2008 Speakers:

Matthew currently plays a pivotal role in making sure Napster delivers the latest and greatest music to its customers in a fun and easy-to-use manner. With more than 25 years of experience in the music industry, Matthew oversees the creative initiatives of Napster’s music programming and product initiatives.

Prior to joining Napster, Matthew was Vice President of Music Services at MusicNow.com, where he developed business strategy and market positioning for the company. His many accomplishments at MusicNow included growing the service’s roster of independent record labels from a few dozen to several hundred, as well as helping to create and deploy such key features as personalized music recommendations, music sharing and social networking.

Matthew has occupied a number of other music-industry roles, including serving as Vice President of Wax Trax! Records in Chicago and various positions at Radiowace.com.

Gary Arlen is President of Arlen Communications. Inc., a Bethesda, Maryland, research and consulting firm known for its insights into the converging and sometimes conflicting worlds of media, telecommunications and interactive program content.

For nearly 20 years, Gary has accurately analyzed the emergence of new media, forecasting the evolution of customer-controlled video and data services. Gary has published future-looking periodicals and consults for clients seeking strategic and business guidance to enter these new His clients include media, financial, entertainment, telecommunications and marketing firms - plus several interesting technology start-ups.

In particular, Gary is known for his insights into the development of applications, especially interactive content for Internet, two-way TV and other emerging systems. Among his specialties is what he calls "inter-species" breeding to integrate different types of services on new hybrid platforms.

Gary's outlooks are published in industry journals, and his commentary is widely sought in the business and consumer press.

Ron Berryman serves as Senior Vice President, GM of FIM Stations Group for FOX Interactive Media, where he guides the online strategic direction of FOX’s 24 owned and operated television stations, as well as the network’s 180+ affiliates.  Ron previously founded and served as CEO of Sidereus Technologies, a company specializing in delivering rich-media desktop applications and rich-media-enabled web technologies.  Sidereus was acquired by Fox Interactive Media in August 2005 and recently rebranded as FIM Labs.

Before founding Sidereus Technologies – and also online ad company Sidereus Group – Ron served as VP of Marketing and Product Management at ZapMedia, a convergence technology company based in Atlanta.   Ron was a key stakeholder in the development of ZapMedia’s Hardware Reference Platform, Software Reference Platform and Portal UI development.

Prior to ZapMedia, Berryman worked for The Coca-Cola Company, serving as a team leader for brand measurement and analysis, and helped institute a formal CCUSA 2002 brand planning process. Working with the Sprite, Diet Coke, Powerade and Barq’s brand teams, Ron created brand measurement tools to effectively measure program objectives.

Previously, Ron spent 10 years as the principal owner and operator of Berryman Communications, a Marketing Communications Company in Chicago, IL. Clients included Leaf Candy Company, Dannon, Inc., Nickelodeon, Kellogg’s, General Motors and The Cartoon Network. Additional management experience includes time spent at Rubbermaid, Inc., Wilderness Foods, Noble Tennant, Chicago and Dawson, Johns & Black in Chicago.

Ron serves on several industry association committees, including the Internet Streaming Media Alliance and the Consumer Electronics Association.  He has won several regional and national ADDY Awards and two REGGIE Gold Awards. Most recently, Ron was a key speaker at the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Futures Summit.

Rohit is the author of the widely anticipated book, Personality Not Included, which will be published by March 28th by McGraw-Hill. A primer for companies on how personality and authenticity is the new standard that brands need live up to in the social media era – the book has received significant early praise and strong reviews, and features a forward by Guy Kawasaki. Rohit also publishes the award winning Influential Marketing blog (www.influentialmarketingblog.com), rated one of the top 50 blogs on marketing in the world by AdAge magazine and has been featured in media worldwide including The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, The Globe & Mail (Canada), Marketing China (China) and AdWeek (Australia).

In his day job, Rohit also leads the interactive marketing team at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and is a founding member of the pioneering Digital Influence Group at Ogilvy – a leading agency in helping clients around the world navigate the social media universe. He is a frequent speaker on marketing and social media and has helped hundreds of brands to craft marketing strategy that stands out in a crowded marketplace.

Carolyn Brandon supports the development of public policy positions on a wide range of issues facing the United States commercial wireless industry. A key part of her responsibilities is working with member companies to ensure the industry is strategically and effectively positioning itself on issues such as the appropriate role for government in a competitive industry, the issues flowing fom convergence, and state efforts to regulate wireless and consumer protection mandates.

Brandon joined CTIA in 2004 and came from the Washington, DC telecommunications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP where she was a partner for several years representing wireless communication providers in proceedings and transactions before the Federal Communications Commission, state public utility commissions, U.S. bankruptcy courts and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the firm, Brandon clerked for the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Plans & Policy, Common Carrier Bureau and the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.

Brandon graduated from the University of Scranton, and received a Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America.

Philip Bronner joined Novak Biddle Venture partners in 1999 and is focused on investments in information technology. Prior to joining Novak Biddle he was founder of a media technology company. In addition, he served as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. in New York advising high-tech clients on corporate strategy and worked as a software engineer at IBM.

At Novak Biddle, Phil serves as a director for Approva, Logic Library, Vision Chain, InGrid, Netcordia, Freewebs, Clearspring and Clearaudit. He also leads Novak Biddle’s investment in Panasas and is a board observer for Specktrum K12. Past board observer seats include: AnswerLogic (acquired by Primus Knowledge Systems), and N.E.W. Customer Service Companies.

Phil earned a BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University; a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Law; and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Phil currently serves on the Alumni Advisory Board for Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science and is a board member for In2Books, a Washington, DC-based reading and literacy program.

Mr. Buckley is a Director of Strategic Investments for Intel Capital. His responsibilities include equity investing in early stage companies that are strategic to Intel’s Digital Home, consumer electronics, digital media and service related efforts. Mr. Buckley also contributes to the development of Intel’s strategies and acquisitions in these areas.

Mr. Buckley has been a member of Intel Capital since 1999. Prior to his current investment focus on the digital home, Mr. Buckley also invested in communications components, systems and service companies and directed Intel Capital’s efforts related to Internet infrastructure and services. Prior to joining Intel Capital, Mr. Buckley was a Partner and Vice President at Orca Capital Corporation, a Pacific Northwest-based investment banking firm. At Orca, he led the communications and software practices. Mr. Buckley was also an Associate at Jones Lang LaSalle (formerly LaSalle Partners) where he worked as a real estate investment banker and asset manager. Mike received a B.A. in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University.

Mr. Caginalp’s practice concentrates on business transactions, including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, private equity and general corporate and commercial matters, with an emphasis on international matters, entertainment and new media. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

He has worked extensively in the media and e-commerce field in connection with the acquisition of technology companies, music, broadcast and production companies throughout the world.  In connection with Internet activities, he has worked in the establishment of ISP services, search engine companies, e-commerce companies and various initiatives involving delivery of music and entertainment products through the Internet, as well as digital rights management.

Michael Calabrese is Vice President and Director of the Wireless Future Program at the New America Foundation, a non-profit think tank based in Washington, D.C. He oversees the Foundation’s efforts to improve our nation’s management of the public airwaves and to promote ubiquitous and affordable wireless broadband access. New America advocates the reallocation of more prime spectrum both for flexibly licensed as well as for shared, unlicensed access to promote pervasive connectivity and innovation. Previously, Mr. Calabrese served as General Counsel of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and as a counsel at the national AFL-CIO. Calabrese is a graduate of Stanford Business and Law Schools, where he earned a JD/MBA degree; and a graduate of Harvard College, where he earned a B.A. in Economics and Government.

Donna Campbell is the founder and executive director of Ericsson’s Mobility World North America, working with media and entertainment companies to develop new mobile content services. Ms. Campbell has more than 15 years experience in strategic partnering, new business development, and general management for major corporations and start-ups. Ms. Campbell set up Ericsson's first-ever third-party partnering program for mobile content and application development, CyberLab NY, in cooperation with the New York City Investment Fund. The CyberLab partnering program was the model for Ericsson’s global partnering network, Mobility World, now adopted by 30 centers around the world. Since its inception, Ericsson has launched 50+ mobile content services, and led innovation in mobile content merchandising, full-length download services, and mobile television.

One of the new media industry’s pioneers, Ms. Campbell helped establish digital media divisions at major media companies such as Hearst Corporation and Reader’s Digest and set-up and ran the strategic partnering programs for third-party development at both companies. She was the general manager of Sunshine Interactive Networks, where she produced interactive media properties for MSN, AOL, Scholastic, and NewLine Cinema.

Ms. Campbell has also worked as a producer, general manager, fund-raiser and marketer for non-profit arts and education organizations in London and New York.

Ms. Campbell is active in efforts to provide technology access and training to low-income and minority communities, and was on the board of directors of MOUSE (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education) and the New York New Media Association. While at Ericsson, she established the Erica Awards to recognize how non-profits are using technology to fulfill their missions. She is also a program officer for the Taproot Foundation.

Ms. Campbell graduated summa cum laud and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Dakota, and has an MFA from City University of New York.

Michael leads KickApps’ marketing and communications strategy and efforts to evangelize the market potential of social media and the KickApps platform for major brands, global media companies, web publishers and developers. He brings a broad background of experience in Internet and Web 2.0 technology, enterprise software, mobile entertainment and consumer electronics.

Before joining KickApps, Michael was a director at Bite Communications, a global communications consultancy serving both blue chip companies and emerging start-up brands. At Bite, he spearheaded the agency’s New York City expansion to establish its media and entertainment services portfolio. Prior to that, Michael was Director of Marketing at StormPlay Entertainment Systems and an Account Manager at Niehaus Ryan Wong. Michael has worked with numerous well-known brands, including Virgin Life Care, BEA Systems, VERITAS Software, Become.com, Creative Labs and Netscape.

Michael has a B.A. in Politics with certificates in Legal Studies and Peace & Justice Studies from the University of San Francisco.

Mike has a B.A. degree from Columbia University.

As AOL EVP and President of Platform-A, Lynda Clarizio oversees the industry’s largest online advertising network, which offers the most comprehensive suite of marketing solutions powered by the Web’s best advertising technologies.

Since May 2006, Clarizio has been President of Advertising.com, which operates the largest third-party display network. Prior to this, Clarizio held several positions at AOL, most recently serving as Executive Vice President of AOL’s Audience Business, responsible for strategy, finance and business development. She was also Senior Vice President for corporate strategic and financial planning and Senior Vice President for acquisitions and strategic investments. As part of the latter role, she led AOL’s acquisition of Advertising.com.

Prior to joining AOL in 1999, Clarizio was a partner for seven years in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arnold & Porter, as well as co-chair of the firm's technology group and a member of the firm’s executive committee. For several years, she served as one of AOL's outside counsel on transactional matters.

Clarizio serves as the executive director of the AOL Women’s Network and is a member of the Princeton Women in Leadership Steering Committee.

She holds a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Nic Covey is responsible for thought leadership at Nielsen Mobile, the world’s leading provider of consumer research to the telecom and mobile media markets.

Nic previously led wireless and video game analysis for The Nielsen Company and his research on digital media and their natives has been widely quoted — from the Wall Street Journal to the Financial Times.

Before returning to Nielsen in 2005 to manage Nielsen’s analysis of sports sponsorships, Nic held roles in strategic research and marketing with HGTV and The Food Network, ESPN and Nielsen Media Research.

Nic holds a BA in History and Communication from Denison University in Ohio.

Integrating his widespread digital authority in music, mobile, IPTV and product & service development, Ted Cohen is the Managing Partner of TAG Strategic.

In an industry that's been slow to embrace change, Cohen is the exception to the stereotypical music-exec rule. Of course, when you start a career on the road with Alice Cooper and Van Halen, you're more primed for the unexpected.

Known throughout the technology and music industries as being "part ambassador and part evangelist," Cohen was instrumental in crafting the licensing agreements upon which the Rhapsody subscription service and the iTunes Music Store were built.

In his previous role as Senior Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music (home of artists including Coldplay and the Rolling Stones), Cohen led next-generation digital business development worldwide for this "big four" record company, which includes labels such as Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis.  During that time, EMI led the industry by embracing and exploiting new technologies and business models such as digital downloads and online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio.

In addition to seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for the company on a global basis, Cohen served as both a strategist and key decision-maker for EMI's global new media and anti-piracy efforts. He worked to establish company-wide digital policies, which have provided EMI's artists and labels a substantial advantage in the digital music arena.

Prior to his role at EMI, Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Digital Music Network Inc., where he co-founded and served as Chairman of the groundbreaking Webnoize conferences.

Cohen also led two highly successful new media consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Universal Studios, DreamWorks Records, Liquid Audio, Wherehouse Records/Checkout.com and various other entertainment, technology and new media organizations. Cohen also held senior management positions at both Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media.

A 30-year industry veteran, Cohen was recently elected Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas board, and currently chairs MidemNet, an international music/technology conference convened in Cannes each year.  Cohen also serves on the NARAS (Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors as well as the national Trustee Board, the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation, and lends his time and talents to music & technology education efforts such as the Grammy In The Schools Program.

As senior vice president of digital media operations, Douglas Craig is responsible for the content on Discovery Mobile and Discovery On Demand (Discovery’s VOD offering). He develops programming products and packages consisting of both originally produced content and content from Discovery’s portfolio of networks for the digital media landscape. In addition, Craig works across the company’s business units to develop multi-dimensional partnerships within the two platforms’ industries.

In his role for Discovery Mobile, Craig has successfully populated Discovery’s offering with streaming video content using three strategic production models: original, pre-purposed and re-repurposed. As a result of his pioneering efforts, Discovery’s digital media products have achieved universal carriage among both cable affiliates and mobile carriers.

On the VOD front, Craig oversees programming strategy and the use of the more than 100,000 hours of Discovery Networks content. Craig also supervises the creation of added-value VOD programming elements, develops Discovery On Demand packages for advertisers and affiliates, and coordinates with Discovery Networks’ on-air marketing department to use VOD to promote Discovery’s linear networks.

Craig was promoted from his role as vice president in August 2007. Having joined Discovery in 1997, shortly after the launch of Animal Planet, he began as manager of programming research for the fledging network. Shortly thereafter, he transitioned into the Animal Planet programming department, reaching the level of vice president of programming and scheduling.

Prior to joining Animal Planet, Craig served as manager of research at MTV Networks in Los Angeles and as a client service executive at Nielsen Media Research in New York.

Craig holds a bachelor’s degree from Bryant College and a master’s degree from the City University of New York. He is based at Discovery Communications’ global headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.

As Vice President/ Editor in Chief of AOL Music, Bill Crandall is responsible for the overall consumer experience and editorial content for the site’s channels that include Spinner.com, PopEater.com and TheBoombox.com. Under Bill’s direction, AOL Music has become one of the top online destinations for music fans.

Before joining AOL in 2006, Bill served as Music Editor for RollingStone.com where he was the site’s liaison with the magazine, overseeing online editorial features and multimedia content including live concert performances, video interviews and podcasts. Prior to his work at RollingStone.com, Bill was the Managing Editor of BAM Magazine in California. As a writer, he has contributed to a number of high-profile publications including Rolling Stone, Maxim and Urb, and as a television commentator he’s appeared on ABC, CNN, VH1, The CW, ESPN and E!

Bill is graduate of the University of Delaware, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1990.

Sean-Michael has extensive experience working in start-up companies in Asia, the USA and Europe. He started his career in media which led to a successful role in broadcast television managing international program acquisition and sales. In 1995 he founded Rumble Group which becoming a leading digital strategy consultancy in Asia Pacific. After successfully launching Rumble Group in the USA he went on to work with other start-ups including WowScout and Intranet DASHBOARD.

Colin Dixon is a well-known and respected industry analyst who manages TDG’s efforts in broadband media. He has led numerous teams from Microsoft, Oracle, and Liberate. Currently, Colin is working with major companies in developing their market strategies in the emerging “Over the Top” markets and open broadband delivery.

Colin graduated from the University of Reading in England with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He holds a Masters in Engineering from the University of Florida and has post-graduate business education experience from Stanford.

Colin was voted one of the Top 50 most influential people in IPTV by IPTV Evangelist.

“Colin is among a few who truly understand how the surging video industry is likely to play out across the three screens and the implications as consumers connect up their TV’s, mobile and PC’s to watch quality IP delivered video.” - Tom Burton, FierceIPTV

Before joining M:Metrics, Donovan worked for RealNetworks, where he helped define new business opportunities for mobile operators, handset manufacturers and content providers worldwide and brought mobile technologies and services to market. As director of mobile strategy and later director of mobile services, Donovan helped RealNetworks become the leading global supplier of infrastructure for the delivery of audio and video to mobile phones. He also led the team that launched North America's first commercial mobile video services.

Prior to RealNetworks, Donovan was a principal in a technology start-up and also served as director of UWired, a University of Washington program that has become an international model for effective uses of technology in higher education. Donovan also led development of the award-winning Catalyst Project, which reinvented the way that innovations in teaching and technology are cultivated, promoted and supported.

Donovan has more than a decade of experience conducting survey research, data analysis, and modeling for the academic, public, and private sectors. Throughout his career he has been a prolific author and speaker on new media and mobility.

Donovan holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington, a master’s degree in public policy from San Diego State University and a bachelor’s degree in business and entrepreneurship from Loyola Marymount University.

Shawn G. DuBravac, CFA is the Economist for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) where he directs CEA’s economic analysis. He is responsible for handling analysis of the economy as it relates to the consumer electronics industry including forecasting future economic activity, econometric studies, examining trade flows, and ascertaining relative health of the industry. DuBravac also provides research into the technology trends underpinning the industry and quantitative support for CEA’s legislative initiatives.

Prior to joining CEA, DuBravac was head research analyst in the Economic Analysis Group of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. He holds economic degrees with Highest Honors from Brigham Young University and George Mason University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of both the CFA Society of Washington, DC and the National Association of Business Economists. He has published on a wide range of topics in finance, economics, and technology. Additionally, DuBravac is an Adjunct Professor in the MBA program at George Washington University.

In his free time, he volunteers in the community by providing financial education through the Virginia Cooperative Extension.

DuBravac resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and three sons.

Eric leads the product development and marketing functions for Millennial Media. Over the past eight years, Eric has been an executive leading diverse advertising centric organizations and disciplines for Advertising.com and later AOL. His experience most recently includes senior management roles in product marketing, European operations (and start-up), and was the original technology chief at TeknoSurf which later became Advertising.com. Eric's teams delivered industry leading ad delivery, optimization, behavioral targeting and search management solutions for Advertising.com’s advertiser clients.

Prior to joining Advertising.com, Eric was a principal consultant with Syscom, Inc., where his clients included Citigroup, First Union and Royal Bank of Canada.

Ron Faris is director of brand development & partnerships at Virgin Mobile USA. He is responsible for managing all of Virgin Mobile USA’s events and sponsorships, mobile advertising, and cause-related marketing initiatives (including The RE*Generation, Virgin Mobile’s pro-social initiative committed to ending youth homelessness). His branded content initiatives span both broadcast and digital media, focusing primarily on social networking and short-form viral videos. He is also responsible for the Virgin Mobile Festival franchise, Virgin Mobile’s largest marketing initiative. The festival, now the largest on the East Coast as it enters its third year, boasts the largest acts in the nation, including Kanye West, Bob Dylan, Foofighters, and Jack Johnson.

Prior to joining Virgin Mobile, Ron was director of strategic partnerships at Atari, the video game company. There, he was instrumental in building content licensing deals focusing on mobile platforms, interactive TV, and in-game music development. Ron also served as brand director, building robust multi-platform marketing programs for games such as “The Matrix: Path of Neo”.

Ron began his career working at Accenture for six years in their telecommunications and media & entertainment consulting practices. He then joined Scient Corporation (now SBI Razorfish) where he spent four years managing digital marketing initiatives, including the re-launch of several web portals in the financial services sector.

Ron is a native New Yorker and an award-winning short filmmaker. His films and documentaries have exhibited at several film festivals and cable networks, including HBO. He lives in Manhattan with his wife Danielle, and his daughter, Austen Layla.

Terry Farrell is the senior product manager for Zune®, Microsoft Corp.’s digital music and entertainment brand. Farrell’s extensive radio and record label experience have played a pivotal role in his ability to collect consumer feedback and ensure that consumers are getting a fresh, innovative music experience with Zune.

Farrell is excited to drive Zune experiential initiatives to meet current consumer and industry standards, and develop innovative user experiences for the future.

Farrell works closely with a number of teams overseeing program management, research, usability, business development, Zune software, Zune Marketplace and the online community.

Farrell joined Zune after nearly six years with the Microsoft Windows Media Player team. As a product manager, Farrell was instrumental in successfully integrating Windows Media technologies, such as Windows Media Player, Windows Movie Maker and Photostory, in effective entertainment and marketing programs and partnerships that reached the college market. For the releases of Windows Media Player 10 and 11, Farrell drove key collaborations for the Windows Media team, including marketing partnerships with MTV Networks, Quiksilver, Urban Outfitters, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Warner Pictures.

Farrell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Loyola University New Orleans.

As executive vice president, digital media, Josh Freeman is responsible for the strategic growth of Discovery’s world-class portfolio of brands across digital platforms globally. Charged with seeking out new technology and alliances, and developing new business models and markets, Freeman directs the company’s effort to expand its footprint by heightening Discovery’s presence in the ever-evolving digital media space.

Prior to joining Discovery in September 2007, Freeman was most recently senior vice president, operations & planning, AOL Products. He led business operations for a division employing more than 1,500 people, oversaw distribution partnerships for free AOL products and managed all content partnerships for AOL Video, striking more than 25 deals with companies such as CBS, NBC Universal, Fox, Sony, Viacom and Warner Bros.

Previously, he was vice president, strategy and business development for AOL Video, the company’s broadband video distribution business, which he helped launch. In this capacity, Freeman negotiated partnerships with major media companies and third-party technology providers. Throughout his tenure at AOL, which began in 1999, Freeman held a number of key posts including Director/Executive Director for Business Affairs and Development, and Manager/Senior Manager, Corporate Development.

Prior to joining AOL, Freeman worked at Bain & Co. in Boston as a consultant to media, banking, retail and technology clients. Early in his career, he served as a program officer with the National Democratic Institute in Washington and in Moscow.

Freeman earned an MBA and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, and a bachelor’s degree in Russian Studies from Amherst College. He is based at Discovery’s global headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Colin Gillis has been a Senior Technology Analyst at Canaccord Adams, based out of New York, since 2004. His area of focus is on companies that lever the Internet to monetize media.

Colin has been in the financial services industry since 2000 and has worked on the sell-side at RBC. Prior, he worked at Ricoh, a multi-national conglomerate based in Japan, where he gained excellent exposure to global business and appeared at multiple public speaking events. Colin also gained experience with Brooktrout Technology, where he designed and coded the first-ever fax-over-IP system and was present for Brooktrout's move from a private to a public company.

Colin graduated from Brown University with a BSc(Hons) in Electrical Engineering and received his MBA (Hons) from New York University's Stern School of Business.

John Girard is the Founder and CEO of Clickability. Under his leadership, Clickability has grown from a garage-based dream of four Stanford graduates to become the most successful single-source provider of on demand Web Content Management (WCM) solutions for media and enterprises. The biggest names in publishing, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN Interactive, and Dwell Magazine, rely on Clickability’s on demand content management applications to deliver the news to millions of readers each day. As CEO of Clickability, John’s primary responsibilities are driving the strategic vision of the company, including developing product and partnership strategies and fundraising.

Richard founded The Orchard (NASDAQ:ORCD). He is a songwriter (My Boyfriend’s Back, I Want Candy), a producer (Blondie, The Go Gos, The Raveonettes), a recording artist (The Strangeloves), and what business school people have coined, a “serial entrepreneur” (co-founding Sire Records with Seymour Stein).

Markus Gunn is responsible for the North American business development for mufin, the leading provider of music recommendation and monitoring solutions.

Before joining mufin in 2006, Markus has held leadership positions at Corel, MGI Software, and PhotoChannel Networks. Markus’ entrepreneurial background and international business experience have helped transform mission-critical business objectives into strategic solutions encompassing technology, business processes and digital media. Markus’ career has been comprised of a wide range of over 18 years of international sales & marketing roles in the enterprise, consumer, and packaged software industry.

Markus is graduate of the University of Ottawa, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Public Administration in 1989.

Philip Inghelbrecht joined Google in 2005 and has negotiated some of the company’s most prolific content deals since then. He is currently responsible for the syndication of YouTube as a platform across the web. Prior to Google, Philip founded Shazam Entertainment LLC, a company that specializes in audio recognition, operating in more than 20 countries worldwide. As a Director at Shazam, he was charged with building a multi-million track music database and negotiated the necessary licensing deals with the recording and publishing industries. He also licensed the company&rsuqo;s core technology to the leading international broadcast monitoring firms, leading to the acquisition of Shazam by Broadcast Music Inc. Philip started his career as a derivatives trader in Europe and holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and a degree in Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Jon Jackson is a visionary leader and proven strategist in the mobile solutions space with extensive experience in interactive advertising, corporate management, business development, product development and revenue generation.

Jon spent almost 8 years at AOL in the early days, as the company experienced hyper-growth and brought interactive advertising into existence. He was a member of the management team of the AOL Greenhouse, the first Internet incubator. The AOL Greenhouse launched, or assisted in the launch of: The Motley Fool, CBS SportsLine (formerly Real Fans), iVillage, Oh!/Oxygen Media (formerly Electra), and Travelocity (formerly Preview Travel). Later, Jon led AOL Mobile’s strategic product efforts. In addition to his work at AOL, Jon has provided strategic leadership and technical expertise to such companies as: HBO, Viacom, and PRIMEDIA. Previously, Jon was the CTO of Frederator, producers of the Emmy-nominated “The Fairly OddParents” and Nickelodeon’s “Chalkzone.”

As CEO of Mobile Posse, Jon brings over 15 years of operations, technical, and venture capital expertise to Mobile Posse. Jon provides an invaluable wealth of knowledge and direction to Mobile Posse’s corporate and product strategies.

As founder and CEO of PassAlong Networks, Dave Jaworski is responsible for ensuring the company offers the best possible experience to the consumer and the richest media platform to its business customers. This involves setting the technical and strategic vision for the company while leading the day-to-day operations.

Jaworski spent the last 20 years in various management positions for technology companies ranging from start-ups to multibillion-dollar corporations.

Early in his career, Jaworski put his computer science degree to good use at a pre-public Microsoft where he spent eight years, receiving the first Bill Gates Chairman’s Award for Excellence. At Microsoft, Jaworski was responsible for 80 percent of the U.S. retail sales budget as well as heading up U.S. sales operations and Microsoft University. He also ran technical teams, including all U.S. systems engineer training and development, and developed international experience while running national sales at Microsoft Canada.

Jaworski went on to launch several successful software companies and to head a technology team that architected and implemented an e-business platform for the sale of music and management of content on the Internet.

In addition to his tech experience, Jaworski has held on-air broadcast positions with AM and FM stations and has extensive production experience.

Johnson currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer at GGL Global Gaming, a Santa Monica, California-based gaming and media company. Described as the “ESPN meets MySpace of the worldwide videogaming community,” GGL builds and hosts live and virtual world communities and tournaments, produces online and offline gaming-focused media, and owns the HHGL (Hip Hop Gaming League), BAGL (Big Air Gaming League), PBGL (Professional Baseball Gaming League) and GGN (Girls Gaming Network). GGL boasts 2.5 million registered users and 10 million unique viewers per month and is widely considered the most prolific social network for videogamers in the world.

Prior to joining GGL, Johnson served as Global Director of Innovation at McCann Worldgroup, on the Board of Directors and as the Founder and Executive Director of Interpublic’s Emerging Media Lab. His earlier career highlights include President of Agency Services, President of Europe, and Chief Creative Officer at Digitas, Managing Director Asia for Poppe Tyson Interactive, and Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Magnet Interactive, an early pioneer in interactive multimedia development.

Hailed by Ad Age as a “digital media standout” and named one of AdWeek’s “Media Maven’s of 2006”, Johnson is a seasoned speaker and teacher having participated in over 150 conferences and symposiums on five continents.

Matt Jones is director of mobile strategy and operations for Gannett Digital. He is responsible for all mobile and wireless initiatives of Gannett’s 107 domestic local newspaper and broadcast properties and USA TODAY. He had developed and manages a variety of products and applications including 100+ mobile web sites, a mobile web ad network, USA TODAY mobile games and Gannett’s partnership with 4INFO, a leading text messaging and advertising company.

Prior to joining Gannett Digital in 2006, Jones was director of mobile products for USATODAY.com where he managed the mobile program since 2000. He joined USATODAY.com in 1998, and has worked in a variety of interactive advertising, marketing, product and business development roles throughout his career.

Jones received his Bachelors of Arts degree in History from Hartwick College. He is active in several industry associations including The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), CTIA – The Wireless Association, and The Online Publishers Association (OPA).

Patrick joined NEA in 2006 as General Partner focusing on a broad range of information technology investments with particular emphasis on enterprise software, network infrastructure and Internet companies. Pat is currently on the board of ChannelAdvisor. Prior to joining NEA, Patrick was General Partner of Grotech Capital Group where he specialized in high-tech investments and served on a number of boards including Advertising.com, Bluefire Security, CDnow, Fieldglass Software, Hillcrest Labs, SALIX Technologies, and Synchrologic. Prior to Grotech, Patrick spent nearly 10 years at Alex. Brown & Sons as an investment banker for high technology companies. At Alex. Brown & Sons, he was responsible for a range of financing and advisory projects including initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions for high-tech companies. Prior to that, Patrick was a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Patrick served as an officer in the U.S. Navy where he spent substantially all his tenure on the staff of Admiral H.G. Rickover at the Headquarters of the Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program. Patrick is Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association. He received a Masters in Business Administration, with Distinction, from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree from Villanova University.

Alice Kim is Senior Vice President of Digital Distribution and Partner Relations for MTV Networks. In her role, Alice manages distribution deals and partnerships across wireless carriers, online portals, video aggregators, and emerging media players for MTV Networks’ diverse brands, including: CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, Logo, MTV, Nickelodeon, The N, Spike and VH1, among others. Based in the company’s New York City headquarters, Kim reports to Greg Clayman, Executive Vice President of Digital Distribution & Business Development for MTV Networks.

Most recently, Kim served as Vice President of Carrier Relations and Distribution for MTV Networks. In that role, she cultivated and managed all existing distribution partnerships and carrier relationships, mobile marketing initiatives and partnerships, and business development Under Alice’s direction, MTV Networks has forged successful mobile distribution deals with every major domestic wireless provider and MVNO, as well as relationships with several direct-to-consumer partners. The company currently boasts more than 80 mobile distribution deals worldwide.

Prior to joining MTV Networks in 2005, Kim served as Vice President of Business Development for Enpocket, a leading provider of mobile media, mobile marketing and mobile advertising services, and Vice President of Corporate Development for PreCache, a digital media distribution technology. She began her career as an investment banker at Dean Witter and held a succession of financial analyst positions at CIBC Capitol Partners and Dolphin Equity Partners.

Kim holds a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

As the IAB’s director of research Joe Laszlo plays a key role in driving the IAB’s thought leadership among members and across the industry at large. Laszlo manages most major IAB research initiatives, provides guidance and advice for IAB members with research questions, and oversees the IAB’s Research Council. Laszlo’s current projects include spearheading an ongoing IAB project to assess online video ad effectiveness.

Laszlo began his IAB career in September, 2007, following an eight-year tenure as a research director at Jupiter Research. During his time at Jupiter, Laszlo was widely acknowledged as an authority on numerous aspects of the technology and business of interactive media.

Laszlo holds an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. in East Asian studies from Columbia University. He lives in New York City.

Mark Levine joined Core Capital in 2000 from GCI Venture Partners, an early stage technology venture capital fund that he founded and that was an early investor in webMethods, one of the most successful software IPOs in NASDAQ history.

Previously, Mark served as an officer of GEO-CENTERS, a technology firm with more than $200 million in revenue when it was acquired by SAIC. There, he was responsible for corporate development, government and industry relations, and management of the firm’s intellectual property portfolio, licenses and joint ventures. Prior to that, Mark was Subcommittee Staff Director for the Small Business Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and was involved in several successful legislative and regulatory initiatives including the Small Business Innovation Development Act and the Small Business and University Patent Act.

His civic and business activities include serving on the Board of Trustees of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), the Board of Advisors of both The George Washington University School of Business and the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland, and the Advisory Board of Marshfield Associates.

Mark received his M.B.A. from The George Washington University and lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two children.

Ashwin Navin is the President and Co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. He hails from Yahoo! where he was an influential member of the company's Corporate Development group. He possesses extensive experience in structuring and negotiating acquisitions, partnerships and alliances in the tech industry. While at Yahoo!, Ashwin was responsible for M&A, divestitures and company strategy in the U.S. and key global markets such as India and Korea. Before Yahoo!, Ashwin worked with Wall Street powerhouses Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch as an investment banker and research analyst. Ashwin earned a dual B.A. from Claremont McKenna in Government and Economics.

Although it was 1996 when I began thinking about how cell phones, kids and families best mix, it was my entry into fatherhood two years later that set me on the path to founding kajeet. Mobile services are about communication, safety, access, interaction, entertainment, education and commerce, roughly in that order. I believe services offered by kajeet will evolve along that line.

Building new things is a common thread that's run through my career. I've consciously sought to "climb the value chain," which is a fancy way of saying I've always wanted to super-serve customers directly. Conventional business wisdom has it that one should strive to "own the customer." I've always felt more comfortable when the customer owns me.

In my life before kajeet, I served as CEO, vice chairman and director of VCampus Corporation, a pioneering provider of e-learning applications and services for students, businesspeople and government workers.

Before VCampus, I was with the team at USinternetworking, Inc., a very cool technology service company where we, yes, pioneered the delivery of software as a service. At USi, I conceived of, launched, and led the AppHost (TM) business unit, which today generates more than half of the company's revenues. I also helped USi partner with leading e-commerce companies and integrate - soup to nuts - other service companies we acquired.

Prior to joining USi, I was director of national partnering for Global One Communications, LLC, an international joint venture of Sprint, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. And, once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, I also served as a senior staff member with the National Performance Review of the office of the Vice President of the United States.

I'm what they call a "product of the public schools," and I'm very proud of that fact. I received my A.B. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and I hold an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Perhaps the greatest education in my life, though, is what I am learning every day from my daughter, Eleanor, who is 8, and my son, Alexander, who is 11. We love to read and go biking together, and my kids love to play chess on my cell phone.

I have my own ideas about how my daughter should be mobile and connected ... and she, of course, has hers. More importantly, though, is that each parent and child has their own idea about how to responsibly use the freedom and power that cell phones make possible. That's why we've set out to build a mobile service — an environment, really — that can help any kid, any parent, any family, achieve their best ideas of connection, communication, safety and enjoyment.

At kajeet, we're building the mobile services we want our own children to have. Eleanor and Alex like that idea. A lot. I'm part of kajeet because I plan to say to my kids, "Yes, your dad helped build that for you."

Now you know who we really work for at kajeet!

Nick O’Neill is the creator of AllFacebook.com and the newly launched Social Times (www.socialtimes.com). A serial entrepreneur at heart, Nick has spent the past 8 years developing creative solutions for individuals on the web. Working from within agencies and startups, he has gained significant experience working with clients and overcoming extreme challenges. Being highly active in the web and entrepreneurial communities, locally and nationally, Nick helped to bring the first Tech Cocktail to Washington, D.C. With the opening of the Facebook platform, Nick saw a huge opportunity and has become fully dedicated to covering the social networking phenomenon and developing creative applications for clients looking to gain exposure.

Since the launch of the platform Nick has been featured on NPR and in numerous national publications including Fast Company, New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, The Washington Post and Practical Ecommerce. He has also spoken at multiple conferences around the country, has interviewed the executives and leading thought leaders in the industry and has hosted various private events for industry leaders and participants.

Anthony has a wealth of industry, consulting and market analysis experience, having advised clients on strategic and marketing issues in a number of industries including financial services, manufacturing and CPG. At comScore, Anthony manages the relationships with many Media clients including Portals, Ad Networks, Publishers and Entertainment firms.

Prior to comScore, Anthony worked with Corporate Value Associates, a strategy consulting firm that was spun off from Boston Consulting Group, where he worked on a wide range of projects (including strategic audit and value creation, product mix optimization, product introduction strategies and other sales and marketing initiatives) in several industries (including financial services, metals, retail and packaging) in North America and Europe. Prior to Corporate Value Associates, Anthony worked in the client service organization at Information Resources, Inc., where he gained extensive experience in market research with package goods firms such as CPC International, Seagrams and A&W Brands. Anthony began his career with Venture Concepts, where he worked primarily on start-up plans for entrepreneurs and small companies.

Anthony has an MBA from University of Michigan and a BA in Commerce and Economics from University of Toronto.

Robert Quicksilver serves as chief content officer for broadband television pioneer TidalTV. TidalTV is revolutionizing online video viewing by creating a new, television-like destination where consumers can access professionally produced, brand-name video content via a unique combination of programmed and on-demand channels with DVR-style controls.

Robert brings with him over fifteen years of senior executive level experience in local television, network television and digital media. Prior to joining TidalTV, Robert played a key role in developing a local video content initiative for Yahoo! Media Group by securing an agreement with the CBS Television Station Group that represented the first time that a major broadcast station group had syndicated its local video content to an unaffiliated portal.

From 1999-2005, Robert served as president of network distribution for FOX Broadcast Company, where he oversaw the business relationship between FOX and its U.S. distribution network of 180+ affiliate stations. In that role, Robert helped formulate and implement FOX’s entertainment, sports, news, promotion, distribution and digital media initiatives across that affiliate body. During his tenure at Fox, Robert was actively involved in a number of broadcast-based regulatory initiatives and, for one year, ran the News Corporation government relations office in Washington D.C. in addition to his network duties.

Prior to Fox, Robert served as vice president, general counsel of Sinclair Broadcast Group, a publicly traded local television station group.

Rick Robinson has been involved with developing products and content for online communities since 1992 when he began covering electronic bulletin board systems for BBS Magazine. He ran the magazine from 1993–96 as Editor-in-Chief, where he expanded coverage to commercial online services and the Internet and helped broaden circulation worldwide by moving the publications from a trade to consumer title.

In 1996 Robinson helped launch AOL’s Digital City local online network, running the editorial and product side of the Philadelphia office creating personality-driven blogging sites; unique community publishing tools; the first live online polling; and, controversy-driven local programming that empowered regular citizens to speak out in a way they never had before. He went on to lead the programming and operations of 16 staffed city-sites (and scores of automated sites) as AOL local soon became the leading local brand. In 1998 Robinson pioneered thinking around “geobrowsing” and location-based social services, as well as community-driven content programming.

He next helped start the AOL Wireless group in 2000 as VP of content and product development, launching content channels and community-spawning applications on major wireless carriers, and partnering with movie studios and carriers to provide WAP and SMS-based marketing sites to create mobile social networking around major brands.

In 2002, Robinson took over the AOL Community Products group commencing dramatic updates to scores of products and applications, including the launch of the popular AOL Journals — AOL’s blogging product. He then moved into positions managing the holistic AOL member experience first for the dialup business and later for broadband and AOL.com.

Robinson left AOL in 2005 for local startup Freewebs.com (now Webs.com) where he led product and programming, helping move the service from a primarily Web-building tools product to a media property attracting major advertisers to its lively and interactive audience of Website publishers.

Today Robinson is VP of Products and Services for XOHM where he manages conception, design and execution of all products and services supporting the XOHM wireless broadband business.

Lorraine Ross, VP of Advertising Sales and Business Development, USATODAY.com: Lorraine joined USATODAY.com in May 1999, after having spent 11 years in Sales Management and Finance roles at USA TODAY. As Vice President, Lorraine is responsible for advertising sales revenue and sales force management, Business Development partnerships, new product development and platform strategies.

Lorraine earned her B.A. in History from Georgetown University, and her M.B.A. in Finance from George Washington University.

Ned Sherman is CEO and Publisher of Digital Media Wire, Inc., where he works at the center of the rapidly growing digital media industry. Under his leadership, Digital Media Wire has grown from a small newsletter publisher into a well-respected B-to-B brand that owns and produces five annual conferences - Digital Music Forum, Games & Mobile Forum, Digital Media Conference, Future of Television Forum, Digital Commerce Summit and The Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards (now DEMXPO) - and provides daily news, information and community to 30,000+ executives and professionals at entertainment, media and technology companies throughout the world.

As digital media community-builder, Ned has established partnerships with the leading B-to-B media companies and educational institutions, including VNU Business Media, Billboard Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Reed Business Information, Multichannel News, Business 2.0, Business Week, CableFax/CableWorld, VIBE/SPIN, MidemNet, NYU’s Stern School of Business, USC’s Center for Telecom Management and UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and hundreds of the leading digital media companies, including Microsoft, Real Networks, Sony Corporation of America, AOL Time Warner, Napster, Yahoo! and many more.

Ned’s background is in law. Before joining Digital Media Wire, Ned spent 7+ years as a corporate and entertainment attorney practicing at several of the leading law firms in the world with an international client base across industries including technology, Internet, media and entertainment.

As a founding member of the iLaw Group in the Entertainment Department at Loeb & Loeb LLP in Century City, he handled complex licensing transactions and financings for media and entertainment clients including Universal Studios and MGM and launched dozens of Internet and new media start-ups. He has counseled company founders from initiation of a business plan to seed, angel, venture capital and later-stage private financings and managed all legal aspects of Internet clients from corporate organization, stockholder relationships, board compositions and dynamics, stock option plans, capital raising and security regulatory matters, Internet law issues, trademark, copyright, content and technology licensing, advertising and privacy issues.

He sits on the Board of Directors of Wild Way, a non-profit dedicated to cultivating environmental awareness and developing educational programs for inner-city and “at risk” kids and has traveled extensively from Europe to Asia to South America to Northern Africa. Ned is married and lives with his wife and son in Hollywood Hills, California.

Paul Sherman is the editor and publisher of Potomac Tech Wire, which he co-founded in 1999. He also serves as the president of Tech Wire Media, which consists of five regional technology publications: Potomac Tech Wire, New England Tech Wire, Southeast Tech Wire, Tri-State Tech Wire and Bay Area Tech Wire. He has moderated over 40 seminars on various technology topics, ranging from venture capital to mobile technology to government technology procurement. He is the co-chair of the annual Digital Media Conference held each summer in Washington, D.C.

Prior to founding Tech Wire, he worked for three years as the news assistant at The New York Times bureau in Mexico City, and wrote for the Economist Intelligence Unit, Latin Finance and Time magazine for two years. Paul received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School in 1999 and a B.A. in political science from Brown University in 1992.

Craig Stoltz offers leading-edge web thinking built on a foundation of world-class journalism. As former editorial director of Revolution Health and ex-editor at The Washington Post, he helps clients engage users with websites, blogs, social media tools, widgets and other emerging technologies

As a consultant Stoltz has launched PBS Engage, the network’s social media initiative; developed a best-of-breed presidential politics data visualization for the Health Central Network; and advised firms big and small on web strategy. His blog, Web 2.0h. . .really? was named one of Time.com’s Top 25 blogs in the nation. His column “Tech@Work” appears in The Washington Business Journal.

Stoltz has spoken on the use of social media to the American Medical Association, the Executive MBA Program at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, the George Washington University School of Public Health, the Center for Information Therapy conference and other venues. 

As a Washington Post editor, Stoltz worked with washingtonpost.com to develop the newspaper’s first e-mail newsletter, online chat and content geonavigation tool. He developed one of the first print/digital co-publications between the newspaper and washingpost.com. He also developed a leading multimedia healthy living franchise.

Stoltz’s areas of content expertise include health and medicine, media, travel and personal technology. He lives in Bethesda with his wife, psychologist Pamela Luttig, and two teenage boys.

Paul Sweeting has covered the home entertainment and technology industries for more than 15 years for such publications as Daily Variety, Billboard, Video Business and Publishers Weekly. His widely read weekly column in Video Business focuses on technology trends, intellectual property issues, Internet and technology policy, and business and financial developments in the home entertainment industries. In 2006 he developed and launched ContentAgenda.com, an online business-to-business news portal and blog site focused on the intersection of entertainment content and digital technology. The Web site is part of the Variety Group of Reed Business Information. Sweeting is based in Washington, DC and has a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University.

Henry Tam Jr. is General Manager, Hyperlocal Internet Strategy, and Director, Product Development at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, where he oversees business and product development for the company’s new Internet initiatives. He recently spearheaded the business strategy for the Post’s foray into hyperlocal internet plays, and currently oversees all business operations. In addition, he led the acquisition of SHOPDC and was responsible for integrating the expertise of the company to launch washingtonpost.com’s Shopping Channel and DC Scout, one of the most successful online products in the company’s history.

Prior to these roles, Henry was an Advertising Sales Manager for the Post’s international advertising business. He has held business development and consultant roles at AOL and PricewaterhouseCooper’s Entertainment and Media practice. Henry has an MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

Ralph is a General Partner at ABS Capital Partners whose investment interests and experience include both media & communications and software companies.

He currently represents ABS Capital on the boards of Vibrant Media, Inc., Innovation Interactive, LLC, INVISION, Inc. and eFashion Solutions. He is an observer on the board of Renew Data Systems.

Prior to joining ABS Capital in 2004, Ralph served as CIO/CTO of the Washington Post Company. During his tenure, Ralph worked with the Post’s six major divisions on all major technology and development operations and investments. From 1996 to 2003, he had primary responsibility for The Washington Post’s venture investment portfolio. Under his direction, performance exceeded that of other corporate venture investors who manage for both strategic value and investment returns. Also while at The Washington Post, Terkowitz served as founder and CEO of its electronic publishing subsidiary, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive (formerly DigitalInk). The subsidiary became known for its innovation and led the industry in developing new revenue models for electronic media. One of the products which Ralph created, washingtonpost.com, continues to be among the most visited news and information sites on the Internet. Ralph brings a combination of entrepreneurial spirit, operational know-how and genuine enthusiasm to everything he does and is never slow to call upon his many industry contacts for the benefit of his companies.

Representing telecommunications clients before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), state public utility commissions (including California), state and federal courts and local jurisdictions. Advising clients on a broad range of regulatory and legal issues including numbering, interconnection, service quality, consumer protection, regulatory status, privacy, competitive entry, land use, construction of facilities, universal service, mergers and acquisitions, and certification/licensing. Developing public policy positions and legislative strategy on a number of telecommunications issues, including the use of wireless phones while driving and radio frequency health and safety issues. Clients have included cellular and PCS carriers, interexchange carriers, paging companies, competitive local exchange carriers and industry associations. Has also represented clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, including those relating to wireless cell site construction (§ 253 and 332), trademark infringement, business fraud and torts, unfair competition, and breach of contract.

Alan Warms is vice president and general manager of Yahoo! News, the Internet’s #1 news and elections news site. Previously, Warms was the founder of Participate Media and served as publisher for both BuzzTracker and before that Real Clear Politics. Participate Media was acquired by Yahoo! in September, 2007. Prior to founding Participate Media, Warms served as chairman and chief executive officer of Participate Systems, a provider of enterprise software and online community management services. Companies using the site included TiVo, palmOne, Logitech, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, General Electric, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and IBM . Warms also pioneered the development of hard ROI models around online community via a series of whitepapers he co-authored. In 2001, the World Economic Forum selected Alan as one of its 100 Technology Pioneers. Also in 2001, the editors of Crain’s Chicago Business recognized Warms as one of forty executives under the age of forty who have significantly contributed to building Chicago’s economy.

Myk Willis, Founder and CEO of Myxer, is an experienced author, marketer, and evangelist with over a decade of leadership and success in both the Web and mobile technology industries.

Since founding Myxer Inc. in 2005, Myk has been focused on helping people realize the true potential of the mobile phone by simplifying all aspects of mobile content access, sharing and delivery. With more than 8 million users and over 18 million mobile downloads each month, Myxer is quickly becoming the recognized leader in ad-supported mobile content.

Recently named Frost & Sullivan’s “Key Market Enabler’ for U.S. Advertising, Myxer is continually expanding its offerings for consumers and content providers and creating ground-breaking mobile content campaigns for brands like Adidas, Lowe’s, Major League Baseball (MLB) and Volkswagen.

Prior to starting Myxer, Myk started a successful technology consultancy, Wanderlust Software, where he provided sophisticated software development and technical due diligence services to enterprise software companies. Myk also worked as a programmer and designer for Citrix, where he led the development of the company’s flagship MetaFrame 2.0 product.

Myk holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Computer Engineering) from the University of Michigan, where he also studied music theory and electronic music. Recent speaking/presentation credits include the Dow Jones Wireless Innovation Summit in California (where Myxer was chosen as a Top 10 Wireless Start-Up) and DEMO.

With more than three decades of experience in the music and interactive media industries, Dick Wingate has recently served as President, Media Development & Chief Content Officer for Nellymoser Inc., a leading provider of rich media mobile services, overseeing content, licensing and business development strategies, working closely with major media companies and wireless service providers such as ABC, Sony/BMG, Warner Music, AT&T and Virgin Mobile. As CCO, Wingate was also responsible for direct licensing of content and for content partnerships and programming for Nellymoser’s music services.

Wingate helped pioneer the digital music business during his years as SVP, Content Development, at Liquid Audio, Inc. He played an integral role in bringing the company public in 1999 and was responsible for managing music business development, label relations, affiliate management and content marketing.

He has also served as President, Content & Programming for Digital Transaction Machines, Inc., an interactive systems provider for in-store delivery of digital products for clients including McDonald’s and 7-Eleven.

Wingate’s in-depth experience in the recording industry includes positions as SVP, Marketing, Arista Records (BMG); SVP, A&R PolyGram Records; Director of Talent Acquisition, Epic Records; and Director of Product Management, Columbia Records. Mr. Wingate started his career at WBRU-FM in, as Music and Program Director. He has been integrally involved with the career development of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Peter Tosh, Aimee Mann, Pink Floyd, Bon Jovi, Robert Cray, Sarah McLachlan and Eddy Grant.

Mr. Wingate was one of the earliest music industry supporters of digital interactive media, and in the early 90’s held the position of VP of Market Development for Intouch Group, developer of the i-Station, the first networked, interactive music — previewing kiosk for record stores.

Mr. Wingate has spoken at numerous industry events, including: Jupiter Plug-In, Webnoize, CMJ, Midem, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Business Week, SXSW, Interactive Music Expo and Gavin conferences. He has been the subject of a feature article in the NY Times Sunday Business section, a front page LA Timesarticleas well as quoted in the Wall St. Journal, Time Magazine, USA Today, the NY Times Magazine and Billboard Magazine. In addition, in 2000 he was selected as a representative of NYC’s Silicon Alley to meet President and Mrs. Clinton and five Senators. He is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and an advisory board member of Agnostic Media, Inc.

Jim Wolak leads the broadcast practice for Accenture’s M&E group in North America. In this role, Jim has transformed leading television companies for high performance in the digital marketplace. His client list includes many of the world’s foremost broadcasters, cable networks, motion picture studios and satellite providers. He has helped clients develop capabilities in the areas of digital asset management, broadcast automation, rights management, and television advertising sales. He serves as the practice lead for Accenture’s Intellectual Property Management offering. Jim also led Accenture’s Washington DC usability practice which focused on designing and enhancing business and consumer Internet sites. He received his degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

David Zierler is currently serving as the EVP/General Manager for INgrooves, a digital media distribution and technology company. Most recently Mr. Zierler was the Vice President Business Development and Finance for Fontana Distribution, the independent music distribution arm for the Universal Music Group. Prior to joining Fontana Mr. Zierler served as the Director of Business Analysis for Universal Music Group Distribution, an analyst for ITU Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm and a Senior Associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Zierler has an extensive background in the music industry, management consulting, venture capital, financial advisory services, business analysis, corporate finance, public accounting and business development. He received his B.S. in Accounting from Villanova University.