Richard Cottrell is the CEO of Accenture's newly formed Digital Media Services business following a successful career at EMI Music.

His first three years were in the UK as Commercial Director when he was appointed President and CEO of EMI Music Distribution (USA). During his 6 years in the US role he transformed a group of disparate divisions into a highly profitable and customer focussed organisation.

During this time he also steered EMI into the digital world by launching early digital initiatives including the first digital downloads and digital asset management system.

In 2002 he moved back to London to take on the corporate role of leading EMI's global response to the threat of piracy especially digital piracy. In addition, he played a leading role in developing EMI's strategy for generating new revenue streams from the emerging online and mobile digital channels

Prior to Joining EMI in 1993, Richard built his early career within Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Schweppes Beverages (CCSB) in the UK where he held a number of senior Sales and Marketing roles over 12 years culminating in heading the Grocery Division as Trading Director. He demonstrated his entrepreneurial flair by launching a new business venture for CCSB in 1987 and built it into one of their fastest growing divisions.

He has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies (1985) and an M.B.A. (1988) from Kingston. He and his wife Carol have two children. He is a keen golfer and a qualified pilot (PPL).

As vice president and general manager of Adobe's Dynamic Media Organization, Jim Guerard leads product strategy and execution for Adobe's award-winning digital video and rich media products providing creative professionals with comprehensive video and web solutions that support entire workflows from conceptualization through delivery. Specific products under Guerard's leadership include Adobe Premiere® Pro, Flash®, Flash Media Server, Adobe Media Player, After Effects®, Soundbooth®, Encore® DVD, Audition®, and Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium.

Guerard joined Adobe through the company's acquisition of Macromedia, Inc. in December 2005. At Macromedia, Guerard was vice president of product management and marketing for Macromedia's creative tools including Flash®, Macromedia® Studio 8, Dreamweaver®, and Fireworks® software, accounting for roughly 60% percent of the company's revenue. In this role, Guerard led product management and marketing, and managed all business aspects for the Studio Product Family including global responsibility for next-generation releases and the go-to-market strategy and execution of the global Flash video agenda.

Guerard has extensive product marketing experience in the software industry. Prior to joining Macromedia in 2004, Guerard served as vice president and general manager at Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of high-quality video creation and distribution tools. While there, Guerard developed and implemented product development and marketing strategy successfully segmenting the business between consumer and professional products. Guerard's 25 years of experience includes management positions with incremental images, inc., Autodesk, Inc., PF. Magic, Inc., The Walt Disney Company, and Computervision, Inc.

Guerard holds a bachelor's degree from University of Vermont and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia.

Mike Culver joined the Developer Relations Group of Amazon Web Services in 2006. He brings with him fifteen years of technology leadership experience, including five years working as a Group Program Manager for Microsoft. Mr. Culver has a strong background running an IT organization, with over a decade of experience in the U.S. Electrical Wholesale Distribution (fittings) industry. As a Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, he helps developers take advantage of disruptive technologies that change the way the industry thinks about computer applications, and the way that businesses compete.

Adam Berrey is responsible for developing and implementing Brightcove's marketing and business strategies. Adam brings more than 10 years of operational, business, and marketing management experience to the Brightcove management team. Adam joins Brightcove from Onfolio where he was President and part of the founding team responsible for launching the company in 2004.

Prior to Onfolio, Adam was the VP, Marketing at Macromedia where he led the launch of the Macromedia MX platform for Rich Internet Applications. Adam joined Macromedia when they merged with Allaire in 2001. He was part of the founding team at Allaire, and during his five year tenure, he held a variety of positions leading strategic marketing and business efforts in product management, product marketing, marketing communications, and business strategy helping to grow the company from $500,000 to more than $100 million in annual revenue.

Darren is currently responsible for all technology aspects for the CBS 29 local owned and operated television station web sites: cbslocal.com. In this role he reports to the President of CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group.

He has also been responsible for the development and creation of the content management platform which is the backbone of the station websites, all Information Systems operations, overseeing data center operations, data/telecom networking, development, data security and QA support teams.

Prior to joining CBS, Darren was Director of Development for New Media at Lifetime Entertainment, a leading online entertainment and women's community network. He was directly responsible for all New Media technology operations and development for Lifetime including their flagship website lifetimetv.com. He oversaw the creation of a robust, highly scalable game platform in addition to a full fledge video and content management system bringing on-air to online and improving overall workflow.

Earlier as Director of Development for USA Networks, Inc. Darren helped develop the technology behind several key initatives at USA Networks. He oversaw the development and creation of the Secondary Events Maintenance System that digitally controls and automates all manual secondary event operations. In addition, Darren also oversaw the architecture and development of a web based business intelligence platform, Dub Management Systems and Media Library Systems.

Darren has a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Computer Information Science from Ithaca College. In addition he is pursuing an advanced graduate program at the Wharton School.

Though Darren's architecture and design today is limited to larger scale projects, he is a firm believer in finding the best solution to meet the problem at hand. He stays agnostic to technology and maintains an open mind to all technology stacks from open source to propriatary solutions.

A native of New York, Darren lives on Long Island with his wife Jaimie and their two children.

Daniel Khabie leads one of the most talented and creative marketing and technology teams in the interactive marketplace. With over 15 years experience in Digital Marketing and Technology services, Daniel has successfully forged strategic relationships with many of today's largest companies including NBC Universal, CBS Corporation, MTV Networks, NFL International, QUALCOMM Corporation, Gateway Computers, LG Electronics and Fox Corporation. As CEO of Digitaria, Daniel sets the overall strategic direction of the company and identifies new growth opportunities. Daniel is an active contributor in the marketplace and has been featured in DM News, Advertising Age, Advertising Week and other national and local publications.

Prior to becoming CEO of Digitaria in 2006, he held several positions within the organization. Most recently, Daniel led Digitaria through the acquisition of Console, a technology services firm, while serving as president of Digitaria. Before becoming president, Daniel was in charge of Global Business Development for the company and played an integral role in cultivating some of the firm's largest accounts.

Jason Davis Vice President of Online Creative at Disney Online, managing the number one kids and family entertainment destination on the Web, Disney.com. Jason has a background in new media design, specializing in advertising, content development and kids entertainment.

Rajeev Kadam is the CEO of divinity Metrics (dM) which he co-founded. dM is a leading provider of video analytics and engagement services for major brands and digital agencies. With its Scope Measurement Platform, advertisers and brands can locate critical audiences across the world's major Peer-to-Peer networks and video sites in order to determine engagement, optimize content, and increase marketing effectiveness.

Prior to dM, he worked for Network Chemistry building large scale distributed wireless security solutions used to protect critical wireless infrastructure for Fortune 500 corporations and government organizations, such as the CIA, Federal Reserve, and the State Department. Rajeev Kadam holds a B.S in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara. He has great passion for Peer-to-Peer networks and advanced media delivery solutions.

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.

John Smelzer is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mobile for Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a role in which he is charged with overseeing the mobile extensions of FIM's online assets, including FOXSports.com, IGN.com, MySpace.com, MyFOX.com and others. His group manages diverse FIM-branded mobile product offerings on a global basis, spanning the wireless product spectrum from WAP to video. Previously, Smelzer served as Senior Vice President of Business Development for FIM, where he helped lead the formation of the new online division of News Corp. while overseeing third-party partnerships, including the acquisition of rights to produce AmericanIdol.com and other entertainment programming.

Smelzer joined News Corp as Director, Business Development for FOXSports.com in August 2001. In this role, he secured FOXSports' place as an industry leader in broadband video. Promoted to Vice President in 2002, Smelzer pioneered FoxSports' mobile business, including the top-ranked FOXSports mobile video offering, available on all major carriers and aggregators. Smelzer also led negotiations with Microsoft for the exclusive distribution of FOXSports.com on MSN.

Previously, Smelzer held positions as the Director of Business Development for NBCOlympics.com, Senior Business Affairs Counsel for the NFL and staff counsel for the 1994 World Cup Organizing Committee. Prior to his career in media, Smelzer was an associate at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, Calif., and Jeffer, Mangles, Butler & Marmaro in Los Angeles, Calif.

Smelzer holds a Bachelor's degree from UCLA and a Juris Doctor from NYU.

Charles serves Consumer Product Strategy professionals. His research covers consumer mobility and the digital home. He has an end-to-end understanding of consumer wireless, encompassing consumer behavior, devices, networks, carrier strategy, content and applications, as well as mobile as a marketing channel. His research on the digital home examines the enabling networks, connectivity solutions, content and applications, and the changing role for service providers, media companies, marketers, device makers, and application developers in this evolving environment. He is also responsible for Forrester's annual Benchmark Data Overview, the company's annual summary of the state of — and forecasted growth of — consumer technology adoption Charles' research and analysis have been widely cited in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, and BusinessWeek as well as on ABC, PBS, CNN, CNBC, and NPR.

Prior to joining Forrester, Charles held senior technology positions at Citigroup, providing strategic technology guidance across business units in consumer and corporate finance. Among his projects were initiatives in consumer mobile banking in Japan, mobile commerce in Japan, and mobile payments in the US. His previous experience covers a wide variety of technologies and markets, including CAD for integrated circuit design, 3-D graphics for film and broadcast, consumer entertainment software, interactive television, and production systems for game development.

Charles holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Scott Kinzie is Vice President of Creative & User Experience at Gaia Online, the leading online teen hangout. He manages the company's brand strategy and all creative efforts including user experience, interface design, advertising and public relations as well as media strategy and development.

Prior to Gaia, Scott was Executive Creative Director at the Generations Network where he drove award-winning web design, integrated advertising campaigns and a corporate rebrand. Scott has also held senior creative leadership and strategy positions at Heritage Makers, Millenia, Criterium Brand Group, Corsetti Design and Nord Advertising. He has a BFA in visual communications from the Art Institute of Seattle.

Jason Lopatecki is the CEO and a founder of Illumenix. Jason leads the strategic direction for Illuemnix, a leading video analytics startup that measures in-player audience engagement. Prior to Illuemnix Jason was an early member of the IPTV/Communications startup, Calix Networks. At Calix Networks Jason was responsible for strategic product direction and technical leadership for a team of 40 people. Jason helped lead multiple successful products from inception to market place. Jason has an undergraduate degree in EECS from UC Berkeley.

Prior to ioko, Scott joined VeriSign (via the acquisition of Kontiki) as Vice President of Marketing for VeriSign's Global Media and Entertainment vertical. While at VeriSign, Sahadi set the strategic direction for building solutions targeting the media and entertainment market as well as having other responsibilities including product marketing, business development and systems engineering. Before VeriSign, Scott was part of the management team for Kontiki, a pioneer in secure and scalable digital media delivery. Scott held various positions at Kontiki during his 5 year term including Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development.

Scott spent his early career working in various marketing and finance positions for Tandem Computers and Nortel Networks. Scott is a regular conference speaker and a contributor to media forums. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from U.C.L.A and an MBA from the University of Southern California with an emphasis in finance and marketing.

Dan joins the Kaltura team with over a decade of sales, strategy and management experience in digital media and online video. Dan has held leadership positions with online leaders such as Tremor Media, On2 Technologies, AT&T Digital Media and CNN.

Dan enjoys down-time with his 2 daughters at the playground, the beach or the ballpark. Married to a true gourmet, Dan can also be found indulging in gastronomic delights or searching the aisles for exotic foods at one of his favorite markets.

Dan graduated from the University of Miami with double major in Broadcasting and Sociology and is digital media subject matter expert for the Institute of Media and Entertainment.

Bhavesh Upadhyaya is an architect for SDG Corporation focusing on Digital Media. Through his career at SDG, he has designed and brought to completion projects that help run the Identity Management infrastructure for some major Fortune 500 companies. For more than a year now he has been working as a technologist for NBC Olympics. He helped architect the initial video workflow and was the Web Video Leader for NBCOlympics.com.

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Eric Schmidt is the Director of Media Delivery & Monetization Evangelism at Microsoft where he leads a team focusing on the adoption of Silverlight for Media & Advertising scenarios. His team is dedicated to enabling advertisers, agencies and content publishers to deliver next generation on-line monetization models powered by Silverlight. A ten year veteran of Microsoft, Schmidt has worked in product development, product marketing and platform evangelism. Prior to joining Microsoft, Schmidt was a managing consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers focusing on systems integration for the healthcare and media industries. Schmidt holds a bachelor's degree in organizational management from The Pennsylvania State University

Christopher Brown has been in the software and networking industry for 15 years at companies including Microsoft Corporation, Internap LLC, and Amazon Inc. He was an initial architect and engineering manager on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud and continues to work on scalable infrastructure architecture and networking at Microsoft today. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Gonzaga University and is an inventor on patents in networking and infrastructure.

Nicholas Rockwell is the CTO of MTV Networks' digital business, which includes some of the internet's most popular and recognizable brands: MTV.com, VH1.com, Nick.com, and NickJr.com. Nick has led MTVN's digital technology organization since 2000. Prior to serving at MTV, Nick built the technical infrastructure of SonicNet, a startup that became a cutting edge music news and information source on the web.

Carl Goodman is Senior Deputy Director of the Museum of the Moving Image, where he supervises the Museum's use and study of digital media and oversees its public programming, education, and collections initiatives. As Curator, and then Director, of Digital Media, he has organized many exhibitions for the Museum including Computer Space, a history of video games, and DigitalMedia, a gallery of software-based art. He is executive producer and co-curator of The Living Room Candidate, an online exhibition about the 54-year history of presidential campaign television commercials. He serves as Project Director of CollectionSpace, an international multi-institutional collaboration devoted to the development next-generation open-source software that makes it easier for museums to put their collections online. Goodman also organizes and hosts the Museum's continuing digital media public programs, which play host to noted digital media professionals, artists, and engineers.

Goodman also serves consultant and panelist to numerous foundation and corporate new media support programs including The Rockefeller Foundation, Creative Capital Foundation, Absolut Vodka, Young and Rubicam, and the John and Mary Markle Foundation.

John Engates joined Rackspace in August of 2000 and has worked in several areas of the company including operations, customer care, services and currently as CTO. Most recently, Engates developed the R&D arm of Rackspace, called Rack Labs. Rack Labs is focused on the innovation and development of new technology areas including building the core components of Rackspace cloud hosting offerings.

Prior to joining Rackspace, Engates was a founder and GM of Internet Direct, one of the oldest and largest Internet service providers in Texas. Engates is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio and holds a B.B.A. in Accounting.

Steve Mitgang was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Veoh Networks in July 2007. A Silicon Valley and start-up veteran, Steve has 22 years of experience in general management, strategic planning, product management and business development for some for the country's best-known brands, as well as experience with enterprise software and Internet ASPs.

Prior to joining Veoh, Steve was Senior Vice President of the global team leading the definition, creation, and marketing of Yahoo!'s advertising products, platforms, and services. While there, Steve was the senior executive credited with creating the vision and managing the production of Project Panama (Yahoo's new monetization platform). Before his tenure at Yahoo!, Steve led a variety of consumer marketing and technology companies, driving them to leading market positions or successful exits. He joined Yahoo! after its successful acquisition of Overture Services, where he led the company's Performance Marketing group. Prior to joining Overture, he was president and CEO of Keylime Software, a web analytics company acquired by Overture Services under Steve's stewardship.

Josh Siegel is responsible for Veoh's revenue operations functions including ad serving (video and display), advertising operations, and managing the company's ad network relationships.

Prior to joining Veoh, Josh ran business operations for the Yahoo Publisher Network, the world's second largest contextual ad network. At Yahoo, he oversaw the initial launch and subsequent management of the program including publisher outreach, account management, and business planning.

Prior to Yahoo, Josh was Director of Product Marketing at Everdream Corporation, a hosted IT management service which later sold to Dell Corporation. Everdream was considered an early pioneer and a success in Software as a Service (SaaS) for enterprises. Earlier in his career, Josh held marketing and product planning roles at Hewlett Packard and The Gap, Inc.

Jeff is a media expert with over a decade of experience in product and marketing focusing on the emergence of digital media both within the enterprise and direct to consumer. Before joining VoloMedia, he led the products efforts at Yahoo! launching their video portal and managing their video search, audio search, image search, and podcasting products.

Prior to that, he was at WebEx heading up product for their web seminar and audio/video presentation services. Before then he was at Virage — an early pioneer and innovator in video indexing and search — where he led the product and marketing efforts. And prior to that, Jeff worked at Cinebase Software (renamed eMotion) leading the product in the category of digital asset management. Jeff holds a BA in Economics and Sociology from Bucknell University and is a board member for the Cinequest Film Institute.

Eric T. Peterson founded Web Analytics Demystified, Inc. in 2007 and is the author of Web Analytics Demystified, Web Site Measurement Hacks and The Big Book of Key Performance Indicators. Eric is a longtime member of the web analytics community and a frequent speaker who is often cited in articles about web analytics. Web Analytics Demystified is partnered with some of the most respected companies in the web analytics industry including Semphonic, Stratigent, OX2 (an LBi Company), and Satama Trainers House.

Jeff joined Limelight Networks as Chairman and CEO in November 2006. He has served in leadership positions in high-growth Internet and media-focused technology companies since 1994, including roles as Chairman and CEO of WebSideStory; CEO of TogetherSoft Corporation (acquired by Borland Software); and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of S1 Corporation.

From 1988 to 1994, Jeff served as a U.S. Naval Aviator and flew the F/A-18C Hornet as his primary aircraft. He is currently on the Board of Directors of WebSideStory and of Midtown Bank and Trust Company in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mike's charter is to ensure that Limelight Networks supports the emerging digital media strategies and business models of today's media companies. Prior to Limelight Networks, Mike co-founded Axient Communications, which built a nationwide next-generation Internet network; co-founded Cyclone Commerce, an enterprise software company that provides cross-enterprise collaboration solutions; and co-founded Gateway Data Sciences Corporation, a software and services company. Mike has also held marketing and management positions at IBM and National City Bank.

Nathan is a proven entrepreneur and technologist with a successful track record translating new technology into significant commercial ventures. Currently a partner of Cocoon Capital, an Internet incubator and venture fund, he contributes unparalleled experience in the creation of successive generations of leading-edge Internet delivery models.

Prior to Limelight Networks, Nathan was a founder and CTO of Aerocast, a secure broadband streaming venture backed by Motorola and Liberty Media. He also co-founded and managed Internet distribution companies, such as Axient Communications; Entera (acquired by CacheFlow in 2000); and Primenet Services for the Internet — which merged with GlobalCenter and was subsequently acquired by Frontier Communications, where Nathan served as President of Network Services.

David joined Limelight Networks in March of 2007 to lead the company's global sales and marketing teams and direct its product management, technical services, and customer care organizations. He brings 17 years of marketing and sales leadership experience across the high technology landscape, with emphasis in content delivery, application performance, and storage, security, and infrastructure management.

Before joining Limelight Networks, David was Vice President and General Manager of Symantec Professional Services for the Americas — having joined Symantec through the acquisition of Veritas, where he successfully integrated an enterprise sales team of nearly 400 associates. Prior to Veritas, he led the North American direct sales organization at Akamai Technologies, playing a key role in establishing the company as a leading content delivery services provider. David's earlier positions include Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at Reardon Commerce (formerly Talaris Corporation) and leadership roles at Gartner Group and Xerox Corporation.

David Burkhardt is Head of Limelight Networks' Professional Services Group. In this capacity, David oversees the Company's efforts to provide customers with a complete suite of professional services, custom engineering services, and seamless implementations.

A 17-year veteran of systems administration, consulting, and technology management, David joined Limelight Networks from Veoh Networks, where he was VP of Technology Operations. Under David's leadership, Veoh.com grew over 346% to a top 25 site in the U.S., experiencing 20% month-over-month unique visitor growth. Prior to Veoh, David led the technology operations group at Fanbox.com, implementing numerous successful initiatives that resulted in significant increases in site uptimes and meaningful improvements to user experience. He also led all technology implementation efforts with the company's streaming music and video verticals.

Prior to his tenure at Fanbox.com, David was Director if IT Operations at Hotwire.com, a leading discount travel site with over a billion dollars in annual revenue and an operating company of Expedia, Inc. At Hotwire, David was responsible for establishing and directing Hotwire's e-Commerce and Internal Operations Teams, and taking a leadership role across all aspects of the company's IT objectives and infrastructure.

David is based in San Diego, CA, is a published technology author, serves on several advisory boards, and often speaks at Web 2.0 related conferences.