Speaker Biographies

John Allen
CEO
Digisoft.tv Limited
John Allen joined Digisoft.tv in 2001. Prior to this, John managed outsourced digital media software projects to the European Television industry, particularly in Germany, UK and Italy.

During the early company phase, John and a large team of DigiSoft.tv employees were involved in R+D activities, developing software for more than 10 European broadcasters. His technical background coupled with his expertise in systems and iTV process flow, keep him very much a part of the DigiSoft visionary team.

A regular speaker on the iTV event circuit, John's expertise in iTV business modelling has allowed for his experience and industry interface to become a invaluable asset for DigiSoft and customers alike.

John holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science from University College Cork in Ireland and has over 13 years experience in the development and deployment of commercial software solutions.

Shari Barnett
Director of Media Services, Microsoft TV Division
Microsoft Corporation
As director of media services, Barnett’s team aligns with service providers, application developers and content providers to develop  exciting new and connected television experiences that leverage  Internet Protocol (IP)TV technology.

Barnett joined the Microsoft TV organization  in March 2001. She previously served as group product manager, cable solutions, for Microsoft TV, where she oversaw the development and deployment of Microsoft’s  Foundation Edition software platformt.  Prior to that, Barnett spent three years managing WebTV’s  Interactive TV Support Group and overseeing broadcast services.

Barnett’s previous 18 years were spent as a producer and executive producer creating film and video programming, games and applications for a number of leading companies in the Silicon Valley and Bay Area. While working as director of game development at Silicon Gaming, manager of the interactive TV design team at Silicon Graphics, and senior producer at Colossal Pictures, Barnett worked with major advertisers, networks and content providers nationally.

Jonathon Beavon
Director, Segment Marketing
NDS
Jonathan Beavon is Director, Segment Marketing at NDS, responsible for platform solutions with a particular focus on technology convergence in the entertainment market. Jonathan joined NDS in 1997, prior to joining NDS he worked in the semiconductor industry at Philips, Plessey and Hitachi. Jonathan has held a variety of engineering and international marketing roles and has worked extensively in Japan, Korea, Europe and the US and holds a degree in electronics.

Deanna Brown
President
Scripps Networks Interactive
Deanna Brown joined Scripps Networks in April 2007 as President of its Interactive group. Scripps Networks Interactive is a leader in the online media space with award-winning Web sites -- including HGTV.com, FoodNetwork.com, DIYnetwork.com, FineLiving.com and GACTV.com -- that consistently lead the home, garden and food categories in the Nielsen//NetRatings and attracted an average of more than 13.5 million unique visitors per month in 2006.

Nikhil Chandhok
Product Manager, Video Syndication
YouTube
Nikhil Chandhok is Product Manager at YouTube focused on YouTube Content Syndication and Distribution partnerships. In this role he focuses on ways to distribute YouTube content to other websites and device platforms. Recently he has been responsible for the broad YouTube – Apple partnership across the iPhone, iPod and Apple TV devices.

Justin Chapweske
CEO & Founder
Swarmcast
Justin is the original inventor or multi-source streaming and ³swarming² data transfer which breaks large files into small pieces to quickly exchange them over the Internet. He started programming at age 6 and was working at university level computer science programs by the time he was 15. Justin attended the University of Minnesota where he studied Computer Science and Math and went on to quickly distinguish himself as a software engineer, becoming the principal software architect for a rising Internet OS company before his 21st birthday.  Soon thereafter, Justin founded his own company to develop and market his swarming technology.

Walter I. Delph
Director FiOS TV Video
Verizon Communications
Walter I. Delph has a breadth of professional experience that includes operations, finance and strategic planning. Since 2004, Mr. Delph has worked at Verizon Communications as a Director in its FiOS TV Video department. He oversees FiOS TV’s IPTV content strategy, gaming service, cross platform convergence and content acquisition. In this capacity, he directs the business development and operational execution of deals with FiOS TV’s traditional and multimedia content partners. He also works closely with Verizon’s product management to develop new products and services with this content, particularly on the broadband and wireless platforms.

Prior to joining Verizon Communications, Mr. Delph was at Time Warner as a member of Time Warner’s MBA Management Program. His primary focus was on originating, structuring and negotiating new business opportunities for the Time Inc division. In addition he worked with Fortune 500 advertisers to design and implement advertising pricing solutions for Time Warner properties. Mr. Delph started his career in media at TradeOut, a new media company focused on business-to-business trading, where he was responsible for strategic marketing and business development.  He is a former investment banker with Goldman Sachs and was responsible for originating, structuring and executing over $1 billion in financings.

Mr. Delph holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Middlebury College.

Colin Dixon
IP Practice Manager
The Diffusion Group
Mr. Dixon possesses a wealth of knowledge on the rich media, DTV, and IPTV spaces. Over the last 15 years, he has held senior executive positions at
Microsoft/WebTV, Liberate and Oracle. Mr. Dixon holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering and has post-graduate business education experience from Stanford.

Mr. Dixon is a frequent speaker / moderator at events such as Digital Hollywood and NAB. Recently, he presented at Fierce Markets Executive Summit, TelcoTV 2006, and The IPTV Evolution at Internet Telephony. Mr. Dixon was nominated the top analyst of IPTV’s Top 50 People by IPTV Evangelist.

Gavin Ellzey
Partner Manager, Global TME Digital Media
EMC Corporation
Gavin is currently a Business Development Manager for EMC’s Global Initiatives team in support of the global Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment (TME) vertical market. In this role he is responsible for advising TME client executives on the most effective architectures and strategies for using EMC solutions to solve business problems, specializing in the area of content-based services.

Gavin has more than twenty-five years experience in storage, information systems and network technology solutions.  Gavin is known internationally for exceptional visioning and strength of innovation – both utilized to position an organization’s business planning efforts with their technology goals. His expertise has been capitalized upon in both executive and technical leadership roles.

Gavin’s trademark in the technology arena is his strategic planning and complex problem-solving expertise in aligning technology with the client’s unique business value proposition. Gavin has led computing, software, storage and infrastructure projects with values exceeding $500 million.  He has championed all project phases - from conception until completion - including funding, architecture, design and implementation.

Greg Fawson
President and Principal Analyst
X Media Research
Greg Fawson is President and Co-Founder of S2 Data Corporation. Mr. Fawson has held executive-level positions at several market research firms since 1998. During his career, he has been responsible for the development of market intelligence services, launching international operations and creation of numerous industry forums and events. Throughout his career, Mr. Fawson has consulted with top-level executives at both semiconductor device makers and original equipment manufacturers to aid in the development of strategic initiatives and product plans. He has presented at international industry conferences and is quoted by leading industry publications. Mr. Fawson has also published numerous articles on computing platform architectures and research reports on semiconductor device technologies. Greg Fawson has lived and worked abroad and is fluent in German.

Hans Fischmann
General Manager of Advanced Media
Charter Media
For over a decade, Mr. Fischmann’s career has been based on his dynamic ability to define, strategize, create and implement revenue and marketing opportunities in the new and emerging media space. As General Manager of Advanced Media for Charter Media, he is responsible for spearheading the development of the advanced media business including revenue, expenses, capital budgets, product deployment and sales and marketing plans. Since joining Charter in January 2007, Mr. Fischmann and his team have launched over 100 interactive and VOD advertising campaigns. Prior to Charter Media, Mr. Fischmann worked as a Digital Media Strategy Consultant for MSN Soapbox, Projector123.com, Schick Quattro Brand and MTV Networks, Director of Marketing and Business Development for Buzzsaw Media Interactive Marketing, Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Apple Computer, Director of New Media and Information Technology for LMNO Productions and Supervisor of Software Content for GTE mainStreet Interactive TV.

Amy Friedlander-Hoffman
Senior Vice President, Programming
AT&T Operations
Amy Friedlander is the senior vice president, Programming, for AT&T Operations. As AT&T enters the video market to compete with cable and satellite, Ms. Friedlander will oversee interactive programming and convergence for Project Lightspeed, the initiative to expand the fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and, in the future, voice over IP services.

Preceding AT&T, Ms. Friedlander headed a strategic consulting practice, Xanthum Partners, which helped clients from around the globe with content strategy, negotiation and acquisition, and programming and packaging development.

Ms. Friedlander was previously general counsel and senior vice president of business development for Intertainer, the first VOD service delivered over both broadband and cable, and helped the company raise more than $100 million from companies such as Microsoft, Comcast, Intel, Qwest, Sony, NBC and Thomson Consumer Electronics. She was responsible for negotiating content agreements with the major studios and programmers, distribution agreements with cable companies and telcos, and general technology ventures. In the business development role, Ms. Friedlander was responsible for international development and led her team to implement Intertainer’s strategy related to content distribution and software services.

Prior to her tenure with Intertainer, Ms. Friedlander practiced corporate law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles.  

Ms. Friedlander holds a JD from the University of Chicago and a BA with honors from the University of Michigan.

Eric Freund
Director, Business Innovation & Development
Surewest Communications
Eric Freund began his career at SureWest in 2002 and has held various positions in program and portfolio management prior to his current role within Strategic Technologies.  Eric has  been involved with the Company’s development of the IPTV platform, as well as defining technology roadmaps for future products and services that will leverage the Company’s advanced FTTH platform.  Freund holds a MBA from UC Davis and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Douglas Fulton
President of Entertainment
Dave Networks
Bio to come.

Don Gaile
Senior Producer for Original Content
TV Guide Online
Don joined the company in 2007 as senior producer, TV Guide Online. He oversees the development of original content for TV Guide Online, including two weekly vodcasts and special event videos featured on TVGuide.com.

Prior to joining the company, Don worked for ten years as an independent filmmaker. In this role he produced, wrote, and directed numerous projects including feature films; broadcast television for MTV, Universal, and Scripps Networks; music videos; and corporate industrials for companies like AOL, A&E Network, Fine Living Network, Entertainment Weekly magazine, GNC Corporation, KPMG, and JP Morgan Chase.

His work has been featured in Child magazine, TimeOut New York, and Filmmaker magazine. He has been recognized by many organizations including the Independent Feature Project, one of the largest independent film organizations in the United States, and was chosen as iFilm.com's “Filmmaker to Watch.”

Don is based in New York and reports to Kirsten Rasanen, director, Product Management, TV Guide Online.

Lucy Goldenhersh
Vice President, Distribution, New Technologies
Lifetime Television
In her current role as Vice President, Distribution—New Technologies at Lifetime, Lucy Goldenhersh oversees Lifetime’s On Demand business and liaises with Lifetime’s distribution partners on new media initiatives.

Prior to joining Lifetime, she led business development at Movielink and, before that, served as a corporate Vice President at Universal, where she worked with emerging business lines across music, motion picture, and television divisions and spearheaded studio-wide content protection strategy.  While at Universal, she was actively involved in launch of the DVD format, worked with Universal Music to build out on-line music distribution and served as lead negotiator for the DVD-audio/ Super Audio CD formats.  She also served as Universal’s lead representative to the MPAA’s Special Policy Group, the industry’s coordinating body for worldwide policy issues, where she negotiated industry positions on a broad range of legislative and regulatory matters, including the DMCA and the Open Cable initiative.

Prior to Universal, she was a Business Affairs executive at Disney.  She holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Stanford University.

Adam Guy
Managing Director, Telecommunications and Media
Compete
Adam brings over a decade of experience in the telecommunications industry to Compete. As General Manager of the Telecom & Media practice, he leads a team of client services professionals and analysts to deliver comprehensive analysis of consumers and competitive intelligence. Prior to joining Compete, Mr. Guy was a Senior Analyst at the Yankee Group where he focused on wireless carriers and their approaches to distribution, pricing, market segmentation and enabling technology platforms. Previously, he was the Director of Wireless Research at InfoTek Research and a Senior Analyst of Mobile Wireless Research at The Strategis Group.

Adam has a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA from American University.

Jim Hjerpe Kaskade
Co-Founder, President, CEO
Eyespot
As co-founder of Eyespot, Jim Kaskade serves as the president and CEO. Jim brings more than eighteen years of experience of enterprise technology marketing and product development expertise, having created programs for some of the world's recognized leaders including Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Disney, Nike, Merrill and AT&T.

Jim brings a deep understanding of the life cycle of a startup to Eyespot, and has led the company's vision for editing software as a service, mobile community, and analytics. Prior to Eyespot, he founded INCEP Technologies Inc., a semiconductor technology company servicing high-performance data-intensive applications, where drove the company from concept to successful sale to a Fortune 500 company.

Jim also served as the vice president of marketing for Convergence Design Incorporated (CDI), where he oversaw corporate brand management, product marketing, and business development for digital media and telecom semiconductor applications. Prior to CDI, Jim held a number of marketing and product management positions at Teradata, a global leader in enterprise data warehousing and software analytics.

Jim has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California Santa Barbara, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of San Diego, where he specialized in entrepreneurial management, brand marketing, marketing strategy, marketing research, and new product introduction.

Elizabeth Kerton
Managing Director
The Kerton Group
Liz Kerton is a technology and telecom marketing expert with a 20-year entrepreneurial history - from retail and wholesale to online and manufacturing. After nearly 10 years in the technology industry, where she had been responsible for marketing many new businesses- from venture-funded startups and new high-tech products to new corporate divisions, Ms. Kerton began to specialize in wireless and started her own consulting business. Liz has since launched dozens of products and companies. She also manages the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley - a professional association for telecom industry insiders, the Service Provider Investment Forum- a monthly forum for the R&D and venture divisions of wireless and wired carriers worldwide, the Global UMTS TDD Alliance- a worldwide organization that supports the adoption of TD-CDMA for broadband wireless services, and sits on the board of WiFinder, an independent registry of WiFi hotspots.

Graham Kinahan
Senior Product Marketing Manager
AMD, Inc.
Graham Kinahan is responsible for Digital Media Convergence for the Desktop CPU Division at AMD, Inc. He oversees the development of Active TV technology, which is the delivery of video over the Internet to TVs throughout the home. Prior to joining AMD, Mr. Kinahan was Director of Emerging Technologies at DoubleClick, responsible for helping customers make money from their wireless and iTV advertisement inventory with the same targeting and reporting tools used on the Web. Previous to DoubleClick, Graham held product management and strategic planning positions with HP's Industry Standard Server Group. Before that, Graham served as a Director for Business Development with France Telecom, where he was responsible for managing U.S. wireless investment opportunities. Previous to that, he was a consultant with the Communications, Media and Technology practice at Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Kinahan holds an Executive M.B.A. from Auburn University, Ph.D. & M.A.L.D. from Tufts University, M.A. from King's College London, and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania..

Bob Larribeau
Principal Analyst & Co Founder
TelecomView
Bob Larribeau is a prominent industry analyst with extensive experience, having worked in the telecom industry for over 20 years.  Larribeau’s recent and continuing areas of expertise include: broadband IP services and service bundling, value-added services, including VOD and IPTV, the emergence of the digital home, next-gen networks, IPTV content market and much more.

Scott J. Levine
Director of Product Marketing
AOL Video
Scott J. Levine is the Director of Product Marketing for AOL Video. In his role, Levine manages the design, development, and deployment of AOL 's industry-leading video experiences including AOL 's DVD -quality video format (called AOL Hi-Q); and the AOL Video portal. Levine is also leading the drive to extend the wide-range of AOL Video entertainment assets beyond the PC with initiatives including AOL 's “10-foot” living room TV viewing experience. Prior to his current position, Levine d eveloped and led product, services, programming, and platform strategy for all games initiatives for AOL .

Jeffrey S. Litvack
Global Director, New Media Markets
AP Digital
Jeffrey Litvack is the Global Director, New Media Markets for AP Digital.  Jeff is responsible for setting AP's Digital Strategy including identifying and assessing new and emerging market and product opportunities for AP news, photo, and video content worldwide, deal execution, and new product development.  Previously, Jeff served as the Executive Director at the Museum of Television & Radio, where he sourced, negotiated, and executed online video partnerships with leading-edge technology companies specializing in digitization, storage, retrieval, and rights management.  Prior to MT&R, Jeff was with Yack, Inc., the "TV Guide to the Web" as the Head of Business Development and Strategic Planning and was responsible for expanding the company's core product to include new forms of online programming (e.g. webcasts, video-on demand, online radio, etc).

Jeff is highly regarded for his visionary knowledge of and work in converging media platforms and channels and has spoken at numerous industry conferences, including Streaming Media West, Media Asset Management, and EMediatainment World.  He is also the author of several published works in such publications as HFMA's Managing the Margins, Advanced Magazine and Healthcare Informatics.

Jeff holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business where he graduated summa cum laude.

Paula Montondo
CEO and Founder
ShortBrain TV
Paula Montondo, CEO and Founder of Short Brain TV formerly Blip TV, realized the potential market for short films and video clips in the emerging mobile market. Montondo has taken Short Brain TV from concept to fruition and has secured contracts with Sprint, Mobi TV, ROK TV, and Cellfish, as well as other major mobile and new media outlets. Before founding Short Brain TV, Montondo was part of key management of New Generation Films, one of the first on-line streaming media companies with a proprietary streaming technology. Montondo headed up Content Development and Licensing, creating and closing content deals with major content providers, establishing marketing strategies for each film and worked closely with the technology to improve its delivery. Montondo has been a speaker at major film markets and festivals such as AFM, Cannes and The NY Indie Film Festival. Prior to her work in film Montondo spent 20 years in the music industry as a producer and engineer. She worked for labels such as: Arista, Warner Brothers, Universal and Mercury Records and worked with artists: Alan Jackson, ZZ Top, Etta James, Peter Wolf, Brad Paisley, Amy Grant, Leanne Rimes as well as many independent artists. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Music Industry Management and a minor degree in Electronics from Middle Tennessee State University.

Sheau Ng
Vice President, Consumer and Broadcast Technology,
Standard, and Policy,
NBC Universal
Sheau has been with the digital revolution from the start, contributing to MPEG, ATSC, DVD, and various technical standards activities. His career spans from compression research to product development in consumer electronics, semiconductors, and content/media industries. He was an contributing member of the Grand Alliance team, working at Sarnoff in late 80s. In early 90s, Sheau was part of Toshiba's DVD team, where he helped build the world's first DVD encoder. While at Toshiba, he also chaired the DAVIC 1.0 Technical Committee. Later, he was the architect of Philips first consumer HDTV on the ATSC market. At Philips, and later on at ATI, he was responsible for the software architecture of their DTV system-on-chip solutions. Sheau is now a vice president at NBC Universal, with responsibility in the areas of consumer and broadcast technology, standards, and policy. He chairs the Content Protection Task Group in the High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA). He is an active member at the CEA IPTV OCC, and many other industry groups. He is focusing his attention on making digital entertainment a worldwide reality. Sheau holds graduate degrees from M.I.T., and had done post-graduate work at Princeton University. He also attended the executive MBA program at INSEAD. He currently holds over 30 patents worldwide. He lives in Boston with his wife and two children.

Conleth O'Connell
CTO,
Vignette Corporation
Conleth O'Connell, Ph. D is chief technology officer at Vignette Corporation. Dr. O'Connell is responsible for driving new technology and innovation within the company. Dr. O'Connell joined Vignette in 1996 as one of the company's first engineers and helped develop Vignette's initial product offering.
Prior to becoming CTO, Dr. O’Connell held multiple engineering and architect roles and influenced the company's support for open standards by participating in various standards committees including W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), OASIS, and WS-I (Web Services Interoperability).

Dr. O'Connell joined Vignette from HaL Computer Systems where he led product development efforts and participated in the Davenport Group, a consortium that created an SGML distribution format for online documents called the DocBook DTD. Prior to that, Dr. O'Connell spent time as a director of an Industrial Consortium, where he supervised graduate students who produced an integrated software architecture and later co-authored a book on the architectural design of the project.

Dr. O'Connell was recently honored as a Distinguished Alumni by Ohio State University where he holds a master's degree and Ph. D in computer information systems. Dr. O’Connell holds a patent for innovation in content management and delivery, with several more pending.

Gene Pao
Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
FOX Interactive Media
As Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Fox Interactive Media's Television Stations Group, Gene is responsible for developing and marketing local initiatives as well as new businesses and products as it relates to the 24 FOX owned and operated television stations and over 160 FOX affiliates. FIM Television Stations Group recently launched the innovative MyFox Local platform, a network of Web sites that provide video, information, and online tools to help leverage the assets of FOX television stations to serve local communities thorough the country.

Craig Peters
Vice President, Footage & Multimedia
Getty Images
As the head of footage and multimedia, Peters is responsible for growing footage collections, attracting new customers, driving the development of a new web site and advancing technological improvements, along with developing new business models and improving the overall customer experience. Peters joined Getty Images following the acquisition of WireImage parent company MediaVast, where he served as senior vice president of new media and strategic development. His responsibilities included general management of the company’s worldwide video and mobile businesses as well as identifying, evaluating and structuring key strategic relationships.

In 2005, Peters was awarded an Emmy by the National Television Academy for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Enhancement of Original Television Content. Prior to joining MediaVast, Peters led business development for FOX Sports Interactive, led new media strategy and business development for the PGA Tour, and spent over four years at Eastman Kodak Company. Peters has implemented major domestic and international partnerships with leading companies in Internet, mobile, satellite radio and other developing media markets. He received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and an undergraduate degree in finance from The Ohio State University.

Patrick Pfeffer, Ph.D.
Chief Network Architect
Principal, Detecon Inc.
Dr. Pfeffer has 20 years of experience in telecommunications as a researcher, implementer, and analyst. He joined Detecon in 2003 and has led projects on data mining, location-based services, broadband wireline and wireless access, and fixed-to-mobile substitution. He leads Detecon’s worldwide next generation television practice. Before joining Detecon, Dr. Pfeffer held various senior management positions with Gluon Networks, Alcatel and U S West. Dr. Pfeffer regularly advises telecom operators, network manufacturers and the investment community. Dr. Pfeffer has published seminal work on database systems, programming languages and networking; he is a frequent lecturer at international conferences, and he holds several patents on pattern matching.

Ken Pyle
President
Viodi, LLC
Ken Pyle is co-founder of Viodi, LLC and Managing Editor of the Viodi View, a publication focused on independent telcos’ efforts to offer video to their customers.  He has edited and produced numerous multimedia projects for NTCA, US Telecom and Viodi.  Pyle is the producer of Viodi’s Local Content Workshop, the Video Production Crash Course at NAB, as well as ViodiTV.  He has been intimately involved in Viodi’s consulting projects and has created processes for clients to use for their PPV and VOD operations, as well authored reports on the independent telco market.

Prior to Viodi, LLC, Pyle was Director of Technical Sales for Demand Video, a Video On Demand application service provider which targeted cable television overbuilders. His independent telco experience dates to 1991 with product, project and sales management roles at Raynet and E/O Networks. His experience in the cable industry dates to 1979 with manufacturing, engineering and field service roles at companies, such as Catel and C-COR.

Diane L. Robina
President, Emerging Networks
Comcast Programming Group
As President of Comcast Emerging Networks, Diane Robina is responsible for developing new networks and is also charged with cultivating and overseeing the conception, startup and operations of the newly created networks. The first of those networks – FEARnet a multi-platform network focused on horror and thriller films, launched in the fall of 2006.

Rick Sizemore
Co-Founder. Chief Strategy & Development Officer
Multimedia Intelligence
Rick brings over 25 years of market research, strategic planning, and multimedia/convergence experience to Multimedia Intelligence’s clients. He has extensive knowledge across digital advertising, digital video, broadband and wireless, and associated underlying technologies. Mr Sizemore was instrumental in the original launch of the multimedia division of In-Stat, a market research firm.

Dom Stasi
Chief Technology Officer
TVN Entertainment Corp.
As the Chief Technology Officer of TVN Entertainment the world’s first and largest VOD network, Dom Stasi leads an engineering and operations team that is responsible for managing over 3,000 hours of content each month and keeping the company’s products and services at the forefront of the on-demand industry. 

During Stasi’s tenure at TVN the company has introduced several interactive technological advancements, including ADONISS – TVN’s revolutionary asset management technology – as well as platform-independent VOD, and its ensemble of capabilities and enabling technologies.

Prior to joining TVN, Dom served as Vice President and General Manager of Network Operations and Engineering for MTV Networks, and Director of Engineering for HBO.

Stasi is currently President of the Society of Satellite Professionals International, (SSPI) a nonprofit member-benefit society that serves satellite professionals through education, career development and professional recognition. He has served on the NCTA Engineering Committee for 25 years, and is a member of the ATIS, and Digital Cinema Technology Committee of SMPTE.

Kourosh Taj
Co-President and Head of Programming
NO GOOD TV (NGTV)
For the last seven years, Mr. Taj has led NGTV programming, talent acquisition, production, business development, content licensing from studio and record labels, as well acting as the creative director and development director of the NGTV premium channel. Mr. Taj has been in the music and entertainment industry for over 14 years holding various positions in television production, development, licensing, talent booking and operations. Prior to co-founding NGTV, Mr. Taj held the position of Executive Vice President of MusiTopia and spearheaded the creative components and development of a landmark music theme park project for the re-use of the old Atlantic City Convention Center.

Jim West
President
Faith TV
Jim West has 40 years of experience in radio and television broadcasting as a photographer, reporter, anchor, producer and TV News Director (WTVT, Tampa). More recently, he co-founded, with Lowell W. "Bud" Paxson, the WORSHIP Network, and later went on to start two others, PraiseTV and FaithTV where he presently serves as President. He holds a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He is married with two grown children. Hobbies include aviation, scuba, photography, and has recently finished writing his first novel.

Toffer Winslow
EVP Sales & Marketing
Choice Stream
Toffer Winslow is responsible for the sales and marketing organizations as ChoiceStream continues to meet the demand for personalization products. Prior to joining ChoiceStream, Toffer was the Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing at RSA, The Security Division of EMC.

Before joining RSA, Toffer led product management, marketing and business development for the largest business unit of Empirix, and was also vice president of marketing at a pioneering Java development platform start-up. He is a graduate of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and the University of British Columbia.

Evan Young
Director of Broadband Services
TiVo
Evan Young is Director of Broadband Services at TiVo Inc., where he is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of broadband applications, content, and services.  He has extensive experience in broadcast, broadband, and consumer services, and has edited books on digital video recording and digital home audio recording and production.  Evan has an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from Harvard University.  While at Stanford, Evan was the founder of “The Future of Entertainment”, an annual business and technology conference about media convergence.

Russell Zack
VP of Products
Anystream
Russell Zack is responsible for the strategic direction and definition of Anystream media related products. Zack was the COO of Cauldron Solutions where he is responsible for the overall management of the company. Before co-founding Cauldron, he built several technology companies focused on large vertical industries such as automotive, media and entertainment and telecommunications. Previous industry-related experience includes his time spent as president and CEO of DragonFly Mobile Inc, a mobile data optimization and application company he founded in 2000. Russell also co-founded the interactive media company, Sigma6, in 1994. He holds a BA/BS degree in Digital Multi-Media from the University of Michigan.