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Havas Digital
Ed Montes
Regional Manager, North America
Based in Boston, Ed Montes is the Regional Manager for Havas Digital in North America. Ed is also responsible for the development and leadership of Media Contacts US and Canada, managing MC staff spread across five North American offices: New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto. Previously, Montes served as Managing Director of the Boston office, the largest of Media Contacts' US operations. Within this role, Montes demonstrated an exceptional rapport with clients and a proven ability to not only lead the organization, but drive strategic new business objectives as well.
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Hitwise
Bill Tancer
Global Research Director
and author of "Click"
Bill Tancer is the General Manager, Global Research at Hitwise. Bill brings 12+ years of marketing, market research and corporate strategy experience to Hitwise. As the GM for Global Research, he provides cutting-edge research and insight into online consumer behavior and the application of online competitive intelligence. Bill’s analysis of the online landscape has been quoted extensively in the press, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today and Business Week. Bill is a frequent guest on CNBC, and has been interviewed on MSNBC, NPR, CNN Radio and CBS Radio. In addition to speaking at keynote events, Bill is the author of a weekly online column for TIME, “The Science of Search.” He was also named Television Week’s “12 to Watch” for 2008 and is currently on the advisory board for the PEW Internet and American Life Project.
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Revision3
Jim Louderback
CEO
Jim Louderback joined Revision3 as the CEO in July 2007. Jim has spent 16 years in various media and technology management roles, including leading editorial and lab efforts for PC Week, and being on the launch team for ZDTV/TechTV - the first 24 hour cable network devoted to technology. He most recently served as senior vice president and editorial director for Ziff Davis Media's Consumer group, along with being Editor in Chief of PC magazine. Prior to jumping into the media world, Jim built computer systems for Fortune 500 companies, managed the ticketing and ground operations for regional airlines, and attended various institutions of higher learning in the Northeast. He has a Math degree from UVM, and an MBA from NYU's Stern School, but don't hold that against him. When he's not working, Jim likes sailing, biking, hiking and travel -- occasionally simultaneously. |

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Truveo/AOL Video
Dr. Pete Kocks
President and VP of AOL Video
Pete Kocks oversees the ongoing development, growth and operation for Truveo, the leading video search engine. He joined Truveo shortly after the company’s founding in 2004. Prior to Truveo, Pete helped launch three software startups in the fields of video surveillance, database monitoring, and application hosting. At Presidio Technology, he led the development of a distributed video surveillance system with a unique approach to indexing video streams. As CEO and co-founder of BayGate, he led the development of a database monitoring system from inception to deployment in the mission-critical datacenters of dozens of large corporate customers. BayGate was acquired by Portal Software in 2001. As one of the first employees of Digitivity, a startup that developed and brought to market a Java application server, he guided the technical and business relationship with Citrix systems that ultimately led to its acquisition by Citrix in 1998.
Pete holds a doctoral degree from Stanford University where his research focused on systems modeling and computation. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. |
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Break
Keith Richman
CEO |
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BrightRoll
Charles Whittingham
Vice President of Sales
Charles Whittingham is the Vice President of Sales at BrightRoll and brings over 25 years experience in media, advertising and building Internet sales teams. Most recently, Charles was the Vice President of Sales, Western Region, for Advertising.com (a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL).
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CBS Interactive
Anthony Soohoo
SVP and GM of Entertainment
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CJP Digital
Wilson Cleveland
VP, Digital
Wilson Cleveland joined CJP in 2001 and currently oversees the firm’s Digital practice, which he founded in 2006. JP’s Digital practice creates integrated, award-winning digital marketing and public relations strategies for companies within the digital media and entertainment space including NBC Universal, Bravo, Generate, Hulu and IGA Worldwide’s in-game advertising network. In 2007, CJP received the 2007 PRSA Big Apple Award for New Media Campaign of the Year for its social media campaign launching the MINI Cooper credit card. Wilson and his group at CJP also work with clients to explore branded digital entertainment ideas and opportunities. In 2007 his team created and produced The Temp Life, a serial Web comedy for staffing firm Spherion that was named among Brandweek magazine’s “Brightest Ideas” of 2008. |
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Diffusion Group
Mugs Buckley
Analyst |
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DigitalSmiths
Ben Weinberger
CEO
Ben Weinberger is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Digitalsmiths, the company behind VideoSense™, an innovative video search and asset management solution used by major Hollywood studios, web video destinations and brand marketers.
VideoSense™ searches and indexes video content while creating metadata based on image, audio, text and speech recognition. The VideoSense™ platform offers an intuitive search engine, comprehensive asset management solution and video player with built-in reporting analytics.
Digitalsmiths empowers content owners, aggregators, advertisers and publishers to contextually search, retrieve, publish and efficiently monetize their content. |
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Digitas
John McCarus
VP and Group Director |
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Dynamite Network Solutions
Jeffrey Musson
CEO
Jeff is an accomplished entrepreneur with 10 years experience in achieving corporate goals through operational excellence and solid financial performance. He is known for his ability to effect significant change through simplifying complex challenges and by motivating staff along with peers to meet desired business outcomes. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated success in directing business development with progressive responsibilities, strategic business planning, marketing and contract negotiations with affiliated partners. Currently, as President and CEO of Dynamite Network Solutions Inc., he has positioned Dynamite as a leader in video streaming technology for corporate website properties.
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EuroRSCG
Mike Fung |
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EyeWonder
Brendan O'Brien
VP and GM of In-Stream Solutions
As EyeWonder’s Vice President & General Manager of In-Stream Solutions, Brendan is responsible for all aspects of the company’s In-Stream Interactive Digital Ad products, integrations and services. Prior to EyeWonder, Brendan led all digital advertising efforts for Akimbo, a cutting-edge Internet video start-up. Before that, he managed West Coast sales efforts across Tribune's 24 broadcast TV and cable network websites (WGN, KTLA, WPIX and eleven newspaper websites: latimes.com, chicagotribune.com, newsday.com). Brendan has a degree from USC, a technical designation from UCLA and an MBA from Pepperdine. |
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Feed Company
Josh Warner
President
As president and founder of Los Angeles-based Feed Company, Josh works with advertisers to help increase their exposure on popular blogs, video sites, and social networks. In this capacity, he's also responsible for the company's new business development. Prior to founding Feed Company, Josh was a vice president of marketing at Nine Systems, a video content delivery network where he spearheaded the company's marketing programs. Before that, he worked in marketing roles at Virgin Records and mobile music company Xingtone starting his career at DDB Needham. As a noted expert in the online video industry, Josh is a former journalist and writer for several publications including Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.
Josh holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Boston University's School of Communication. |
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For Your Imagination
Paul Kontonis
CEO
Paul is the Chief Executive and a co-founder of For Your Imagination,
a leading new media studio which develops and markets high-quality
original web video series turning concept into reality for brands and
content creators. As an interactive media veteran, Paul has been a new
media pioneer and has developed interactive content practices which
reach out and engage an audience. Paul was the Chief Marketing Officer
of btldesign, a 25-year-old marketing communications agency,
specializing in interactive marketing communications for Fortune 100
global brands like MasterCard, Samsung, Pfizer, Major League Baseball
and the FIFA World Cup. Paul's interactive experience began as the
Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SenseNet, a Web application
development agency, and as the Director of Business Development for
Silver Shock, a boutique interactive agency. He appears in a number of
marketing publications, digital media books including the Documentary
Filmmakers Handbook, and is a speaker at several industry onferences
and seminars annually. |
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French Maid TV
Tim Street
Executive Producer |
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Geek Entertainment TV
Irina Slutsky
Host
Irina Slutsky is the host and co-founder of Geek Entertainment Television, one of the longest running shows on the internet. Irina helps organize many tech-related events in San Francisco and Los Angeles. As a reporter, Irina has also worked at newspapers and magazines since she graduated from Columbia University's journalism school in 2000. |
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Gigya, Rooly Eliezerov, President and Co-Founder |
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Google
Robert J. Victor
Product Manager, Emerging Media
As Product Manager for Emerging Media at Google, Robert looks for ways to extend the DoubleClick Revenue Center and DoubleClick Digital Advertising Center. In this role, he works closely with leading agencies, brands and publishers across the globe to develop innovative advertising products. Today, his role includes responsibility for DoubleClick’s mobile and in-stream advertising strategies and products. |
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Heavy.com
Eric Hadley
CMO |
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Holiday Inn Express
Steve Ekdahl
Director of Brand Marketing
Steve Ekdahl is Director of Brand Marketing,
Holiday Inn Express® for IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms.
Mr. Ekdahl oversees and drives the implementation of marketing strategies and programs to support the short and long-term growth and profitability for more than 1,600 Holiday Inn Express hotels in the Americas.
Mr. Ekdahl joined IHG in 2001 as brand manager, Holiday Inn Express where he guided national promotion activities and consumer communications for the brand, including the award winning Stay Smart® television advertising campaign. During his tenure the brand’s Stay Smart advertising campaign has garnered numerous Effie Awards culminating in the Gold Effie for Sustained Success, two Worldwide Hospitality Awards for Best TV Advertising Campaign, and the brand has been named one of America’s Greatest Brands by the American Brands Council. |
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Initiative
Michael Hayes
SVP |
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maniaTV
Stefan Goldby
Co-VP of Programming
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network DadLabs
Clay Nichols
Host/Producer
Clay Nichols is the Chief Creative Director, Writer, Producer and Star
of DadLabs, a parenting video network for dads by dads. As a husband,
father, author, playwright, teacher, and now screenwriter and
television host, Clay has written over a dozen plays for both young
and adult audiences that have been produced across the country, most
recently in Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and Louisville, Kentucky.
Titles includeAppleseed John, The Speaker Speaks and The Nose in
Exile. His plays have received awards from the Center for American
History at the University of Texas, the Austin Critics' Table, The
Playwrights' Center of San Francisco, and Stages Theatre of Houston,
among others. His book "Pulling Off Your Shorts: Filmmaking for
Teens" co-authored with Troy Lanier, published in April 2005 by
Michael Wiese Productions, has been widely praised by critics and kids
alike. A follow-up "Filmmaking for Teens: Docs and Mocs - Your Reel
Life" will be released in 2007. |
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Newsforce
Dana Todd |
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NewTeeVee
Liz Gannes
Editor
Liz Gannes is the founding editor of GigaOM's NewTeeVee.com blog, the premier publication for news and analysis in the online video world. Liz still contributes to GigaOM.com; prior to joining the company, she was a reporter for Red Herring. She graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in linguistics. |
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Next New Networks
Tim Shey
Co-Founder
Tim Shey is a co-founder of Next New Networks and Head of Entertainment
Programming, leading the company's programming, technology and creative
development teams.
Tim has worked in interactive media for over a decade, designing and
producing experiences in a variety of emerging formats including
interactive television, mobile entertainment, and social media. |
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Personal Life Media, Inc.
Susan Bratton
CEO
Susan is the co-founder and CEO of Personal Life Media, Inc. Personal Life Media (personallifemedia.com) is the first podcast and blog advertising network for advertisers to reach the "cultural creatives" market segment. Expert hosts deliver talk shows, reality-audio programming, interviews, advanced techniques and guided exercises for self-empowerment. Susan is also a founder and Vice Chairman of the Association for Downloadable Media. Since 2005, she has hosted a popular podcast in the digital media industry called "DishyMix: Juicy Podcast Interviews with Famous Internet and Media People." |
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PixelCorps
Alex Lindsay
Chief Architect |
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Pixsy Corporation
Chase Norlin
CEO
Mr. Norlin is the CEO of Pixsy Corporation, the leading B2B provider of video and image search. Mr. Norlin has spent the last 15 years in the Internet and digital media industries. Prior to Pixsy, Mr. Norlin served as Senior Business Development Executive at ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) where he managed publisher distribution and emerging technologies for the ValueClick display ad network, paid search, and comparison shopping divisions. |
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Red Robot
Tom Flanagan
CEO |
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Revision3
Veronica Belmont
Co-Host, Tekzilla
Veronica is the co-host of Revision3’s tech-centric show, Tekzilla, and Qore on the PLAYSTATION Network. Previous to that, she hosted several other online video shows and podcasts, including Mahalo Daily, Buzz Out Loud, MP3 Insider, and Crave. She also created tech video content for CNET TV, including the popular series Prizefight. Veronica frequently guest hosts other technology-related podcasts, and also speaks about technology, gaming, and social networking. In her spare time, she hosts the science fiction and fantasy-themed podcast / book club The Sword and Laser. |
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Sterling Market Intelligence
Greg Sterling
Principal
Greg Sterling founded Sterling Market Intelligence, a consulting and
research firm that tracks the Internet's impact on offline consumer purchase
behavior. Sterling is also the lead analyst for LocalMobileSearch, an
advisory service from Opus Research dedicated to the mobile Internet. In addition, Sterling blogs for Search Engine Land, Screenwerk and
LocalMobileSearch.net. |
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Tube Mogul
Brett Wilson
CEO
Brett leads the strategic direction for TubeMogul. He spent the first three years of his career as a consultant for Accenture. Next, he founded and led YouCanSave.com, a profitable e-commerce company that obtained over $69 million in revenue and was successfully acquired. Brett is undefeated at Risk, is the reigning Foosball champion at TubeMogul and a lousy (but aspiring) windsurfer, sailor and investor. He is also married and has two beautiful children. Brett received his MBA from the UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. |
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Visible Measures
Brian Shin
CEO
Brian Shin is the founder and CEO of Visible Measures. Brian has co-founded several successful Internet software companies, including web-based collaboration technology vendor Creative Aspects, which was acquired by Medsite Inc. (now WebMD); and The Cambridge Intelligence Agency, a Web-based e-mail response management solution provider that was acquired by marketing services company MSGi. Brian also co-founded technology strategy consulting firm Infraweb, Inc., where he served as President, and was an early member of the team at Allaire Corp. which went public in 1999 and was subsequently acquired by Macromedia.
Brian enjoys trying new foods with his wife, holds an undergraduate degree from Tufts University, and earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management as part of the dual-degree Harvard-MIT Biomedical Enterprise Program. |
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Havas Digital
Ed Montes
Regional Manager,
North America |
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Hitwise
Bill Tancer
Global Research Director
and author of "Click"
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Revision3
Jim Louderback
CEO |
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| Speakers: |
| Truveo/AOL Video, Dr. Pete Kocks, President and VP of AOL Video |
| Break, Keith Richman, CEO |
| Brightroll, Charles Whittingham, Vice President of Sales |
| CBS, Anthony Soohoo, SVP, Interactive |
| CJP Digital, Wilson Cleveland, VP |
| Diffusion Group, Mugs Buckley, Analyst |
| DigitalSmiths, Ben Weinberger, CEO |
| Digitas, John McCarus, VP and Group Director |
| Dynamite Network Solutions, Jeffrey Musson, President and CEO |
| EuroRSCG, Mike Fung |
| EyeWonder, Brendan O'Brien,
VP and GM of In-Stream Solutions |
| Feed Company, Josh Warner, President |
| For Your Imagination, Paul Kontonis, CEO |
| French Maid TV, Tim Street, Executive Producer |
| Geek Entertainment TV, Irina Slutsky, Host |
| Gigya, Rooly Eliezerov, President and Co-Founder |
| Google, Robert J. Victor, Product Manager, Emerging Media |
| Heavy.com, Eric Hadley, CMO |
| Initiative, Michael Hayes, SVP |
| maniaTV, Stefan Goldby, Co-VP of Programming |
| network DadLabs, Clay Nichols, Host/Producer |
| Newsforce, Dana Todd |
| NewTeeVee, Liz Gannes, Editor |
Next New Networks, Tim Shey,
Co-Founder |
| Personal Life Media, Inc., Susan Bratton, CEO |
| PixelCorps,
Alex Lindsay, Chief Architect |
| Pixsy Corporation,
Chase Norlin,
CEO |
| Red Robot, Tom Flanagan, CEO |
| Revision3, Veronica Belmont, Co-Host, Tekzilla |
| Sterling Market Intelligence, Greg Sterling, Principal |
| Tube Mogul, Brett Wilson, CEO |
| Visible Measures, Brian Shin, CEO |
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