Adam Arrigo, CEO & Co-Founder, Wave Adam is the CEO and co-founder of Wave, the market leader in virtual entertainment experiences. Adam combines his skills as a game designer, sound designer, product lead and - most importantly - musician to make sure Wave is going beyond traditional live streaming with virtual experiences that serve the next generation of concert-goers. Prior to co-founding Wave (formerly TheWaveVR), Adam spent several years at game development studio Harmonix, where he worked on AAA titles including Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Rock Band 3, The Beatles: Rock Band, Dance Central, Dance Central 2, Fantasia: Music Evolved, Harmonix Music VR and more. He also worked on the Vox Photo Project as lead producer for this charity organization that teaches photography to kids in at-risk communities in Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia and Los Angeles. He was also the sole product person at LA-based music tech startup Zya, where he led development of the 2015 Music App of the Year, Ditty. He is also a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and synth fan.

Aileen Del Cid is the Head of Marketing for Samsung TV Plus. She oversees all marketing operations, strategy, branding and strategic partnerships for Samsung’s global FAST streaming platform. Aileen brings over a decade of experience in the entertainment marketing industry. During which time she has built organizations, rebranded products like Samsung TV Plus, and led strategic partnerships for multiple organizations. Prior to her leadership role with Samsung TV Plus Aileen held several content marketing posts at AT&T. There she led CTV advertising for DIRECTV NOW, digital advertising for DIRECTV’s mobile app, Sponsorships and Strategic Content Partnerships for ATT.net and O&O Marketing for the U-verse Entertainment Networks at AT&T U-verse. Regularly overseeing multi-million-dollar budgets for those products and campaigns she developed and deployed marketing and brand strategies that engaged and drove growth in subscriber bases. Prior to that Aileen worked in Distribution Marketing at Game Show Network where she led strategic marketing efforts to drive subscriber acquisition. Aileen joined GSN from Universal Sports Network where she developed strategic B2B and consumer facing marketing campaigns.

Aileen Del Cid is the Head of Marketing for Samsung TV Plus. She oversees all marketing operations, strategy, branding and strategic partnerships for Samsung’s global FAST streaming platform. Aileen brings over a decade of experience in the entertainment marketing industry. During which time she has built organizations, rebranded products like Samsung TV Plus, and led strategic partnerships for multiple organizations. Prior to her leadership role with Samsung TV Plus Aileen held several content marketing posts at AT&T. There she led CTV advertising for DIRECTV NOW, digital advertising for DIRECTV’s mobile app, Sponsorships and Strategic Content Partnerships for ATT.net and O&O Marketing for the U-verse Entertainment Networks at AT&T U-verse. Regularly overseeing multi-million-dollar budgets for those products and campaigns she developed and deployed marketing and brand strategies that engaged and drove growth in subscriber bases. Prior to that Aileen worked in Distribution Marketing at Game Show Network where she led strategic marketing efforts to drive subscriber acquisition. Aileen joined GSN from Universal Sports Network where she developed strategic B2B and consumer facing marketing campaigns.

Fortune 50 marketing and product leader with 15+ years of experience across financial services, Telcom, tech, and media industries driving full customer lifecycle engagement from brand awareness to acquisition. Currently leads marketing for Dish and Sling TV to drive growth and engagement for millions of customers who are cutting the cord. Responsible for all acquisition, media, and e-commerce, including advertising, digital marketing, MarTech, and digital sales. Prior experience: Led Residential eCommerce for Comcast NBCUniversal. In this role, he oversaw all digital sales, merchandising, and go to market efforts for the Xfinity brand, including high-speed Internet, entertainment services, and Xfinity Mobile. Led innovation team at JP Morgan Chase creating unique digital experiences for Card Services portfolio, such as the Freedom Mobile app and the Ink app (for small business), receiving several patents and delivering new products meeting the needs of the customer and the business.

Akinwole Garrett (Aki) is an accomplished senior strategy and business development executive with over fifteen years of data driven corporate development, business development, strategy and management experience at the intersection of technology, media and telecommunications. Aki is currently VP, Head of Business Development at REVOLT Media & TV and Founder/GM of the REVOLT Podcast Network, which was founded by music and entertainment icon, Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2013. At REVOLT, Aki leads all strategy, new business development and mergers and acquisitions for the largest black owned media company in the United States. Previously, Aki was the Head of Global Strategic Alliances for the Telecommunications vertical at Lenovo, one of the world’s leading original equipment manufacturers. Prior to Lenovo, Aki was the Founder and Managing Director of Accelerate Consulting, a boutique digital media and technology consulting firm that offered a variety of advisory services for strategic growth to companies between series A and series C funding rounds. Prior to Accelerate, Aki spent three years as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Publisher Partnerships at SHE Media (formerly SheKnows Media), where he was a member of the senior management team that took SheKnows through an exit, when it was acquired by Penske Media in March 2018. Aki has held business development management positions at both CBS Local and ABC News, where he was instrumental in creating new strategies and products for both companies including, most notably, ABC News’ video distribution platform and CBS Local’s podcast network – Radio.com (formerly Play.it). Prior to working in the media industry, Aki was a technology, media and telecommunications mergers and acquisitions associate at Barclays Investment Bank. Aki holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BSBA in Finance & Accounting from The Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a proud member of the Robert Toigo Foundation, where he was recognized as Top 40 Under 40 in 2015. He sits on the Fuqua Minority Alumni Advisory Board at Duke University, the Board of Trustees of The Shipley School and is a founding General Partner of Sankofa Family Ventures, a family office committed to investing in Black and Brown VC fund managers. In addition, he is a member of the Investment Committee of Resilient Ventures, a Durham, North Carolina based venture capital fund. Aki also serves on the advisory board of two black-owned startups.

Cloud Albert Lai is the director of Global OTT Streaming Solutions for the Media & Entertainment Strategic Consumer Industries team at Google Cloud. His focus is on helping media organizations transform their business and deliver new audience experiences. Prior to joining Google, Albert was the SVP/GM of Hallmark Labs, where he led the development and growth of Hallmark Channel’s SVOD service, consumer digital products, and enterprise AI/ML and data management initiatives. As Brightcove CTO for Media, Albert led the formation and growth of the global media business unit and its technical leadership, expanding the company’s multi-platform solutions and advancing its next generation video platform. He served on the technical advisory board of immersive video distribution platform Vrideo, in addition to holding senior positions at prior appointments with OTT service providers and technology providers to OTT service providers. Albert earned his bachelor of science in computer science from Stanford University. He resides in Greater Houston.

Amanda Gillie, Head of Device & TV Marketing, Sling TV & DISH Network

<p> Amit is a pioneer in streaming media and leads content development, content licensing and entertainment product development teams at TELUS. Amit created PlayStation Vue the first &amp; highest rated streaming pay television service in the United States and was awarded an Emmy for pioneering streaming television. He has helped drive change in the entertainment sector by launching the first streaming pay per view service, negotiating the first OTT network licensing and a-la-carte deals and developing new technologies like Cloud DVR and Digital Ad Replacement. As a strategy consultant at Bain, Amit advised some of the world’s largest media and technology companies on industry defining strategic decisions.</p>

Andrew Fitzgerald is senior vice president of streaming video services for Hearst Television and general manager of the company’s rapidly growing Very Local digital-content unit, of which he was the architect. Hearst Television launched Very Local in September 2021 to provide streaming access to local news and new original non-scripted programming in its more than two dozen local markets. Under Fitzgerald’s leadership, Very Local has expanded its program selection and distribution substantially; its titles are now available on nearly every streaming platform, and its localized FAST channels are available via multiple aggregators. The app features more than a dozen new original unscripted shows, including regional Emmy award winners encompassing a variety of program genres. Fitzgerald joined Hearst Television in 2017 as chief digital content officer, responsible for digital initiatives locally and centrally. He launched dedicated social video brands highlighting local stories from around the Hearst Television footprint. He also led initiatives in branded video content and local digital lifestyle storytelling. Prior to Hearst, Fitzgerald served with Twitter for more than five years, including roles building the global team responsible for Moments and overseeing Twitter’s relationships with U.S. news organizations. In previous roles, Fitzgerald helped to launch the social media show The Stream for Al Jazeera English and led the citizen journalism program Collective Journalism for the short-form documentary network Current TV. Fitzgerald is a cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California, where he was both a Renaissance Scholar and a Presidential Scholarship recipient.

Andrew Fleming is StreamLayer's Chief Operating Officer, overseeing a number of key functions for the sports technology start-up. With a unique and well-rounded set of skills honed across various sports and media roles, Andrew is focused on growing StreamLayer and helping sports media companies transform the way their fans experience live video. Andrew is an entrepreneurial strategist and deal-maker with a vision for developing and implementing successful long-term organizational visions. Prior to joining StreamLayer, Andrew served as Chief Administrative Officer at EZLinks, a PGA-TOUR-affiliated technology company. In 2019 Andrew oversaw the sale of EZLinks to Comcast/NBC Sports, in a trailblazing deal yielding a significant return for EZLinks investors. Prior to joining EZLinks, Andrew held senior leadership positions at KemperSports, hospitality management firm, and KemperLesnik, a sports-focused PR and events agency. Andrew got his start in the sports/media business with the NBC Sports Group as Golf Channel's VP of Business Development and Senior Counsel. While with NBC Sports, Andrew led over ten acquisitions and the business strategy that resulted in the growth of GolfNow.com from an upstart commerce platform to one of the most successful digital businesses in all of sports. Andrew also played a key role in establishing Golf Channel as one of TV's fastest-growing cable networks by negotiating talent agreements and rights deals. Prior to his roles in the sports, media and technology space, Andrew was a litigator with Sidley Austin - working on cases as varied as artwork ownership disputes to serving as appellate counsel for an inmate on Alabama's Death Row. Before law school, Andrew worked at The Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Washington, D.C., and for Alternatives - a leading community organization serving Chicago youth. Andrew is a graduate of The University of Chicago Law School where he earned an "A" from Barack Obama, and Northwestern University where he earned degrees in Political Science and International Studies. He is an avid reader and golfer, and lives with his wife and three kids in Evanston, IL. 

Anil co-founded Bango in 1999 and, as Chief Marketing Officer, is responsible for Bango’s marketing activities and strategic partnerships, including content providers and global network operators. Anil has extensive experience of creating successful partnerships between technology innovators and major market players in online technologies and OEMs. He is highly skilled at, and plays a central role in, both product and market strategy and success. Before co-founding Bango, Anil developed the major partnerships for Cyberlife Technology, one of Europe’s leading computer games technology developers, which resulted in the launch of the company’s ‘artificial life’ technology by the world's leading games publishers. Before that he worked with Bango Executive Chair, Ray Anderson, to establish a technology called X.desktop, which became the global standard for the user interface software on networked computers.

Anne Schelle, Managing Director, Pearl TV

Anthony Jiwa is CMO at OUTtv where he is responsible for overseeing marketing, partnerships and publicity for OUTtv and OUTtvGo, the network's streaming platform. Anthony's 20 year career in entertainment spans primetime, animation, children's, gaming, interactive and licensing in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to joining OUTtv he held marketing and licensing roles at VIZ Media, DHX Media and Mattel Interactive.

Anthony Jiwa is CMO at OUTtv where he is responsible for overseeing marketing, partnerships and publicity for OUTtv and OUTtvGo, the network's streaming platform. Anthony's 20 year career in entertainment spans primetime, animation, children's, gaming, interactive and licensing in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to joining OUTtv he held marketing and licensing roles at VIZ Media, DHX Media and Mattel Interactive.

Streaming media executive experienced in acquisition, development, production, distribution and management of video content. Currently, Xumo's Executive Director of Content Acquisitions and Programming Strategy. Prior to that, led Dailymotion's North American content development during that platform's most successful period of premium U.S. channel growth (2013-2017). Also, spearheaded video strategy initiatives for AOL, including executive producing the award-winning series "You've Got."

Ari is an industry thought leader helping enterprises and large creators build direct-to-consumer video businesses. Customers include Apple, Fortnite, Billie Eilish, Louis CK, Kill Tony, Microsoft, Stripe, AmEx, and many more. Prior to Maestro, Ari was a product manager at Zynga where he designed features, managed revenue, and integrated brands into CityVille, the biggest game on Facebook. Before Zynga, he was an analyst at Goldman Sachs. Ari holds an M.S. in Management Science from Stanford and a B.S. in Information Science from Cornell.

Ashane Govind, Manager, Partner Strategy, Peacock TV

Ashley Hovey is named Chief Digital Officer, The CW Network, in April 2023. In this role, Ms. Hovey is responsible for overseeing the business strategy and day-to-day operations of the network’s digital operations and OTT streaming platforms. Ms. Hovey joined The CW after spending five years at Roku where she oversaw the Ad Supported business for The Roku Channel (TRC), including both on-demand and FAST channel content, audience engagement, and growth. As Senior Director, TRC AVOD, Ms. Hovey built and led the Kids and Family, FAST, Music, and Espacio Latino businesses, drove overall partner strategy and monetization, and managed the multiplatform offering. Prior to her tenure at Roku, Ms. Hovey was a senior director of advertising strategy and development at Comcast supporting the $2.5B Cable Ad business. Ms. Hovey has also worked for British Telecom and Nielsen in various business development, product and client services roles, including working with Facebook building its ad measurement solutions. Ms. Hovey has a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a B.A. in Classical Languages from Pomona College.

Ashley Hovey is named Chief Digital Officer, The CW Network, in April 2023. In this role, Ms. Hovey is responsible for overseeing the business strategy and day-to-day operations of the network’s digital operations and OTT streaming platforms. Ms. Hovey joined The CW after spending five years at Roku where she oversaw the Ad Supported business for The Roku Channel (TRC), including both on-demand and FAST channel content, audience engagement, and growth. As Senior Director, TRC AVOD, Ms. Hovey built and led the Kids and Family, FAST, Music, and Espacio Latino businesses, drove overall partner strategy and monetization, and managed the multiplatform offering. Prior to her tenure at Roku, Ms. Hovey was a senior director of advertising strategy and development at Comcast supporting the $2.5B Cable Ad business. Ms. Hovey has also worked for British Telecom and Nielsen in various business development, product and client services roles, including working with Facebook building its ad measurement solutions. Ms. Hovey has a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a B.A. in Classical Languages from Pomona College.

<p> Ashwin Navin is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Samba TV. He possesses over 20 years of co-founder and chief executive leadership with deep expertise in starting and scaling successful startups in the media technology space. Prior to co-founding Samba TV, Ashwin was the Co-founder and President at BitTorrent, Inc., which he started in 2004 before leaving to launch Samba TV in 2008.</p>

Bart Spriester is the Vice President and General Manager, Streaming, Broadcast and Advertising, for Comcast Technology Solutions. In this role, Bart oversees sales, service, and product management for the business, delivering solutions to hundreds of media and technology companies worldwide. An industry veteran, Bart served as Senior Vice President, Video Products and Solutions for Harmonic, Inc. prior to joining the Comcast Technology Solutions leadership team in 2018. Previously, Bart was the Executive Vice President and General Manager, North America, and CTO for Encompass Digital Media where he improved its market competitiveness and customer support through centralized and standardized business systems. He came to Encompass from Cisco Systems where he was the Vice President and General Manager for the Digital Media Networks business unit. He also served as managing director of Cisco’s EMEA Video Division and was named to the company’s European Operating Committee. Bart earned his MBA at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. Bart is a Six Sigma yellow belt and a graduate of the Executive Management Program from Harvard Business School.

Bart Spriester is the Vice President and General Manager, Streaming, Broadcast and Advertising, for Comcast Technology Solutions. In this role, Bart oversees sales, service, and product management for the business, delivering solutions to hundreds of media and technology companies worldwide. An industry veteran, Bart served as Senior Vice President, Video Products and Solutions for Harmonic, Inc. prior to joining the Comcast Technology Solutions leadership team in 2018. Previously, Bart was the Executive Vice President and General Manager, North America, and CTO for Encompass Digital Media where he improved its market competitiveness and customer support through centralized and standardized business systems. He came to Encompass from Cisco Systems where he was the Vice President and General Manager for the Digital Media Networks business unit. He also served as managing director of Cisco’s EMEA Video Division and was named to the company’s European Operating Committee. Bart earned his MBA at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. Bart is a Six Sigma yellow belt and a graduate of the Executive Management Program from Harvard Business School.

Ben is a B2B marketer with a keen interest and understanding of the technologies that underpin the media and entertainment industry. During the past two decades, Ben has played a key role in some of the most complex and progressive file-based media solutions and projects in the industry while enabling leading media & entertainment technology vendors to differentiate their brands and products. Having previously headed up Portfolio & Marketing Strategy for Vidispine - an Arvato Systems brand, Ben joined Pixotope as VP Global Marketing in September 2021. Ben holds a Bachelor's degree in Music & Sound Recording (Tonmeister) from the University of Surrey.

<div> Ben Grad is senior vice president, head of content strategy and acquisition of fuboTV, the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform. He is responsible for content acquisition strategy, content analytics, packaging, affiliate relations and contract negotiations with fuboTV’s content partners.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Grad joined fuboTV in August 2017 after a decade at Verizon, most recently as its executive director, content strategy and acquisition.&nbsp; He successfully led the content strategy and acquisition efforts for Verizon with major content providers and sports rights holders, managed financial and strategic analysis for key content-related initiatives at the company, and helped drive the development of Verizon’s multiplatform video offerings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Prior to joining Verizon in 2007, Grad was head of strategy at Fuse, where he assessed programming and new business opportunities, as well as a member of Time Warner’s Corporate Strategic Planning Group, where he developed and analyzed new digital distribution opportunities for multiple divisions.&nbsp; He previously negotiated partnership agreements and developed strategy with eLabs, Universal Music Group’s digital group.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Grad began his career at Marakon Associates, a strategy consulting firm. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University and an MBA in finance and marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.</div>

Bill Herman, VP (Advanced Advertising Sales), Spectrum Reach

Blair Harrison is the founder and CEO of Frequency, a company based in Los Angeles that builds and operates the world's leading SaaS platform powering linear video channels. He is a software engineer and entrepreneur who has built multiple companies in the online video and computer graphics industries, including IFILM and Second Nature, which were acquired by Viacom and AutoDesk. Blair spends his time at Frequency working on product design, numerical systems, and supply chain optimization. He has a degree in computer systems engineering from the University of Bristol in England.

Blair Harrison is the founder and CEO of Frequency, a company based in Los Angeles that builds and operates the world's leading SaaS platform powering linear video channels. He is a software engineer and entrepreneur who has built multiple companies in the online video and computer graphics industries, including IFILM and Second Nature, which were acquired by Viacom and AutoDesk. Blair spends his time at Frequency working on product design, numerical systems, and supply chain optimization. He has a degree in computer systems engineering from the University of Bristol in England.

Blake Fox Vice President, Engineering Blake leads a multidisciplinary and innovative engineering team at IKIN that is focused on changing the way visual experiences are imagined and delivered across multiple platforms and use cases. Immersed in the creation of new lossless video processing techniques that address real-world challenges, Blake brings to IKIN extensive expertise in AI and 3-D honed through his previous work as an innovative software and hardware developer creating and implementing solutions for companies that include IBM Watson and HIA technologies, and Triple-A studios such as Electronic Arts, 2K Studios, Disney, and Nickelodeon. He is a U.S. Navy veteran.

Bob Ivins, Head of Data Strategy, Telly

<p> Brett Jensen is the Director, Solutions at iSpot.tv and a veteran in the advanced TV space. He has seen all sides of the TV and video ads business from his experience at agencies, MVPDs, SaaS, and as an advertising data consultant. He founded the Solutions department at iSpot in 2017, helping brands and agencies leverage viewership data into their marketing strategies. Brett is a Colorado native, and a Brooklynite of 15 years.</p>

Brian Kline is President at Penthera Partners. Penthera provides a suite of software products to leading OTTs and video streaming companies to increase the value of their ad inventory and improve their viewers' video quality of experience. Brian leads teams responsible for Penthera's business operations, marketing, sales and product development. Prior to joining Penthera, Brian held executive roles at AT&T, Charter (formerly Time Warner Cable), and Minim, a WiFi management software company. His responsibilities have included product development, partnerships, operational improvement, M&A and strategy. At Charter, Brian developed products to stream video to Smart TVs and game consoles with leading companies including Samsung and Microsoft. He has also held multiple roles overseeing wireless products giving him a deep understanding of in-home Wi-Fi and mobile/5G. Brian received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an active angel investor and Mobile/IoT Technology sector lead for the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY. Brian's volunteer work centers on education, skills gap initiatives and the evolution of education to meet the needs of the future tech workforce.

Brian Kline is President at Penthera Partners. Penthera provides a suite of software products to leading OTTs and video streaming companies to increase the value of their ad inventory and improve their viewers' video quality of experience. Brian leads teams responsible for Penthera's business operations, marketing, sales and product development. Prior to joining Penthera, Brian held executive roles at AT&T, Charter (formerly Time Warner Cable), and Minim, a WiFi management software company. His responsibilities have included product development, partnerships, operational improvement, M&A and strategy. At Charter, Brian developed products to stream video to Smart TVs and game consoles with leading companies including Samsung and Microsoft. He has also held multiple roles overseeing wireless products giving him a deep understanding of in-home Wi-Fi and mobile/5G. Brian received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an active angel investor and Mobile/IoT Technology sector lead for the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY. Brian's volunteer work centers on education, skills gap initiatives and the evolution of education to meet the needs of the future tech workforce.

Brian Rifkin is a co-founder and Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships of JWP Connatix. A digital veteran, Brian has over two decades worth of experience working for companies on the cutting edge of technology. Prior to co-founding JW Player, he served as president of A Simple Internet, a media services firm he founded in 2001 specializing in digital marketing. He started his career with About.com serving as senior vice president of business development . Brian currently serves as a mentor at the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA). He holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

<p> Brian Ring is Senior Director Product Marketing for News at Amagi, where he co-leads the company's effort to super-serve its fastest-growing vertical. Mr. Ring has a twenty-year track record of driving growth in the video &amp; TV technology market through coordinated product strategy, technical content and sales development programs. Previously, Mr. Ring has served in consulting and full-time roles for companies including Verizon Media, Minerva Networks, ATEME, Pac-12 Networks, Univision, Cisco (now Synamedia,) Ericsson (now MediaKind,) Brightcove, Haivision, Singular.live, Tedial and others. Mr. Ring also maintains a long-standing media research practice tracking changing TV viewing behaviors with consumer surveys.</p>

Briana Larsen, VP, Content Partnerships & Business Development, Xperi

Cameron Douglas is the Senior Vice President of Home Entertainment for Fandango and heads the company’s video-on-demand streaming service Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu), one of the industry’s leading digital retailers in the transactional space. An over 20-year entertainment industry veteran, Douglas oversees content and merchandising for Fandango at Home, offering hundreds of thousands of movies and next-day TV shows, along with an extensive library of 4K and HDR titles, to buy or rent without a subscription, and upwards of 30,000 movies and TV shows that viewers can watch free on demand. Douglas began his career holding various analytics and senior marketing roles at Disney, Fox, DreamWorks, and Paramount. He moved into the digital entertainment space in 2013 as SVP of Content for M-GO, the DreamWorks Animation/Technicolor joint venture, prior to its acquisition by Fandango and rebranding as FandangoNOW in 2016. He has overseen multiple years of double-digit growth in this era, beating the market with a focus on content and core consumer experience. With the acquisition of Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu) in 2020, Fandango has firmly established itself as the No. 3 player in the competitive transactional space and Douglas and team are strategically positioned for the next phase of the premium video market. In 2018, Douglas was elected Chairman of OTT.X (formerly the Entertainment Merchants Association/EMA), the trade group for the home entertainment industry. Douglas is a Stanford University graduate and earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and is a longstanding member of Mensa.

<div> Charita Johnson is the Vice President of Content and Creative Strategy at Peloton. There she is responsible for setting the global content and creative direction for digital fitness streaming platforms. When she first joined Peloton in 2020, as Vice President of Production, Engineering and Technology she led the production operations, broadcast, and streaming engineering teams. Under her leadership the department was responsible for building, maintaining and the daily operations of seven control rooms and studios. The creative arm of her team also designed the studio sets.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> In 2017, She founded Johnson Bridge Media; a boutique agency focused on identifying and developing broadcast talent in news and sports. Before JBM, Charita spent over 25 years at ESPN, where she held leadership roles in Production. There she honed the competencies of innovation and business acumen.</div> <div> She was responsible for multi-platform content development, revenue integration, and talent development.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> In her role of Vice President within Production, she led units in Radio Platforms and Content (radio streaming and podcasting), Emerging Platforms (ESPN Local.com), Production Performance and Development (established to drive improved performance, career agility, and skill development for more than two thousand associates across ESPN Production). She is a collaborative think partner who has created complex strategies for matrixed organizations.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Her experience as the champion for the employee resource group (ERG), Asian Business Leaders (ABLE) highlighted her ability to lead diverse groups and coach them in executing critical business strategies. Her previous experience as an executive at The Walt Disney Corporation qualifies her to lead production strategies, operational execution, ad sales integration, business priorities, and KPIs.</div>

Charlie Mitchell is Head of Sales, Sports NA/LATAM at Endeavor Streaming, responsible for the organizations North American commercial efforts, working with leagues, teams, and networks on their D2C initiatives. Charlie has spent over two decades working for companies such as LiveArena, IBM Cloud Video, and Ascent Media, providing digital media solutions to leading brands in sports and media, including the NFL, Fox Sports, PGA Tour, and Spectrum Sports.

Chloe Morawski, Head of Brand & Agency Partnerships, Origin

<p> Chris Drake has been at the forefront of the streaming, digital video, and OTT industry for more than 25 years and at Quickplay will be responsible for Quickplay’s global sales efforts.</p> <p> Drake joins Quickplay most recently from Verizon Media, where he was global vice president of media and entertainment with responsibility for all aspects of the company’s broadcast, media, sports and operator businesses.</p> <p> Previously, he was vice president of business and corporate development at Telestream, spent 10 years with thePlatform and Comcast Technology Solutions where he led business development and sales, and prior to that spent several years at streaming media pioneer RealNetworks.</p>

Chris Glover, VP (Marketing), FreeWheel

Chris Tanquary is the Senior Director of Business Development at VIZIO, leading strategic content partnerships for VIZIO’s award-winning SmartCast platform. A seasoned executive in media and entertainment, Chris has held various posts at Samsung, including co-founding the company’s first SVOD service. Before joining Samsung, Chris led various positions at Boost Mobile, where he led app store strategy and business development across gaming, music, and mobile applications verticals. Chris holds a BBA from Washburn University and an MBA from the University of Kansas School of Business.

Chris Yates, Chief Commercial Officer, Mansa

<p> Curt Marvis is recognized globally for his vast and successful experience in both traditional and digital media and for his pioneering efforts in digital distribution.</p> <p> Mr. Marvis is currently CEO &amp; Co-Founder of QYOU Media Inc., (http://qyoumedia.com) a publicly held company (TSXV: QYOU OTCQB: QYOUF) which operates in India and the United States producing and distributing content created by social media stars and digital content creators. In India, the company's flagship brand, The Q, curates, produces and distributes premium content including television networks and VOD for cable and satellite television, OTT and mobile platforms. QYOU Media’s India based influencer marketing division, Chtrbox, is among the leading influencer marketing platforms in India for connecting brands and social media influencers. In the United States, the company creates and manages influencer marketing campaigns for major film studios, game publishers and brands. Founded and created by industry veterans from Lionsgate, MTV, Disney and Sony, QYOU Media’s millennial and Gen Z-focused content reaches more than one billion consumers around the world every month.</p> <p> Mr. Marvis previously served as Lionsgate’s (NYSE: LGF) President of Digital Media, where he helped pioneer the company's broad spectrum of digital distribution agreements. In addition, while at Lionsgate Mr. Marvis successfully launched original content channels, series and games in partnership with YouTube, Hulu and Machinima, many of which formed the basis of the digitally distributed series that are being developed by major studios today.</p> <p> Prior to joining Lionsgate, Mr. Marvis was Co-Founder and CEO of CinemaNow, a globally recognized innovator in digital entertainment technology and distribution. CinemaNow was launched in June 1999 and created many of the AVOD, SVOD, TVOD and EST models that are now used by companies from Netflix and HBO to YouTube and Amazon.</p> <p> Mr. Marvis also served as President of publicly held CD-Rom game developer 7th Level (NASDAQ: SEVL) and helped lead their successful restructuring into delivery of web based technology applications with partners from Microsoft to Bandai.</p> <p> From 1983 to 1994 Mr. Marvis was Co-Founder and CEO of The Company, an award winning and highly regarded production house for music videos and concerts. He and his partner, legendary director Wayne Isham, were awarded MTV's prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award honoring lifetime achievement in their work in 1991.</p> <p> Mr. Marvis began his career as a documentary producer and includes 105 half hour episodes of New! Animal World for the Disney Channel among his numerous credits.</p> <p> Mr. Marvis is a frequent speaker at industry events as an expert in the merging of traditional and digital media and has served on numerous boards including CinemaNow, JumpTV (now Neulion), 7th Level and QYOU Media. He is a graduate with honors from UCLA with a BFA in Motion Picture and Television Production.</p>

Dalaney Thompson, VP of Strategic Partnerships at AiBUY, is a key figure in sales and marketing within the evolving e-commerce and retail media landscape. She leads a team of innovators who design, build, and sell solutions that redefine content interactivity and monetization. With expertise in B2B sales, digital marketing, and strategic leadership, Dalaney's insights and experience make her a sought-after voice in the industry.

Dallas Lawrence is a seasoned executive counselor with extensive experience supporting emerging tech and fast growth companies. His background in communication, crisis, public affairs, brand and digital media strategy has helped the highest profile organizations develop engaging programs that define, differentiate and disrupt market perceptions. Today, Dallas serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for Telly, the company revolutionizing the future of TV with the world's first free dual screen television - the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room. A veteran of the connected TV landscape, he was previously head of communications for the Roku platform business where he led communications for the Roku ad business, The Roku Channel, Roku Originals, Roku distribution and Roku’s public policy efforts. He previously served as SVP for TV measurement and data provider Samba TV and as the CCO and CMO for OpenX, the world's largest independent advertising technology company. Previously, Dallas worked in the agency sector as the chief global digital strategist for WPPs largest PR agency counseling clients including Coca-Cola, Bank of America, Ford, J&J and AIG. During more than a decade in Washington, DC, Dallas served as a press secretary on Capitol Hill prior to joining President Bush’s communications team initially leading outreach efforts for the President’s signature domestic policy initiative No Child Left Behind. Dallas would later deploy to Baghdad, Iraq on behalf of the White House to serve as a spokesperson for the Coalition. Upon returning from Baghdad, Dallas joined the communication team of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld where he served as the Pentagon's Director of Public Liaison for both Rumsfeld and his successor Secretary Gates. He serves today as the go to expert for media and emerging technology companies on the future of consumer media and advertising engagement in the new age of connected television viewing. Dallas' work has been recognized with the top honors for online campaign of the year; digital public affairs program of the year, corporate media campaign of the year and crisis communications program of the year. He has been named both the “Crisis Manager of the Year” by PR News and the "Social Media Professional of the Year". PR Week named him one of the 40 most influential leaders in PR. Dallas was previously a commissioned officer in the United States Navy and earned a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a MA in Government from The Johns Hopkins University.

Dallas Lawrence is a seasoned executive counselor with extensive experience supporting emerging tech and fast growth companies. His background in communication, crisis, public affairs, brand and digital media strategy has helped the highest profile organizations develop engaging programs that define, differentiate and disrupt market perceptions. Today, Dallas serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for Telly, the company revolutionizing the future of TV with the world's first free dual screen television - the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room. A veteran of the connected TV landscape, he was previously head of communications for the Roku platform business where he led communications for the Roku ad business, The Roku Channel, Roku Originals, Roku distribution and Roku’s public policy efforts. He previously served as SVP for TV measurement and data provider Samba TV and as the CCO and CMO for OpenX, the world's largest independent advertising technology company. Previously, Dallas worked in the agency sector as the chief global digital strategist for WPPs largest PR agency counseling clients including Coca-Cola, Bank of America, Ford, J&J and AIG. During more than a decade in Washington, DC, Dallas served as a press secretary on Capitol Hill prior to joining President Bush’s communications team initially leading outreach efforts for the President’s signature domestic policy initiative No Child Left Behind. Dallas would later deploy to Baghdad, Iraq on behalf of the White House to serve as a spokesperson for the Coalition. Upon returning from Baghdad, Dallas joined the communication team of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld where he served as the Pentagon's Director of Public Liaison for both Rumsfeld and his successor Secretary Gates. He serves today as the go to expert for media and emerging technology companies on the future of consumer media and advertising engagement in the new age of connected television viewing. Dallas' work has been recognized with the top honors for online campaign of the year; digital public affairs program of the year, corporate media campaign of the year and crisis communications program of the year. He has been named both the “Crisis Manager of the Year” by PR News and the "Social Media Professional of the Year". PR Week named him one of the 40 most influential leaders in PR. Dallas was previously a commissioned officer in the United States Navy and earned a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a MA in Government from The Johns Hopkins University.

Dan Goman is the founder and CEO of Ateliere Creative Technologies, a pioneering cloud-native media supply chain company that enables media enterprises and content creators to reach audiences globally. Recognizing the imminent shift from traditional broadcast to digital, Dan foresaw the industry's necessity to transition its entire media supply chain to the cloud to remain competitive in a digital-first era dominated by technology companies. He led a team of highly skilled software experts to develop a SaaS-based media supply chain platform, designed for turnkey implementation and operational within days, without requiring substantial capital expenditure. This initiative resulted in Ateliere Connect, a platform that manages the media supply chain from concept to consumer, significantly reducing costs for content owners and enhancing global content monetization. With Ateliere Connect, content owners can now monetize their content on any platform with a single click, as the intelligent automation and seamless integration with any global content platform eliminate traditional cost and time barriers. Under Dan's leadership, Ateliere continues to push the envelope with its latest Gen AI-driven media supply chain platform. The new generation of Ateliere Connect utilizes sophisticated, continuously learning Gen AI engines to address industry challenges. Dan has a strong software background, having held various software-related roles at companies such as Microsoft, Lucent Technologies, AT&T Wireless, and Computer Associates.

Experienced Global Tech & Media Executive Most recently, Gagliardi serves as FilmRise’s VP of Digital Distribution and Business Development. In this position, he oversees all aspects of the FilmRise library’s distribution to AVOD and FAST partners, globally. This includes developing and implementing customized strategies to maximize library value across new and existing partners. His purview spans the entire partner lifecycle: sourcing new partners, negotiating deal terms, collaborating with partners on content/channel selections and rollouts, and continually analyzing partner performance and implementing tactics that increase ROI. He also manages FilmRise’s FAST programming team, which programs 50+ FAST channels globally. Previously, Gagliardi held a leadership role at Vudu, Inc. (at the time a Walmart company). As the Head of Content, he was responsible for building and leading the content partnerships team. He had oversight across the entire content offering, including: original programming, film/tv licensing, and third-party channel licensing. Daniel’s team oversaw all elements of the process, including: content strategy, sourcing and maintaining partnerships, deal negotiations, and financial planning & analysis. During his two and a half years running the team, Vudu debuted its first original television series MR. MOM (2019), its first original film ADVENTURE FORCE 5 (2019), commissioned a dozen additional originals, and partnered with hundreds of content licensors, including Disney, Warner Brothers, Sony, Lionsgate, MGM, FilmRise and Samuel Goldwyn, among others. These initiatives drove a three-fold increase in Vudu’s usage, by growing active users and average user session lengths across all demos. Daniel joined Vudu in July 2018, after serving as Vice President of Worldwide Television & Digital Distribution at Lionsgate. During his seven year career at Lionsgate, Daniel worked alongside senior management in evaluating, planning and implementing strategies to maximize the value of the studio’s content. His role included overseeing content licensing partnerships across various rights groups, with an emphasis on ad-supported video on demand. During his tenure, Daniel built and led Lionsgate’s ad-supported licensing team, forging and overseeing industry-first deals with Hulu, YouTube, Tubi, Pluto TV, Roku, Amazon, and Crackle, among others. In addition to his licensing responsibilities, Daniel acted as the TV & Digital Distribution department’s lead on content acquisition and renewal activities. This involved building global licensing projections, negotiating acquisition deals with rights-holders, and managing rights-holder relationships. Prior to his career in entertainment, Daniel worked for several years in finance in New York, for Bear Stearns. At Bear, Daniel worked on the European Equity Research team, focusing on the technology, media, and telecom sectors. Daniel is a graduate of Cornell University, where his degree included a year-long exchange program with the London School of Economics and Political Science.

<p> Daniel is a leader in software, sports and media, and has held senior positions as the President of the Harvard Law Review, Head of Internet Policy at the FCC, and Head of Corporate Affairs at Activision Blizzard. Daniel appreciates the many challenges and risks organizations face as we become a digital-first society. As the CEO of Greenfly, he has worked with some of the biggest brands in sports, entertainment, politics and social causes to help them scale digital media infrastructure and build brand awareness through advocacy marketing. Daniel holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D from Harvard Law School.</p>

<p> Daniel Rausch leads Amazon's Entertainment Devices and Services organization. As Vice President, Rausch oversees the company's global Fire TV business, which is responsible for selling more than 150 million devices globally. In this role, Rausch also oversees the new Amazon Luna cloud gaming service and the global team behind Amazon Appstore including Amazon's app and game experiences and developer services for Fire TV, Fire tablets, and Android phones and tablets. Prior to his current role, Rausch led Amazon's work to continually add new smart home capabilities and features to the Alexa voice service, build Amazon-branded smart home products that provide new utility around customers' homes, and deliver programs like Dash Replenishment that offer convenience for consumers and businesses. Additionally, Rausch oversaw the Alexa mobile experience and a range of programs designed to help developers and devices makers create and market compelling services and products that work great with Alexa. Daniel joined Amazon in 2009 as director of the higher-education segment business for Amazon Devices, where he focused on enabling students and educators to use Amazon devices and apps for reading and studying. Before joining Amazon, Rausch was COO of visiblebody.com, an award-winning medical and scientific education company located in the Boston area.&nbsp;</p>

Danielle DeLauro serves as VAB’s executive vice president and works directly with the CEO to determine VAB’s strategic vision and set the internal agenda and direction for all departments within the organization. Video advertising is in a state of unprecedented transition and DeLauro is at the heart of the conversation. She plays an important role in educating the market on the power of video to drive business growth, including among digitally-native brands. She was the architect behind the television industry’s first video campaign, featuring the founders of two successful data-driven, digital-native companies describing the impact TV had on their businesses. DeLauro also established and built VAB’s Strategic Insights division, a team dedicated to helping marketers make fully informed media decisions by providing actionable, unique intelligence about today’s video environments. Prior to joining VAB, she spent her career at advertising agencies developing integrated media strategies for a range of high-profile brands such as Lowe’s Home Improvement, Marriott International, Nestle Waters North America, Mars Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, Proctor & Gamble and Universal Pictures, among others. Her work with CMOs and brand managers provides DeLauro with a unique perspective into how marketers think, the challenges they face and a strong understanding of how a brand is built. Her agency experience directly influences VAB’s work and overall philosophy of examining industry topics through a marketer’s lens. DeLauro was named one of Cynopsis’ Top Women in Media for 2020 and has previously been recognized among Advertising Age’s 40 Under 40. She frequently speaks at industry conferences on a wide range of topics, such as advances in data and media measurement, as well as the current video landscape and future trends and innovations.

As Director of Product Marketing for global streaming platform Plex, Danni Hemberger is responsible for implementing marketing strategies that bring the brand and its product stories to life. Prior to joining Plex, Danni spent nearly three years at Tubi as the Senior Manager of Product Marketing and Operations where she was responsible for marketplace research, go to market strategies and collaborated on the launch and measurement of several integrated marketing campaigns, driving over 10% increase in awareness of Tubi. Prior to this, she also worked at independently-owned creative agency, Swirl, as an Account Director where she led cross-functional teams in the process of developing, recommending and implementing product strategies for her clients. She started her career at U.S. Sports Camps Inc. where she simultaneously managed sponsorship, logistical, financial and administrative duties for the Nike Soccer & Running camp networks. Danni graduated with a B.A in International Relations and Spanish from the University of Southern California.

Darren Lepke, VP, Product Management, SymphonyAI

Dave Bernath is Vice President Sales & Partnerships, Americas at Wurl, the leader in data-driven solutions for CTV. With over 20 years of experience growing audiences for top content brands across traditional and emerging platforms, Dave brings a wealth of programming and digital media expertise to Wurl. Prior to joining Wurl, he was an accomplished television programmer and digital media entrepreneur, including General Manager of Comedy Central, where he helped drive key programming decisions and oversaw the network's transformation from a linear cable channel to a truly multiplatform content brand.

David Apostolico SVP, Platform Strategy, Development & Distribution, vCommerce Ventures at Qurate Retail Group As SVP, Platform Strategy, Development & Distribution for QVC/HSN, Dave focuses on expanding the reach of the brands’ five broadcast channels – QVC, QVC2, QVC3, HSN, and HSN2 – as well as the reach of the QVC+/HSN+ Streaming Experience. He also works with all distribution partners to ensure they have the rights to carry Qurate Retail Group’s networks and streaming service. QVC and HSN’s primary channels are available across all major platforms and reach more than 100 million US homes. QVC+/HSN+ offers our most robust, video commerce experience, with live, on-demand and streaming-only content together in one fully shoppable app. Prior to joining QVC nearly 25 years ago, Dave worked in private practice as a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions and structured finance. Working in QVC’s legal department, Dave worked across multiple business functions gaining unique insight into all areas of the QVC business. In Platform Expansion & Distribution, Dave has contributed significantly to the business, helping QVC and HSN expand their household reach across platforms. He continues to transform the cable industry through the deployment of next-generation interactive applications with our cable partners. Most recently, Dave was honored in the 2021 Cablefax 100 List, highlighting the most influential executives whose leadership continues to take the industry to new heights. Dave earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware and his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Dave lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania with his wife and their five children.

David is the CEO of Swedish fast growing streaming guide PlayPilot. Before joining PlayPilot in early 2018, David was VP Sales EMEA at Ooyala and has been contributing to several boards and management teams within the media and SaaS space. Now at PlayPilot, he is 100% focused on solving the main problem left for the entertainment industry and that is to help the audience to search less and consume more high quality content.

DeShuna Spencer is the Founder & CEO of kweliTV, a digital platform that celebrates global Black stories and amplifies Black storytellers. She's a former radio host and producer of emPower Hour, a show that examined social justice issues affecting people of color, on DC's 89.3 FM WPFW. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Spencer served as Director of Communications for EdMarket where she ran the communications department and all media properties. A former AmeriCorps VISTA, Spencer graduated from Jackson State University where she studied communications and journalism. She has written for The Clarion-Ledger, The Oakland Tribune and the Crisis Magazine. She is a Halcyon Incubator Fellow, a Voqal Fellow and a Google NexGen Policy Leader. Spencer was first place winner of the 2017 Harvard Business School African Business Conference Pitch Competition. She is featured in the book, How We Fight White Supremacy as one of the more than 60+ Black leading organizers, artists, journalists, entrepreneurs, etc., combating white supremacy through their work. In 2019, the Digital Diversity Network named Spencer the Innovation & Inclusion Social Entrepreneur of the Year.. Spencer and her company have been featured in Fast Company, CNN Business, TechCrunch, Shondaland, Emmy Magazine, The Root, Blavity, Bloomberg Quicktake, TIME and more.

Diana Horowitz, Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Chief Operations Officer, Driver Studios

Elisha Lawrence, AVP (Global Anti-Piracy & Content Security), ABS-CBN International

Eric Goldstein is Quickplay’s Vice President of Business Development and Global Partnerships, He is responsible for strategic partnerships across Quickplay’s partner ecosystem, working closely with our technology and cloud partners to innovate and grow our collective business globally. Previously the general manager of SimplePractice Learning, an innovative streaming continuing education service for behavioral health professionals . Eric had spent more than 12 years at The Walt Disney Company, for which he was instrumental in the growth of the company’s digital entertainment and streaming video products and distribution. This included Disney, ESPN, and ABC networks across digital platforms, connected devices, and streaming services. Eric holds a Bachelors in Business Administration from James Madison University.

<div> Erik is a seasoned product management and business development executive with over 15 years of experience in the media and technology industry. He is the VP, Head of Global Business Development for MediaKind. In this role, he oversees the product and business strategy of Ericsson’s new cloud TV technology product, working with Tier-1 global operators as they deploy their next-generation cloud-based TV services. He has spoken at shows including TV of Tomorrow and Digital Entertainment World.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Erik joined Ericsson as part of the Mediaroom acquisition from Microsoft. During his 10-year tenure at Microsoft, Erik led various initiatives involving new business opportunities, product management, and product planning of the TV and Media (TVM) organization, including Xbox and Windows Media Center. At Microsoft, Erik managed key operator and consumer electronic partnerships, including Sony, Best Buy, Samsung, Toshiba and Panasonic.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Prior to Microsoft, Erik presided as General Manager and Vice President of MovieBeam, a video-on-demand service started with major investment from the Disney Corporation, specifically its subsidiary Buena Vista Datacasting. Erik’s entertainment and wireless communications industry experience also includes working at Dotcast and Cellnet Data Systems.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Erik received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College.</div>

Evan Bregman is General Manager, Streaming at Tastemade, where he is responsible for driving viewership and growth of Tastemade’s streaming business. Since joining the company in 2022, Evan has overseen a jump of 58% in viewership on Tastemade’s streaming channels. Tastemade is an independent media company that engages a global audience of millions of monthly viewers on all major streaming and social platforms and creates award-winning video content and original programming in the categories of Food, Travel, and Home & Design. Prior to joining Tastemade, Bregman was VP, Head of Business Operations at Rooster Teeth, the original gaming lifestyle brand where he oversaw the strategic operation of Rooster Teeth’s direct-to-consumer business, leveraging data analytics to drive efficient revenue and audience growth across all social channels, e-commerce, podcasting, Rooster Teeth’s O&O apps, and their flagship membership product, FIRST. Prior to this role, Bregman was GM of SVOD and Programming for Rooster Teeth, where he grew FIRST into the most-subscribed creator membership program, and he oversaw Rooster Teeth’s distribution efforts that expanded their reach to AVOD and FAST partners internationally. He is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he was part of the first graduating cohort to receive Honors in Multimedia Scholarship, and received an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.

Evan Bregman is General Manager, Streaming at Tastemade, where he is responsible for driving viewership and growth of Tastemade’s streaming business. Since joining the company in 2022, Evan has overseen a jump of 58% in viewership on Tastemade’s streaming channels. Tastemade is an independent media company that engages a global audience of millions of monthly viewers on all major streaming and social platforms and creates award-winning video content and original programming in the categories of Food, Travel, and Home & Design. Prior to joining Tastemade, Bregman was VP, Head of Business Operations at Rooster Teeth, the original gaming lifestyle brand where he oversaw the strategic operation of Rooster Teeth’s direct-to-consumer business, leveraging data analytics to drive efficient revenue and audience growth across all social channels, e-commerce, podcasting, Rooster Teeth’s O&O apps, and their flagship membership product, FIRST. Prior to this role, Bregman was GM of SVOD and Programming for Rooster Teeth, where he grew FIRST into the most-subscribed creator membership program, and he oversaw Rooster Teeth’s distribution efforts that expanded their reach to AVOD and FAST partners internationally. He is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he was part of the first graduating cohort to receive Honors in Multimedia Scholarship, and received an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.

<p> Fariba Zamaniyan is a specialist in the development and scale of products that monetize data and technology for advertising. Currently at Xperi Corp by way of TiVo and TRA, Ms. Zamaniyan is Vice President of Data and Monetization leading a team responsible for the development and execution of the product plan that monetizes TiVo's TV viewership sourced from set-top box data assets for direct license and connected TV ad sales. Prior to joining TiVo, she was the Senior Vice President at Nielsen which acquired IAG research where she was hired to create and monetize its data assets for day after recall and program engagement measurement for leading industry verticals including Consumer Packaged Goods and Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Nielsen, Ms. Zamaniyan was at Ipsos and the NPD Group where she was responsible for developing, and monetizing data driven products that catered to ad copy testing, brand tracking and sales impact measurement within the retail, pharmaceutical, apparel, athletic footwear and music industries. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and International Business from Ithaca College.</p>

Field Garthwaite is the Co-Founder and CEO of IRIS.TV, a video data platform that enables better viewing experiences and advertising outcomes. Since inventing the core technology behind IRIS.TV, Field has led the company to engineer the most open video data ecosystem in the world, enabling its partners to build scalable solutions on top of its platform, including video-level contextual and brand-safe ad targeting, planning, verification, and measurement solutions. Today the company works with thousands of media companies, data, streaming, and ad tech partners around the world to power meaningful connections between brands and consumers. Prior to IRIS.TV, Field worked in digital distribution, data architecture, and video for companies including HBO, Universal Pictures, Rubicon Project and Jukebox TV.

Field Garthwaite is the Co-Founder and CEO of IRIS.TV, a video data platform that enables better viewing experiences and advertising outcomes. Since inventing the core technology behind IRIS.TV, Field has led the company to engineer the most open video data ecosystem in the world, enabling its partners to build scalable solutions on top of its platform, including video-level contextual and brand-safe ad targeting, planning, verification, and measurement solutions. Today the company works with thousands of media companies, data, streaming, and ad tech partners around the world to power meaningful connections between brands and consumers. Prior to IRIS.TV, Field worked in digital distribution, data architecture, and video for companies including HBO, Universal Pictures, Rubicon Project and Jukebox TV.

<div> With an unshakeable belief that lateral thinking is the key to innovation, Fred has spent the last 15 years building companies that break the mold and disrupt the status quo.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> In 2008, he bootstrapped an e-commerce company in London led to him being listed in the Courvoisier Future 500 'Top 100 most aspiring individuals'. In 2012 that company was acquired and he emigrated to California where he co-founded a data-focused search engine which in 2013 was acquired by a private venture group. In 2015 he relocated to New York City to work for Telaria and later that year went across to E.W.Scripps where he helped leaded Newsy's pivot to Connected TV. By 2019, he saw significantly more potential with CTV so made the decision with a colleague of his to leave E.W. and start Origin.</div>

<p> Garrett MacDonald has more than two decades of experience in B2B sales leadership, providing a respected industry voice on the convergence of mobile, retail, technology and finance. Before joining IRIS.TV, MacDonald served as executive vice president of strategic sales at mobile measurement leader Kochava, where he was instrumental in creating and deploying some of the industry's most transformational technology solutions. Prior to Kochava, MacDonald held sales management positions at Airpush, StrikeAd, and American Express.</p>

Geir Skaaden serves as chief products and services officer for Xperi Inc. Based in Calabasas, Geir is responsible for leading Xperi’s portfolio of imaging, audio, user experience and discovery solutions. Geir joined DTS, a part of Xperi, in 2008 and has held a number of leadership roles over the years where he has overseen product management, business development, global licensing and marketing. He later became executive vice president of products, platforms and solutions prior to being promoted to his current role. Before his time at DTS, Geir served as the chief executive officer at Neural Audio Corporation. Geir holds an MBA from the University of Washington, a business degree from the Norwegian School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Oregon.

Geir Skaaden serves as chief products and services officer for Xperi Inc. Based in Calabasas, Geir is responsible for leading Xperi’s portfolio of imaging, audio, user experience and discovery solutions. Geir joined DTS, a part of Xperi, in 2008 and has held a number of leadership roles over the years where he has overseen product management, business development, global licensing and marketing. He later became executive vice president of products, platforms and solutions prior to being promoted to his current role. Before his time at DTS, Geir served as the chief executive officer at Neural Audio Corporation. Geir holds an MBA from the University of Washington, a business degree from the Norwegian School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Oregon.

Giles Tongue, VP Marketing, Bango

Gilles Domartini is the founder and CEO of Cleeng, the leading SaaS platform for Subscriber Retention Management®, utilized by major broadcasters such as the NFL, NHL, Tennis Channel, Tod - BeIN Media, and many others worldwide. Cleeng is a rapidly growing and profitable business headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with additional offices in New York City, USA; Dubai, UAE; and Manila, Philippines. Before founding Cleeng, Gilles served as Vice President of Online Consumer Activities at Philips, where he played a pivotal role in transforming Philips into a consumer-centric organization on a global scale. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of the Apple Online Stores in Europe, where he successfully grew the business from modest beginnings in 2001 to achieving $1 billion in revenue by 2006. A graduate of EDHEC Business School, Gilles is a key figure in the European digital economy.

Goutham is responsible for platform engineering, service operations,. SI services and customer success at Quickplay. He most recently was Global Head of Software Engineering with AT&T Entertainment, where he led OTT & video solutions engineering teams in the U.S., Canada and India. Previously Goutham held the role of VP of Platform Services for Quickplay, until it was acquired by AT&T in 2016. Additionally, Goutham has held roles as SVP of Engineering with Polaris Financial Technologies, and Practice Head in North America with TATA Consultancy Services, where he worked across industry verticals. Goutham has a MSc in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology, Warangal and BSc in Electronics from ANU, India.

Gregory Sogorka is Director, Product Management for FreeWheel, a global technology platform for the TV advertising industry. In this role, he leads a team at FreeWheel whose responsibilities include the development and optimization of core advertising decisioning capabilities used by FreeWheel customers. This includes Gregory’s recent focus on live inventory and ad server decisioning, as well as the scaling capabilities necessary for high-profile live sports broadcasts. His work is crucial in delivering scalable and efficient ad solutions to FreeWheel’s largest clients, particularly in supporting large-scale live sporting events and advancing the platform’s infrastructure. With over 18 years of experience in the ad industry, Gregory has been a key figure at FreeWheel since it was an early-stage startup, joining the company as a Senior Software Engineer in 2008. He has since advanced to Product Manager, Senior Product Manager, and his current role of Director of Product Management. Earlier in his career, Gregory was instrumental in the development of FreeWheel’s endpoint technologies across iOS, Android, and JavaScript platforms. Gregory contributed to the development and rollout of FreeWheel’s linear addressable product offerings, including the Operator Linear Addressable Solution for MVPDs and the Programmer Linear Addressable Solution for programmers. His work also extended to the Hybrid Linear Digital Ad-Scheduler (HyLDA) Solution, which supports both linear and non-linear ad environments across the U.S. and Europe. Additionally, Gregory serves as an active participant in many industry discussions, including in the development of the IAB VAST specification, a widely adopted standard for ad servers. Most recently, he has been involved in the IAB’s Live Event Ad Serving Working Group – a subset of their Programmatic Supply Chain Working Group – whose work will define the latest specifications and best practices associated with monetizing large scale live sports events. Gregory holds a Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Study with a Focus on Musical Composition from New York University and resides in Vermont.

Before founding TeleUP Inc., Gustavo founded and grew DutchPhone Holdings Inc., a VOIP company, and sold Uniwear, an apparel company he launched during college. In Silicon Valley, he worked as a consultant and entrepreneur for Rotary Rocket, a space launch startup; Veridicom, a biometric startup; and vTraction, a former Rabobank venture capital company. Gustavo holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in International Business Studies from Maastricht University (The Netherlands). His thesis examines industry entry strategies. He also studied at Harvard Business School and conducted innovation management research as CFO and project leader of the Emerald nanosatellite project at Stanford University's Aeronautics Department. Gustavo has given back to the community by teaching undergraduates and MBA students as Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Pace University. Gustavo has also co-produced feature and short films. His latest film is "Tribes on The Edge", a documentary which depicts the struggles of indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest.

Ira Dworkin has lived at the intersection of media, entertainment, and technology for over two decades, building and driving both engineering and product organizations to deliver compelling B2B and B2C entertainment offerings. As an accomplished senior executive, he has been at the forefront of the evolution of streaming technologies and services. Ira has driven the creation and launch of cutting-edge consumer services for start-ups and well-established organizations, enhancing their agility and delivering sustainable competitive advantage. As managing director of FPT Software's CM&E practice in the US, Ira is responsible for partnering with CM&E leaders to strategize, architect, and execute on their key initiatives. Prior to joining FPT, Ira served in Chief Technology &amp; Product roles for leading organizations including INTELITY, VUBIQUITY, DIRECTV, Blockbuster, Disney, and more.

Ira Dworkin has lived at the intersection of media, entertainment, and technology for over two decades, building and driving both engineering and product organizations to deliver compelling B2B and B2C entertainment offerings. As an accomplished senior executive, he has been at the forefront of the evolution of streaming technologies and services. Ira has driven the creation and launch of cutting-edge consumer services for start-ups and well-established organizations, enhancing their agility and delivering sustainable competitive advantage. As managing director of FPT Software's CM&E practice in the US, Ira is responsible for partnering with CM&E leaders to strategize, architect, and execute on their key initiatives. Prior to joining FPT, Ira served in Chief Technology &amp; Product roles for leading organizations including INTELITY, VUBIQUITY, DIRECTV, Blockbuster, Disney, and more.

Isaac Bess, Global Head of Distribution, TikTok

Jake Cohen is the Associate Vice President and Co-Head of Content, Verizon Consumer Group. In this role, he helps lead Verizon's partnership efforts across the sports, media and entertainment space to utilize content as an asset for Verizon consumers, solidifying their position as one of the largest direct to consumer distribution platforms in the US. Jake also works to develop and co-create NextGen content experiences that drive 5G adoption and showcase the art of the possible, by meeting the needs of the modern day consumer/sports fan.

Jake Cohen is the Associate Vice President and Co-Head of Content, Verizon Consumer Group. In this role, he helps lead Verizon's partnership efforts across the sports, media and entertainment space to utilize content as an asset for Verizon consumers, solidifying their position as one of the largest direct to consumer distribution platforms in the US. Jake also works to develop and co-create NextGen content experiences that drive 5G adoption and showcase the art of the possible, by meeting the needs of the modern day consumer/sports fan.

James Burt, SVP of Product, JWP (JW Player)

<div> James Varndell has built his career around video, helping media companies and video publishers to create great content and reach every viewer. In 2021 James joined Bitmovin as Senior Product Manager for Bitmovin’s Player. He ensures the Player reaches every device, in outstanding quality and delivers value to Bitmovin’s partners. Prior to joining Bitmovin, James held positions in product management and software engineering, playing an instrumental role in building software for media management and video editing.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> James holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Information Technology and specialises in video software.</div>

Jason Patton joins us representing Verance headquartered in San Diego, California. He is the Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Verance and in his role he represents his company in partnerships with television broadcasters and television manufacturers. Jason joined Verance in 2017 following business development leadership roles at AT&T, In Demand, Immersion, and LeTV. Verance is bringing to life the Aspect watermarking solution for NextGen TV to solve the legacy distribution problem for two-way interactive experiences across the United States and Europe. For interactive experiences including sports betting and targeted advertising, watermarking extends the reach of NextGen TV services to 100% of televisions.

<p> Jason oversees Business Development, Marketing and Business Intelligence initiatives for Crackle Plus, a JV between C.S.S.E and Sony Pictures TV. Prior to Crackle Plus, Jason worked at The Walt Disney Company. He started his career in investment banking, at Merrill Lynch &amp; Co., in the M&amp;A department.&nbsp; Jason holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Economics from Bucknell University. He resides in Los Angeles.</p>

Jason Thibeault is the senior director of marketing strategy for Limelight Networks. In this role he helps direct Limelight’s corporate messaging and positioning, develops whitepapers and e-books, blogs, and evangelizes the Limelight solution offering to audiences around the world. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Irvine Honors Program and a M.A. in English, with distinction, from California State University, Northridge. Jason is the co-author of the marketing thought-leadership book Recommend This! Delivering Digital Experiences People Want to Share (Wiley) and an inventor on a number of technical patents with Limelight Networks. Follow him on twitter @_jasonthibeault.

Jason is a film distribution executive and content strategist based in Southern California. Over the past 16 years, Jason has led acquisitions, business development and distribution teams at boutique indie outlets, global content aggregators, and emerging and established digital platforms, always with an eye towards technology’s ability to engage audiences on a deeper level with content, discovery, user experience, and the artists they love. Jason joined Kanopy in 2020 as the Vice President of Content, and transitioned to the post of General Manager in 2021, when Kanopy was acquired by OverDrive, bringing together the largest catalog of premium content for colleges and public libraries worldwide.

Jeff DiTullio, CTO, Atmosphere TV

<p> Jeremiah is a senior content development executive and producer in leading original and licensed “high-concept” scripted TV and Genre series, licensed IP and foreign formats, from development through broadcast, with specialties in international markets. Jeremiah’s focus lies in the creation of content as a brand, with stories and franchise elements that engage audiences across multiple global platforms. With a concentration in customized content ideation, multi-platform content strategy, development and execution, and expertise in foreign markets and localized partnerships, Jeremiah is highly effective in packaging and positioning for the U.S. and global markets, with select clients and projects that include Netflix, 20th Century Fox, iQiyi, KBS, SBS, CJ E&amp;M, Apple, Fox TV Studios, 3 Arts Entertainment, amongst others.</p>

Jill Goldfarb, Senior Vice President, Streaming TV at Jukin Media, TMB (Trusted Media Brands)

Jim Long is CEO of Didja, Inc. a streaming TV platform & consumer apps company focused on the virtual antenna TV market (LocalBTV). Jim is currently is on the Boards of Rev Genomics (Genetic engineering of high value crops); CrowdSpots (Big Data Crowd Sourcing) and Pops Worldwide (Vietnam based Youtube MCN). Just prior to Didja, Jim was a Partner with Gabriel Ventures. Jim has many years of experience and success in building businesses in the high technology industry, as well as in developing new technologies and patents for the Internet and PC environments. He has been a co-founder or CEO in such companies as Veritas (IPO: VRTS), Ruckus Wireless (IPO: RKUS), Starlight Networks (invented "Streaming" and sold to Picturetel), Linkware (sold to Ungermann-Bass) and RioPort (Digital Music pioneer merged with Ecast). Jim has been an angel investor or adviser or part-time exec to others such as Chegg (IPO: CHGG), TiMetra (sold to Alcatel), Applied Microcircuits (IPO:AMCC) and Jibe Networks (sold to Citrix). Previously Jim worked for Adler Ventures, Hewlett Packard (invented world's first presentation graphics program) and BCG and received a BS:EECS from UC-Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard.

Joanelle Romero, Founder, President, CEO of Red Nation Celebration Institute. The Creative Enterprise by Natives Delivering to All People the Stories that Shape Our World is the longest-standing Native Women-Led Indigenous Media Arts and Cultural non-profit enterprise in the history of the entertainment industry. Based in Los Angeles CA with offices on Santa Fe NM. Founded in 1995 during Indian Market. Under the parent RNCI organization, Joanelle with more than 45 years curating Native films, established the largest and first Native Film Festival in Los Angeles RED NATION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RNIFF) The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema, held in the month of November in Los Angeles and concludes with RNCI RED NATION AWARDS recognizing excellence in film, television and media. She established Native Women in Film & Television Resource Center and Native Women In FILM Festival, held during the Oscar week. At a time in history when Missing and Murdered Native Women and the lack of inclusion of Native Women in film and television were not being heard in media or seen, on January 7, 2018 Joanelle coined #WhyWeWearRED through Native Women in FILM. This Call to Action launched a movement within Indian Country. In 2006, Joanelle founded and is Owner/CEO of RED NATION TELEVISION NETWORK, the first Global online streaming entertainment media and production company distributed TV Channel exclusively devoted to American Indian and World Indigenous content. With more than 44 years’ experience in the entertainment industry, Joanelle has established RED NATION TV as a successful film distributor and is recognized in the industry as an innovator in film acquisition and distribution dedicated to the Native narrative. Joanelle manages the company’s content acquisition through relationships with studios, networks, filmmakers and producers. The RED NATION TELEVISION NETWORK library has increased from 100 to 1000 titles and still growing on DVD. Joanelle produces original content for Red Nation TV all available to watch instantly on the computer and the TV. RED NATION TV offers an alternate distribution method in providing the broadest variety of films from the Native perspective for consumers that might not otherwise be seen. In 2019, Joanelle launched the first ‘Monthly Film Series’ dedicated to Native Cinema held once a month in partnership with Lumiere Music Hall. In the history of the entertainment industry there has never been a venue dedicated to Native Cinema on the big screen.

Jodi Teitelman, Vice President of Affiliate Sales & Platform Distribution, Qurate Retail Group

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<p> L John Baker is a marketing communications professional with 35 years of experience working with some of the largest marketers and brands in the world including Citigroup, Comcast, Vodafone, Colgate, P&amp;G, Kraft, Nestle, AT&amp;T, and IBM. His work includes experience across a wide range of disciplines, including brand strategy, advertising strategy and creative development, integrated communication planning, digital+data infrastructure development and design, media planning and buying, brand identity and design, marketing sciences and analytics, and global and pan-regional business. The agencies he has worked for include Publicis, Wavemaker, Red Fuse, Mindshare, Ogilvy, BBDO, EuroRSCG, Publicis and Y&amp;R. John has been privileged to work on campaigns that have won numerous awards, including One Show (P&amp;G), Cannes (P&amp;G), Effie (P&amp;G) and ARF David Ogilvy (Sprint). His passion is in driving omni-channel solutions and building integrated and collaborative teams across disciplines, where ideas and insights are the most valuable currency, people feel empowered to take risks, where contributions are valued and recognized, and where everyone learns from each other. John is currently Head of Communications Planning and Media at DiGo (DiMassimo Goldstein), the leading Positive Behavior Change marketing communications agency, based in New York City. John is the father of 3 boys and 2 stepchildren and resides in Los Angeles. His life passions include the NY Yankees, the NY Jets, skiing, golf and history.</p>

<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"> John Hamilton is the CEO and Founder of TVDataNow. Launched in January 2021, the best attribution platform for Connected TV (CTV) advertising. The TVDN cross device attribution graph is a CTV driven graph that enables advertisers to understand the ROI of their CTV campaigns. A graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and an alumnus of McKinsey, John is an operating executive with over 20 years of experience in setting business strategy, identifying and communicating direction, and building strong relationships with clients. Over the course of his career he has worked with companies of all sizes, leading a $175M business, managing revenue and margin for an early-stage startup, and launching a new business unit within a large mar tech company. For several years, John held leadership positions at QuinStreet, a leader in performance marketing. There he managed strategic accounts, growth and profitability initiatives, and lead account and client management of the company's largest vertical. In his role at Triggit, John was responsible for account and campaign management, sales operations, media analytics, and client services. In his role at LiveRamp (RAMP), John was the GM for IdenittyLink for Publishers, one of LiveRamp's initial IdentityLink products. He led ideation, go to market planning, initial sales, business development, contract negotiation, and launch of the business. He is currently an advisor and consultant to startups and high growth companies focused on helping his clients get the most of out their own marketing data. He enjoys spending time with his family, listening to music, and attending concerts and music festivals.</p>

John Kosner is an internet pioneer and four-decade veteran of sports media. Today, he is an investor and advisor in sports tech startups and president of Kosner Media, a digital media and sports consultancy. In 2018, John and the late NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern created Micromanagement Ventures, a portfolio of sports technology start-ups focused on media, betting, and player health. John continues to serve as an advisor to and an investor in nine of the original Micromanagement Ventures portfolio companies which include WHOOP, WSC Sports and Overtime. In addition, John is an advisor to Apple, the USOPC, MLS, the Big East, the PRCA, Opendorse, SponsorUnited, Videocites, and NFT.NYC among others. He was a board member at 8th Wall which was acquired by Niantic on March 11, 2022. John and his former NBA colleague Ed Desser devise sports media strategies and negotiate media agreements for rightsholders and they write periodic columns for the Sports Business Journal. In addition, John writes articles about sports and video games with his colleague, J. Moses, a board member at Take-Two Interactive. John also does expert witness work, currently for Proskauer Rose LLP and recently for Latham & Watkins LLP and Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. Previously, John led digital media at ESPN from 2003-2017, after stints at Sports Illustrated, the NBA, where he was in charge of U.S. broadcasting during the Dream Team era, CBS Sports and NBC Sports. In his 21 years at the company, Kosner built ESPN into the world’s leading digital sports destination – a powerhouse in short- and long-form editorial content, streaming, social media, podcasting, fantasy sports, and direct-to-consumer – increasing traffic ten-fold and turning an unprofitable business into ESPN’s fastest growing. At ESPN, John was part of a small, senior group that managed the program acquisition, scheduling and linear and digital distribution of all ESPN professional and collegiate sports properties. During Kosner’s tenure at ESPN, SportsBusiness Journal awarded ESPN its annual award for Best in Digital Sports Media five times in 10 years and named Kosner the “Most Influential” in Online Media in 2008. In addition, ESPN.com also won eight Sports Emmy's and two Online Journalism Awards, including the prestigious Award for General Excellence and ESPN The Magazine was awarded the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2017. John has also appeared on lists of powerful and influential figures in sports media in BusinessWeek, Daily Variety, among others. Kosner is the Chairman of the Alumni Association and former Trustees of his alma mater, the Collegiate School in New York City. He was graduated with distinction from Stanford University in 1982 with a bachelor of arts degree in American History. A native of New York City, Kosner lives in Manhattan with his wife, Diane Burstein, and their son, Luke who is a ninth grader at Collegiate. He has two older children, Walter, a musician with The Walters, and Grace, a UI specialist for Disney Streaming.

John Lasker is senior vice president, ESPN+. He is responsible for developing the growth strategy and general management of ESPN+, the industry-leading sports streaming service at the center of ESPN’s preparation for a direct-to-consumer future. Lasker works closely with functional groups across ESPN, Disney+ and Hulu, including programming, content acquisition, marketing, ad sales, technology, product, finance, communications, research and analytics, and more. Lasker joined ESPN in 1999 as a supervisor of sales planning, advancing to account sales executive in 2002 and manager of program planning just one year later. In 2006 he assumed responsibility for programming and acquisitions for ESPN’s digital media. Since that time Lasker has been a key leader in the development of ESPN’s live streaming efforts, leading the content and acquisition strategies for the launch of ESPN MobileTV in 2006, ESPN3.com in 2010, WatchESPN in 2011, and ESPN+ in 2018. Prior to ESPN, Lasker worked at Zenith Media in New York as a media buyer. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Lasker graduated from Marist College in 1997 with a degree in psychology.

John Turner is a seasoned media executive and strategist with a record of growing revenue and engagement. He currently serves as Vice President of Content at FloSports, where he leads a team of writers, editors, video producers and social media specialists. He previously held roles as Director of Business Development at USA Today Sports Media Group and Executive Editor at Sporting News. John lives in Charlotte, NC, with his wife and two sons.

I represent NBCUniversal in both a sales/BD and legal capacity with respect to our highest-value distribution transactions across three lines of business -- Peacock platform syndication, v/MVPD, and FAST. In my nine years at NBCUniversal, I have served as a key team member on some of the company's most important new business initiatives, including our launch with the virtual MVPDs, content acquisition for and initial distribution of Peacock, and the launch of our companywide FAST portfolio.

Jonathon Barbato, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Best Ever Channels (BEC), believes streaming media is the natural evolution of Television. Founded in 2019, BEC is quickly becoming a major supplier of FAST and AVOD channels to the streaming marketplace, with 6 networks already in front of over 30 million Monthly Average Uniques (MAUs), and 6 more slated to launch by the end of 2022. Before founding BEC, Jonathon ran Apricot Corp for over 10 years, specializing in driving audiences and retention to video content, with a huge client roster including PLUTOTV, TUBI, LIFETIME, OUTDOOR CHANNEL, EDGE TV and many other. Jonathon dug his roots in TV over 25 years ago. He started in TV Syndication and was Head of Marketing for MGM TV as well as an executive at Warner, Sony and Genesis Entertainment (later a division of FOX). He served seven years as Head of Marketing for STARZ Movie Channel and co-founded Ripe Digital Entertainment, which launched three of the first Free On Demand networks to be carried by every major cable system. Jonathon has won over 27 Creative & Marketing trophies from CTAM, PROMAX and Telly for marketing campaigns and is a regular speaker at many industry conferences including Streaming Media; CTAM; PROMAX; Digital Hollywood; CES; NATPE and many more.

Josh Arensberg is the CTO, Media & Entertainment at Verizon Business Group. He has 25 years of experience running engineering organizations, providing technology strategy, architecting solutions, and leading global business development in the M&E sector. Prior to joining Verizon, Josh was GM of the Ad Platform and Group CTO for Comcast Technology Solutions. Before Comcast he was VP of Engineering & Product at Discovery, where he received an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media. He is a passionate industry advocate and holds memberships in SMPTE, IEEE, SBE, 5G-MAG and the Television Academy. Currently he is Chairman of the board of directors for The International Trade Association for Broadcast & Media Technology and 5G-MAG. He holds a BS degree from Georgia State University.

<p> Juan is Quickplay’s Chief Technology Officer and one of the company founders. He leads Product for Quickplay and is responsible for the technology roadmap, including applications of Artificial Intelligence to drive user engagement and monetization. He was formerly at AT&amp;T Entertainment, where he built the technology roadmap for next generation video platforms, in the context of the merger with Warner Media.</p> <p> Juan joined AT&amp;T via the Quickplay acquisition, after developing a video streaming service for Fox in Latin America. Before, he founded an advanced analytics company and was an Associate Principal at McKinsey and Company’s digital technology practice in Toronto, Santiago, and New York. Juan has a Masters in Technology from MIT, and Masters in Engineering from PUC, Chile.</p>

Julia Moonves serves as the SVP of Advertising Sales and Brand Partnerships at pocket.watch, the leading studio building kids and family entertainment franchises with the most popular digital creators in the world. Julia oversees all media and branded content across pocket.watch’s gaming division, advertising partnerships, and content distribution. Julia plays an integral role in pocket.watch’s diversification and through identifying the fundamental needs of both content creators and brands, she created a multi-disciplinary brand partnerships division that ranges from custom video, to gaming and metaverse integrations to Children's Online Privacy Protection Act-compliant paid media. Through direct conversations with platforms, creators, advertisers and legal experts, Julia ensures not only quality campaigns, but safety for the brands, creators, and most importantly audiences, leading to large programs with major brands reaching Generation Alpha, including Netflix, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Nintendo, Amazon, LEGO and more. More recently, Julia has also taken on a key leadership role in pocket.watch’s content sales and licensing business. Working with large streaming services to develop and package YouTube-native content into curated 11 and 22 minute episodes and series, Julia works to bring the content kids love from their favorite creators to OTT platforms across the world. Julia’s passion around the power of authentic creators with a dedicated fan base, along with her interest in business built from the audience, led her to the world of online content creators. Before joining pocket.watch in 2018, Julia had her own digital media start-up in New York. Prior to that, she was Director of Audience Strategy at Maker Studios through its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company.

Justin Fromm, Head of Insights, North America, Samsung Ads

JY Kim, Director, Roku

<div> Kamran Lotfi is VP, Product Management at Gracenote focusing on the company’s Advanced Discovery suite of video metadata offerings which empower streaming services, CE device manufacturers and MVPDs to connect their users to compelling content in innovative ways. In this role, he has successfully conceived, developed and launched break-through products including Video Descriptors which captures foundational aspects of programming and Personalized Imagery which optimizes visual content merchandising to increase consumption and viewer engagement.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Prior to joining Gracenote, Kamran was Product Management Director at Bazaarvoice, a technology company that helps to connect brands and retailers to the voices of their customers. There, he spearheaded development of the BV Local solution which successfully scaled the company’s existing ratings and reviews platform enabling it to cover thousands of locations per customer.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Earlier in his career, Kamran served in a Project Manager role at Intuit and before that, as Team Lead and Architect at Hewlett Packard, both in the San Francisco Bay area.</div>

Ken handles global sales activities and strategic commercial initiatives for NexGuard’s anti-piracy, watermarking and content protection portfolio for studios, content owners, Pay TV operators, OTT services, and digital cinema. From his years working in production and post-production, he believes it’s key to develop strong technology partnerships to protection premium content from camera to the consumer. Recently, Ken has been focusing on the evolution of content production, including hybrid and virtual production. In the future, Ken sees anti-piracy and content protection initiatives will have a stronger impact on revenue growth.

Ken handles global sales activities and strategic commercial initiatives for NexGuard’s anti-piracy, watermarking and content protection portfolio for studios, content owners, Pay TV operators, OTT services, and digital cinema. From his years working in production and post-production, he believes it’s key to develop strong technology partnerships to protection premium content from camera to the consumer. Recently, Ken has been focusing on the evolution of content production, including hybrid and virtual production. In the future, Ken sees anti-piracy and content protection initiatives will have a stronger impact on revenue growth.

Kian Saneii is a computer scientist and serial entrepreneur, passionate about creating innovative solutions that transform lives, organizations and entire markets. Saneii founded Independa in 2009, and is CEO and Chairman of the company. Kian speaks on a wide range of topics, including the Consumerization of Healthcare and is dedicated to helping transform our sickcare system into a dramatically more beneficial healthcare system more effective, cost effective, accessible and convenient. Award-winning solutions from Independa transform the standard TV to deliver an unparalleled person-centric view of remote engagement, education and care for older adults and others who are the hardest to reach, most susceptible to COVID or chronic conditions, most isolated, and the most expensive to care for. From the Hospital to the Home, and throughout the entire care continuum in between. In close association with LG Electronics, LG TVs offer the Independa Health Hub Ecosystem, delivering a wide and growing number of offerings, including 24/7 telemedicine, teledentistry, telebehavioral health, medical grade health education, personalized exercise videos, discount pharmacy, and other benefits and offerings right on the TV. Saneii and Independa are helping transform the healthcare cost curve, along with the quality of lives and care for those most in need. Independa has received numerous awards and recognitions, including CES' Technology for a Better World, 100 Brilliant Companies by Entrepreneur, and Top 10 Patient Engagement Solutions by HealthCare Tech Outlook.

Kim Hurwitz is Head of Live Sports and Entertainment at Dooya Media Group, the leading global distributor of FAST channels/AVOD content to major OTT Platforms including the Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi, Xumo, Samsung TV Plus, and Amazon’s FreeVee, among others. Kim was previously Chief Marketing Officer of FITE/TrillerTV, the global sports platform broadcasting 1,000 events a year, growing the registered user base from 1.5M to 8M, offering PPV and SVOD options of premium events, often with record-setting sales such as the Tyson-Jones boxing event which was the 8th biggest of all time. Before that Ms. Hurwitz was CMO at Karate Combat, responsible for launching the brand that amassed more than 10M views in its first 2 seasons. This followed her tenure as Chief Content Officer for FOTV Networks, the home of FilmOn, a ground-breaking vMVPD, CinemaNow and Hologram USA. Kim was also Director of PPV at DIRECTV managing a $500M P&L, and co-founder and President of the SoCalPPV Cable Group, a Calif. 501c consortium where she promoted 30 cable companies with market-wide special offers and media campaigns. Kim studied Theater Arts at UCLA and holds a First Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate.

Kim Hurwitz is Head of Live Sports and Entertainment at Dooya Media Group, the leading global distributor of FAST channels/AVOD content to major OTT Platforms including the Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi, Xumo, Samsung TV Plus, and Amazon’s FreeVee, among others. Kim was previously Chief Marketing Officer of FITE/TrillerTV, the global sports platform broadcasting 1,000 events a year, growing the registered user base from 1.5M to 8M, offering PPV and SVOD options of premium events, often with record-setting sales such as the Tyson-Jones boxing event which was the 8th biggest of all time. Before that Ms. Hurwitz was CMO at Karate Combat, responsible for launching the brand that amassed more than 10M views in its first 2 seasons. This followed her tenure as Chief Content Officer for FOTV Networks, the home of FilmOn, a ground-breaking vMVPD, CinemaNow and Hologram USA. Kim was also Director of PPV at DIRECTV managing a $500M P&L, and co-founder and President of the SoCalPPV Cable Group, a Calif. 501c consortium where she promoted 30 cable companies with market-wide special offers and media campaigns. Kim studied Theater Arts at UCLA and holds a First Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate.

Laura Florence is SVP Global FAST Channels for Fremantle.

Since 2009, Laura Martin has been the senior entertainment and internet analyst at Needham & Company, where she publishes research on the largest internet and media stocks in the US. Prior to Needham, Martin was the senior media analyst at Soleil Securities, where she was nationally ranked by Institutional Investor magazine as “Best of the Independent Research Boutiques” for many years, and at Credit Suisse First Boston, where she was nationally ranked by Institutional Investor in 1999, 2000, and 2001 as one of the top cable and entertainment analysts in the US. Prior to CSFB, Martin worked at Capital Research & Management, where she provided analysis and managed a portfolio of media stocks. Laura Martin received her BA from Stanford, her MBA from Harvard Business School, and she holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) as well as a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.

Lauri McGarrigan, SVP (Streaming Distribution, Business Development and Operations), Hallmark Media

<p> Lena Wasikowski is responsible for Synamedia’s US Client Solutions. She brings more than 23 years of media executive experience in technology and consumer strategy to this role. Prior to Synamedia, Lena worked at Warner Bros overseeing global client relations and content distribution operational strategy. There, her team was responsible for delivering Warner Media content to global partners and retailers worldwide. Lena and her team ensured client success and accelerated content delivery through the development, implementation, and optimization of advanced operations protocols. She also served as the DEG Technology chair for 3+ years with a focus to simplify and optimize the digital supply chain across all major entertainment platforms and studios by instituting global standards and operational efficiencies.&nbsp;</p>

Lisa Spencer is the Vice President of Marketing at Irdeto. She is a seasoned marketing communications executive with more than 20 years of experience in creating awareness and cultivating interest, engagement and preference for a variety of companies in the technology, healthcare and transportation industries. She is an experienced storyteller with a track record in creating demand-generation and customer-retention programs that contribute to the bottom line year over year. Lisa is also the Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Irdeto, developing an actionable strategy with data-driven programs that are furthering a more diverse and inclusive Irdeto. Based in the Netherlands, Lisa holds a double major in Journalism and French from Carleton University (Canada).

Lisa Spencer is the Vice President of Marketing at Irdeto. She is a seasoned marketing communications executive with more than 20 years of experience in creating awareness and cultivating interest, engagement and preference for a variety of companies in the technology, healthcare and transportation industries. She is an experienced storyteller with a track record in creating demand-generation and customer-retention programs that contribute to the bottom line year over year. Lisa is also the Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Irdeto, developing an actionable strategy with data-driven programs that are furthering a more diverse and inclusive Irdeto. Based in the Netherlands, Lisa holds a double major in Journalism and French from Carleton University (Canada).

Liz Bronstein earned multiple Emmy nominations as a Showrunner and Executive Producer for her groundbreaking work in unscripted and documentary television for Discovery, HBO, Prime, Animal Planet, National Geographic, and CNN Originals. Now, as an Executive Producer at Play Anywhere, she brings her expertise in storytelling to interactive media, crafting immersive digital experiences that forge meaningful connections with today’s audiences. A Wesleyan University graduate with a degree in Film and American Studies, Liz combines a deep storytelling instinct with innovative content strategies that elevate audience engagement.

Liz Riemersma, VP Strategy (Business Development & International), Sling TV

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Luisa leads Bango’s sales and business development teams across Americas and Iberia. Luisa has over thirteen years of experience in the mobile payments ecosystem and is responsible for partnering with our telco, merchant, content and payments partners in the regions. Luisa is an expert in the Latin American payments’ landscape and is passionate about helping telcos scale their digital services businesses. Luisa graduated in marketing from Fundação Getulio Vargas and secured her executive MBA from Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa in Sao Paulo.

Madeleine Noland is the President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. A 20-year industry veteran who is widely respected for her consensus-building leadership style, she chaired the technology group that oversees the ATSC 3.0 next-generation broadcast standard before being named ATSC President in May 2019. Previously, she chaired various ATSC 3.0-related specialist groups, ad hoc groups and implementation teams since 2012. Noland began her career in the television industry in 2004 with Backchannelmedia Inc., an interactive television technology developer. It was during her work there that she first became involved in ATSC projects. In 2012, she moved on to product and project management roles at Telvue Corp. before joining LG Electronics CTO’s office in 2013. Noland represented LG in a variety of industry organizations for over six years. Most recently, Madeleine was awarded the prestigious 2022 David Sarnoff Medal by the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) in a ceremony held in Hollywood, California. She has also received TV NewsCheck’s “2019 Futurist” Women in Technology Award and was named one of 2018’s “Powerful Women in Consumer Technology” by Dealerscope magazine. In 2016, while the Chair of TG-3, she received the ATSC’s highest technical honor, the Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award recognizing her leadership related to the development of ATSC 3.0 Next Gen TV. Credited on three U.S. patents for television technology, Noland is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Broadcast Technology Society. Noland graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts. She enjoys travel, and she plays keyboards in a band called “Brave Pursuit.”

Marc Liebmann is a revenue-focused technology executive with over 20 years of sales, business development, and general management experience. His expertise in both revenue operations and the technology industry give him a unique understanding of SymphonyAI Media’s business goals, and those of our clients. Marc’s background spans early-stage companies to large enterprises. He most recently served as chief revenue officer at Indicative Analytics, which achieved triple-digit annual growth under his leadership – leading to a successful exit through acquisition. Prior to that, he served as president of ironSource’s U.S. operations during its growth to a $1 billion valuation and as SVP of IAC Search & Applications’ then-$1.6 billion B2B business division. In 2016, Marc co-founded Cinch (now shopIN.nyc), a local commerce solution aggregating local businesses to compete in online retail. Marc graduated Summa Cum Laude from Lehigh University and has an MBA with honors from IE Business School.

Marc Rashba is currently the Executive Vice President of Partnerships at Cineverse (formerly known as Cinedigm) and oversees the global growth strategy for 25+ OTT channels for FAST, AVOD, SVOD and other OTT platforms as well as managing all 3rd party distribution partnerships. Previously, Marc ran MovieMethod LLC, leading global digital distribution partnerships for a number of major studios, networks and streaming platforms, including the global content leader UK based All3Media, YouTube Channel leader VA Media and a mini major studio. Marc continues to work with content owners in YouTube channel growth and development; OTT, FAST & VOD platform licensing, podcasting, as well as creating loyalty and reward programs for brands looking to tap into the power of movies, music and more. Previously, Marc worked at Sony Pictures for over 16 years in a variety of lead marketing and business roles, from overseeing Breaking Bad and Seinfeld’s successes to most recently as Vice President of Digital Partnerships & Development. Prior to Sony, Marc spent a number of years in the music industry at EMI Music Group in a variety of strategic marketing roles.

Marc Rashba is currently the Executive Vice President of Partnerships at Cineverse (formerly known as Cinedigm) and oversees the global growth strategy for 25+ OTT channels for FAST, AVOD, SVOD and other OTT platforms as well as managing all 3rd party distribution partnerships. Previously, Marc ran MovieMethod LLC, leading global digital distribution partnerships for a number of major studios, networks and streaming platforms, including the global content leader UK based All3Media, YouTube Channel leader VA Media and a mini major studio. Marc continues to work with content owners in YouTube channel growth and development; OTT, FAST & VOD platform licensing, podcasting, as well as creating loyalty and reward programs for brands looking to tap into the power of movies, music and more. Previously, Marc worked at Sony Pictures for over 16 years in a variety of lead marketing and business roles, from overseeing Breaking Bad and Seinfeld’s successes to most recently as Vice President of Digital Partnerships & Development. Prior to Sony, Marc spent a number of years in the music industry at EMI Music Group in a variety of strategic marketing roles.

Mari Tangredi is the SVP & GM, Audience Solutions at Cadent. With over two decades of experience in business development, new product development, and cross-border M&A, Mari has a rich background in applying strategic business principles to her work at the intersection of media and technology. She has managed successful technology businesses at every stage of the company life cycle, from founding to go-to-market to exiting. Mari joined Cadent in January 2020 through Cadent’s acquisition of identity and DSP platform 4INFO. Since then, she has been pivotal in shaping Cadent’s data strategy, managing partnerships across +50 audience/targeting data partners, as well as several dozen more first-party data and clean room integrations, measurement providers, and OTT/CTV suppliers. Prior to joining Cadent, Mari spent nearly six years at 4INFO, an OTT/CTV identity platform, as SVP & GM of Audience Solutions, leading partnerships with key publishers and data providers including DISH, NBC Universal, Acxiom, Catalina, Experian, and more. Mari holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Clarkson University and an MBA from the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Mari has served on the Dean's Executive Council at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business since 2015.

As CEO of SymphonyAI Media, Mark Moeder brings a unique perspective regarding the challenges of optimizing content performance and revenue facing today's OTT content providers. Mark draws from his in-depth experience serving SymphonyAI Media's customer base, which comprises over 90% of the US M&E industry. Mark Moeder is a growth and transformational oriented leader with extensive knowledge of general technology and the media space, with 20 years of experience in the media industry centered around technology, revenue management, and optimization. Mark joined SymphonyAI Media after 10 years at WideOrbit Inc, the preeminent ad decisioning and ERP provider for TV/Radio/Cable industries, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, Mark oversaw business operations for WideOrbit’s various product verticals, all externally facing initiatives, special projects, and strategies. Prior to WideOrbit, Mark spent seven years at Google. Serving as Technical Operations Manager, Mark managed operations for Google’s Broadcast division, specializing in the real-time insertion of advertising on live Radio Broadcast streams. Before pivoting to a technology specialization, Mark spent several years in the media industry proper, holding positions of Operations Manager, Director of Programming, and on-air talent to Radio and Television organizations throughout the Midwest.

As CEO of SymphonyAI Media, Mark Moeder brings a unique perspective regarding the challenges of optimizing content performance and revenue facing today's OTT content providers. Mark draws from his in-depth experience serving SymphonyAI Media's customer base, which comprises over 90% of the US M&E industry. Mark Moeder is a growth and transformational oriented leader with extensive knowledge of general technology and the media space, with 20 years of experience in the media industry centered around technology, revenue management, and optimization. Mark joined SymphonyAI Media after 10 years at WideOrbit Inc, the preeminent ad decisioning and ERP provider for TV/Radio/Cable industries, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, Mark oversaw business operations for WideOrbit’s various product verticals, all externally facing initiatives, special projects, and strategies. Prior to WideOrbit, Mark spent seven years at Google. Serving as Technical Operations Manager, Mark managed operations for Google’s Broadcast division, specializing in the real-time insertion of advertising on live Radio Broadcast streams. Before pivoting to a technology specialization, Mark spent several years in the media industry proper, holding positions of Operations Manager, Director of Programming, and on-air talent to Radio and Television organizations throughout the Midwest.

<div> Mark Young leads Global Strategy, Business and Corporate Development for Fandango, the ultimate digital network for all things movies and a unit of Comcast’s NBCUniversal. In addition, Mark is responsible for Growth Strategy for the overall Direct-to-Consumer business at NBCU.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Mark is focused on providing insights into consumer and technology trends and capitalizing on them to grow all lines of Fandango's business, domestically and internationally, including Vudu, the company's fast-growing on-demand video service, and Rotten Tomatoes, the ultimate resource to help fans with their entertainment viewing decisions.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Mark also oversees distribution and co-marketing of mobile services, commerce and video with third-party partners such as mobile network providers, handset manufacturers, connected devices, social media and digital video platforms, app stores and retailers.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Mark joined NBCUniversal from Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) where he led mobile strategy and business development across a portfolio of digital properties, as well as co-led the strategy and go-to-market launch of Xfinity's initial video service on iOS (iPad &amp; iPhone) and Android devices.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Prior to Comcast, Young was at The Walt Disney Company for seven years, of which the last three years he served as the vice president of strategy and business development for The Walt Disney Internet and Mobile Group. Prior to Disney, he was the vice president of business development and partner management for mobile data services pioneer Moviso/Infospace, and an executive at IBM's Innovation Center where he advised studios and media companies on digital asset distribution and management.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> He is a member of the Center of Technology Management at USC, and a member (and prior Board member) of the home entertainment industry trade association, Digital Entertainment Group (DEG).&nbsp; Young is also a Mentor for Comcast’s LIFT Labs/TechStars and at USC’s Marshall School of Business Mentor for MBAs.</div>

<p> Martin is responsible for the Cloud TV Suite within Comcast Technology Solutions. Martin’s experience spans the industry, from consumer devices and components for video consumption to video compression and managed services for video distribution, including ten years managing products and solutions for online and cloud-based TV.</p>

Marty Roberts, SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing Marty Roberts is the SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing for Brightcove, the trusted leader in streaming technology. Roberts is responsible for defining a differentiated strategy to enhance Brightcove’s market-leading products and services and leading product marketing to ensure each innovation advances the impact of streaming media for our customers. Marty joined Brightcove upon the organization's acquisition of Wicket Labs, where he was CEO and co-founder. Before founding Wicket Labs, he served as co-CEO of thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast and a leading video management company for major media and entertainment companies. Marty spent nine years at thePlatform, in various roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He also previously held marketing and product leadership roles at Giftcertificates.com and RealNetworks.

Matt Felder, VP, Ad Sales, Fubo

<p> Matthew has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience in the energy management, home computer, and consumer electronics industries, most recently at Greenbox Technology, an early leader in customer-facing smart grid applications, where he was head of Marketing and Sales. Matthew earned his MBA from the Presidio School of Management and his B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.</p>

<p> Matthew Starker serves as SVP, Head of Corporate Strategy and Growth Services at Endeavor Streaming, where he is responsible for business and corporate development, overarching strategy, and the advisory and growth marketing services business line. Before joining Endeavor Streaming, Matthew was President of Media and Original Content at Spring Studios. Prior to Spring Studios, he was part of the founding team of Cond Nast Entertainment's digital arm, where he later became General Manager of Digital. He has also held roles at VEVO, AIG SunAmerica, and Agilis Equity Partners throughout his career. Matthew is graduate of Villanova University and holds an MBA from Wake Forest University School of Business.</p>

Matthew Durgin is Senior Director of Content Innovation for LG Electronics. Based in the LG offices within the New York City Metro Area, he is responsible for LG's Smart TV Business team covering the North American market and manages the primary responsibilities of contract negotiations, building new business models, go-to-market integration and managing content partnerships for LG. During the past 14 years at LG, he has been responsible for more than 50 partnerships including Netflix, Amazon, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu for LG Electronics and brought these services into more than 20 million active connected electronics products including Smart TVs in the US and Canada markets. Matthew manages LG Channels, a FAST service with more than 350 channels included the just-launched exclusive NCAA Championships channel.

<p> Matthew Fite serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Verimatrix, a leading innovator in protecting digital content, applications, and devices with intuitive, people-centered security. Having joined Verimatrix in 2008, he previously served in various engineering and development leadership roles, including senior vice president of engineering.</p>

Megan Wagoner is a seasoned media technology executive with over 17 years of experience spanning services, software, hardware, and cloud sectors. As Vice President, Media & Entertainment Sales at Endeavor Streaming, Wagoner initiates, develops and manages internal and external relationships within the vertical. As lead of the M&E sales team, she also has direct oversight of the US and LATAM markets. Her ability to build and lead high performance teams, create strong partnerships with clients, and deliver innovative solutions that solve complex business challenges is unparalleled. Before joining Endeavor Streaming, Wagoner served as Regional Vice President of Media & Entertainment for Bitmovin, a global software company providing Live/ VOD encoding, unified players, and analytics solutions for the video streaming market. Prior to Bitmovin, Wagoner held various executive roles at global technology leaders such as Vimond Media Solutions, Imagine Communications (formerly Harris), and Nexstar. Wagoner’s passion for promoting gender diversity and empowering women in the streaming technology industry has earned her numerous industry awards and recognitions, including Most Admired Woman in Tech by Industry Peers for Parks Associates. Wagoner is also the Vice President on the Board of Directors for Women in Streaming Media, a network of over 1000+ members with a mission to increase diversity and provide more visibility to women leaders within the streaming media industry. Megan holds a master’s in business administration from the Warrington College of Business at University of Florida and a bachelor’s degree in communication and journalism from Anderson University.

Megan Wagoner is a seasoned media technology executive with over 17 years of experience spanning services, software, hardware, and cloud sectors. As Vice President, Media & Entertainment Sales at Endeavor Streaming, Wagoner initiates, develops and manages internal and external relationships within the vertical. As lead of the M&E sales team, she also has direct oversight of the US and LATAM markets. Her ability to build and lead high performance teams, create strong partnerships with clients, and deliver innovative solutions that solve complex business challenges is unparalleled. Before joining Endeavor Streaming, Wagoner served as Regional Vice President of Media & Entertainment for Bitmovin, a global software company providing Live/ VOD encoding, unified players, and analytics solutions for the video streaming market. Prior to Bitmovin, Wagoner held various executive roles at global technology leaders such as Vimond Media Solutions, Imagine Communications (formerly Harris), and Nexstar. Wagoner’s passion for promoting gender diversity and empowering women in the streaming technology industry has earned her numerous industry awards and recognitions, including Most Admired Woman in Tech by Industry Peers for Parks Associates. Wagoner is also the Vice President on the Board of Directors for Women in Streaming Media, a network of over 1000+ members with a mission to increase diversity and provide more visibility to women leaders within the streaming media industry. Megan holds a master’s in business administration from the Warrington College of Business at University of Florida and a bachelor’s degree in communication and journalism from Anderson University.

<p> Melissa de la Rama is Vice President, Partnership Management for the Sales &amp; Distribution team at WarnerMedia. She is responsible for growing HBO Max, HBO, Cinemax, Turner Networks', and Warner Bros. subscription and transactional content sales across digital distribution partners including Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and Samsung. Prior to WarnerMedia, de la Rama was at 20th Century Fox where she managed revenue generation activities of Fox movies and TV content through global digital accounts. Before Fox, de la Rama was at Warner Bros. where she developed and implemented retail strategy for New Release films. De la Rama received her MBA from NYU Stern and her bachelor's from Wellesley College. She lives in Southern California with her wife, Rabbi Heather Miller, and their two young sons. About WarnerMedia WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others, as well as Xandr's suite of advanced advertising solutions designed to help to improve advertising for brands, publishers, and consumers. WarnerMedia is part of AT&amp;T Inc. (NYSE:T).</p>

Michael Cooper is the head of emerging verticals at Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable. In this newly expanded role, he leads the overall strategy and execution of key strategic growth verticals and is responsible for sales of Effectv’s audience-based solutions to partners in key sectors such as media, entertainment, gaming, betting, streaming/OTT, consumer packaged goods, technology, and financial services. A seasoned sales executive with more than 25 years of experience in business development, network marketing, partnerships and distribution growth, Michael joined Effectv in 2019 from Fox Networks Group. At Fox Networks Group, he was vice president, distribution marketing and responsible for managing partnership marketing strategies and promotions for more than 30 networks at Fox. His career also includes sales, marketing and business development positions at TruTv (formerly Court TV), the Los Angeles Times and Thomson Reuters. Michael was recently selected as a member of Comcast’s National People and Culture Committee. He is also a former member of the Board of Directors for NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) and a member of WICT (Women in Cable Telecommunications). He earned a Master of Business Administration in business administration from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in business management from Rutgers University, the state university of New Jersey. He lives in southern California with his family.

Michael S. Maponga is the CEO/Founder of AfroLandTV, a free streaming platform bringing authentic Black stories to US audiences. AfroLandTV reaches 1M+ monthly active users through its distribution on its owned & operated platform, Comcast, Roku, Vizio and many more. The company's investors include Comcast NBCUniversal, and Ottera.

Michael Ribas joined Shout! in 2003 and currently heads marketing, including theatrical rollouts, product management, corporate branding, advertising, trade show activations, partnerships, and social media marketing. Michael also oversees the Mystery Science Theater 3000 franchise for Shout! Studios, including the new series as well as licensing and merchandising activity. From 1998 to 2002, Michael held editorial and product-management positions for WetFeet, in San Francisco, and spent four years right out of college teaching ESL in Japan. He holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park. Michael lives in South Pasadena with his wife, three kids, two cats, and a ton of records.

Michael Senzon serves as President of Digital for Allen Media Group (AMG) and is responsible for developing and leading the AMG worldwide direct-to-consumer and streaming portfolio with a focus on providing greater content and product experiences for its users. His previous title was Senior Vice President, Digital and General Manager of Local Now -- the AMG free-streaming digital platform. Michael joined The Weather Channel/Weather Group just as Byron Allen completed its purchase in March 2018. Local Now has become a formidable competitor in the streaming arena, as the free-streaming platform has seen explosive growth in the past year. Michael is a digital executive with a successful track record of leading and evolving digital and social teams at major media organizations. Prior to joining The Weather Channel, Michael served as the Head of Video for CNBC, where he developed the strategy and built CNBC's digital and social video platforms. Michael led the team to becoming number one in business video. Prior to CNBC, Michael built and led CNN’s first digital video team. He and his team received numerous awards, including an Emmy nomination, for their successful re-imagination of traditional video. Michael spent his early years rising through the ranks of CNN, starting first as an international desk assistant in 2002, producing for CNN TV and then taking the leap to digital in 2005 where he helped launch CNN Pipeline, CNN’s live streaming network. He spent years creating original segments for CNN's Digital platforms and has also dabbled as a web developer. Before joining CNN, Michael worked at ABC’s “The View” and CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman.” Michael holds a Bachelor's degree from Valdosta State University.

Michael Wehrman (Senior Manager, Growth Insights – Comcast) is a strategic research expert, with more than a decade’s experience in the growth space, identifying what helps drive consumer acquisition and increase retention. In particular, his research is inspired by meeting people where they are – both empathy for understanding the people who complete research, but to make complex reports simple to understand (and easy to act on). Previous to his corporate experience, Michael was a Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice.

Michelle Gable, Director (Media & Entertainment), Los Angeles Rams

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<p> As Senior Vice President, Sales &amp; Strategy, Americas, Mike oversees business development for Friend MTS’ full suite of managed anti-piracy services for new and current partnerships with operators, rights holders and broadcasters. With a regional focus on the U.S. and South America, he is responsible for sales and marketing strategies as well as strategic growth plans, policy and procedures. With 25 years of industry experience, Mike previously served as Senior Vice President of Partnerships for Super League Gaming / Virtualis Studios, Vice President of Global Business Development and Special projects for Deluxe Entertainment Services, and Head of FOX Sports Enterprises. Mike is based in Los Angeles, California.&nbsp;</p>

Mike Levy helps lead Global Rights Acquisition for FloSports, an innovator in sports streaming. This year alone, Levy and his team have closed notable new rights deals including record-breaking collegiate sports partnerships with leading Division II and Division III conferences, a motorsports industry-shaking deal with MAVTV, and lead the convergence of HockeyTV into FloHockey leading to more than 40,000 live hockey games. Prior to joining FloSports, Levy spent more than two years handling media sales and partnership development for Crackle and Sony PlayStation, and spent the seven and a half years working as an account executive for ESPN working in national advertising sales. A graduate of Dartmouth College, where he captained the baseball team as a senior catcher, Levy was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and played one year of minor league baseball, backing up current MLB All-Star Yadier Molina. He later earned his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Mike Pears, EVP (Distribution & Content Sales), AMC Networks

<p> With over a decade’s experience in the identification, management and monetization of digital media, Mike leads the Sales and Business Development efforts for Civolution in the Americas. With the emergence of social TV, Mike works with major studios, broadcasters, PayTV platforms and app providers to integrate Civolution’s award-winning SyncNow solution for ACR applications including Smart TVs, 2nd Screen, and content triggering. Civolution’s ACR technology is also being integrated into set-top boxes and SmartTVs themselves to allow application developers to build interactive apps that run right on the main TV screen itself. At CES 2012, Civolution unveiled the integration of its SyncNow ACR technology with social TV platform ConnecTV. The integration enabled customers to automatically synchronize relevant second-screen content on a user’s tablet, laptop or home computer with programs on more than 250 networks nationwide, and soon for programming on regional sports networks as well as 201 local ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and CW affiliates. Prior to joining Civolution, Mike spent the last 10 years in content protection for conditional access and digital rights management solutions.</p>

Mike Rizkalla, CEO and Co-founder, Snorble

Molly O'Connor, Vice President, Strategy & Business Planning - Streaming & Networks, Warner Bros. Discovery

Mrugesh Desai joined Accedo in 2013 and is VP North America, leading the North American sales, solutions engineering, and marketing functions. He was previously Head of Solutions Engineering, working with customers to understand their video experiences needs and help define ways to scale their brand and content to the fragmented OTT device market while still delivering best in class video experiences. He is most excited about some of the new advents in video experiences specifically in AR, VR and mixed reality and sees Accedo playing an important role in this arena.

<p> As Senior Vice President in the office of the CTO of LG Electronics Inc., Nandhu has been leading technology initiatives, partnerships and corporate venture capital investments in areas of long-term strategic interest to LG Electronics, such as connected entertainment, health, energy and vehicle.</p> <p> As the former founding head of LG’s Silicon Valley based Technology Center of America, he established LP arrangements with leading VC funds, and partnerships with university research centers and national government laboratories across a broad portfolio of technologies. Earlier, he served as CTO, VP Engineering and a Board Director of Triveni Digital, which develops and supplies products for the management and monitoring of metadata and data in broadcast DTV signals. He has also served on the faculties of the University of Texas, Austin and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville – where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses, supervised Ph.D. students, and conducted sponsored research in the areas of Computer Vision, Signal Processing, Robotics, and Machine Intelligence.</p> <p> He has authored more than a 100 refereed journal and conference publications, and holds several issued patents in these areas. Dr. Nandhakumar has a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UT Austin. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and serves on the board of directors and advisory committees of various industry organizations, startups, incubators, and academic institutions.</p>

Natalie Gabathuler-Scully is Vevo's Executive Vice President of Revenue, Distribution & Data Operations. Overseeing several teams, she is responsible for global ad yield, pricing and planning, ad-tech and business operations; data aggregation and reporting; and launching and managing Vevo's distribution expansion across 35+ CTV platforms. Natalie has been in the media industry for nearly 25 years focusing her career in multimedia sales. Prior to Vevo, Natalie worked for USA TODAY, ESPN, and JP Morgan.

<div> Naveen is the Head of Sports and Data Products at Quickplay. He is responsible for the strategy and roadmap of products for the Sports OTT vertical and Quickplay's Data Science &amp; Analytics offering. He is focused on building a flexible and modular video platform that relies on experimentation to capture deep insights which is used to maximize user growth and engagement while unlocking multiple monetization opportunities for Quickplay's customers.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Before joining Quickplay, he was leading Go-To-Market and Sales Enablement for a high-growth AI startup in Toronto that specialized in specific solutions for Tier 1 Retail and CPG organizations.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Prior to that, Naveen was one of the founding members of Quickplay’s Product Management team and successfully managed a cross-functional team that helped scale the technology and business model for the world’s first cloud-based global enterprise video platform. Quickplay was acquired by AT&amp;T in 2016 to help accelerate its Next Generation video strategy. At Quickplay, he was responsible for product strategy, roadmap, and delivery to support the launch of various Tier 1 video services across the world - including DirecTV Now, FoxPlay, Hooq, Telus Optik TV, and AT&amp;T U-verse.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Naveen holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology, India, and an MBA from Smith (Queens) School of Business, Canada.</div>

<p> Nick Colsey is vice president of Business Development at Sony Electronics. In this role, he works with multiple Sony product categories and divisions to bring the connected user experience to consumers worldwide. A Sony veteran for over 20 years, Colsey was an integral member of the team responsible for Sony's BRAVIA Internet Video, the world's first smart TV platform. A pioneer in bringing Internet Video service providers to the TV screen, he led the team that launched the world's first 4K video store. Colsey leads a team that negotiates and executes partnerships with 3rd party services for distribution on Sony smart TVs and Blu-ray players. Previously, Colsey was involved in Sony Electronics initiatives in the U.S. with digital cable TV and digital video recorders. Prior to that, he worked in product planning in Sony HQ in Tokyo. Colsey holds an Industrial Design degree from Central-St. Martins in London.&nbsp;</p>

<p> With a diverse product background, Nick has worked across multiple product and marketing disciplines in large consumer product and technology companies as well as an early career in B2B sales. With customer obsession at the foundation of all his work, Nick remains focused on solving customer problems with every product he takes to market. At Sling TV, Nick and his team will help customers seamlessly discover, consider, purchase and enjoy the Sling TV experience.&nbsp;</p>

Nicole is an accomplished leader in the media and digital advertising industry, helping brands and marketers capitalize on disruption for over two decades. As Chief Commercial Lead at Kantar, Nicole helps clients navigate the constantly and rapidly changing landscape of online networking, while ensuring commercial excellence. A 19-year Kantar veteran, Nicole has held various leadership positions in the company. In February 2024, Nicole was promoted to the newly established position of Chief Media Commercial Lead - a testament to Nicole’s expertise, leadership, and impact she has made throughout her time at Kantar. Nicole’s contributions have been instrumental in driving Kantar’s expansion in the digital realm, partnering with the world’s biggest publishers and media brands to create impact and marketing magic. She also drives key thought leadership into disruptive areas including the creator economy, streaming futures, and consumer-centric data management. As Kantar’s first global head of media and digital for a major CPG brand, Nicole spearheaded the creation of a specialized platform implementation team. This initiative significantly enhanced the company’s proficiency with social media platforms, fostered critical relationships with nearly all of Kantar’s major publishers, and was crucial to the inception and ongoing success of Kantar’s Meta Direct Integration. Additionally, Nicole played a pivotal role in the development and market introduction of OTX’s in-market product, Live|Stream. In an era where brands are continually emerging and evolving in their consumer perceptions, media and entertainment companies need to deeply understand their audience. This is where Nicole excels, helping her clients develop content that truly resonates with their target audience. Nicole continues to innovate and stay ahead of the curve by closely monitoring social platforms and emerging trends. Her proactive approach ensures that her clients are responsive to the latest developments, and also positioned to lead in a rapidly changing media landscape. Beyond her professional achievements, Nicole is deeply committed to industry-wide advancement and mentoring. She is actively involved with influential groups such as the ARF Social Council and various mentor networks. In addition to these roles, Nicole contributes to Fairfield University’s Professional-in-Residence program and the Dolan School of Business Marketing Advisory Council. Her involvement focuses on mentoring the future generation of marketing, including professional workshops, resume consulting, mock interviews, and career advice. Being part of the Professional-in-Residence program is particularly meaningful to her, as she was the first person in her family to graduate from college and appreciates the importance of mentorship and guidance to shape successful career paths.

<p> Nii Mantse Addy is head of marketing for Philo. In this role he sets strategy around brand, customer acquisition, retention and marketing partnerships for the subscription service. Nii helped steward Philo to explosive growth since the end of 2017 as part of the launch team. Having tripled subscribers multiple years in a row, Philo leads all pay tv providers in growth going into 2021. As Philo increases focus on insights and innovation, marketing supports the business to drive personalized experiences, community-oriented features, and marketing channels that speak directly to specific cohorts of users. Before Philo, Nii built his career at Comcast, leading marketing for an advertising supported streaming video initiative, and with Deloitte Digital as a marketing strategy consultant. His marketing experience was preceded by a stint in the finance industry that nurtured a strong analytical acumen. Nii earned an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business and a degree in economics from Swarthmore College.</p>

Dr. Ning Xu currently serves as Fellow, Advanced R&D at Adeia Inc, pioneering innovations that enhance the way we live, work, and play. Before joining Adeia, Dr. Xu was the Chief Scientist of Video Algorithms at Kuaishou Technology, and before that, he held various positions at Amazon, Snap Research, Dolby Laboratories, and Samsung Research America. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2005, and his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Dr. Xu has co-authored over 200 journal articles, conference papers, patents, and patent applications. His research interests encompass machine learning, computer vision, video technology, and other related areas.

Patrick Courtney, Chief Business Officer, Fuse Media

Patrick Ferguson is the Head of Global Product & D2C Operations for the TiVo Platform at Xperi. With 15 years of experience in product and business strategy across both the service and platform provider sides of the video industry, he has been a key contributor to TiVo’s expansion efforts of its cloud-based IPTV user experience global footprint. Patrick drives success rooted in strong partnerships with Video Service Providers and industry partners, championing next-generation solutions with easily accessible content across multiple device and OS-level platforms. Aligning with Xperi's visions of harnessing smarter innovation to drive extraordinary experiences for customers, the TiVo Platform team is at the forefront of user experience excellence, ever-committed to delivering transformative solutions in the technology landscape, and ones that resonate on a global scale.

<p> Paul Kontonis is the Chief Marketing Officer at Revry, the global LGBTQ-first streaming media company. Prior to joining Revry, Paul was the CMO of the influencer marketing firm WHOSAY at ViacomCBS. Paul is a strategic marketing executive and brand builder that navigates businesses through the ever changing marketing landscape to reach revenue and company M&amp;A targets with 25 years experience. As a CMO, he is a trusted advisor and recognized industry leader who combines his multi-industry experiences in digital media and marketing with proven marketing methodologies that can be transferred to new battles across any industry. Paul is an energetic and creative leader who builds confident and nimble world-class marketing teams that consistently over-perform. Paul is a member of the ANA CMO Growth Council, has served as the President of the Global Online Video Association and as Chairman of the International Academy of Web Television. Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology from New York University.&nbsp;</p>

<div> Paul Pastor, an earlier leader in Direct-To-Consumer services, is a Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Quickplay. Paul is responsible for key disciplines that are underpinning Quickplay’s rapid global growth: Sales, Marketing and Communications, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Development.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Highly regarded as a D2C thought leader, Paul is Co-Founder of Struum, an innovative SVOD aggregation platform and also co-founded Unite Broadcast Ventures, a branded SaaS OTT platform to support European local market streaming joint ventures.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Prior to his more recent entrepreneurial path, Paul powered brand, channel and show success as EVP Network Strategy, Revenue and Operations for Discovery Communications' Discovery, Science, Animal Planet and Velocity channels and was SVP Strategy and Consumer Analytics for the Walt Disney Company's ABC Television Group. He was part of Disney's original Hulu team, playing a key role in investment and operational management.&nbsp; Paul holds a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Business.</div>

<p> Peter has over 20 years experience in software development, specializing in telecommunications and real-time systems. He has led the development team at ThinkAnalytics since 1996 in the development and delivery of the knowledge discovery and data mining platform that is at the core of ThinkAnalytics' products. Prior to that, Peter was a technical manager for Hewlett-Packard, responsible for the development of high performance telecommunications signaling monitoring software and he has held various lead engineering positions at British Telecommunications including System Designer for all projects within the award-winning BT Airline Interactive Services programme. Peter graduated in Computer Science and Microprocessor Systems from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, has an MBA with Distinction from the University of Strathclyde Graduate Business School and is a Chartered Engineer.</p>

An experienced and evocative Vice President in media with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast and digital media industry. Skilled in Innovation implementation, Product Management, User Data Conversion, Artificial Intelligence (Chat GPT), 5G, Blockchain, OTT, Broadcasting Infrastructure, AR/VR/MR, and Digital Reinvention. Strong Connector and Liaison between the old and new media paradigms and skilled at accomplishing and leveraging the associated strengths to be build great consumer products and experiences. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree focused in Broadcasting and Film with a concentration in Business from Boston University.

An experienced and evocative Vice President in media with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast and digital media industry. Skilled in Innovation implementation, Product Management, User Data Conversion, Artificial Intelligence (Chat GPT), 5G, Blockchain, OTT, Broadcasting Infrastructure, AR/VR/MR, and Digital Reinvention. Strong Connector and Liaison between the old and new media paradigms and skilled at accomplishing and leveraging the associated strengths to be build great consumer products and experiences. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree focused in Broadcasting and Film with a concentration in Business from Boston University.

<div> As President of Crackle Plus, a subsidiary of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Philippe oversees the content, distribution and monetization of Crackle and Popcornflix, two leading AVOD platforms offering free movies and TV shows to millions of streamers each month.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Prior to joining Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Philippe served as CEO of SheKnows Media, a mission-driven media company with 70 million+ monthly unique visitors and over 300+ million social media fans. The company was acquired by Penske Media Corporation in 2018 and rebranded SHE Media. Before SheKnows, Philippe served as President of Thrillist Media Group (now part of GroupNine), a leading men’s lifestyle digital brand.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Previously, Philippe served as COO of HFMUS (now part of Hearst), where he oversaw media properties such as <em>Elle</em>, <em>Woman’s Day</em> and <em>Car and Driver</em> and led the acquisition of digital automotive ad network Jumpstart. Philippe also spent six years in Tokyo, Japan, where he led the acquisition and growth of Japanese media company Fujingaho.</div>

RACHEL JO SILVER CEO, LOVE STORIES TV Rachel Jo Silver is the CEO & founder of Love Stories TV: a media and entertainment company delivering heartwarming stories, superstar experts and amazing weddings to a passionate audience. As the only video platform in the $300B global wedding industry, Love Stories TV reaches tens of millions of monthly viewers through the industry’s only FAST channel, its 7M+ social followers, AVOD partnerships, and more. The company boasts the largest YouTube and TikTok channels of any publisher in the wedding space. Rachel’s background is in building communities and creating content that helps consumers make purchase decisions. She is a recognized expert on social and video. As Digiday put it, “It’s not often that a marketing employee feels like a celebrity. But most marketers aren’t Rachel Silver.” Rachel is a sought-after public speaker and has presented at events including multiple Digiday Summits, the upcoming OTT Executive Conference and Stream TV FAST Summit, B&H Photo’s Depth of Field, the Dash Hudson Savvy Conference, WPPI, and more. Rachel is a Michigan native and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

Ravi is a technology and media sales executive with over 20 years of experience. He currently manages strategic partnerships with OEM, Telco, Distribution & Wireless partners for Google's sellside ad platform - Google Ad Manager. In his role, Ravi leads strategic initiatives working with key executives across the company to bring partners ad monetization solutions that solve for the opportunities presented by the growth of CTV and emerging distribution technologies. Prior to joining Google, Ravi held various positions across product management to corporate strategy at major companies such as Nielsen and Motorola. Ravi has a Master's degree in Computer Science and graduated with an MBA from the Booth School at the University of Chicago.

Ravi is a technology and media sales executive with over 20 years of experience. He currently manages strategic partnerships with OEM, Telco, Distribution & Wireless partners for Google's sellside ad platform - Google Ad Manager. In his role, Ravi leads strategic initiatives working with key executives across the company to bring partners ad monetization solutions that solve for the opportunities presented by the growth of CTV and emerging distribution technologies. Prior to joining Google, Ravi held various positions across product management to corporate strategy at major companies such as Nielsen and Motorola. Ravi has a Master's degree in Computer Science and graduated with an MBA from the Booth School at the University of Chicago.

Ravi is a technology and media sales executive with over 20 years of experience. He currently manages strategic partnerships with OEM, Telco, Distribution & Wireless partners for Google's sellside ad platform - Google Ad Manager. In his role, Ravi leads strategic initiatives working with key executives across the company to bring partners ad monetization solutions that solve for the opportunities presented by the growth of CTV and emerging distribution technologies. Prior to joining Google, Ravi held various positions across product management to corporate strategy at major companies such as Nielsen and Motorola. Ravi has a Master's degree in Computer Science and graduated with an MBA from the Booth School at the University of Chicago.

Renato is Vice President - Sales Engineering at ContentWise, the AI-powered customer experience company that provides leading video operators, digital publishers, and online retailers with the software and expertise they need to create rich, personal, and smart CX at every digital touchpoint. His strong focus on transforming data into actionable information comes from his engineering background in Digital Signal Processing, an M.S. from Politecnico di Milano, and his past R&D experience in Geophysics. Over the past 15 years at Moviri Group, he developed and brought to market new offerings, nurtured strategic partnerships, and grew professional service practices, mostly on international assignments. His global industry experience spans media, telco, retail, leisure & travel, oil & gas, and finance. When not glued to a computer screen, he’s riding a Ducati in Southern California, or tinkering with Arduino.

<p> René&nbsp;Santaella serves as Chief Digital &amp; Streaming Officer for Estrella Media and is credited with launching the company's successful streaming and AVOD platforms and leading the digital transformation of Estrella Media's content and distribution strategy, operations and new revenue initiatives. Under his guidance, Estrella Media has quickly become a leader in multi-platform, Spanish-language, ad-supported content distribution, streaming over one billion minutes per month across FAST, AVOD, social and audio platforms. Prior to joining Estrella Media, Santaella was the Senior Vice President, Head of Ad Sales &amp; Business Operations, at Sony Pictures Television Digital Networks, and built Crackle into a leading free ad-supported streaming network with the Emmy nominated hit, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Before Sony, he was Director, Ad Sales Marketing for Disney Interactive, leading digital and cross-platform advertising and integrated marketing solutions across the company with corporate alliance partners. Santaella holds a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and a Bachelor's degree from UCLA.&nbsp;</p>

Rob Gelick is the Chief Product Officer of Paramount Streaming, where he leads the majority of Paramount's direct-to-consumer entertainment experiences and network-based sites, apps and SVOD services, including Paramount+. Previously, Gelick was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment Digital where he oversaw CBS All Access, the CBS apps, and CBS.com, as well as the CBS Television Distribution Digital businesses. Prior to CBS, Gelick was one of the founding executives at Helio where he envisioned, developed and managed an award-winning portfolio of mobile social networking and media services including the industry's first MySpace mobile service, the first complete YouTube Mobile offering. Gelick started his career as an Industrial Designer after receiving his BFA in Industrial Design at the University of Michigan.

Sambit is a product leader focused on delivering impactful solutions in the advertising technology and streaming media space. He has experience leading product initiatives at companies like Magnite and Yieldmo, where he has worked on a variety of digital advertising formats, including mobile app, online video, and connected TV. Sambit is passionate about using data and technology to create value for customers. Before becoming a product leader, he was a software engineer, building server-side platforms. He holds an MBA from Wharton and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Alabama.

Sambit is a product leader focused on delivering impactful solutions in the advertising technology and streaming media space. He has experience leading product initiatives at companies like Magnite and Yieldmo, where he has worked on a variety of digital advertising formats, including mobile app, online video, and connected TV. Sambit is passionate about using data and technology to create value for customers. Before becoming a product leader, he was a software engineer, building server-side platforms. He holds an MBA from Wharton and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Alabama.

Samuel Harowitz, Vice President (Content Acquisition and Partnerships), Tubi

Scott Barton is Chief Product Officer at MyBundle, the premier online platform connecting broadband providers with tools to simplify and package streaming television services. In this executive role, Scott is responsible for MyBundle’s strategic efforts to optimize the streaming video landscape. Scott oversees the company’s leading-edge initiatives to identify and execute practical and cost-effective solutions that align the shared interests of consumers, streaming services and broadband providers. Prior to joining MyBundle, Scott was SVP, Product at WOW! (WideOpenWest), where he oversaw product strategy, pricing, and packaging for Broadband, Wi-Fi, and Pay-TV product lines. Prior to that, Scott spent more than 16 years at Starz, where he rose to Senior Vice President, Digital Programming and Products. In that position, Barton oversaw product strategy, content programming, and strategic partnerships for the STARZ App, starz.com, and Starz On Demand products across platforms, devices and OTT distribution partners.

Scott Barton is Chief Product Officer at MyBundle, the premier online platform connecting broadband providers with tools to simplify and package streaming television services. In this executive role, Scott is responsible for MyBundle’s strategic efforts to optimize the streaming video landscape. Scott oversees the company’s leading-edge initiatives to identify and execute practical and cost-effective solutions that align the shared interests of consumers, streaming services and broadband providers. Prior to joining MyBundle, Scott was SVP, Product at WOW! (WideOpenWest), where he oversaw product strategy, pricing, and packaging for Broadband, Wi-Fi, and Pay-TV product lines. Prior to that, Scott spent more than 16 years at Starz, where he rose to Senior Vice President, Digital Programming and Products. In that position, Barton oversaw product strategy, content programming, and strategic partnerships for the STARZ App, starz.com, and Starz On Demand products across platforms, devices and OTT distribution partners.

Scott Ehrlich has a track record of successfully creating new ventures in television, technology and new media. Currently he serves as Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Corporate Strategy for Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) where he has created the company’s first dedicated cross functional research, development and strategy group to coordinate and accelerate efforts across content, technology, audience development and distribution. In addition, Ehrlich oversees Sinclair’s Start-up business group, which includes Over the Air (OTA) Networks (Comet, Charge, and TBD) and Over The Top (OTT) Platforms (Stirr, NewsOn). Previously, Ehrlich was SVP, Growth Networks & Content for the company. Earlier in his career, Ehrlich also served as Founder and CEO of Agility Studios, where he led the development of Agility’s award-winning franchise; The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, created by Jon M. Chu, into a multi-faceted business with three installments of the filmed entertainment property, distributed worldwide by Paramount. The production/show has been complimented by performances on television (including: So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, The 82nd Academy Awards, Conan, and more), tours (Glee Live), corporate (including: Mini Live: Beijing and Google Zeitgeist Europe) and social media (Coke Zero: Make it Possible). The LXD received an International Emmy among many other accolades and awards. Before Agility, Ehrlich founded and served as the Managing Partner at Impulse Media, a Seattle-based digital business consulting company, serving as an advisor to senior management at Sony Pictures Digital Networks, Rivals.com (sold to Yahoo), Infospace, Disney/ABC Digital Media Group, Navio Systems, DivX, iFilm (sold to MTV Networks), Lightningcast (sold to AOL), Rhythm Networks (sold to Blinkx), BBC, Weather Channel and Microsoft. Prior to forming Impulse Media, Ehrlich served as Vice President of Media Acquisition and Distribution for RealNetworks, where he developed key strategies, negotiated, implemented and managed product deals and relationships for the site’s GoldPass and SuperPass services, and drove growth of its services to more than 1 million subscribers, creating one of the earliest Over the Top (OTT) video services in the industry. Previously, Ehrlich was Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Rival Networks, where he oversaw all aspects of the business including advertising sales, e-commerce, content, business development, marketing, public relations and creative services. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ehrlich was the Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of News America Digital Publishing at News Corporation and Director of Audience Development at NBC Cable. In addition, Ehrlich is a partner in the Los Angeles based production company Substance Over Hype, and just recently served as Executive Producer on Two Bellmen, Two Bellmen Two, Two Bellmen Three and Business Unusual for Marriott Content Studios. Ehrlich received his master’s degree from The Graduate School of Political Management and his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two sons. He can be found on Twitter @sehrlich or on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/scottehrlich.

Scott Ehrlich has a track record of successfully creating new ventures in television, technology and new media. Currently he serves as Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Corporate Strategy for Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) where he has created the company’s first dedicated cross functional research, development and strategy group to coordinate and accelerate efforts across content, technology, audience development and distribution. In addition, Ehrlich oversees Sinclair’s Start-up business group, which includes Over the Air (OTA) Networks (Comet, Charge, and TBD) and Over The Top (OTT) Platforms (Stirr, NewsOn). Previously, Ehrlich was SVP, Growth Networks & Content for the company. Earlier in his career, Ehrlich also served as Founder and CEO of Agility Studios, where he led the development of Agility’s award-winning franchise; The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, created by Jon M. Chu, into a multi-faceted business with three installments of the filmed entertainment property, distributed worldwide by Paramount. The production/show has been complimented by performances on television (including: So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, The 82nd Academy Awards, Conan, and more), tours (Glee Live), corporate (including: Mini Live: Beijing and Google Zeitgeist Europe) and social media (Coke Zero: Make it Possible). The LXD received an International Emmy among many other accolades and awards. Before Agility, Ehrlich founded and served as the Managing Partner at Impulse Media, a Seattle-based digital business consulting company, serving as an advisor to senior management at Sony Pictures Digital Networks, Rivals.com (sold to Yahoo), Infospace, Disney/ABC Digital Media Group, Navio Systems, DivX, iFilm (sold to MTV Networks), Lightningcast (sold to AOL), Rhythm Networks (sold to Blinkx), BBC, Weather Channel and Microsoft. Prior to forming Impulse Media, Ehrlich served as Vice President of Media Acquisition and Distribution for RealNetworks, where he developed key strategies, negotiated, implemented and managed product deals and relationships for the site’s GoldPass and SuperPass services, and drove growth of its services to more than 1 million subscribers, creating one of the earliest Over the Top (OTT) video services in the industry. Previously, Ehrlich was Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Rival Networks, where he oversaw all aspects of the business including advertising sales, e-commerce, content, business development, marketing, public relations and creative services. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ehrlich was the Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of News America Digital Publishing at News Corporation and Director of Audience Development at NBC Cable. In addition, Ehrlich is a partner in the Los Angeles based production company Substance Over Hype, and just recently served as Executive Producer on Two Bellmen, Two Bellmen Two, Two Bellmen Three and Business Unusual for Marriott Content Studios. Ehrlich received his master’s degree from The Graduate School of Political Management and his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two sons. He can be found on Twitter @sehrlich or on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/scottehrlich.

Scott Levine is the Chief Product Officer for Brightcove, the world’s most trusted video streaming technology company. Reporting directly to the CEO, Levine oversees all product management and the engineering organization. In his role, he is responsible for setting the product vision and redefining the product roadmap for the organization. His work at Brightcove has been critical to the success of the company’s product quality and velocity. Promoted from senior vice president and head of product, Levine works closely with the company’s various departments, including data, research, marketing, and design teams to continually innovate the platform’s product and solution offerings and contribute to go-to-market strategies and partnerships that support the company’s prospects, customers and partners. Before Brightcove, Levine was the senior vice president of product and technology at TelevisaUnivision. He was responsible for Univision’s distribution product strategy and operations, leading the company’s OTT initiatives and DTC services. During his time there, Levine also helped relaunch Univision’s digital properties, including mobile sites and award-winning apps. Before Univision, Levine held senior-level product and digital strategy roles for leading companies, such as AOL, and co-founded carOrder.com, a successful e-commerce website allowing consumers to buy cars directly online. Levine graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree with a concentration in computer science.

As the co-founder and chief product officer of global streaming platform Plex, Scott Olechowski is responsible for product strategy, product management, and business development for Plex's software and services. A pioneer in streaming media, Scott co-founded Plex - as a hobby - with the intent of making organizing and accessing digital media easy and seamless. Today, Plex is available in 180 countries and is the most comprehensive entertainment platform available, serving as a one-stop destination to discover, watchlist, and stream almost every movie and TV show. Over the past 25 years, Scott has applied his entrepreneurial know-how and spirit to a number of software and Internet focused start-ups. His professional experience includes executive positions in product strategy, business development, marketing, and international sales for a number of established brands such as Cisco, PostX and IronPort. He is an expert in cryptography with six issued encryption and authentication patents. His personal experiences are equally impressive, but we’re on a word count! Scott holds degrees in both Marketing and Management from DePaul University.

Sebastian Amengual is a visionary leader and pioneer in the extended reality (XR) and digital transformation industry. With over 20 years of experience, he specializes in the development and commercialization of immersive sports streaming technologies and platforms. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sebastian currently serves as the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Yerba Buena VR (YBVR), a global enterprise that is revolutionizing the world of live sports streaming in virtual reality (VR). A graduate of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where he earned his Master's in Telecommunication Engineering with honors, Sebastian has held key positions at esteemed organizations like Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent, where he managed teams across the Americas and Europe, before taking the entrepreneurial plunge with YBVR. Under his technical leadership, YBVR has secured partnerships with companies like Meta (formerly Facebook). The platform he architected, Xtadium, has made YBVR a leader in the XR domain. Sebastian has also secured deals with major U.S. sports leagues, further solidifying the company's standing in the industry. An exceptional team leader, Sebastian has built and managed diverse engineering teams across five countries. His talents extend beyond leadership and innovation; he holds multiple U.S. patents related to XR technologies and has been recognized with a nomination to the Alcatel-Lucent Technical Academy. Sebastian's contributions to the tech industry are not just professional; he is a lifelong learner and a mentor. He is also a passionate electric guitar player and a gear aficionado, believing that the worlds of technology and music are interconnected expressions of human creativity.

<p> Sebastian Kramer is the SVP, Product Line Management &amp; Business Development at NAGRA, the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen solutions. Sebastian has leadership responsibility for several key solution areas that include OTT/ Hybrid streaming, direct-to-TV, streaming security, and forensic watermarking.</p> <p> An industry pioneer with over 25 years’ experience in telecommunications and payTV, Sebastian regularly works with NAGRA customers across the globe to help them realize complex business strategies through the deployment of innovative solutions designed to respond to a highly dynamic marketplace.</p> <p> Prior to NAGRA, Sebastian was the founding CEO of Quative Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kudelski Group. In 2000, he was instrumental, as a co-founder of Thirdspace in the transition process of merging with iMagic to create Alcatel’s ICE business. Sebastian started his career in telecommunications in 1994 at Newbridge Networks where he held various positions in services, channel, marketing and sales.</p> <p> Sebastian studied mechanical engineering at the Fachhochschule (Polytechnic) in Aachen Germany as well as International Marketing at the Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg with an MBA.</p>

Serhad Doken is responsible for the technology roadmap, research strategy and advanced R&D projects. Mr. Doken previously was the Executive, Director of Innovation & Product Realization at Verizon where he drove new 5G and Mobile Edge Computing powered services for Consumer and Enterprise Businesses. Prior to Verizon, Mr. Doken was VP, Innovation Partners at InterDigital focused on technology strategy and external R&D projects and partnerships. Prior to InterDigital, Mr. Doken worked on emerging mobile technology incubation at Qualcomm. Prior to this, Mr. Doken held positions at Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and PSI AG. Mr. Doken is an inventor on 30 issued worldwide patents over 90 worldwide applications. Mr. Doken has a Computer Engineering degree from Bosphorus University and has completed the M&A Executive Education Program at The Wharton School and the New Ventures Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School.

<p> Shaheen Sayani leads the Partnership Management team at Samsung TV Plus, one of the fastest growing and largest FAST services in the market today. With 10+ years of experience in digital entertainment, Shaheen has worked in acquisitions and distribution of long and short-form content across streamers, big and small, curating and launching content catalogs across the globe. She lives in Los Angeles, is an avid reader, and is her dog's number 1 fan.</p>

Sheila Green is Vice President of Retention, Curation, Programming, Metadata Strategy and S&P at Crunchyroll. In this role, Green is dedicated to giving anime fans the best experience possible by focusing on content discovery, engagement, and user retention. Green also drives programming and metadata strategy as well as standards and practices for the company. Specializing in the journey to take users from the casual to the super fan, Green brings more than 15 years of experience in marketing, content strategy, and operations to Crunchyroll. Prior to joining, she was Head of Editorial (Content Programming and Merchandising) at Roku, where she managed data-driven AVOD programming strategies to increase reach and engagement for The Roku Channel. Prior to Roku, she was Vice President of Content Programming and Curation at Discovery Inc, where she led content strategy and publishing operations for the company’s AVOD and SVOD businesses. She also directed digital and social media strategies as Content Director at Syfy.com, and produced content for such companies as Reuters, AOL and CNET. Green is the Executive Sponsor of the A.D.A.P.T. (Abled & Disabled Allies Partnering Together) Employee Resource Group at Crunchyroll. She earned a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Goucher College. Green is based in Crunchyroll’s Culver City offices.

<p> Shikha Arora is the EVP Engineering at Zype Inc., the video infrastructure company that enables video publishers to build awesome video products for their customers. Previously, she founded MAZ Systems Inc, which helped video publishers distribute content across apps stores and CTV platforms. She also served as the MAZ CEO until its acquisition by Zype in 2021. Shikha holds a B.E.(Hons.) degree from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and she was honored by PEC University of Technology as a &quot;Distinguished Alumni.&quot;</p>

<p> As the Head of New Product Initiatives at Amagi, Siva is responsible for building innovative products and advancing new business models as part of Amagi's FAST 2.0 agenda. Through an established innovation framework, he works closely with Amagi customers to incubate new product opportunities and drive business outcomes. Before joining Amagi, Siva spent the last 15 years in a variety of strategy, innovation and business development roles across Disney, Accenture and Salesforce. Prior to that, he was a software engineer in Silicon Valley. Siva holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a MS in Management Information Systems from The University of Iowa and a BS in Electrical Engineering from BITS, Pilani, India.&nbsp;</p>

<p> Sourik is a Service Line Manager in the Global Sales and Services organization in Akamai. He manages the Direct to Consumer Media territory that comprises of customers related to OTT and gaming console business.</p>

Stacey Richman serves as the SVP and Head of Communications for Team Whistle, a sports and entertainment media company that creates content across the platforms where young audiences are consuming content. Her appointment was covered by B&C, AdWeek, Campaign US, PR Week, Cynopsis and Cablefax. She hails from Group Nine Media, where she most recently served as their Director of Consumer Communications. She spent two years in that role, where she was responsible for spearheading and executing the consumer strategies across The Dodo, Thrillist, NowThis, POPSUGAR and Seeker brands. Prior to joining Group Nine, Richman served as a Manager of Communications at WarnerMedia's truTV, and before that as a publicist for Discovery, Inc. and Animal Planet. Stacey began her career working at Ferencomm, and as a coordinator for CBS News. Stacey currently lives in Manhattan with her two dogs.

Stacy Jolna, Co-Founder/Chief Marketing Officer, ClixTV

Stefan Van Engen is the senior vice president of content programming and partnerships at XUMO, the premium, free ad-supported television service (FAST). With over 15 years of experience in launching and leading the programming, production and creative execution of media properties for digital platforms and television, Van Engen currently develops, leads and executes XUMO’s content and partnership strategy. In this role, he has changed the OTT landscape by launching OTT channels on XUMO for providers such as PGA TOUR, A&E Networks, Refinery29 and Divorce Court from FOXTV—industry firsts. Prior to XUMO, Van Engen was the SVP of Programming and Production for the digital start up Sportsrocket (formerly Bedrocket Media Ventures), and prior to that was the Co-Executive Producer of The Gayle King Show for O.W.N. He lives just outside of New York City, an adjustment from living in the heart of Manhattan for 16 years.

Stephen Strong

<p> Steve has worked for the past 23 Years at NDS, Cisco and Synamedia as distinguished engineer and VP of technology in the roles of Solution Architect, Technical Evangelist and Product manager. Steve owns over 40 patents in fields of video, cybersecurity, machine learning and analytics and is an expert in cybersecurity , DRM, Big Data, Conditional Access, machine learning, cloud computing, IP and broadcast television and Internet technologies. Steve has been the lead architect for some of the largest digital television systems including FOXTEL, Sky New Zealand, Astro and Sky Life in Korea and has worked on Satellite, Cable, terrestrial and OTT systems. Steve has lectured around the world on a multitude of technologies including at IBC, NAB, Broadcast Asia, European Data Science Summit and European Cybersecurity Conference. Steve has a MSEE from Columbia University and a BSEE Summa Cum Laude from Boston University.</p>

Stuart McLean, CEO, FAST Studios

<p> A <em>Media Play News’</em> 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree, Susan Agliata’s resume boasts a litany of industry powerhouses including Google, The New York Times, Vice Media, and Samsung, where she’s currently serving as a Director of Business Development. Since joining the team in 2020 she’s closed key deals with the largest global streaming services, but Agliata is doing more than just driving revenue - she’s steering the future of entertainment. With an unparalleled ability to develop and cultivate strategic partnerships across platforms and across the globe, Agliata is passionate about bringing a diversity of content to a worldwide audience. Her professional experience spans from New York to San Francisco, and from London to Copenhagen; but, regardless of where she’s conducting business, Agliata’s focus remains at the intersection of tech and media.</p>

<p> Based in New York, Tejas Shah is SVP of Commercial Strategy &amp; Analytics for FilmRise. In this role, he manages FilmRise's Direct-To-Consumer offering. Tejas also manages their Analytics infrastructure; driving FilmRise's data-driven approach to content acquisition, go-to-market strategy, curation, and programming. Prior to joining FilmRise in 2019, Tejas held various Strategy &amp; Finance positions at J.P. Morgan, PepsiCo &amp; Bloomberg and is a graduate of Indiana University.</p>

<p> Tim Cutting is the GM of Commercial for Reelgood. Having spent the past eight years working with Tier 1 clients across the media landscape as head of North America for Gracenote, a Nielsen company, Tim has a passion for the right digital media user experiences. At Gracenote, Tim led their broadcast TV expansion into several new markets, the same trajectory he is on with Reelgood to help global customers adapt to this next generation of streaming TV. Before Gracenote, Tim was the founder and CEO of Niveus Media Inc., a digital media company funded by Intel, and worked closely with Microsoft for over ten years.</p>

Todd Hay, VP of Revenue & Engagement, Plex

Tom applies his 15+ years of experience in the content delivery, edge and application delivery markets to enable content publishers across the Americas to deliver locally to their viewers around the world through Qwilt’s global, all-edge network. Applying his passion for growing markets and commercializing next-gen technology, he is helping to unify content publishers and service providers to power the delivery of media and applications at the edge of neighborhoods, large and small, bringing high-quality digital experiences to over 1 billion consumers around the world. Tom is a proven global sales leader and advisor with extensive experience building teams and helping to scale tech startups. He has held executive positions with high-growth companies, including Fastly and NS1.

<p> Architect of legendary brands, EA SPORTS, DraftKings, Humongous Entertainment. Investor, advisor, mentor, driving convergence of sports, real money gaming and video gaming. Tom's latest endeavor, SimWin Sports, is the virtual sports metaverse that fuels 24/7 fantasy sports and sports trading action with NFT players and Hall of Fame and celebrity owners like Jerry Rice, Tracy McGrady and LaMelo Ball. NFT player agents acquire, train, trade and sell NFT digital players hoping to make it to the bigs, where they earn real money for their NFT holders. Fans can win too, drafting digital stars onto season-long, daily, and in-play fantasy rosters to compete for cash. Come get in on the action in the world's only sports league that is NEVER out of season!</p>

Tony Marlow is the Chief Marketing Officer for LG Ad Solutions, where he uses data-driven insights to lead all aspects of marketing and communications. Previously, Tony was CMO at Integral Ad Science, where he helped transform the brand into a recognized and trusted partner, and took the company public through an IPO in 2021. Before IAS, he was the CMO at Data Axle, Global Head and Vice President of B2B Marketing at Yahoo, and consulted on a range of media and technology-related projects at Nielsen Online (APAC). He is also the co-founder of a mobile app development company called Appy Dragon (creators of RacerTracer). Currently, he is on the Board of Advisers for a social measurement startup SocialStatus.io and serves on the Advisory Council for Colorado State University-Global Campus (CSU-Global) to which he delivered the 2017 commencement speech. He has also served on the board of directors for the IAB’s Research Council, IAB Video Center and the Media Ratings Council. Tony attended the Australian National University and the University of Wollongong, holding Bachelor's degrees in psychology and commerce and a Master's degree in strategic marketing. In his spare time, he is also an Ironman triathlete.

Tricia Biggio, Chief Executive Officer, Invisible Universe

Tripp is an experienced “triple-threat”: an accomplished producer, operations leader, and strategist. Specializing in balancing creative vision with business needs, he leads implementation to drive value. A cross-functional executive with deep expertise in content strategy/development/production/distribution/licensing, technology implementation, and FP&A, Tripp breaks down silos to create a culture of sustainable continuous improvement. He has served as COO of multiple companies with global operations ranging from pre-revenue to more than $250mm at retail. A speaker at US Department of Commerce SelectUSA Investment Summits, he has advised Commerce and briefed the United States Trade Representative with his practical knowledge of trade policy, grant/incentive application preparation, and corporate compliance. A multichannel on-air Contributor for entertainment and media, Tripp’s most recent films debuted in US IMAX and Fathom Events theaters Fall 2023. His next theatrical projects are planned to open Off Broadway and on the West End in the 2025/26 seasons.

Tripp is an experienced “triple-threat”: an accomplished producer, operations leader, and strategist. Specializing in balancing creative vision with business needs, he leads implementation to drive value. A cross-functional executive with deep expertise in content strategy/development/production/distribution/licensing, technology implementation, and FP&A, Tripp breaks down silos to create a culture of sustainable continuous improvement. He has served as COO of multiple companies with global operations ranging from pre-revenue to more than $250mm at retail. A speaker at US Department of Commerce SelectUSA Investment Summits, he has advised Commerce and briefed the United States Trade Representative with his practical knowledge of trade policy, grant/incentive application preparation, and corporate compliance. A multichannel on-air Contributor for entertainment and media, Tripp’s most recent films debuted in US IMAX and Fathom Events theaters Fall 2023. His next theatrical projects are planned to open Off Broadway and on the West End in the 2025/26 seasons.

Vera Chien is a strategist with 20+ years of experience in consumer insights, foresights, data analytics, and UX/CX research - spanning entertainment, media, gaming, technology, and consumer products. She has led research for brands such as: Xbox, Minecraft, HoloLens, HBO Max, DC Universe, Barbie, and Hot Wheels. Currently, she is Executive Research Director at Warner Bros. Discovery, focused on the evolving entertainment landscape, corporate strategy, and emerging opportunities. The intersection of Vera's experiences across consoles, games, video content, DTC services, VR/AR/MR, NFTs, and youth audiences fuels her passion for developing next-gen entertainment experiences and devices.

Vibol Hou, EVP & CTO, (Streaming), Paramount

As Vevo’s Senior Director of Distribution Operations & Partnerships, Victoria Marvin is instrumental in driving the company’s evolving strategy to boost the network’s CTV revenue and viewership in the US, Canada, UK, EU, Australia and New Zealand. Victoria manages relationships with Vevo’s various AVOD and FAST partners and leads all operational aspects of Vevo’s CTV expansions and enhancements, ensuring a seamless and cohesive viewing experience across all platforms globally. She also ensures Vevo programming is optimized for each distribution partner and that Vevo receives on-platform promotion to drive discovery. Prior to joining Vevo, Victoria was the Senior Director of Strategic Planning at NBCUniversal.

Vikrant Mathur is a seasoned high-tech silicon valley media executive with 20+ years of experience in designing, developing, launching and growing complex technical products both with startups and Fortune 500 companies. Vikrant is a pioneer in the online video industry having founded Future Today Inc. (http://www.futuretodayinc.com/) as a video distribution & technology company that currently operates 300+ OTT channels in 10+ verticals including Travel, Food, Kids, Fashion, Health, Fitness and Entertainment that are available on the web, mobile devices and Connected TV platforms. In his role at Future Today, Vikrant is responsible for building and growing content partnerships, managing relationships with OEMs, as well as overseeing the company’s monetization strategy and relationships with advertising partners. Before founding Future Today, Vikrant oversaw Product Management at ExpertHub, a startup that was acquired by Internet Brands, and was a senior Product Executive at Telephia, a wireless network performance and measurement company, that was acquired by AC Nielsen.

Vipul Sharma, Head of Sports & Music Content Business Development, LG Electronics