James Masterson, Vice President of Marketing, Blue Jeans NetworkAs Vice President of Marketing for Blue Jeans Network, James is responsiblefor driving the company¹s global marketing strategy and execution of allbrand building, demand generation and communications initiatives.James brings more than 15 years of experience in marketing and webtechnology to Blue Jeans Network. Prior to joining the company, James builtand launched the SMB go to market strategy for SuccesFactors. As SeniorDirector of Marketing, James led demand generation for the company andplayed a key role in SuccessFactor¹s rapid growth rate that resulted in the2007 IPO, five acquisitions and ultimately the December 2011 announcement ofSAPs intent to acquire SuccessFactors.Prior to SuccessFactors, James worked as the Director of InteractiveTechnology & eCommerce at All Rides Inc. (now part of Cruiser Customizing)leading a team of online marketing and merchandising professionals in theeCommerce space. Earlier in his career James spent time at Intuit andSterling Software as a Software Engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Computer Science from California State University.

As director of digital media solutions at Brightcove, Chris develops and implements end-to-end solutions that help media companies navigate the complex landscape of digital content distribution. Building on Brightcove’s core products and supplementing them with strategic technology partners and service providers, the media solutions team enables customers to securely distribute and monetize their premium content across a range of desktop, mobile, and connected devices.Prior to Brightcove, Chris was Director of Products at Viewpoint, where he led the planning and development of its rich media ad serving platform and oversaw the acquisition and integration of Unicast. Prior to Viewpoint, he was Product Manager at then Microsoft-owned Softimage, a Montreal-based developer of high-end 3D animation software for the film, post-production, and games industries.Chris studied computer science and computer graphics at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and holds a B.A. in Behavioral Sciences from Concordia College New York.

As Vice President and General Manager in Cisco’s Small Business Business Unit (SBBU), David Tucker is responsible for addressing the “Connect” elements of Cisco’s small business strategy, which aims to maximize profitable growth in the small business switching, routing, storage and WLAN markets. Tucker’s organization is responsible for delivering a global product portfolio and unique go-to-market strategy that meets the networking needs of the small business customer. As part of this effort, Tucker will manage the innovation and expansion of product solutions, which includes the integration of small business best practices and products with Cisco’s existing products.

In his most recent role, Tucker served as Vice President of the Connected Office Business Organization (COBO) for Linksys. There, he led the teams to develop and market voice and data products targeting the small business marketplace. Previous to COBO, Tucker led product management, marketing and market development efforts for Cisco, spending much of his time focusing on delivering IP Telephony solutions to the worldwide enterprise customer.

Tucker joined Cisco in 1998 as part of the Selsius Systems acquisition. As Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, he helped to pioneer the consolidation of voice and data networks.

Prior to Selsius, Tucker served in a variety of leadership roles at different technology companies where he was responsible for notable innovations like the creation of the voice and video PBX platform.

Tucker holds masters of bachelor administration and a bachelors of business administration degrees in Marketing from Texas A&M University.

Jason is Research Director for the Current Analysis Service Provider Infrastructure service. Jason and his analyst team monitor and evaluate activities in the markets for Digital Media, Fixed Access, IP Services, Mobile Access, and Transport and Routing Infrastructure, Telecom Vendor Services, and overall coverage of the Mobile Ecosystem.Prior to joining Current Analysis, Jason served as a Senior Analyst for Pioneer Consulting where he was primarily responsible for covering core optical switching and DWDM-based long-haul transport networks, as well as developments in lambda switching technologies. He also worked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Department of Economic Analysis. Previous to that he was an Analyst with The Strategis Group where he covered optical networking infrastructure and broadband services.Throughout his career, Jason has been quoted in leading newspapers, and top telecommunications trade publications. He has often served as a featured speaker and panelist at telecom trade shows, and has authored numerous columns and articles related to the topics that he covers. Jason holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Ryan OHara has been working with Dyn since 2008. He is the Team Lead of the Business Development arm of Dyns Marketing team. An alumni of the University of New Hampshires Whittemore School of Business and Economics, Ryan helped strategically create opportunities with some of Dyns key accounts over the years including Quora, Yelp, StumbleUpon, Tumblr, Vibrant Media, Cheezburger, and many others in the Alexa Top 500. Ryans use of humor, music, and digital media has been a staple in the way he prospects for Dyn, and some of his campaigns have even been featured in publications including Mashable, The Next Web, and Fortune Magazine.

Keith possesses 20 years of business leadership experience in the video, IPTV and telecommunications industries. As Vice President of Marketing, Keith leads the development and implementation of Elemental’s worldwide marketing strategy and oversees the company’s marketing functions, ranging from product management to outbound communications. Keith has a proven track record of consistently generating growth businesses, building and restructuring organizations, and developing new business ventures and products. Prior to joining Elemental, Keith led the marketing team of IPTVpioneer Tut Systems (acquired by Motorola), the business development efforts of Viagate Technologies (acquired by Tut Systems), and most recently, a wellness product company as CEO. Earlier in his career, Keith managed a variety of growth businesses for AT&T and was a strategy consultant for wireline and wireless communications companies at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He currently serves on the board of directors of Coherence Resources.Keith holds an M.B.A. from New York University and a B.S. in engineering from Cornell University.Keith has presented at several industry leading conferences, including VON/xchange, TelcoTV, Internet World and IPTV World Forum, and referenced within various trade publications ranging from Screen Plays Magazine to IPTV Today. Elemental Technologies is the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions for broadcast and online video customers. Elementals products use off-the-shelf, programmable graphics processing units (GPUs) for compute-intensive video processing and conversion tasks. The product line is ideal for digital media workflows that require video encoding for Internet and mobile delivery, faster-than-real-time transcoding, or support for adaptive bit rate distribution. Elemental helps content owners and distributors deliver any video to any screen, at any time – all at once…it’s Media Multiplied™. Founded in 2006, Elemental is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. To learn more about Elemental, visit www.elementaltechnologies.com.

As Vice President of Entone’s Broadband TV (BBTV) business, Andrew is focused on helping operators build a competitive television service that increases subscriber engagement and overall profitability. Andrew is an industry veteran with over 18 years of telecommunications and technology experience, filled with industry firsts in DSL, IPTV and over-the-top (OTT) video. Before joining Entone, Andrew served as vice president of sales for Prodea Systems, where he focused on the connected home and hosted cloud services. Prior to that, he successfully launched and grew Comtrend Corporation in the Americas, after holding senior positions at 3Com and Lexmark/IBM.

Brad Ferris is responsible for the overall portfolio management of Ericssons TV solutions and products. In this role, he evaluates new products and solutions for video service providers, distributors, content owners and broadcasters. Previously, Ferris was responsible for the identification of new markets, products, strategic alliances and partnerships for TANDBERG Televisions cable sector. During his tenure, the company introduced media distribution products to accommodate the expansion of VOD content and services; digital transition receivers; and application management solutions. Earlier, he served as VP of Business Development at Pathfire, a content distribution technology and service provider. Ferris has also held strategic planning, business development, and product management positions at Scientific-Atlanta. Ferris earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and an Engineering degree from Georgia Tech.

Robert B. (Rob) Carter is executive vice president of FedEx Information Services and chief information officer of FedEx Corporation. He is a member of the five-person Executive Committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities. Carter is responsible for setting technology direction, as well as the corporation’s key applications and technology infrastructure. FedEx applications, advanced networks and data centers provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for the product offerings of FedEx.

Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has over 30 years of systems development and implementation experience.

Carter was born in Taiwan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from the University of South Florida.

Recently named as part of Fortune Magazine’s Executive Dream Team, Carter is also ranked 18th on Fast Company Magazine’s 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010 list. He received Information Weeks Chief of the Year Award in 2000, 2001 and 2005 and is a seven-time recipient of CIO Magazine’s 100 Award.

Carter is a member of the Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) and First Horizon Corporation (NYSE: FHN) Boards of Directors, and the University of Florida Foundation Board of Trustees.

Denise MacDonell joined Harris Corporation in July 2009 as General Manager of the Digital Out-of-Home business. She is responsible for global product strategy, product development, partnerships, client service and support for Harris’ Digital Signage and Digital Out-of-Home business. Harris products under Denise’s direction include the award-winning Infocaster and Punctuate products.With over 15 years in the software industry, Denise has extensive digital media and international general management experience. Prior to joining Harris, Denise was Senior Director of Digital Media Product Strategy for Corel Corporation, a consumer packaged software company, where she was responsible for global product strategy and direction. Denise has also worked for other digital media and telecommunication companies such as Espial IPTV, Nortel Networks, and MetaSolv Software. Denise has has chaired and spoken at multiple international Digital Out-of-Home conferences.

Mike currently serves as Vice President of Mobile and WebSphere solutions for IBM. In this role he directsthe strategy and marketing around the world for all of IBM’s mobile and web solutions to advance thecompany’s Smarter Planet strategy.Previously, Mike served as Vice President of Startups, ISVs and Academic Programs and was recognized forcreating IBM’s partnership program with venture capital firms and startup companies across more than 40countries. Mike has over fifteen years of leadership experience in marketing, product management, sales,mergers and acquisitions, business consulting, channel management and marketing roles across software,hardware and services businesses.During his career, Mike and his teams have been recognized with numerous industry awards including theVarBusiness Tech Innovators award, the IT Service Marketing Award for Brand and ReputationManagement, the American Advertising Federation ADDY Award for B2B Direct Marketing, the ForresterGroundswell award and the AMI Partners Best in Class Social Media award.Mike has been a featured speaker at events around the world covering topics as diverse as marketing andbranding strategies, mobile computing, channel development, innovation and business strategy, riskmanagement, business transformation, leadership and change management, sustainable cities, Linux andopen-source trends, software and cloud-based business models, and social media marketing. He has also beenfeatured in Businessweek magazine and he was profiled in Forbes India for his work in leading IBM’sprograms with startups and venture capital firms.Prior to joining IBM, Mike worked at InterAmerica Technologies, a privately held software firm in McLean,Virginia. He also worked briefly as an economic advisor in the United States Congress. In addition to his roleat IBM, he currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Software & Information Industry Association.Mike received an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree inEconomics and Politics from Saint Anselm College.

Jim co-founded uControl, which merged with iControl in 2010, and is responsible for Product Strategy and Partner Management. Prior to iControl, Jim was at Motive and served in several capacities; Director of Product Marketing and Product Management responsible for Motives premier next-generation products in IPTV and VoIP, and prior to that as Senior Director of Motives Consulting Services Communications Practice running a team of 60 consultants and supporting personnel.Prior to Motive, Jim was the President of a successful entertainment and marketing software consulting company in Los Angeles, California. He began his career by launching one of the first web-based services to offer real-time financial and news information where he served as Vice President of Software Development.

Jim Welch is a Senior Consulting Engineer with IneoQuest Technologies developing digital video measurement and monitoring equipment solutions. He works with many of the leading video service providers and OEMs in evaluating products, commissioning networks, and developing real time streaming media monitoring solutions. Before joining IneoQuest, he was Vice President of Engineering for UB Networks and Newbridge Networks. Jim has led the hardware and software development of a range of copper and fiber based networking equipment used in mission critical applications for Fortune 100 companies for over 15 years.

Pete Mastin heads up business development for Internap as Vice President of Business Development for its Content Delivery Network unit. He has over 20 years of experience in content delivery and streaming technologies, infrastructure planning and product development. Prior to Internap, he served as Chief Technology Officer for Multicastmedia. Mastin began his technology career in the late 1980’s working in the CASE tool arena, developing model-based Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools for KnowledgeWare and Sterling Software. In 1997, Mastin was recruited by iXL, an online consultancy firm, to become a director of engineering where he formed and ran groups that specialized in digital video deployment. Mastin then became a director for iXL’s Digital Video Solutions Group in 2000 where he specialized in delivery of rich media. After iXL was acquired by Scient, he began working with various startups to rationalize their technology focus. During this time he founded Clear Compliance and served as CTO for eAttorney. Today Mastin resides in the Atlanta area and enjoys spending time coaching baseball and playing music.

Today at iWowWe, Bart Dangerfield leads a communication and marketing team for their independent affiliates around the world. Currently in over 100 countries, iWowWe offers video conferencing, video email, and online marketing tools to assist individuals and businesses in connecting, collaborating, and closing new business more effectively and quickly through the power of video. With beginnings in 2007 as provider of a powerful video conferencing platform, iWowWe today is one of the top developers of streaming video technologies both for the Internet and mobile platforms.Believing in the power of technology, he has always sought to take advantage of the latest trends to enhance any communications strategy. This includes the inevitable boom in online video technologies as he’s pioneered new ways to help others more effectively use webinars, podcasts, social media and other tools to inspire, empower, and connect individuals and businesses throughout the world.His career began at an advertising agency nearly 30 years ago and since then, Bart has evolved his talents within all aspects of corporate communications. From advertising and graphic design to public relations and event management, he has managed communications and field relations strategies for several companies in an executive capacity, from two billion-dollar industry leaders to start ups and medium-sized organizations. Bart holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor’s in Communication from Brigham Young University. With all this, he feels his greatest honor is being married to his high-school sweetheart for 32 years and the father of two incredible children.

Paul Adrian is the co-founder and CEO of latakoo, where he sells and manages the fastest, easiest method of method of sharing large video files over any Internet connection. latakoo recently signed NBC Universal as a client. Adrian is an award-winning television investigative journalist with 18-years reporting experience. He founded latakoo after graduating with a Masters from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Ben Werdmuller is a web technologist and entrepreneur. As CTO at latakoo, he helps customers send and manage video fast. Previously, he co-founded Elgg, an open source social networking platform used by organizations like Oxfam, UNESCO, NASA and the World Bank. He also served as the inaugural Geek in Residence at the Edinburgh Festivals, and was involved in creating one of the first web magazines. He strongly believes in technology and the web as agents of social change.

Michael Fay is the Senior Director of Product Management for Level 3 Communications’ Content Business. Since joining Level 3, Mr. Fay built the company’s Europe and Asia CDN business before coming back to North America to manage the global CDN, Storage and Internet TV strategies.Mr. Fay has nearly 15 years of experience with new media and online content strategies, including telecom negotiations, content distribution and IPTV. He has held management positions in both the U.S. and Europe with Level 3 Communications and Akamai Technologies, with a sustained focus on developing new markets and succeeding in the execution of digital media business plans. Mr. Fay has a Masters in International Business Management from New York Maritime College.

Jason Thibeault is Senior Director, Solutions Marketing (Media and Entertainment) for Limelight Networks. Previously, he was Sr. Director, Technical Services and managed the Technology Partner Program. He led the technical relationships with many of our strategic product partners such as Adobe and Microsoft. Prior to Limelight, Jason was the Founder and CTO of GoWare, Inc., an innovative mobile software company that provided a robust, open-standards platform for the user-publication of personalized mobile content independent of carrier and device. GoWare was spun-out of Q2 Labs, a product development company that Jason founded with VC partners, and formally launched at the prestigious DEMO conference. During his two years at Q2 Labs, Jason filed over 65 provisional and 5 non-provisional patents as well as developing numerous prototypes and technology products. Jason has also held positions as CEO of a boutique technology-consulting firm, providing technical due-diligence services for Silicon Valley-based VCs, and CTO/CIO of jdpower.com, the web-based spinout of J.D. Power and Associates. Jason holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Irvine Campuswide Honors Program and a M.A. in English, with distinction, from California State University, Northridge.

Mr. Palasamudram is a thought leader with a passion for applying new technologies to solve existing problems. He has built MobileCamViewer, an award winning multimillion dollar mobile surveillance product with more than two million downloads and 250,000 email registered users. It is the #1 brand in the open-standard mobile video surveillance category. MobileCamViewer has been covered in most security trade publications, as well as trade publications covering a variety of business and consumer verticals. Customers include Telus Mobility, Las Vegas Police Department, U.S. Homeland Security, Police Department, Korbel, Five Guys Burger and Fries, Chevron, Logitech, Shell, Raytheon, Goodwill stores and various Texas supermarkets.With over 18 years of experience, Mr. Palasamudram has successfully launched products into themarketplace from scratch. Mr. Palasamudram has strong experience in Cloud, Mobile Apps & App Stores, Video, Wireless (Cellular & WiFi), SaaS (Software as a Service), Internet, Software, and GPS. Prior to founding mobiDEOS, Mr. Palasamudram was running Netyear USA, a strategy consulting company, started as a JV between GE and Dentsu. In 2002, Mr. Palasamudram sold the Netyear USA division. Prior to Netyear, Mr. Palasamudram was the Founder and CEO of geoTouch, where he raised ~$10M, launched geoTouch (very similar to Google Maps) and closed deals worth $1M rev/year. He holds an MS from Iowa State University, and a BS from Bangalore University.

John Antanaitis is the Vice President of Product Marketing at Polycom. With nearly 20 years in high-tech communications, he leads a global marketing team responsible for worldwide product positioning, messaging, new product launches and events for Polycom products, solutions and services. John joined Polycom in 2002 after spending five years in Marketing and General Management functions for Stanley Tool Works and Fortune Brands. Prior to that, John spent ten years with Motorola, working in various functional disciplines including Engineering, Operations and Marketing in the mobile phone industry. John has a Masters of Management (MBA) with majors in Marketing and Operations Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois and a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois

Peter Blackmore joined ShoreTel in December 2010 as president and CEO to scale global operations and accelerate the company’s growth. He brings more than 30 years experience with technology companies worldwide to this role.Previously Blackmore was president, CEO and a member of the board of directors of UTStarcom, Inc., a provider of Internet protocol-based network solutions, where he established the company’s growth strategy in China and India. Before UTStarcom, Blackmore was executive vice president in charge of worldwide sales, marketing and technology at Unisys Corporation. Prior to Unisys, Blackmore worked at Hewlett-Packard where he served as executive vice president of the Customer Solutions Group and, before that, of the Enterprise Systems Group. From 1991 until its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard in 2002, Blackmore served in several senior management positions at Compaq Computer Corporation reporting directly to the CEO, including senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing and then executive vice president for sales and service. Earlier Blackmore held senior field sales and channel management roles at Compaq in Europe and North America.Blackmore serves on the board of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. and holds an M.A. in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K. He is married with two children and lives in Northern California.

Chris Hummel joined Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) in April 2010 and currently serves as the President of North America and the global Chief Marketing Officer. He reports directly to Hamid Akhavan, the CEO of SEN.

In his North America role, he is responsible for sales, service and delivery to our extensive customer base in the North American region. He also leads SEN’s global accounts effort across all regions of the globe and drives the successful partnerships of our global alliances and global indirect divisions. As CMO, he oversees all global marketing activities across the company and supports the development of corporate and go-to-market strategies.

Hummel is a recognized thought leader and has extensive experience in global enterprise sales and marketing, having lived and worked in a range of countries, including the US, Germany, Eastern Europe and Asia. Before joining Siemens Enterprise Communications, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Field Marketing for SAP AG, where he managed an organization of more than 600 people that annually generated more than 7 billion US-Dollars in qualified opportunities. Prior to SAP, Hummel spent 13 years at Oracle Corporation in a number of senior sales, services and marketing roles.

Hummel holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts University and a Master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, MA. He also studied at Durham University (UK) and the London Business School.

Dana is leading partnerships and content distribution with web, mobile, connected devices and other IP-delivered platforms to grow audience and reach for the Silver Chalice Digital Networks. Dana has extensive experience in sports media as a former Vice President of Affiliate Sales for ESPN where she led the distribution of ESPN’s six domestic networks, pay per view, video on demand, broadband, interactive, and syndication services with top cable operators. She also negotiated over the air syndication for the first two years of NFL Network’s primetime games with local stations across the country.Just prior to joining Silver Chalice, Dana Golden was Vice President, Strategic Partnerships for Comcast Interactive Media. In this role, Dana was responsible for negotiating multiplatform digital media rights for Comcast’s websites, mobile applications, IPTV set top boxes and “TV Everywhere” services with major networks, film studios, and internet properties. Dana is a graduate of Penn State University where she was co-captain of the Women’s Swimming and Diving team and has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.

Hamid is a 24-year veteran of the software industry, having held senior management positions at web analytics, business intelligence and performance management providers, designing and managing large-scale product architectures and applications.Prior to Skytide, Hamid served as Vice President of Product Development and Hosted Operations for Adaptive Planning, Inc. He has also served as Vice President of Engineering and Hosted Operations at Webtrends, as well as Vice President of Engineering at Coremetrics. Other past positions include: Founder & CEO of Kooh10 Technology, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Actuate, Senior Director of Engineering at Oracle and Senior Staff Engineer at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Hamid received a Ph.D in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to his graduate studies, Bahadori received Bachelor of Science degrees from Purdue University in Computer Engineering and Math.

Mike leads the SMC Product Team and isresponsible for the companies High Speed Data, Home Security and Automation products.He is an industry veteran with over 25 years of voice and data communications product and marketing experience gained at companies including IBM and Time Warner Cable. As Vice President of Product Management and Product Strategy at Time Warner Cable, Mike launched the companies VoIP offering and oversaw its growth to over $2B annually. Mike holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed the Executive Marketing Management program at Columbia University.

Raymond (Ray) Dolan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sonus Networks. Previously, Ray served as Chief Executive Officer of QUALCOMM/Flarion Technologies, a developer of mobile broadband communications technologies, as well as Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM). Prior to its acquisition by QUALCOMM in 2006, Ray served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Flarion. From 1996 to 2000, he was Chief Operating Officer of NextWave Telecom. Prior to that, he spent eight years at BellAtlantic/NYNEX Mobile, serving in numerous roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Ray began his career in the telecommunications industry at PacTel Cellular as a Manager of Network Operations. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, where he spent more than seven years as a tactical jet pilot. Ray graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and also holds an M.B.A. from the Columbia University School of Business. Ray currently serves on the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD).

As Director of Mobility, Kevin Burden draws on more than 20 years of experience analyzing markets for mobile and wireless technologies to assess the impact of mobility on the enterprise. His strategic and quantitative assessments center on key corporate mobile initiatives including cloud computing, mobile device adoption and management, extending line-of-business applications and M2M. He is also a member of SA’s Wireless Devices research group, delivering qualitative insights as the industry continues to expand to new markets with new device types and platforms. His previous experience includes serving as VP of Mobile Devices at ABI Research and as Senior Manager of Mobile Devices at Nielsen Mobile, a division of the Nielsen Company, where he was responsible for consulting services and regular business reviews with the companys device manufacturer clients. Prior to that, he spent seven years at IDC as Program Manager, Mobile & Wireless Markets, leading a team of US-based analysts focused on mobile devices and enterprise mobility. Kevin also spent ten years at one of the computer industry’s most respected and leading weekly newspapers, Computerworld. As the publication’s senior features writer, he covered numerous technology fields, focusing how corporations use technology to meet corporate goals.Kevin has been quoted in many of the world’s foremost business and technology publications including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Time, Forbes, the Boston Globe and Investor’s Business Daily. He has spoken at many of the most important industry events including CES, CTIA, and Mobile World Congress

Joseph Weber is Vice President of Technology Strategy at TiVo, Inc. coordinating the strategic development of technologies to meet TiVo’s corporate goals. His focus is on creating cutting edge solutions for Cable, Satellite and Telco service providers.Before joining TiVo, Dr Weber was Director, Strategic Technology at Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs) where he analyzed technology trends strategic to the cable industry. He also was a member of the OpenCable team, developing specifications for OCAP, CableCARD and other elements of the OpenCable suite of specifications. He has taught several classes on image processing, machine vision and compression. He is the author of “IPTV Crash Course” from McGraw-Hill, a primer on the technology and business models behind Internet Protocol television services.Dr. Weber received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from theUniversity of California at Berkeley, a Masters in Physics also from Berkeley, an MBA from the University of Colorado, and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Notre Dame.

Scott Wharton, founder and CEO of Vidtel, Inc. has been recognized as a leader in the VoIP andvideo industry for nearly two decades.From 1999 to early 2008, he was the VP of Marketing at BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT), theleading developer and marketer of VoIP application servers, which also handle video IP calling.Scott made significant and enduring contributions leading to: the dominance of the BroadSoftbrand in the voice application space, the company’s acquisition of 9 of the world’s 10 largesttelecom service providers as customers, and the expansion of the company’s presence in over 60countries. Scott also defined a new product category for the telecom industry, a next-generationapplications layer, establishing BroadSofts global leadership in the VoIP applications market.In 2003, Scott was honored with the Frost & Sullivan IP Telephony Executive of the Year Award.It is presented each year to the individual who has excelled in developing and executing abusiness strategy allowing his or her company to gain market leadership. Scott has also beenrecognized as a “Top 100 Voice” in the IP Communications Industry by Internet Telephonymagazine.Prior to BroadSoft, Scott was Vice President of Marketing at VocalTec Communications(NASDAQ: CALL), the pioneer and a leading developer of VoIP software solutions. From 1995 to1999, Scott spearheaded numerous groundbreaking initiatives, including the development of thefirst commercial VoIP product and the creation of the VoIP service provider industry. Scott holdsan MBA from Yale University.

Tom Shafron serves as the CEO of Viewbiquity. In this capacity, he is responsible for the company’s strategic direction, innovation, business development, and go-to-market strategies. Prior to his work with Viewbiquity, Tom was a founder of USAG, a video security and surveillance provider located in the Florida. As a result of his stewardship, USAG evolved into a multi-million dollar provider of advanced video technology solutions for enterprise customers around the world. Before working with USAG, he and his brother David founded Log-Me-On.com, a toolbar overlay service that they subsequently sold to Yahoo!. While with Yahoo!, Tom started and led the Yahoo! Toolbar development group, growing it to 40 million active connected users. The Yahoo! Toolbar grew to drive traffic representing more than $100 million in annual revenue.

Yangbin Wang is founder and CEO of Vobile, a global leader in content identification technologies and services. Prior to founding Vobile, Yangbin was the CTO of Onewave Technologies following the acquisition of the IPTV business of YZTECH by Onewave in 2004. He was the founder and CEO of YZTECH, a leading IPTV technology provider in China famous for the landmark deployment of its IPTV platform by Hangzhou Netcom/WASU. It was the first and largest commercial IPTV service offering in China. Previously, Yangbin was the founder and CEO of EnjoyWeb, which pioneered the time-shift delivery of video contents via broadband Internet. In addition, Yangbin was director of software architecture at Oak Technology’s Broadband Consumer Group. He also participated in several startups. At the outset of his career, he was a research engineer at Compression Labs (CLI) and General Instrument (GI). Yangbin earned a BS degree from Zhejiang University in China and an MSEE degree from the University ofFlorida, Gainesville. He also completed the executive education program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Dori Gurwitz has over 13 years of experience bringing the latest innovations in digital and social media technologies to clients in the enterprise, media and entertainment sectors. As Vice President of Business Development for Watchitoo, a live, online streaming video technology company, Dori works with top accounts to bridge the gap from traditional media forums to cutting-edge, social and interactive solutions. Recently, Dori architected an interactive Facebook Townhall with the NBA to kick off the season. The event was successful in attracting over 16,000 fans with over 10,000 questions. Additionally, Dori works with CBS the Insider to broadcast a weekly Facebook chat with celebrity guests and hosts Kevin and Brook. Finally, Dori was instrumental in partnering with Animal Planet to broadcast a heated debate to promote its show Whale Wars.Before joining Watchitoo, Dori was responsible for bringing one of the first live streams of financial content to the web with the Wall Street Reporter. Other notable accomplishments include creating the first interactive projections for Cirque de Soleil and digitizing run-way shows for CHANEL.