well as stake out new intellectual property. He oversaw the technical set-up of the Music Choice service, and was instrumental in the launch and set-up of Music Choice Europe. Mr. Rosenberg is currently exploring new technologies to take the Music Choice network mobile.

Syd Schwartz

Virgin Records America

Vice President, Interactive Marketing

Syd is responsible for managing the creative planning, technical development and strategic direction of all Virgin Records America artist websites and Internet Marketing initiatives, including artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Robbie Williams, Janet Jackson, Stacie Orrico and Ben Harper. Prior to Virgin, he was with Wind-Up Records, where he began in 1995 as Director of Sales & Marketing, but a persistent push to get the company online resulted in his assuming the newly created position of Director of Technology in 1996. Mr. Schwartz was promoted to Vice President of New Media in February 1998, Sr. VP of New Media in 2000 where he was responsible for a series of groundbreaking online promotions for Creed.

Michael Stroud

iHollywood Forum, Chief Executive Officer

Always On Network, Entertainment Columnist

Michael has been a professional business journalist for 22 years, is the co-founder of iHollywood Forum, and a frequent moderator for business forums on digital entertainment. He previously covered technology as a senior writer at Investor's Business Daily, was the Los Angeles Bloomberg News entertainment correspondent for five years, later served as the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for Broadcasting and Cable, and was a correspondent for four years for Wired.com. He is now an independent journalist covering technology, entertainment and the wireless industry, and is a featured columnist for Always On Network (www.alwayson-network.com). His articles have also appeared in the Sunday New York Times, Business 2.0, and The Red Herring. He has a B.A. from UC Berkeley in Asian Studies in 1981, and speaks fluent Mandarin.

Don Teague

PaymentOne

Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Don is responsible for overall global sales. Under his leadership, PaymentOne's PhoneBill solution has become the number one payment platform of choice by leading Internet Service and Content Provider customers. He has been instrumental in building the framework for PaymentOne's single source e-payment solution model. Prior to joining PaymentOne, Mr. Teague was Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for UptimeOne, an eCommerce application service provider (ASP). He was responsible for taking the company's revenues from zero to $3 million within the first year, and securing major clients such as Hewlett-Packard, 3Com and National Semiconductor, among other Fortune 500 companies.

Daren Tsui
MSpot

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Daren, prior to founding MSpot, was the Vice President of Business Development at Enpocket, a global mobile media company providing integrated entertainment and marketing services. There he was responsible for U.S. mobile carrier relationships and business development. Mr. Tsui joined Enpocket as a result of the acquisition of SkyGo, an early pioneer in mobile marketing. At SkyGo he was the president, co-founder and a member of the Board of Directors.

Bill Valenti

Melodeo

President

Bill has found success coupling his over 20 years of experience in international investment banking with growth-potential technology start-up companies. He spent 17 years living and working in Asia developing commercial and investment banking business for Chemical Bank/Riggs Bank. Mr. Valenti returned to the U.S. in 1992 to launch New Pacific Partners, an investment banking partnership focused on Asian market strategies for U.S. clients. He later co-founded and served as CEO of Tegic Communications.

Fred von Lohmann

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Senior Intellectual Property Attorney

Fred is a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual property issues. In that role, he has represented programmers, technology innovators, and individuals in litigation against every major record label, movie studio, and television network (as well as several cable TV networks and music publishers) in the United States. In additon to litigation, Mr. von Lohmann is involved in EFF's efforts to educate policy-makers regarding the proper balance between intellectual property protection and the public interest in fair use, free expression, and innovation.

Dr. Andreas Weigend

MusicStrands

Chief Strategist

Andreas was the former Chief Scientist at Amazon.comt, Co-Founder of MoodLogic and Strategic Consultant for leading companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia . He teaches at Stanford University. Dr. Weigend's career as a scientist and business innovator enables him to successfully bridge the gap between industry and academia.

Dan Weiner

Song BMG Music Entertainment

Vice President, Strategy and New Ventures,

Global Digital Business

Dan develops overall strategies for the global digital business unit and drives a range of new partnership and product development activities across online, mobile, P2P and other emerging channels. From 2001 to 2004 he served as Senior Director of New Formats and Business Development. Mr. Weiner’s key projects included the launch of DualDisc, which he helped to guide from initial conception through Sony BMG‘s U.S. rollout earlier this year, and the development of product strategies for the Universal Media Disc, the new hybrid music/video/gaming product for the PlayStation Portable device.

Michael Weiss

StreamCast Networks

Chief Executive Officer

Michael has spent three decades on the cutting edge of how, when and where consumers consumed their entertainment. He created the wildly popular Morpheus peer-to-peer search and file-sharing application has overseen its explosive growth going from inception to 20 million users within six months. According to CNET's download.com, Morpheus has been downloaded over 130 million times, making it the fourth most popular software application in the history of the Internet.

Jeremy Welt

Warner Music

Vice President, New Media

Jeremy, prior to his current position at Warner Music, was Head of New Media for Maverick Records. Since 1999, he has implemented and overseen online marketing campaigns for label artists including Alanis Morissette, Deftones, Me'Shell Ndege'ocello, William Orbit and Tantric. Mr. Welt’s new media strategy has included groundbreaking digital downloads: Maverick was one of the first labels to go the digital distribution route with Morissette and creative partnerships with numerous online companies.

Robert Wolff

Digital 5

Director, Technology

Robert is responsible for technology vision and development throughout Digital 5, and brings with him over 17 years of experience in both large corporations and start-ups, which have successfully gone IPO.  He has held a variety of engineering positions including Vice President Eengineering at Ravisent Technologies, Inc., responsible for the advancement of DTV products, and Senior Director of Engineering at Phoenix Technologies where Mr. Wolff managed the technical vision for the information appliance and media platform group. 

Linda Young

Loudeye

Executive Vice President, Global Strategies

Linda brings more than 20 years of experience managing global IT, mobile and entertainment solutions within Fortune 500 companies.  She joined Loudeye from Siemens, and previously held senior management roles at Exodus, CSI Digital and SGI.