Simon Assaad

Heavy.com

Co-Chief Executive Officer

Simon was living in New York and selling five dollar salads when he developed a keen understanding of how to market, and quickly spent all his savings on producing a feature film, which landed him a role as Executive Producer of 'Under the Streets of Nice', a movie developed by Warner Brothers. Mr. Assaad's vision resulted in a direct path to the Internet and marketing, where he built in partnership with David Carson, both Heavy.com and Heavy, the company¹s agency arm. Both company's reflect his desire to make a big impact by taking the road less traveled which he did in 1991 when he hitch hiked across central Africa, and does now regularly by skydiving on the weekends.

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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 he helped them with their Internet presence and online banking strategies.  He then spent 12 months as the Director of Internet Operations for a start-up called WebAgencies, Inc.

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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.

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Yotam Ben-Ami

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc

Vice President, Worldwide Anti-piracy Operations, North America

Yotam oversees all North American anti-piracy operations and manages strategic worldwide anti-piracy initiatives and projects, working closely with Warner Bros. Entertainment’s anti-piracy regional teams and business units. He joined the Company in 2002 as manager, corporate business development and strategy, before becoming one of the core members of the newly created Worldwide Anti-piracy Operations unit. Prior to joining Warner Bros. Entertainment, Mr. Ben-Ami worked for McKinsey & Company specializing in telecommunications and e-commerce. He also worked for Cellcom; Israel’s leading cellular communications provider.

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Ian Blaine

thePlatform

Cheif Executive Officer

Ian is a software industry veteran with experience at large software companies as well as successful start-ups. He has a strong background in product development, having spent over nine years at Aldus/Adobe Systems as a senior manager in the publishing division. In addition, Mr. Blaine has proven entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded two successful start-up companies.

David Bloom

Consultant and Writer

David has more than two decades of experience in entertainment, technology and politics as a studio executive and journalist. Most recently, he was vice president, corporate communications for famed film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At MGM, Mr. Bloom handled media and investor inquiries worldwide regarding the studio’s $4.9 billion acquisition by a Sony-led consortium of five companies.

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Tim Bratton

RealNetworks

General Manager, Wireless Delivery

Tim has more than 15 years of experience as an executive and entrepreneur in the high tech, computer audio and networking industries. Drawing on a rich background that includes management, business development, technology licensing, and OEM sales experience, Tim can address a variety of audiences at any level of understanding about the trends and technologies driving the markets for streaming media, digital audio and Internet radio.

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Martijn Lopes Cardozo

GoldPocket Wireless

Senior Vice President, Distribution and Partnerships

Martijn is responsible for developing and managing key strategic partnerships for GoldPocket. He spearheaded GoldPocket’s entry into the wireless market with the acquisition of MOEO in 2002 and has developed key alliances with wireless carriers. Mr. Lopes Cardozo also oversees the distribution of GoldPockets interactive television technologies to cable and satellite providers. Prior to GoldPocket, he was a Product Manager at Akamai Technologies, where Mr. Lopes Cardozo arranged and coordinated reseller agreements including a critical arrangement with WebTrends.

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Suranga Chandratillake

blinkx

co-Founder

Suranga founder of blinkx, is a technology innovator with over eight years' experience.  He received his MA in computer science from the University of Cambridge, England specializing in distributed processing architectures and has a varied background in software spanning investment banking, pure software houses, consultancy and r&d.  After three years as Autonomy Corporation’s US CTO, Mr. Chandratillake went on to found blinkx.

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Alan Citron

Movielink

Senior Vice President, Marketing

Alan’s responsibilities include creating the product vision, managing customer acquisition and retention, defining user experience, and driving day-to-day revenues. He worked as a reporter, editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Times for 14 years before moving on to a variety of leadership positions in transactional Internet services. Mr. Citron started by serving as the founding president of Ticketmaster Online, and subsequently as chairman of Ticketmaster/Citysearch. After serving as president of USA Networks Interactive, he became founding president of MusicNet.

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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.

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Don Daglow

Stormfront Studios

Chief Executive Officer

Don  founded the company in 1988 and   Stormfront's recent titles include the action-adventures Demon Stone (PS2/Xbox, published by Atari), and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PS2/Xbox, published by EA, based on the film by Peter Jackson).  His work has earned recognition in publications ranging from Computer Gaming World to Inc., Upside, The Red Herring and the San Francisco Business Times.  Electronic Games called Mr. Daglow "one of the best-known and respected producers in the history of the field."  Prior to founding Stormfront, he served as director of Intellivision game development for Mattel, as a producer at Electronic Arts, and as head of the Entertainment and Education division at Broderbund.

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Kelly Dempski

Accenture Technology Labs

Senior Researcher

Kelly’s technology focus is on human-computer interaction and advanced graphical techniques and how they can be applied to specific business problems in the areas ranging from visualization to interactive entertainment. His recent projects focused on the use of next generation game consoles and other consumer technologies as enablers for highly personalized content distribution. Mr. Dempski’s current project explores the use of very large interactive screens for both high performance data visualization and new advertising metaphors.

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Vladimir Edelman

ESPN Mobile Publishing

Senior Director

Vladimir manages all aspects of ESPN’s domestic and international wireless licensing business, including business and product development, relationships with wireless network operators, handset manufacturers, content aggregators, and enabling companies. ESPN is currently one of the most distributed wireless content companies in the U.S., with a wide variety of products including data applications, games, ringtones, messaging and multimedia content available through its relationships with major carriers such as Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile, and AT&T.

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Don Eklund

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Senior Vice President Advanced Technologies, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Don oversees the development of the authoring system for the next generation optical format Blu-ray Disc, together with its integration within the existing Digital Authoring Center at SPE.  As part of this role, Mr. Eklund also conducts evaluations of new entertainment technologies and formats, such as UMD video. Additionally, he is closely involved with content security initiatives for the SPE Digital Policy group, whilst representing SPE within the recently established copy protection alliance Advanced Access Content System (AACS) and the Hollywood studio joint venture Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI).

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Mark Ely

Sonic Solutions

Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
Mark joined Sonic Solutions in August 1992. He has held positions in Technical Support, Sales Engineering, Product Marketing, Business Development and General Management. Mr. Ely received a B.A. from Middlebury College and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA.

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Jennifer Feikin

Google

Director, Video

Jennifer manages partnerships with Google Video content providers and oversees the development of the product. She joined Google from AOL Time Warner where she was Executive Director of Strategic Development. Prior to AOL, Ms. Feikin worked in business affairs at 20th Century Fox and Morgan Creek Productions, and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Duke University.

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Jim Flynn

Chief Executive Officer

EZTakes

Jim has created the world's first legitimate, scalable and secure DVD download and burn service. EZTakes enables consumers to buy/rent videos over the Internet that they can burn directly to DVDs that play on the hundreds of millions of DVD players consumers already own. He has a track record of creating highly successful technology companies. Mr. Flynn has held top management positions in private startups, public companies and multi billion-dollar corporations.

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Scott Foe

Nokia

Producer

Scott is a trailblazer in the mobile games industry, and responsible for creating game experiences that push the limits of online mobile entertainment.  Foe’s most recent title, the massively multiplayer Pocket Kingdom: Own the World (Sega) was given a “Best of 2004” award from GameSpy, which called Pocket Kingdom, “The ultimate online game.” Mr. Foe was instrumental in creating N-Gage Arena, the first global, mobile entertainment community, and produced Pocket Kingdom.

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Jay Frank

Yahoo! Music

Head of Artist and Label Relations, Music

Jay currently manages artist and label relations for Yahoo! Music, formerly LAUNCH, the music destination on Yahoo!.  Before the acquisition of LAUNCH Media, Inc. by Yahoo!, he was vice president of marketing and promotions, where Mr. Frank spearheaded all programming efforts for audio and video for LAUNCH.  He has been responsible for procuring and managing the site’s Live@LAUNCH calendar of live video and audio recordings for its “Artist of the Month” and “Emerging Artist of the Month” programs, which have boosted and launched some of the most well-received new artists and albums of the past years.

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Ben Fritz

Variety / Daily Variety

Technology and Film Reporter

Ben's primary beat is interactive entertainment. He was prevoiusly a managing editor of the dot-com publication Digital Coast Reporter. Mr. Fritz also co-author of the book All the President's Spin: George W Bush, the Media, and the Truth, and an editor of the satirical website DatelineHollywood.com

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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.

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Mike Gaumond

Motorola

Vice President and General Manager, Media Solutions

Mike is responsible for the definition, prioritization, development and commercialization of seamless music solutions. His prior roles at Motorola include Vice President and General Manager, Market Solutions Division and Vice President of Strategy of Business Development for Commercial and Government Solutions.  Before joining Motorola, he spent six years as a Principal with CSC-Index and six years in system software development at Unisys.

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David George

Maven Networks

Vice President, Alliances

David has 17 years of global experience in alliances, marketing and professional services roles in the high tech, software, and media industry.  Prior to Maven, he developed and grew eBay’s International Strategic Partner Sales organization. Mr. George's past experience includes NetGenesis, FTP Software and Xerox Corporation.

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John Geoghegan

LucasArts

Vice President, Marketing and Sales

John oversees all programs and activities that support the global marketing and publishing strategies of LucasArts’ video games. He provides strategic direction and creative vision to worldwide partners and manages the sales, product marketing, public relations, web, and creative services groups. Mr. Geoghegan is a veteran marketing executive with nearly 20 years of experience creating and managing integrated marketing communications programs for such globally known companies as Sun Microsystems, Procter & Gamble, Nortel, Nestlé, British Airways, DuPont and Chevron.

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Olivier Gers

FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide

Senior Vice President, Licensing, Americas

Olivier has done a bit of everything in the media world over the course of his career, from merchandising to publishing to event production.  This wide-ranging experience has all come together at FremantleMedia North America, where, he is leading a veritable sea-change in the creative expansion of television rights. Since joining FMNA’s New York-based licensing division in early 2003, Mr. Gers has developed an innovative blend of ancillary options to maximize the potential of the company’s slate, which includes the smash hits American Idol and The Swan and such classic game shows as The Price is Right. 

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Shawn Gold

Weblogs Inc.

Publisher

Shawn is Publisher of WeblogsInc, the largest publisher of professional blogs on the web with over 6-million monthly readers. Among his 74 Blogs are www.Enadget.com, www.Luxist.com, www.AutoBlog.com and www.joystiq.com. Mr. Gold has created communications plans for some of Americas biggest brands including 2002 Olympics, Hot Wheels, Butterfinger, Pampers, Nabisco and Cheerios. In 1995, he created the first interstitial ads on the Web and an industry-leading advertising integration system based on time rotation and contextual integration.

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Laura Goldberg

Napster

Chief Operations Officer

Laura is responsible for running the day-to-day business as well as setting strategy and product direction for Napster.  She oversees all operational aspects of the service, including product development, program management, backend technologies, customer care, content acquisition and clearance, reporting, and key vendor relationships, including Microsoft and Gateway.

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Josh Goldman

Akimbo

Chief Executive Officer

Josh was CEO of mySimon, sold to CNet in 2001, and then President of the consumer group at CNet.  He has also served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Sprout Group Venture Capital and held roles at Apple, USWeb, Softbank and Phoenix Technologies.  He sits on the Boards of Directors at Akimbo Systems as well as at Ask Jeeves and startup local search company PremierGuide.

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Ed Gottsman

Accenture Technology Labs

Senior Researcher

Ed's current work includes information visualization and wearable computing, and he recently developed a strongly-branded RSS screensaver designed to drive traffic to Accenture (and other) blogs.  His blog, which he’s been operating sporadically for a year, is replicated prominently on ZDNet’s “Between the Lines.”

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Eric Grab

DivX Inc.

Technology Architect and Digital Security Specialist

Eric has helped various commercial and government organizations determine how cutting-edge software technology can enable cost saving measures and create revenue streams. He worked with some of the first software-based Digital Rights Management technology for video and subsequently researched and led implementation of the DivX, Inc. Open Video System. Launched in August 2001, The DivX OVS is the first commercially available system that securely rents and delivers full screen video over the Internet.

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Jefferson Graham

USA Today

Technology Reporter

Jefferson covers technology; mostly digital entertainment for USA TODAY, where he has been a staff reporter since 1984, writing about everything from television, movies and music to features about ice cream cones, Motel 6, Stuckey's drive-in and roller coasters. Now Mr. Graham mainly covers gadgets, cameras, MP3 players and websites.

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Steve Haire

Verizon Communications

Director, Interactive TV

Steve's role also includes creating, driving and managing the execution of the strategic vision of IPTV content; both for the development of interactive software applications and interactive multimedia and video programming. One of his key roles is to insure that Verizon's new platform provides content producers and providers with an on-ramp to FiOS TV for innovative programming creation and distribution. Mr. Haire is a veteran new media and interactive television executive with over 15 years experience in production and management of new media and interactive video content.

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William Hearst III

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Partner

William R. Hearst III is a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm located in Menlo Park, California. Hearst joined KPCB in January, 1995, and currently serves on the boards of: Akimbo, Applied Minds, Juniper Networks, Oblix, OnFiber and rgb media. In addition to his portfolio company boards, he is also a director of the Hearst Corporation, and Hearst-Argyle Television. Hearst is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a trustee of: The Hearst Foundation, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, California Academy of Sciences, and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.

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Ken Hertz

Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein

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 and 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.

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Claas Heise

T-Ventures

Managing Director

Claas Heise joined T-Venture in Bonn, Germany as an investment professional, having already been successfully working with T-Venture as an outside advisor since 1997. T-Venture is the corporate venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom group, which also includes T-Mobile. He is based at T-Venture's U.S. subsidiary, T-Venture of America in San Mateo, CA. Mr. Heise is responsible for U.S. portfolio companies, new deal flow and projects, the relationships with U.S. venture capital companies, and for managing T-Venture’s partnership with Telesoft Partners.

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Gregg Hill

Rainbow Media 

President, Distribution

Gregg oversees affiliate sales and marketing for AMC, IFC and WE: Women’s Entertainment, as well as Rainbow’s on-demand services IFC Films On Demand, Mag Rack, sportskool, Uncensored On Demand and World Picks. He has been the driving force behind Rainbow’s successful distribution expansion. Mr. Hill has also been responsible for the distribution of the AMC, IFC, WE: Women’s Entertainment and Mag Rack.  His specific responsibilities included new subscriber acquisition and retention, new product development, contract negotiations, and affiliate marketing. 

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Bradley Horowitz

Yahoo!
Director of 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.

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Kieve Huffman

Sony BMG

Vice President and GM, U.S. Digital Sales and Business Development

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Brad Hunt

Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

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Donald Jasko

Digital Economics, LLC

Donald is an attorney by training, but he has, for the past 20 years, focused his energies on the economic, technological and rights management issues involved in the licensing of copyrighted content. Mr. Jasko served in various management positions at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), in which he was instrumental in transforming the process by which performance rights in musical compositions are licensed for television broadcast. He was a key participant in the complex music industry negotiations which culminated in the new "per program" license, as well as the development of the process by which music performance and pricing data are exchanged electronically between performing rights organizations and television broadcasters.

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Liz Jones

Twentieth Century Fox

Vice President, Digital Marketing

Liz oversees the Digital Marketing campaigns on all Twentieth Century Fox movies.  Pushing the boundaries of traditional movie marketing, she has leveraged the Internet and other new media technologies to deliver interactive campaigns that create early awareness and buzz. Over the past seven years, Ms. jones has developed some of the Web’s most memorable movie campaigns including the global GeoCaching scanvenger hunt for Planet of the Apes,  X-Men’s MutantWatch campaign, the Clio award-winning site for Ice Age, and this year’s multi-player online game in nine languages for Fantastic Four. 

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Jeff Kapner

Adelphia

Regional Director, Marketing and Strategy

Jeffrey is responsible for strategic marketing of advanced technologies that include HDTV, VOD and PVR in the Southern California area.  Prior to joining Adelphia, he established Keen Personal Media, Inc., a privately held subsidiary of Western Digital, where he managed business development, strategic planning and relationships with industry analysts.  Mr. Kapner was also Senior Manager of Broadband Strategic and Corporate Marketing at Earthlink, Inc., where he was responsible for the company’s national strategic marketing initiatives.

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Richard Kerris
Director, Technical Marketing, Applications Division
Apple
Richard currently heads up technical marketing for Apple’s software application’s group, including Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Logic, Shake, Motion and iLife 05. He brings over 20 years experience in the video, audio and computer graphics industry to this position. Prior to Mr.Kerris' work within Apple's professional applications group, he was senior director of developer technologies for Apple's Worldwide Developer Relations group where he managed teams that support Unix, Java and Cocoa developers working to bring their applications to Mac OS X.

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Stanley Kim

Samsung

Principal

Stanley is a Principal with Samsung Ventures America and a member of the corporate staff organization of Samsung Electronics, where he supports initiatives related to the Consumer Electronics and LCD divisions. Previous experience prior to Samsung includes running a software company from inception to $110M exit and working for McKinsey & Co as a consultant.

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Daniel Kletzky

Konami Digital Entertainment

Executive Vice President, Business Development

Daniel started his career in licensing as an entertainment attorney in NYC.  He went on to serve in various senior management positions at Warner Bros. Consumer Products both in NY and Burbank.  In 1993 Mr. Kletzky founded Entertainment Licensing Associates (ELA). Over the years ELA represented licensing rights for numerous intellectual property rights owners. In the interactive space ELA acted as licensing agent for Japanese video game giants Capcom and Square.

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George Kliavkoff

Major League Baseball Advanced Media L.P.

Senior Vice President, Business Development

George Kilavkoff is responsible for negotiating all deals related to MLB’s interactive media unit, including licensing all technology necessary to build and maintain MLB’s online assets, distributing MLB’s online subscription products and overseeing MLBAM’s strategic relationships and any M&A Work.  Before joining MLB Advanced Media, Mr. Kliavkoff ran the business development group for RealNetworks’ consumer division for more than four years.

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Evan Kramer

National Football League, New Media and Publishing

Senior Director

Evan is responsible for the general management and development of many new media businesses for the NFL including the internet, satellite radio, broadband, wireless, fantasy football and interactive television. He helped engineer some of the largest sports new media rights agreements in recent years with partners such as Sirius, AOL TimeWarner, Viacom and CBS Sportsline. He was also a key visionary in the development of the NFL Internet Network, a groundbreaking network concept enabling the league to leverage the power of aggregation and centralized investment while providing for local team editorial and community functions.

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Joseph Laszlo

Jupiter Research
Research Director, Broadband and Wireless

Joseph plays a key role in JupiterResearch's strategic analysis of new interactive platforms. He has contributed to JupiterResearch reports on consumer adoption of voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony, ISP churn, cost drivers for broadband applications, and the growth of home networks.  Mr. Laszlo has contributed to JupiterResearch coverage of mobile data services since its inception.  His research includes reports on mobile operator performance, location-based applications, and wireless data business strategies.

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Alvin Lau

Digital 5

Director of Business Development

Alvin is responsible for business development strategy and partner relationship efforts.  He brings over 10 years of management experience in the entertainment technology market.  Prior to joining Digital 5, Mr. Lau was president and founder of Medianomics LLC, a sales and business development advisory firm, where he managed initiatives for various media/technology companies, including Fox TV Studios, Movielink, Intel and Muze. 

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Jeff Lawrence

Intel

Director, Content Policy

Jeff leads and oversees a wide array of legislative, regulatory, and market initiatives relating to content policy that Intel is engaged in.  Some of the content protection market initiatives that he is responsible for include: Advanced Access Content System, Digital Transmission Content Protection, High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, Content Protection for Removable Media/Content Protection for Pre-Recorded Media, Content Management Licensing authority, and DVD Copy Control Association.  

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Brian Levin

Chief Executive Officer

Brian works with consumer brands, media, entertainment companies, and wireless carriers to create mobile interactivity to engage consumers. He is a pioneer of wireless media in the U.S., providing the text-messaging technology for American Idol, a move widely credited with sparking mass adoption of text messaging in America. Under Mr. Levin's leadership, Mobliss has also powered mobile interactivity for Fox, FremantleMedia, Endemol, CBS, ESPN, TV Guide, Nickelodeon, FX Network, USA Network, Univision, Telemundo, Reveille and Tribune.

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Ross Levinsohn

Fox Sports

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Ross is responsible for the overall Interactive Media businesses of for Fox Sports including internet, wireless, broadband and interactive television. In this role, he oversees the online presence for Fox Sports, Fox Sports Net and Fox Sports World and Fuel, the new extreme sports and lifestyle channel.  Mr. Levinsohn's responsibilities include oversight of all aspects of the interactive businesses and interaction between all four broadcast and cable networks within the Fox Sports Group. 

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Edward Lichty

TiVo

Vice President, Business Development

Edward is responsible for developing and managing key strategic partnerships for TiVo. He has been with TiVo since 1998 and has helped build relationships with DIRECTV, Sony, AOL and AT&T Broadband, among others. Prior to joining TiVo, Mr. Lichty was a member of the finance team at International Wireless Communications, a wireless service provider with operating companies in Latin America and Asia.

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PaymentOne

Joe Lynam

President and Chief Executive Officer

Joe Lynam has spent the last two decades as one of the key pioneers of modern payment. He has developed innovative, patented solutions including the industry’s fastest-growing online payment service at PaymentOne, and sophisticated payment methods, authentication tools and comprehensive fraud control techniques now emerging as industry-wide standards.

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Patrick Mahoney

Yankee Group

Senior Analyst

Patrick manages research for the consumer broadband market, as well as content and applications driving broadband demand and usage. Specifically, he helps clients harness the intersection between the communications and digital content industries and evaluates potential growth strategies that will resonate with the consumer market.

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Robb McDaniels

INgrooves

Chief Executive Officer

Robb founded INgrooves in 2001. INgrooves represents music from over 1,000 artists and 300 independent record labels for internet and mobile distribution, marketing and licensing.  INgrooves represents music from top artists, including: The Nappy Roots, D-Block - Jadakiss, Style P. Sheek and Jae Hood, Felix Da Housecat, Sander Kleinenberg, Armand Van Helden and Ladybug Mecca - Digable Planets.  Prior to INgrooves, he worked for six years in the finance industry and most recently was a Vice President in the Structured Finance Group at Marsh & McLennan Securities.  

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Allan McLennan

PADEM Group

Managing Partner

Allan is a recognized entertainment technology, marketing and management executive in broadband/television/cross-media platform advancements worldwide. Based out of the San Francisco bay area and working with the worlds market leaders in IPTV/iTV; wireless; IPG’s; mobileTV, iAdvertising; DVR hardware and M/VOD content offerings, he has built and deployed some of the worlds most successful digital media offerings in both corporate and entrepreneur settings. Recently he was honored to line-produced through AFI one of the 2004 EnhancedTV projects a new generation iTV/PVR educational program for PBS’s TV411 working with project partners COX, SUN, Starz, NPTV/FR, NDS & Thompson.

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Patrick Mahoney

Yankee Group

Senior Analyst, Consumer Technologies & Services Decision Service

Patrick manages research for the consumer broadband market, as well as content and applications driving broadband demand and usage. Specifically, he helps clients harness the intersection between the communications and digital content industries and evaluates potential growth strategies that will resonate with the consumer market. Prior to joining Yankee Group, Mr. Mahoney was a consultant with ADVENTIS, a strategy management consulting firm focusing on the communications industry.   

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Chris Marlowe

The Hollywood Reporter

Editor, New Media/Technology

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Andy Moss

Microsoft

Director, Technical Policy

Andy leads the group which drives Microsoft’s strategy where business and technical directions intersect public policy issues, such as Intellectual Property and Content Protection, Digital Broadcasting (TV and Radio), Cable Plug and Play, Security, IPv6, VoIP, and Broadband. With more than 23 years of technology experience, Andy Moss has spent the past fourteen as an internal entrepreneur within Microsoft developing, launching and managing new products and services.  His many projects include Windows Media Center Edition, Windows XP Plus!, Microsoft Digital Broadcast Manager, Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise Edition and Microsoft Consulting Services.

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Wendy Nussbaum

Universal eLabs

Senior Director

Wendy's responsibilities include strategic licensing of UMG content to various third parties and implementing UMG's groundbreaking new video policies with partners such as AOL and Yahoo.  Additionally, she is active in developing and managing new business opportunities and strategic partnerships for the division.

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Jeff Nuzzi

THQ Wireless

Director, Global Marketing

Jeff oversees the brand management, marketing and public relations for THQ Wireless, one of the pioneers in the mobile gaming space. The company produces premium wireless content for such brands as Star Wars, professional sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) SpongeBob Squarepants, WWE, and Hello Kitty and has distribution agreements through wireless carriers across the globe.  

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Greg Ott

Ask Jeeves

Vice President, Marketing

Greg leads worldwide marketing initiatives for Ask Jeeves, Inc., the sixth largest property on the Web.  His responsibilities encompass brand positioning, advertising and communication, and customer acquisition - retention. Prior to joining Ask Jeeves in 2004, Mr. Ott ran marketing for a range of technology and consumer products, including Xoom Corporation, RealNames, and Proctor & Gamble brands, such as, Bounty, Luvs, Ivory and Noxzema.

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Tim Padilla

Director, Digital Asset Management, Technical Operations

Warner Bros.

Tim is responsible for service to MARS clients, day-to-day operations and is involved in DAM and content management initiatives for the studio.  He most recently led the implementation of a file-based content distribution system and is involved with Warner Bros.’ Digital End to End, or DETE project.  Mr. Padilla has been with Warner Bros. for nine years.

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Shelly Palmer

Advanced Media Ventures

President and Chief Executive Officer

Shelly is an inventor, technologist, award-winning composer and television producer.  He runs a technology and marketing consulting practice that features an award-winning creative services and production department.  Mr. palmer is the creator and executive producer of HotPop, a teen lifestyle and music show currently airing on Starz/Encore's WAM! Network as well as the patented inventor of Enhanced Television (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Monday Night Football).  Mr. Palmer is 1st Vice President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY. 

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Andy Parsons

Blu-ray Disc Association and Pioneer

Senior Vice President, Advanced Product Development

Andy has worked in the optical disc industry for nearly 25 years.  He has held technical and senior management positions at Pioneer, Optical Disc Corporation and Discovision Associates. Mr. Parsons‘ experience with optical products began with the early days of Laserdisc, and has progressed through the CD, DVD, and now Blu-ray Disc formats.

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Dave Pederson

Zoran

Vice President, Strategic Development

David spent over 17 years at National Semiconductor in various engineering, strategic marketing and management positions including Director Set Top Box product line. Mr. Pederson has over 23 years experience in the semiconductor industry including more than six years at Teledyne.

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Jeffrey Pollack

NASCAR Digital Entertainment

Managing Director of Broadcasting and New Media

Jeffrey is a two-time Emmy Award winner and leads the development of all Internet, cable television, subscription television, advanced television, satellite radio, and new media ventures for the sport, and manages NASCAR’s broadcasting partnerships with FOX, FX, NBC, and TNT. He also serves as Executive Producer NASCAR IN CAR– television’s first enhanced multi-channel digital sports package.

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Jonathan Potter

Digital Media Association - DiMA

Executive Director

Jonathan was named one of Washington’s top technology lobbyists by The Legal Times’ Tech Counsel magazine and has served as Executive Director of the Digital Media Association since its creation in June 1998.  During his tenure DiMA has become a formidable Congressional and Executive Branch advocate on behalf of its members – the leading online media companies.  An engaging and effective speaker, Mr. Potter frequently testifies before Congress and appears at conferences and on radio and television.

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Harold Protter

The WB Television Network

Senior Vice President, Technology

Hal is one of the pioneers in the Broadcasting Industry and has contributed to the launch of High-Definition Television for the past 20 years. He came up through the sales side of the business and became General Manager at WXIX in Cincinnati in 1972. Since that time, Mr. Protter has been a General Manager, Owner and Partner of numerous television stations. Currently, he has been at the WB Television Network for nine years and oversees Engineering and Technology for the network, which includes the launch of HDTV for its affiliates.

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Karl Quist

TotalVid

Founder and General Manager

Karl served for three years as Director, New Ventures at Landmark Communications, where he identified and managed private equity investments in the online and new media sectors.  Also an avid windsurfer, Mr. Quist was frustrated by the lack of windsurfing videos available through traditional retail stores and the non-existent windsurfing programming on TV.  Knowing that there were millions of frustrated enthusiasts in other specialty categories hungry for content, He developed the concept of TotalVid in 2003.

Alex Rofman

SNOCAP

Vice President, Business Development

Alex joined SNOCAP in June 2003, as the company’s second employee. He built the company’s original financial model and played a critical role in determining its strategic direction.  Mr. Rofman is responsible for negotiating and managing SNOCAP’s relationships with rightsholders, P2P networks, online retailers and other key strategic partners. 

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Ricci Rukavina

Walt Disney Internet Group

Director, Mobile Product Development