Andrew Steele
Vice President Marketing & Business Development
Terayon Communication Systems
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Andrew Steele leads the worldwide marketing and business development initiatives for Terayon Communication Systems, including strategic market and business development, product marketing, product management and corporate communications. With over 13 years of digital media and communications experience, Andrew has led marketing, strategic business development and corporate development for leading players in the digital video, multimedia, communications, online and interactive advertising sectors, and has created partnerships with industry giants such as Comcast, AOL, FOX and NBC-Universal. Prior to joining Terayon, Andrew founded Steele Consulting, delivering strategic business consulting services to clients including Mailblocks - recently acquired by AOL - and Quinstreet, a leading provider of online direct and paid search advertising and marketing services. As Vice President of Sales at MetaTV, a pioneering interactive and advanced television software platform developer, Andrew developed key strategic relationships with customers such as Comcast, Cox Communications and EchoStar, built revenue from zero into the millions, and helped raise over $65M in venture and strategic funding. At Microsoft’s MSTV division, Andrew managed the strategic business development initiatives including key corporate acquisitions, IP licensing agreements and strategic investment in cable operators around the world. Prior to his tenure at Microsoft, Andrew held strategic business development and finance roles at MCI, Pratt Industries and Johnson Controls.

Andrew has recently been a featured speaker at leading digital media industry conferences, including the CONNECTIONS conference, Digital Hollywood, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Entertainment Technology Alliance, Satellite 2005 and Parks Associates' Fall Focus. He is on the steering committee of the Innovations in Digital Advertising (ID!A) industry working group, and a member of the National Academy of Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Award Committee. Andrew received his Bachelor of Business Administration in International Finance and Marketing from the University of Miami and his MBA from Georgia State University.