Conference Overview

David Thompson is Director of Product Marketing for ZyXEL Communications, Inc. Thompson is responsible for building partner relationships in the telecommunications industry and helping promote product lines and features that benefit both ZyXEL and its customers.
Prior to his current position, Thompson served as Director of Strategic Account Development and formerly as Senior Product Manager for ADSL CPE at ZyXEL. Before joining ZyXEL in 2004, he held management positions at various companies in the telecommunications industry such as Southern Company Services, BellSouth.net and Earthlink Inc.
Thompson is well versed in the areas of xDSL and fiber connectivity products, technology and trends. He adds a wealth of knowledge and experience to ZyXEL’s team.

With over 15 years experience in broadband access technologies, Juan Vela is a recognized telecommunications industry professional. A regularly featured author in trade publications and industry blogs, Juan is responsible for solutions marketing at Calix where he works to identify emerging market trends. Prior to joining Calix, he split his time between wireline service providers and broadband equipment suppliers, holding a variety of engineering, product management and marketing positions. Juan holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering.

Tom Zanoli is the Internet and Security Product Manager for GVTC Communications. Zanoli is responsible for managing the P & L for existing products along with new product development for broadband and security. A corporate strategy for GVTC is to “own the home or business” and Zanoli has been working on managed products centered around the connected home and business. Before joining GVTC in 2007, he held management positions at Alltel and Windstream communications in Customer Service, Marketing, IT and Business Development.

John Grady is the Sales Director responsible for Application Software and Services for the Americas at Pace PLC. His portfolio includes Pace’s industry leading TR069-based Component Management System (CMS) for device management, the Services Management layer (SMS) and the Professional Services organization for Customer and Support and Software deployments. Prior to Pace, Mr. Grady led the SMB Marketing and Sales Development team at Netgear where he was responsible for product and channel marketing as well as business development. Mr. Grady also held several leadership positions at Covad Communications in Product Management, Strategic Planning and Customer Operations. Earlier in his careers, John was a part of the Communications and Entertainment consulting practice at Arthur Andersen and an officer at the private banking firm Brown Brothers Harriman & Company. Mr. Grady earned a BA in Economics from Boston College, and an MBA in Finance from the Indiana Graduate School of Business.

Alan Marks is a Senior Marketing Manager at Alcatel-Lucent, and has been involved in the communications industry for more than 20 years. AtAlcatel‐Lucent, he is responsible for defining and executing the company’s marketing strategy for their portfolio of customer experience management solutions for the connected home. Mr. Marks earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Scott is the Vice President of Product Marketing at Synchronoss. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Scott was the SVP of Marketing at SpeechCycle where he oversaw all marketing functions for the company including product marketing and product management and corporate communications. Scott has more than 20 years of experience in the communications industry and has held senior management positions at Amdocs, Nortel Networks, Clarify and Lucent Technologies. With high-tech marketing experience spanning product marketing, strategic alliances, industry and channel marketing, market management and marketing communications, Scott is a widely recognized and respected marketing professional with expertise in the customer care industry.
Scott has a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising from San Jose State University.

As VP of Product Management, Marc oversees Mariner’s global technology direction and innovation road map, including product development and customer support. Since joining Mariner, he managed the delivery of the IPTV industry's first QoE monitoring solution, xVu™. He joined Mariner from Nortel where he spent over a decade working in various technical and leadership roles. In his last role at Nortel Networks, Marc was part of the leadership team responsible for delivering Nortel's Multi-service Provider Edge product family. Marc holds a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) and a diploma in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of New Brunswick.

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

Steven Shalita has more than 20 years of industry and technology experience across service provider and enterprise markets with a strong background in enterprise networking, MPLS, and IP transformation projects. His wide range of experience includes service management and assurance to service delivery architecture including data center, LAN/WAN, core, edge and metro technologies as well as leading initiatives targeting convergence, mobility, triple-play and business services carrier environments. Mr. Shalita has held senior marketing leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Redback Networks, HP and Cisco. He returned to NetScout in July of 2008, and was previously Director, Product Marketing from 1997 through 1999.

In 2002, Doug started Re:Sourceful Communications – a marketing, product development and business cultural development company. In 1993, Doug joined Jefferson Telephone as the first independent telco marketing manager in Iowa. He’s been marketing telcos ever since.

He understands that developing the correct work environment is fundamental to success for today’s telcos. Re:Sourceful assists clients with a wide range of services, including marketing, business/product development, public relations, sales training and cultural change.

Doug lives in Clive, IA. He and his wife have two daughters who offer on-going market research about the needs of our future customers.

Chris Carabello is Director of Market Development for Metaswitch Networks. He has 20 years experience in sales and marketing to both consumers and businesses, and for competitive and incumbent carriers. In his current role, Carabello partners with Metaswitch customers to maximize their switching and applications deployments from end user product definition through market launch.

He joined Metaswitch in 2007 after having served as Director of Marketing for Broadview Networks, where he steered the company’s branding and channel management and supported the successful market introductions of its converged IP product portfolio. Previously, Carabello served in senior marketing positions at AT&T where he launched its e-commerce initiative and led distribution of its IP products to small businesses through tremendous growth.

Carabello holds a Bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and an MBA from Rutgers University.

Chris began working for Blackfoot Telecommunications Group in Missoula, MT in August of 2006 and is currently the Product Manager. He is responsible for developing the business case for new products and for new product roll out planning, as well as for the product lifecycle management of existing products and services. Chris has previously worked for AT&T Wireless Services as a Customer Program Manager and at Myrio, an IPTV middleware vendor as Director of Operations. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD earning a bachelor of science and is a graduate of Seattle University with an MBA. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Jeremy Toeman is CEO of Dijit Media, a venture-funded startup whose vision is to create the ultimate “hyperpersonalized social TV guide.” Jeremy has over 11 years experience in the convergence of digital media, mobile entertainment, social entertainment, social TV and consumer technology. He has a proven track record of designing and delivering award-winning products and technologies to the connected home.

Prior to Dijit, Jeremy was a founding partner of Stage Two, a firm providing product design, user experience and marketing services. Jeremy was key to successes for Boxee, VUDU, Clicker.com and many other consumer technology companies.

Prior to Stage Two, Jeremy was Vice President of Product Management at Sling Media (acquired by EchoStar in 2007) where he was responsible for guiding the Slingbox from conception through launch, including user experience for the SlingPlayer for PC and mobile applications. The Slingbox won numerous industry awards, including a technology Emmy and a 2005 CES “Best Home Media Networking” honor.
In 1999, Jeremy was the Founding Vice President of Product Management at Mediabolic (acquired by Rovi Corp in 2007), a software company whose digital media networking technology was widely licensed by consumer electronics firms and computer manufacturers. At Mediabolic, Jeremy designed several convergence products for a range of companies including Pioneer, Fujitsu, Creative Labs, HP and Denon (which specifically included the 2004 CES “Overall Best of Show” multi-room DVR system). Jeremy also sat on the steering committees for DLNA and the UPnP AV Working Group.
Jeremy is also a technology innovator, and has launched numerous Web businesses, including NudgeMail and Legacy Locker. Toeman holds a B.S. in Economics and Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University. He is from Montreal, Canada and lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children. Go Habs!

Jefferson leads the Wireless and Mobility efforts at IBB Consulting. An industry expert with over 12 years in Wireless, Jefferson has helped clients innovate and execute through the entire new product development lifecycle from idea generation to launch. Jefferson’s focus is on Devices, Products, and Services that help wireless carriers, device manufacturers, and content providers drive revenue.

Jefferson started his career as a hands-on Product Manager who developed global hits in smartphones and connected devices that integrate products such as LBS / Navigation, Messaging (SMS/MMS/Voice-to-Text/IM), Email, Browsers, Video-on-Demand, Media Vault, and Second Screen services. Jefferson worked directly with all major air interfaces: GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and LTE. Throughout his career, Jefferson has repeatedly demonstrated the capability to unify cross-functional teams and external vendors to achieve early launch dates.

Prior to joining IBB Consulting, Jefferson was an executive one of the largest consulting firms in the world, where he held numerous leadership positions:
 Technology Consulting - Global NES Wireless Practice Co-Lead
 Technology Consulting - North America NES Wireless Practice Lead
 Management Consulting - North America Communications New Product Development Lead

Jefferson holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Marty Roberts’ diverse leadership background includes fourteen years of product management and marketing. His experience developing strategy, building relationships with development organizations, and creating new products and services helped increase the customer base and profitability for organizations such as GiftCertificates.com and RealNetworks. At thePlatform, Marty leads sales and account management, business development, marketing, and product management. His contributions to the company’s success include repositioning the company and products, increasing the brand awareness through advertising, PR and the web site, building an ecosystem with eighty partners and driving the product strategy for initiatives such as TV Everywhere.

Tim Hanlon is the Founder/CEO of The Vertere Group, LLC, a Chicago-based boutique investment advisory and strategic consulting firm focused on the intersection of media, marketing and technology. Mr. Hanlon previously created and led corporate ventures practices at agency holding firms Publicis Groupe (VivaKi/Denuo) and Interpublic Group (Mediabrands/Velociter), overseeing over 60 early-stage investments and partnerships – with nearly two dozen successful exits (and counting) since 2006. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business, and a BA from Georgetown University.

Bob Lion joined Viamedia in 2004 where he has been a valued and influential leader in the organization. In addition to starting Viamedia’s New York sales operation and national sales division, VNS, Bob has been instrumental in launching new advanced advertising initiatives. His experience in all phases of business has helped Viamedia create a bond among sales, operations and technology to assure maximum value for Viamedia’s advertising clients and partner companies.

Rob Klippel has been with Comcast Spotlight since 2004 where he serves as Vice President of New Products & Operations, having responsibility for the development, deployment and operations of advanced advertising products across platforms.

Prior to joining Comcast, Rob was Vice President of Customer Operations for Adelphia. Rob’s professional background also includes MediaOne, where he led enterprise wide operations for cable field service and customer care operations, telephony and High-Speed Data, and startup Relera, Inc., where he designed, built, and operated eleven Internet Data Centers and supporting functions including NOC, installation engineering, customer care and technical operations. In addition, Rob spent ten years with both the Deloitte and Andersen (Accenture) consultancies.

Rob earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and his Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Patrick Peters has worked in the advanced TV industry since 1989, focusing on programming, advertising and data. At FourthWall Media since 2001, his focus is working with the Massive Data division of the company to help programmers, broadcasters, political campaigns, advertisers and other businesses using the company’s unique data.

Keith Russell is responsible for global marketing activities for Alcatel-Lucent’s Wireline Access Division. In that role, he has focused his efforts on both copper and fiber based access solutions.

Previous to his current role, Keith spent five years at Alcatel-Lucent as a business manager focused on the North American Independent Telco Market.

He has over 17 years of experience in fixed access and the Telecommunications industry holding positions in Business management, marketing and applications engineering.

Prior to joining Alcatel-Lucent in 1999, he managed Application Engineering and technical marketing functions for Independent carriers at Advanced Fibre Communications.

Keith holds a BS in Marketing from Sonoma State University

Since joining ASSIA in 2010, Jerome Joanny has overseen the product management and development of all product lines, defining new product roadmap strategies and spearheading product marketing requirements. A seasoned veteran of the telecommunication industry, Mr. Joanny held several key product management and product integration roles at ShoreTel prior to joining ASSIA, and has extensive international experience in broadband access, unified communications, VoIP, and WiFi. Previous positions include key roles at Nortel in Europe and Asia, Matra Communication and the French Air Force. Mr. Joanny has a degree in electrical engineering from l’Ecole Nationale Superieure Electronique et Radioelectricite , Bordeaux, France, and an advanced degree in Metrology from Bordeaux University.

David Auer is a 20-year veteran of the telecom industry. As Actelis’ Director of Channels for North America, Mr. Auer focuses on helping Actelis’ channel partners accelerate wide-scale broadband adoption for telcos, enterprises and municipalities. Prior to joining Actelis, he served at NEC America and Cisco Systems. Mr. Auer has a master’s degree in telecommunications from the University College at the University of Denver.

Jeff Finkelstein is the Senior Director of Network Architecture at Cox Communications in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been part of the engineering and architecture group at Cox since 2002, and was part of the team responsible for the deployment of DOCSIS technologies, from DOCSIS 1.1 to DOCSIS 3.0. Jeff has made significant contributions to the access network design and deployments at Cox, and has the new role of being responsible for future technology planning of backbone, metro, access, and home networks.Included in his achievements is being part of the CableLabs team contributing to the DOCSIS 3.0 PHY spec, the CableLabs Pro-active Network Management work, and the Comcast CMAP hardware, software and management specifications. Jeff has been published worldwide on topics including CMAP, IPDR, upstream PHY technologies, IP video deployment over DOCSIS, telepresence, and drivers for future bandwidth consumption. Jeff has over 18 patents issued and/or pending.

Per Johansson is a Network Architect at Net Insight, the leading provider of efficient and scalable transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks. Johansson brings more than 23 years of experience in the field of telecommunication to Net Insight, with an extensive knowledge base in IPTV distribution. Johansson has been involved with notable projects at Net Insight including the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Prior to his work at Net Insight, Johansson worked with network engineering for Tele2 Sweden and contributed to the development of the first Global MPLS network during his time at Global One (now Equant) as the head of their global network provisioning center.

As Vice President of Solutions, Joel Melby plays a key role in the continuous development of Edgeware’s technology leading video delivery solutions.

Bringing more than 25 years of development and management experience from a broad range of technology-intensive industries and organizations, he oversees the adaptation of Edgeware's products for the global market.

Melby holds an MBA from Bentley College and an undergraduate Electrical Engineering degree from Cornell University.

Mark is a true pioneer in personal television services, having focused on the area for more than fifteen years. Before co- founding Entone, Mark was General Manager of Technology Development at Cable & Wireless Hongkong Telecom and lead architect for their interactive television and VOD service. Under Mark's direction, C&W HKT deployed the world's first commercial VOD service of scale. Prior to that he consulted on issues of network design and software engineering to several multinational communications providers, including Bell Atlantic Video Services. Mark was also Director of Interactive Applications Development at TV Answer, one of the world's first providers of personal television services. Mark holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Colorado.

Shiva Patibanda is General Manager of the SeaChange In-Home business unit and President of VividLogic, a SeaChange company. Shiva leads developers in 7 international offices, and is responsible for developing Hybrid Gateway Set Top Box software and Home Networking applications for premium cable and telco operators worldwide.

Previously Shiva was founder and CEO of VividLogic Inc. (acquired by SeaChange in Feb 2010), which specialized in developing embedded software for HDTVs, CE devices, and cable STBs. Since its founding in 1999, the VividLogic home networking software and HDTV stack have been deployed in over 20 million commercial cable STBs and HDTVs by leading manufacturers worldwide. Shiva has also served as chairman of the Home Audio Video interoperability consortium (HAVi) and is on the board of the IEEE 1394 Trade Association.

Shiva holds a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in Computer Science from Louisiana State University. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in the software industry. Before founding VividLogic Inc., Shiva held different engineering positions as Architect and Engineering Manager at Sony, NEC, and Fujitsu, where he developed embedded systems for CE devices and Network Management Systems for large telecom networks.

Shiva has fervently spent the last 20 years advancing audio and video device progress, developing products and services to enable content delivery anyplace, anywhere, anytime to cable STBs and consumer electronic and mobile devices.

Ken Haase serves as Senior Director of Product Line Management in the Americas Telco CPE Group within Motorola Mobility. He is responsible for Motorola’s Telco CPE product portfolios, including IPTV Set Top Boxes and Home Gateway solutions.

Haase joined Motorola through the acquisition of Netopia, Inc. in February of 2007. At Netopia, he served as Vice President of Product Management and Technical Services. Haase has over 20 years of experience in the computer networking industry.

Haase started his career at NYNEX where as both a Systems and Project Engineer, he designed and installed networks for Fortune 500 companies in the Northeastern portion of the United States. Prior to working at Netopia, Haase held the position of Director of Product Marketing for Proxim with responsibility for indoor Wi-Fi and outdoor Broadband Wireless product portfolios. He also served as Vice President of Marketing at Farallon Communications where he introduced the first 802.11 wireless networking products for Apple Macintosh computers. Haase also held the General Chairman position at the HomeRF Working Group.

Jason Thibeault is Senior Director, Solutions Marketing (Media and Entertainment for Limelight Networks. Previously, he was Sr. Director, Technical Services, and managed the Technology Partner Program. He led the technical relationships with many of our strategic product partners such as Adobe and Microsoft.Prior to Limelight, Jason was founder and CTO of GoWare, Inc., a mobile software company spun-out of Q2 Labs, a product development company. Jason served as CEO of a boutique technology-consulting firm and CTO/CIO of jdpower.com. Jason earned a B.A. from University of California, Irvine and a M.A. from California State University, Northridge.

Joel Daly is responsible for leading the identification, messaging, positioning, go-to-marketing planning, and material and content generation to ensure the effective delivery of BTI solutions to market.
Joel brings over 16 years of progressive product marketing and management experience in the telecom and networking technology sector including Cabletron Systems, Cascade/Ascend/Lucent, Sycamore Networks, 3Com and most recently BigBand Networks.

Percy S. Tarapore is a Lead Member of Technical Staff with AT&T. For the past ten years, Mr. Tarapore has actively represented AT&T in several telecommunications standards bodies on a variety of topics including IP-based network reliability and QoS, priority-based services such as Emergency Telecommunications Service, fixed mobile convergence, policy-based information models, and cloud services/content distribution network interconnections. He currently participates and contributes to the following ATIS Committees: PRQC where he is the Chair, PTSC, and CSF. He also actively contributes to the IETF, TL9000/QuEST Forum, the Broadband Forum, and the ITU-T.

Mr. Tarapore holds B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Physics from Bombay University and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University.

Sachin Sathaye brings more than 17 years of telecommunications industry experience spanning engineering, support, business consulting and marketing, to his current role as Senior Marketing Manager for Service Provider Video Solutions with Cisco. In this position, Mr. Sathaye is responsible for defining strategy, technological & business architectural plays and marketing video, cloud and data center solutions to sp segments such as cable, telco and media broadcasters.

Previously at Cisco, Mr. Sathaye spent five years in advanced services for network consulting, supporting the company’s enterprise and SP accounts. He has led advanced services delivery management and business development during his tenure in customer advocacy with emphasis on enterprise and SP network design consultancy, operational efficiency strategy and fault management encompassing technologies such as, routing, MPLS, security, VoIP and network management systems.

Sachin Sathaye holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the Pune University, India and a masters of business administration in global management.

Thierry Fautier is the Sr. Director, Convergence Solutions at Harmonic, responsible for leading Harmonic’s global convergence & multiscreen initiatives across all markets—cable, satellite, Telco, mobile, and Internet TV. Mr. Fautier was also responsible for pioneering Harmonic’s leading position in the IPTV segment since 2004. Before joining Harmonic, he was Vice President of Marketing for Vsofts and held various positions at Philips. Mr. Fautier was one of the primary drivers at Philips in the creation of MPEG technology and in the development of MPEG-2 STB system on chip solutions. An experienced speaker, he has given presentations at numerous industry conferences throughout the world.

David Price plays a key role in driving the development of Ericsson’s global TV business and in helping operators and services providers to deliver next-generation, multi-screen TV services. Prior to joining Ericsson, David served as Vice President, Business Development and Marketing Communications at Harmonic Inc., based in Sunnyvale, California. David joined Harmonic from TV/COM International in San Diego (formerly Oak Communications), where he held the position of Vice President. Originally from the United Kingdom, David moved to the United States for his role as Vice President of M/A-COM Linkabit, now Hughes Network Systems. David is currently serving as President of the MPEG Industry Forum and has served as a board member for more than six years. He was selected in 2003 and 2004 as one of the “Euro 50“ by Cable & Satellite Europe magazine, which celebrates those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and vision in their fields. Originally an electronics engineer, he graduated from CIT with a Fellowship MBA and has an Honors Bachelor’s degree in Cybernetics, Instrument Physics and Mathematics.

Dr. Sean McCarthy, Fellow of the Technical Staff, brings a unique convergence of expertise in video compression, signal processing and the neurobiology of human vision to content distribution at Motorola. Dr. McCarthy’s duties include leading advancements in state-of-the-art of video processing, compression and practical vision science. He held similar responsibilities previously as Chief Scientist at both Modulus Video, which is now part of Motorola, as well as at ViaSense, a UC Berkeley spin-off that developed commercial applications based on expert knowledge of the human visual system. The author of several papers on retinal processing, Dr. McCarthy holds a number of patents on image and signals processing, and has served on the board and committees of several industry organizations. He earned a B.S. in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic, and earned his Ph.D. in bioengineering jointly at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.

Currently Director of Smart TV Innovation at LG Electronics, Kurt is responsible for driving Home Entertainment innovation as it relates to Pay TV, device inter-connectivity, and next-generation input technologies. Kurt has spent 10+ years building cloud-connected solutions for Service Providers, CE companies, and Content Owners, delivering value-added services to over 50M users worldwide. He has held business development, product marketing, and product management roles at Digeo, 2Wire, and Amdocs, working with customers such as AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Best Buy, and Paramount Pictures, to name a few. Kurt studied Computer Science at the Royal Military College of Canada and Human Computer Interaction at the University of British Columbia.

As a Senior Director for the Converged Experiences division of Motorola Mobility, Nate leads the product marketing teams focused on expanding the proliferation of Motorola’s software assets across all consumer converged experiences. Nate joined Motorola Mobility in December 2010 following the acquisition of 4Home Media by Motorola, Inc. While at 4Home (a Verizon Communications backed start-up), Nate was Chief Marketing Officer where he facilitated the planning and development of 4Home’s go-to-market strategy and managed product marketing, business development and corporate strategy.Nate joined 4Home from the Digital Home Group of Intel Corporation, where he provided strategic finance and business development direction for their multi-billion dollar Consumer PC business. Earlier, Nate served as an Associate at The Walt Disney Company. Nate began his career like industry elite Barry Diller, David Geffen, Ben Silverman and Jeffrey Katzenberg – in the famed talent agency William Morris mailroom. Nate holds a Masters degree in Marketing from The Anderson School at UCLA and a Bachelors degree in Communications from UCONN.

Behind every evolution in technology there is a person whose job it is to plan and launch new products into the marketplace. For the Mediaroom TV business at Microsoft, that person is Ben Huang. For nearly 10 years, Ben has partnered with operators to deliver Mediaroom-powered TV services to consumer around the world. As an innovator in product management, product marketing and partner marketing, he is helping transform the entertainment experience in the living room and beyond. Before joining Microsoft, Ben was Director of Business for PacketVideo, a leader in the mobile video space. During his tenure, he promoted mobile video services across Asia, Europe and the Americas, pushing adoption of a major new format for millions. Before bringing his talents to the field of technology, Ben worked in finance and strategic consulting, including venture capital covering media, telecommunications and technology.

Ray Carey is the Chief Executive Officer at NeoNova Network Services.
Carey has been involved for the last 10 years with the leading companies providing technology and solutions to the broadband market. In early 2008, while at Azure, he led the investment in NeoNova and has been on the board and actively involved with the company since that time. While at Azure Capital Partners he was also involved with leading companies in the broadband market including Broadlight, Calix Networks, Cyan Optics, Vapps, Inc. and World Wide Packets.
Carey remains a Venture Partner with Azure Capital Partners where he was an investing partner for the last decade. Prior to Azure, he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston & Robertson Stephens focused on public and private financings and mergers and acquisitions for communications related technology companies. He provided strategic advice to several companies including ADC Telecommunications, Cerent (acquired by Cisco), Cyras Systems (acquired by Ciena), Efficient Networks (acquired by Siemens), Juniper Networks, Next Level Communications, Siara Systems (acquired by Redback Networks), Zhone Technologies and many others.
Carey represented the United States, swimming in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia and received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University

Sue DeFlorio, FiberCloud’s COO, spearheads the company’s strategic direction. Her expertise includes Internet networking, data center management and cloud-hosted software solutions. Sue spends her time helping companies achieve success with their communications infrastructure and software solutions. She focuses on delivering high quality solutions that recognize the importance of the individual customer. With an eye toward innovative technologies, Sue provides hands-on leadership that drives excellence, innovation and positive customer experiences.

As Director of Product Management, Fredel Thomas oversees product planning, marketing and P&L for CHR’s Managed & Cloud Services. Ms. Thomas joined Martin Group (later merged with CHR Solutions) in 2000 and served in product development, quality assurance, sales, invoice fulfilliment, and project management roles. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of South Dakota. Ms. Thomas brings over a decade of communications industry knowledge and expertise with special emphasis on building new lines of business and process management.

John Greene is the Chief Network Engineer for Great Plains Communications. In this capacity, he oversees their expansive statewide network. John has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in engineering, construction, and operations. John began his career as an engineer with AT&T (pre-divestiture ) and has held post divestiture management positions with both BellSouth and Bellcore. John has also held senior management positions with CLECs, ILECs, and utility-oriented contractors and consultants. John holds a Bachelor’s degree in General Science from North Central College and an Information Networking Certificate from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Ken Paker represents TDS Telecom as Vice President of Network Services.

Network Services is responsible for planning, engineering, and building the voice, video, and data networks used to provide competitive services to our customers. Ken’s organization is also responsible for the technology development of new products as well as setting the architectural direction for the network as TDS Telecom transforms into a broadband services provider.

Prior to joining TDS Telecom in 1996, Ken was a distinguished member of technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Ken has a BS in Computer Science and Biology from Purdue University, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Eric Clelland is responsible for sales and systems engineering for Cyan's North American markets.
Eric has an extensive background ranging from sales to systems engineering and business development for companies including Ameritech, Caymas, Cerent, Cisco and DSC Communications.
Most recently, Eric was an officer of Caymas Systems where he managed sales and business development.
Prior to joining Caymas, Eric was a senior sales executive at Cisco, leading a national sales operation selling all Cisco products. Eric joined Cisco through the acquisition of Cerent Corporation where he was the initial sales leader and helped drive customer requirements, secure Cerent’s initial design wins, and build the national sales team as the director of sales.
Prior to Cerent, Eric worked at DSC Communications in multiple sales and systems engineering roles. He started his career as an engineer at Ameritech in network planning and design. Eric holds a BSEE from Oakland University and a MSEE from the University of Michigan.

Craig Simpson has more than 20 years of telecommunications sales and marketing experience in wholesale and enterprise markets. Prior to joining Conterra, Mr. Simpson spent 13 years in various sales and marketing senior management positions at US LEC/PAETEC. He led the sales organization during one of its highest growth periods in the company's history and opened up 16 sales offices in the eastern US. During this tenure, he also helped US LEC complete a successful IPO and, ultimately, a merger with PAETEC.

Prior to US LEC/PAETEC, Mr. Simpson worked with MCI for 9 years in various sales and marketing roles of increasing responsibility. Before joining MCI, he was an Account Representative and Marketing Programs Specialist within the medical division of Unisys Corporation.

Mr. Simpson earned a B.S. in Marketing from Miami University in Ohio.

Michael Puestow is currently the CEO and Founder of Atlas Health Systems, a start-up company, partnering with hospital systems, physicians, health plans and employers in developing innovative programs to provide and utilize health care in more efficient and effective ways. These programs range from the development of exclusive “micro-networks” or EPOs, built around the highest quality providers to integrating cutting edge telemedicine programs into the continuum of care
Over the years, his career migrated from professional sports to developing and running nationally known mental health programs to healthcare consulting. The migration culminated in being the CEO of the managed care division of a publicly traded company prior to his current role. The responsibilities included running a Third Party Administrator, a Utilization Review/Utilization Management company and a PPO network.

Andrey Kisel is Chief technologist in the Alcatel-Lucent Velocix Architecture Team. Dr Kisel is currently involved in the research of end to end architectures and video enhancements for Content Delivery Networks. He also works on high quality video delivery over managed and unmanaged (Open Internet) networks, as well as unified architectures that converge IPTV, Internet video and communication services. Dr Kisel is a Board member of the OIPF and has previously been Rapporteur of a number of ETSI IPTV specifications. Previously within Alcatel-Lucent, Dr Kisel was Chief Technologist of the Multimedia Integration Practice, Lead Technologist of the Wireline CTO group and Principal Architect for the Alcatel (thirdspace) video delivery solution OVS. Andrey Kisel was previously awarded a research scholarship from the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in telecommunications from the Ukrainian State Academy of Telecommunications, Odessa, Ukraine. Dr Kisel has been granted 5 patents to date.

Oren Binder brings over ten years of IP video technology experience to his role as Manager of marketing for Cisco’s Videoscape. In this role, Mr. Binder is works closely with the company’s principal wireline and cable service providers on IP initiatives. Prior to joining Cisco, he was a product manager for Microsoft Mediaroom. Earlier in his career, Mr. Binder led an IPTV deployment project at service provider Bezeq.

Steve Sklar has worked in the video and communications industry since 1988, and currently oversees CenturyLink’s Video Strategy & Development team. Sklar leads the group responsible for product development, content partner management, engineering and architecture and deployment of video services.

Previously Sklar managed Qwest's partnerships with DIRECTV and Verizon Wireless, and also oversaw Qwest's broadband content and multi-channel video initiatives.

Sklar was previously director of product strategy for high-speed Internet and digital voice products at Cablevision Systems Corporation, the nation's fifth-largest cable multiple-system operator. He has also served as senior vice president of business development at Insight Communications where he was instrumental in the launch of high-speed Internet and video-on-demand services. Additionally, he has held various roles at Starz Entertainment and Home Box Office, Inc. including vice president of business development and director of international operations.

Sklar holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Sklar lives in the metropolitan Denver area with his wife Betsy and their three children.

Mike Carney is Dascom Systems Group’s National IPTV Sales Director. Dascom is the leading IPTV systems integrator for rural telcos with over 135 customers. Mike is an expert in IPTV solutions. Mike was most recently the National Sales Director at NRTC. Prior to that, Carney assisted early adopter telephone companies in their IPTV deployments at Minerva and Skystream. He has also held several management positions at Ericsson and RCA. He holds a degree from Indiana State University.

Kevin joined Amino in October 2008 and has worked to promote the development of OTT solutions across Amino's business with particular responsibility for the Amino Freedom product range. In 2011 he joined the Amino executive team as Chief Technologist and has more than 15 years’ experience in media and technology. His early career was with Acorn Computers working on IPTV platforms design, before moving to NTL where he managed their multi-platform interactive games channel. He then worked in the US on WAP and J2ME games for mobile phones before joining Sony where he was engaged in both business development and mobile application development services. He then moved to SysMedia, spending his time developing interactive channels with global broadcasters, MSOs and governments. He was then appointed to the executive team of Fluorescent Media, an independent television production company, where as Head of Technology he was responsible for the PHOENIX Technology Platform which powered many multiple massively interactive TV shows.

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

Scott Roe is the Video Solutions Manager of Nex-Tech, Inc., headquartered in Hays, Kansas. Nex-Tech is a subsidiary of Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc., an independent telephone company headquartered in Lenora, Kansas. Scott has more than 15 years of experience in the technology and telecommunications industry. In his position at Nex-Tech, Scott oversees the Video Solutions business unit. He is a native of Kansas and a graduate of Fort Hays State University.

As managing member of the Cinnamon Mueller law firm’s St. Louis and Kansas City offices, Bruce focuses his practice on representing cable, telecommunications, broadband, and wireless companies on a wide range of regulatory, operational, and transactional matters. Before joining Cinnamon Mueller, Bruce was General Counsel for Millennium Digital Media, a cable and internet service provider. He also served as an attorney for telephone and wireless operations at SBC Communications from 1988-2000. Bruce graduated summa cum laude from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1984 and received his B.A. with honor from Eastern Illinois University in 1981.

Steve Pastorkovich is the Business Development Director and Senior Policy Analyst at the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO). As Business Development Director, he works with other groups to explore technologies and applications that can enhance revenues and reduce costs for rural telecommunications carriers, and serves as the secondary staff liaison to OPASTCO’s Technical committee. In his role as Senior Policy Analyst, Steve leads OPASTCO’s advocacy efforts on broadband and video issues, and assists with a variety of other topics at both the Federal Communications Commission and on Capitol Hill.

John Clancy is president and CEO of Azuki Systems. Azuki’s mobile media platform enables cable companies, networks, media companies, studios and other content owners to deliver video over any network at Internet scale. Before leading Azuki Systems, Clancy was CEO in Residence at Schooner Capital, where he advised portfolio companies on growth strategies, while identifying new technology investment opportunities. Prior to Schooner, Clancy was president of Iron Mountain Digital, a worldwide leader in cloud-based SaaS services for data protection, archiving and eDiscovery.

JEREMY MORRISON is Vice President of Sales Engineering at Avail-TVN. In this role, he oversees the team responsible for, among other things, technical sales support for all sales efforts; the specification of equipment build-of-materials for each installation; and the technical approval process for each affiliate with Avail-TVN’s programming partners.

Mr. Morrison started in the IPTV space as VP of Business Development at Auroras Entertainment, which was acquired by Avail Media in 2007.

Prior to joining Avail-TVN, Mr. Morrison led Globecomm Systems, as Director of Business Development, in their sales and marketing efforts in the U.S. enterprise market. His roles included business development, marketing strategy, proposal management, vendor negotiations, and account management for the company’s premiere enterprise accounts.

Mark Myslinski has 15 years experience in the cable television and telco IPTV industries, and previously 13 years experience in telecommunications. Mark has worked for several Tier 1 cable and telephone operators and started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories. At General Instrument, now Motorola Broadband, Mark was one of the original Product Management team that introduced the first widely commercialized digital cable system to the industry. Mark authored previously a popular newsletter called the “OpenVideo Review.” Mark’s responsibilities have included development and production of video systems including digital cable television, interactive television, telco IPTV, video messaging, video telephony, local origination and Internet-based and adaptive bitrate. Mark is currently Director of Systems Engineering at TelVue Corporation where he is spearheading many new types of local origination and community media linear and on-demand video services using the newest generation of digital broadcast server technology.

Lawrence Brickman is an interactive television veteran with over 30 years experience in communications and media, currently as Founder and Managing Partner of CloverLeaf Digital, a leading independent provider of television apps and interactive services in the United States. CloverLeaf’s services include AppDaily – a complete television app solution featuring an app store, quick-access dashboard and over 40 news, information and social networking apps

Prior to founding CloverLeaf Digital in 2003, Lawrence held senior interactive TV management positions with Insight Communications and Cablevision Systems Corporation. He was previously co-founder and president of i2i Incorporated – a marketing communications firm.

Richard Wardell was born in northwest Wyoming, the youngest of several children. His father, a brick mason, taught Richard the value of honest hard work.

Richard earned a BS in Industrial Technology Education from Chadron State in Nebraska, taught five years in public schools, and engineered several data networks and developed web presences for the schools.

Richard knows all aspects of outside plant facility and various network types. He’s a major force with TCT, responsible for deploying a full communications package of voice, video and data using various distribution and transport methods.

Richard and his wife Ruth have eight children.