Louis Burns is vice president and general manager of the Desktop Platforms Group (DPG). DPG is responsible for the design, development, and market development of Intel's desktop platform solutions, including processors, chipsets, motherboards, software and services. Burns shares management responsibilities with William Siu, Vice President and General Manager, Desktop Platforms Group.

Previously, Burns was vice president and general manager, Platform Components Group, the primary producer of core logic and integrated graphics chipsets for Intel. Burns also served as vice president and director of Intel's Information Technology group for four years, supplying computing capabilities to Intel sites worldwide. In this role, Burns acquired the knowledge of what IT shops struggle with day-to-day, from strategic decisions for the company to tactical product deployment challenges. Burns was appointed an Intel vice president in 1996 and elected a corporate vice president in 1997.

Previously Corbett was director of chipset strategic planning for the Platform Components Group. Corbett also held multiple roles over the course of six years in the Intel Sales and Marketing organization, including his role as a regional account manager supporting Compaq Corporation. Prior to joining Intel in 1992, he worked for Abbott Laboratories for 10 years in the capacities of business planning and engineering.

Before assuming this role, Eagan was general manager of the Connected Home Business Unit in the Personal Services and Devices Group. In that position, he led a team charged with driving product development, testing, business development and marketing. Eagan’s focus on raising market awareness and forging lasting, profitable relationships with the independent hardware vendor, original equipment manufacturer, Internet service vendor, retail channel and service provider communities has resulted in a strong, profitable ecosystem of Microsoft partners.

Eagan joined Microsoft in 1989, and has since held several management positions, including general manager for the Sidewalk Internet Business Unit, group product manager for Interactive TV, and product manager for Windows®. In addition to his current leadership role at Microsoft, Eagan also sits on the boards of directors for CABA, GE SMART, and ITRAN.

Eagan graduated with honors from Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. His extensive business experience in technology makes him an in-demand speaker at industry conferences and events. He was a featured presenter at COMDEX 2000, CES 2000, CEDIA 2000, and the UPnP Forum in Japan, and he recently gave the keynote address for the Association of Home Builders.

Areas of expertise:

• Connected home experiences
• Consumer platforms
• Whole-home entertainment, communications and control
• Business impact of the convergence of entertainment, broadband and PC environments

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Henry Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corp., grew up in Rochester, NY. With a passion for music and superior academic skills, he enrolled at the General Motors Institute in Flint, MI, a five-year co-op engineering college. Sponsored by GM's Delco division, he gained experience in a variety of different jobs at Delco's 6,000-employee electronic components plant in Rochester. Putting his musical skills to work, he worked his way through school playing guitar - a Gibson, of course - in various rock bands playing for parties and weddings. After graduating with honors, he worked at Delco Products for two years as product manager while studying for an M.B.A. in night school at the University of Rochester. He completed his M.B.A. at Harvard University on a General Motors Fellowship.

Juszkiewicz then joined the New York firm of Neiderhoffer, Cross and Zeckhauser, Inc., a pioneer in the area of middle-market deals, where he rose to the position of executive vice president of mergers and acquisitions. He left the firm in 1981 and, with two former Harvard classmates (David Berryman and Gary Zebrowski), acquired Phi Technologies of Oklahoma City. Within one month he turned the struggling technology firm into a highly profitable company.

In 1986, Juszkiewicz and his partners acquired the faltering Gibson guitar operation from the Norlin Corporation. Juszkiewicz's aggressive management style again effected an immediate turnaround, and Gibson became profitable within a month's time. With creative and innovative marketing tactics he concentrated on the consumer rather than the retailer - a reflection of his personal experience as a guitar player. Refocusing the Company on achieving the highest possible standards of quality and customer service, he drove Gibson from the brink of closing to a company that has regained worldwide respect with annual average growth of 20 percent over the last decade.

Juszkiewicz began fulfilling his vision of Gibson as a full-line musical instrument company by acquiring other music-related companies. Today, Gibson includes Gibson guitars, basses, banjos, mandolins and amplifiers, Epiphone fretted instruments and amplifiers, Dobro® resonator guitars, Flatiron mandolins, Trace Elliot amplifiers, Slingerland drums, Steinberger basses, Tobias basses, Gibson Strings & Original Equipment, Gibson Showcases, and the Baldwin Piano Co.

Mr. Ablondi has worked closely with Parks Associates since 2001 directing its Installing Dealer ePanel research program, designed to monitor the adoption of innovative products into upscale America. The program conducts quarterly online surveys of the dealer base – each survey probes different aspects of dealers' businesses and tracks trends in the market from their perspective. Recent research has focused on the technologies dealers are employing to install home information and entertainment networks.

While at IDC, Mr. Ablondi was vice president of the New Media Group directing the analysis of opportunities fostered by the convergence of communications and computing technologies in the consumer, home office, small business, and education markets in the U.S. and abroad. In this role, Mr. Ablondi helped drive the Company's thinking on the adoption and use of personal computers, the Internet, and other interactive systems and media in these markets.

Mr. Ablondi began his information technology career as an engineer and business development manager at Texas Instruments. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. from Columbia University with a concentration in management science, emphasizing operations research and finance.

Prior to Cisco, Mr. Acharya was a founder of Snapfish, a leading online digital photography company. He has a Master of Business Administration from Harvard and a Master of Science from Stanford.

Agan holds a B.A. degree from the University of Puget Sound.

Prior to joining BRECIS, George was senior vice president of marketing at Cirrus Logic. During his 11 year tenure at Cirrus, he also served in a number of business management roles including office of the president, VP and GM PC Products Division, VP and GM Communications Products Division, and VP and GM Graphics Products Division.

Joining Cirrus in 1987, he was instrumental in establishing their highly successful mass storage business, initiated Cirrus' entry into the PC Graphics business, and was a key member of the management team that took the Company public in 1989. Before joining Cirrus, George was marketing manager of Intel's Microprocessor Division responsible for all X86 processor products, math co-processors, and graphics processors. During his 10 years with Intel, he played key roles in defining Intel's processor product line and establishing its market leadership position. During his career, George has also served in various engineering management roles at ISS and Unisys. He brings to BRECIS over 28 years of experience in general management, marketing, and engineering. He is a graduate of both Stanford and Drexel Universities.

Before serving as director of strategic planning at a communications service company, he spent more than 10 years in product management at cornerstone companies AT&T and NCR.

Allen received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Diego. Allen is considered a powerhouse at MUSICMATCH, and he certainly looks the part. He competes in amateur bodybuilding, and for the past 11 years has coached powerlifting for the North San Diego County Special Olympics team.

Claudia has been with TeleChoice since 1998. She originally joined as lead DSL analyst for the corporation. She has also held the position of director and then vice president of DSL products, tracking and directing all TeleChoice DSL analyst work. As executive vice president of the Company, Claudia contributed her marketing expertise to TeleChoice’s broadband access consulting services with particular emphasis on its DSL, wireless, and convergence client base—consisting of vendors and service providers worldwide.

Prior to joining M-Systems, Balaban was a marketing and business development manager for Bidorbuy.com, an operator of e-commerce and auction Web sites. In this role, Balaban managed worldwide marketing initiatives, and developed new business models and strategic alliance strategies. Between 1997 and 1999, Balaban practiced corporate law at a leading Israeli law firm, where he specialized in hi-tech start-up law and antitrust law.

Balaban received his M.B.A from Kellogg School of Management and his law degree from Tel Aviv University.

Peter provides leadership and strategic business direction for the Company. Much to the chagrin of the technology team, he also puts on his old software development hat from time to time. Peter started his technology career with EDS Canada where he developed and managed mission critical information technology infrastructure. His interests moved beyond the shores of North America in 1997. After earning his Professional Engineering designation, he moved to southern Africa to put his infrastructure skills to use in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Cape Town, South Africa. He was instrumental in crafting Internet solutions for non-governmental organizations at the very edges of the Internet.

Peter holds an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in electrical engineering from Queen’s University. Peter is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada.

Previously, Ralph was responsible for TRI’s work in the areas of broadband access systems and testing. Ralph initiated SBC’s work on PON (passive optical networks), and his group helped support the engineering and economic studies that led to SBC’s large-scale deployment of ADSL. While with Telesis Technologies Lab, Ralph’s group initiated PacTel’s work on ADSL, WDM, and wireless cable (MMDS).

Ralph has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Arizona and began his career with Bell Laboratories in the Transmission Systems Engineering Lab in 1980. He joined Bellcore in 1984 and was promoted to director in 1985. While at Bellcore, Ralph wrote the first contribution proposing SONET for standardization in the ITU, and his group made several fundamental engineering contributions to the development of SONET. Ralph’s groups also worked on ATM, n x 64 kbps switching capabilities, and FITL and HFC access transport systems. Ralph joined PacTel in 1994 and SBC TRI in 1997.

John Barr is president of the Open Services Gateway Initiative, vice president of the WiMedia Alliance, Bluetooth SIG board member, chairman of the IEEE 802.15.3 High-Rate WPAN task group, and director of standards realization for Motorola Corporate Offices. He has been with Motorola for 18 years working on real-time distributed systems, low-power system and software technologies, DSP development methodologies, home networking systems, and the convergence of computing and communications.

In his present role, he is responsible for directing service delivery and wireless consumer multimedia standards efforts within Motorola and strategic relationships with consortia (e.g., OSGi™, WiMedia Alliance, and Bluetooth SIG) and standards development groups (e.g., IEEE) to ensure that Motorola incorporates technologies that fundamentally change the way people communicate and interact while mobile, at home, and when using their vehicles. John has a Ph.D. from UCLA and previously was a staff engineer at Hughes Aircraft and a professor of computer science at the University of Montana.

Tony has an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan where he graduated with high distinction and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from General Motors Institute.

Previously, Tim was the CEO and co-founder of streaming media technology company TuneTo.com, building on expertise he gained in stints as VP of sales and marketing at Spatializer Audio Laboratories and the co-founder of pioneering PC audio company Media Vision. Tim has participated in the creation of many technical standards including cable modem, ADSL, and MPEG audio.

Tim holds a BSEE from the University of California at San Diego and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Michael Cai is an analyst studying developments in such areas as digital entertainment and technologies for residential construction. He has also recently completed an analysis of the telecom market in China.

Mr. Cai earned his M.B.A. with a 4.0 GPA and an outstanding student award from Baylor University in May 2002. He also holds an M.A. in leadership from Landegg International University, Switzerland, and a B.A. in economics from Shandong University, P. R. China.

Prior to joining Oak, Mr. Chase was a senior marketing executive at LSI Logic/C-Cube Microsystems, where he was responsible for consumer recordable products and platform solutions. In this role at LSI, Mr. Chase launched the world's first single chip solution for consumer DVD recorders and introduced the world's first consumer optical disc recording platform solution for China OEMs.

Mr. Chase has over 15 years of industry experience, including roles at National Semiconductor and Analog Devices. Mr. Chase received both his B.S.E.E. degree, cum laude, in 1986 and Master of Engineering degree in 1990 from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Mr. Lixin Cheng is the director of business management in Ericsson Wireless Communications Inc., based in San Diego, California, responsible for developing and managing Ericsson CDMA business activities in various markets in Northern America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Prior to his current position, Mr. Cheng held the position of vice president of sales & supply at Nanjing Ericsson Communication Company, Ltd. in China, where he increased annual sales tenfold for the Company in three years. Mr. Cheng has 14 years experience in telecommunication industry with expertise in the areas of business development, sales, supply chain management, joint ventures, and general management. Mr. Cheng holds a bachelor's degree in radio engineering and an M.B.A. in international business management.

Most recently, Collette was senior vice president of marketing and business development for OpenTV, where he was responsible for the global positioning and marketing of the Company’s interactive television architecture, applications, and media solutions. Prior to OpenTV, he was senior vice president of marketing and business development for ICTV, Inc. He also served as president and chief executive officer of MediaTech Strategies, a strategic consulting firm he founded in 1996 focusing on emerging TV applications, including companies involved in personal video recording (PVR), video-on-demand (VOD) content, interactive television (iTV), and iTV portal development. In addition, Collette is the founder of The Bandies award show, a featured industry event that recognizes achievements in new media entertainment and technologies.

Collette earned a Master of Business Administration degree from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management and undergraduate degrees in English and social science from University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to joining Comcast, Mr. Craddock was the vice president for broadband network ventures for Bell Atlantic Corporation and one of the principle figures in Bell Atlantic’s cable television and interactive television development activities. Mr. Craddock's career with Bell Atlantic spanned over twenty years with a diverse background in engineering, operations, marketing, strategic planning, and executive level positions spanning all facets of video, voice, and data communications. Mr. Craddock graduated with honors from the Virginia Military Institute with a B.S.C.E./E.E. and was a Distinguished Military Graduate. He did graduate work in finance and economics at Iowa State University and holds an M.S. in computer systems. He serves on the Board of Directors for several public and private companies and is a member of a number of corporate technical advisory boards. He is a registered professional engineer and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Society of Cable Television Engineers, and CTAM.

Daub brings to ViXS extensive technical and management experience in the high technology industry, specifically in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, IP licensing, and business development.

Before founding ViXS, Daub was vice president and general counsel at ATI Technologies Inc., where in addition to being responsible for ATI’s legal department, she also played a key role in high-profile mergers and acquisitions, including the management and oversight of the $400 million acquisition of ArtX.

Daub also spearheaded ATI’s patent portfolio development and IP licensing efforts and guided its corporate strategy. During her tenure, she was responsible for negotiating all strategic investments and all technology licensing both internal and external. She built a portfolio of over 800 patents over four years. Further, she is credited with winning numerous patent infringement actions protecting hundreds of millions in revenues.

Prior to joining ATI, Daub worked at Nortel where she managed cross-licensing negotiations with Motorola, Qualcomm, and Lucent. Prior to Nortel, Daub was with the law firm of Smart & Biggar, where she specialized in IP licensing, strategy, development, and management.

Daub holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree with honors in chemical engineering from the University of Ottawa and an L.L.B. from Dalhousie University.

Robert is a strong advocate of bringing technology to the new home market. In the last three years he negotiation and managed a marketing agreement between a major community developer and a broadband provider that created a co-branded marketing program that greatly increased sales, helped develop a community intranet project that establish the platform for a connected community, and has been instrumental in developing a solution for technology companies wanting to reach the residential market. Robert is currently working as the project coordinator for My Connected Home and is helping to develop a new technology design center format that is being rolled out in partnership with developers of master-planned communities.

Allison is co-president of the Interactive Television Alliance and a principal in 2degree Partners, a management consultancy specializing in iTV. A longtime champion of ubiquitous interactivity, she co-founded eTV World, Hollyweb Live! and venture pitch conferences. She chaired NAB’s Executive Committee to launch Multimedia World, and has remained involved thereafter. Some strategic consulting clients have included IBM’s eBusiness (American Express, Bell Atlantic, Mail Boxes Etc.), AOL, SimplyTV, Web TV, WB, Creative Planet, Stan Lee Media, Vi[z]Rt (virtual sets), and Envivio (MPEG-4).

For Webcasts.com she was CSO and a founding board member (IPO as iBEAM Internet Broadcasting Corp). Previously, she was executive producer, online, for Phillips Business Information where she led business/content development for over 30 trade publications. Titles included Interactive Video News, Internet Week, CableFAX, Multimedia Week, E-Commerce News, Film & Video Magazine, A/V Video magazine, and Via Satellite. While editorial director of In Motion she created sponsor packages with Sony, SGI, PacBell, Autodesk, AOL, HBO, Kodak, and Sprint. These anticipated the impact of 3-D visual effects, advertainment, DBS, broadband, VOD, and wireless devices. She worked with Oscar-nominee documentarian Ross Spears, CBS News, the Maryland Film Commission. A founding board member of Maryland’s WIFV, she received ASAE’s Golden Circle award and held advisory board positions for CINE and the US Film & Video Festival. She holds a M.A. from the University of Virginia and Phi Beta Kappa B.A. from Goucher College in Baltimore and has been interviewed by National Public Radio, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Hot Wired, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, BizTalk1, Millimeter, Digitrends, Broadcasting & Cable, and other outlets.

Most recently, Mr. Eatroff was a managing director and one of the senior members of the Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking Team at CIBC World Markets. Prior to CIBC World Markets, Mr. Eatroff was a senior banker at UBS Securities and Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Eatroff has a broad variety of private equity investing, capital raising, and advisory experience and has completed more than 200 transactions representing more than $40 billion in value. He has experience across a number of media and communications industries, including telecom, cable, publishing, broadcasting, and home networking. Halyard's home networking investments include Net Gear, Future Smart (now LifeStyles), and Security Broadband. Mr. Eatroff received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and a B.A. from Lafayette College and resides on the boards of FutureSmart Networks and Hanley-Wood LLC.

The Broadband Communications Group is charged with driving TI's extensive broadband portfolio, which includes integrated DSP, analog, and software solutions for cable; digital subscriber line (DSL); voice over Internet protocol (VoIP); and wireless networking.

Prior to this position, Flanagan was the director of business development for Telogy Networks, acquired by TI in 1999, and vice president of sales and marketing for ADC Skyline. Flanagan also held various marketing, sales, and business development positions during a 12 year career with Dynatech Communications.

Flanagan received a bachelor's degree of science from James Madison University.

Before moving to ICTV, Ed was president and CEO of RealContax, Inc. Prior to that, he held senior-level marketing and business and product development positions at several Silicon Valley firms, including a three-year stint as senior vice president of product development and marketing with Elemental Software, Inc., an interactive production tools company acquired by Macromedia. A graduate of Harvard College, Ed holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s School of Business.

Lee has over 15 years experience in developing networked application driven computer architectures. He has 18 years experience as a media producer in films, video, and animation, and he has 10 years experience as a multimedia producer for commerce applications.

Gandolfo has worked in advanced wireless technologies for nearly 10 years, specializing in emerging wireless standards including IEEE 802.11, HiperLAN2, Bluetooth, HomeRF, and IEEE 802.15.3. Prior to joining XtremeSpectrum, a leading provider of ultra-wideband products, Gandolfo was product manager for Radiata Inc., which established itself as a market leader in IEEE 802.11a technology and was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2001.

Prior to Radiata/Cisco, Gandolfo was product marketing engineer at Intersil Corporation (formerly Harris Semiconductor), responsible for the Bluetooth and PRISM wireless product lines. A member of the IEEE, Gandolfo holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration and has published several technical articles on wireless standards and design.

Charles joined IBM as part of the Mainspring acquisition in June 2001. At Mainspring, Charles focused extensively on the evolution of both the telecommunications and media markets. Charles authored many articles on telecommunications, media, and electronic commerce and was widely quoted on these topics in the press.

He joined Mainspring from Gemini Strategic Research Group where he managed its C4 Advisory Services practice which focused on understanding and advising clients in the converging communications, content, computing, and consumer electronics industries.

Prior to Gemini, Charles was an assistant professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. At that time, Charles also founded Praxis New Paradigm Corporation, a multimedia software firm that developed interactive business presentations utilizing an innovative graphical user interface. Charles began his professional career as an associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt, a global law firm based in Chicago.

Charles holds a Bachelor of Arts with high honors in history and literature from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor with honors from Harvard Law School.

Michael Greeson examines broadband residential access technologies and services, customer-premised broadband equipment, home networking, and voice-over-broadband products and services.

Mr. Greeson is frequently cited in the technology press, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Time, Business Week, San Jose Mercury News, Broadband Week, ZDNet, TelecomBusiness, and many other publications.

Mr. Greeson often addresses audiences regarding both consumer and market trends in emerging residential technologies. His most recent engagements include CES, COMDEX, Communications Design Conference, Cox Communication’s Executive Summit, INT’s 802.11 Spring 2002 Conference, J.D. Power’s Energy & Telecom Conference, Virata’s Worldwide Residential Gateway Tour, Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™, IIR’s Residential Gateway European Congress.

Michael joined Parks Associates after completing a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Central Oklahoma and graduated summa cum laude with an M.A. in interdisciplinary social science at the University of Chicago.

Prior to Ravisent, Harris served in executive or technical roles at numerous small companies and start-ups. Harris graduated from Purdue University with a degree in computer and electrical engineering.

In 1990, he was one of the founding members of 802.11 and continues in an active role today. Bob is currently CTO for Appairent Technologies and most recently was doing wireless communications consulting for several high-profile companies. Before that Bob was with GTE responsible for wireless opportunity business development. Bob joined BBN in early 1997, prior to its acquisition by GTE, with the mission of commercializing wireless ad hoc networking and wireless PAN technologies. From 1990 to 1996, he was VP of engineering and business development for TyLink Corp, a bootstrap start-up in high-speed digital access products and network and circuit management software, and was a co-founder of Windata, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of wireless LANs. From 1980-1990, Bob was with Codex, a subsidiary of Motorola, where he was VP/GM of the Company’s modem business. Bob holds a B.A. degree from Oberlin College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from The Johns Hopkins University.

Hollingsworth joined SONICblue through the Company’s acquisition of ReplayTV, where he served as the senior vice president of business development. Prior to joining ReplayTV, Hollingsworth was senior vice president of marketing for consumer products with NEC Computers. Before NEC Computers, Hollingsworth spent 12 years at Sony, where he headed the multimedia products group as vice president of marketing, managing Sony's Trinitron computer display business and launching Digital Mavica products to the U.S. market. Hollingsworth managed television product marketing and sales for the U.S. as national sales manager before becoming director of marketing. Prior to Sony, Hollingsworth held a position at Panasonic in Pro Audio Sales.

Hollingsworth holds a bachelor's degree in economics from University of California at Los Angeles.

Richard Holtz is president of InfiniSys Inc., an electronic architecture and consulting firm founded in 1989. The firm uses the principal's broad operations and senior management background, which included significant multinational client exposure, to create award-winning designs and continue to develop an award winning team.

Mr. Holtz has both an engineering degree and an M.B.A. He and his team members are active in BICSI, CABA, CEA, CEDIA, NAA, NAHB, NMHC, and SCTE. He is frequently invited to lecture and teach courses that center on the business opportunities afforded by integrated home systems - networks and has authored many articles on the subject. For more information, please visit InfiniSys' Website at http://www.electronicarchitect.com or contact Richard at richardh@electronicarchitect.com.

Dave has worked for the Broadband Communications Sector of Motorola (formerly General Instrument) for six years. Initially, his responsibilities included international product management of GI’s line of analog addressable set-top terminals. In 1999 he joined the IP Network Systems division of General Instrument as senior product manager for the Company’s VoIP cable telephony customer premise products. In 2001 he moved into Motorola Broadband’s Consumer Solutions Business where his responsibilities include marketing and business development, partnerships, and service provider relationships for advanced IP networking products and services. Dave has a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from The Pennsylvania State University.

Prior to joining Singingfish, Howe served as vice president of marketing for Stamps.com, where she spearheaded the Company's vertical market sales initiative, broadening its brand and positioning in the financial and technology sectors. Prior to Stamps.com, Howe worked as vice president of marketing for 2WAY Corp., a pioneer of enterprise software for interactive communications.

Before joining 2WAY Corp., Howe worked at Motorola, where she helped create the Windows CE market development department, served as business development manager for Asian markets and was promoted to director of marketing in the Company's semiconductor group. Other career highlights include 11 years with Adobe Systems and Aldus Corp., where she helped establish the Company's Australian office.

Howe received her B.A. from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

Previously, Izzo directed Motorola’s home-networking activities and was senior manager of business development for Motorola Broadband’s IP Networking Systems business unit. This included responsibility for developing partner relationships, creating commercial ties with other key organizations, and securing equity participation in areas of strategic value, specifically in the area of IP data networking.

From 1997 through 1999, Izzo served as the program manager for the Company’s Horizon Developers Program. In this role, the first applications of interactive TV, Internet TV, and on-screen program guides were integrated with the core audio and video functions of Motorola Broadband’s set-tops.

Prior to joining the Company, Izzo was director of marketing for ARINC, Inc., a communications company with products and applications helping advance the safety and efficiency of airline communications. In this role, he worked with other organizations to modernize aircraft communications for both commercial and general aviation aircraft and to assist with the FAA modernization of ground-to-air communications.

Izzo holds a Master of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University.

His prior senior management experience includes chief executive and senior executive positions for the last fifteen years. Most recently he was the chairman, president, and CEO of DemandVideo Corporation. Rajiv worked at Sprint in its early days to help build the first digital long-distance company. His prior experience also includes Internet work at Bell Labs and a major satellite operation in Asia. Rajiv has presented and published more than 60 articles and papers. His education includes:  M.S.E.E., Department of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University; Ph.D.E.E., research only, Purdue University; M.B.A., Pepperdine University; and his master's and bachelor's, University of Delhi.

Jens Jensen heads a global marketing, sales, and support team that serves the needs of Philips semiconductor customers in the computing and computer peripheral industries. Prior to his current position, Jens was vice president and general manager of Philips Consumer Electronics Internet TV Group, where he worked closely with Microsoft. Jens began his career with Royal Philips Electronics in 1975 Hamburg as a marketing engineer in Hamburg, Germany. He then served in marketing positions in the United Kingdom before moving to Silicon Valley, where he has held executive positions with Philips and two start-up semiconductor companies. Jens earned engineering and business degrees at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.

Deepak began his career with Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., then a division of ITT Corporation in the U.K. (and later ICL and Northern Telecom), where he worked as an intern with senior management to develop new corporate strategies following telecom market liberalization. He then moved to GTE Corporation in the U.S., where he supported a corporate development team involved in the acquisition of Sprint Communications, managed direct sales operations for the large PBX and private network division, and helped develop and introduce the F9600 Broadband PBX for the U.S. market for Fujitsu GTE Business Systems (FGBS). Following this, Deepak was responsible for marketing for Toshiba America's Telecommunications Systems Division. He was vice president of marketing and sales for Votrax, Inc., a supplier of integrated CTI equipment, and led business development, technology transfer, and strategic ventures for NTT America, Inc. before moving to Centex.

Deepak graduated with an honors degree in physical chemistry from University College, University of London, in 1979, and a M.S. in management from The Imperial College, also in the University of London, in 1981. He serves on the advisory board of start-ups, provides advisory services to venture capital firms, and is a frequent speaker at technology seminars and shows around the world.

Joe Keller is the home networking strategist for the Connectivity Organization within HP's Printing and Imaging Group. He leads the investigation and development of product and services for imaging and printing solutions on home networks. Joe's strategies led to the development of HP's first home networking printer, the award-winning DeskJet 6127 color inkjet printer, with built Ethernet and a consumer installation. Joe has been with HP for three years. Prior to HP, Joe has 13 years networking printing and imaging experience working for Sharp Labs of America and Xerox. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in system engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Previously, Peter was responsible for managing Conexant’s Business Development and Technology Planning team, where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, partner development, program management, technology planning, and market analysis within the personal computing division of Conexant Systems, Inc.

Prior to joining Conexant, Peter was a top management consultant at McKinsey & Company in London and Los Angeles. Before that, he worked for the mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley in New York. Peter also has software development experience in the aerospace industry.

Peter received a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California Los Angeles. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electronic engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Prior to joining Best Buy in September 2000, Nancy was the vice president of e-commerce at netradio.com. As part of the executive team, she was involved in the development of the strategy and business model for launch of the business.

Nancy’s retail career spans 20 years, including 12 years with Target Corporation, five years with Fingerhut Companies, and three years with the Airport Store Division of Wilson’s The Leather Experts. She has extensive merchandising and marketing experience, including product development, trend merchandising, direct marketing, specialty retailing, and business development. Nancy attended Arizona State University and majored in marketing.

Nancy and her son Matthew live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Dave joined Echostar in 1993. He is responsible for development of all Echostar digital set-top boxes.

He is currently senior vice president of engineering and systems at Echostar Corporation, responsible for the hardware, software groups developing the set-top boxes as well as the systems group.

Marlee Lauffer directs Newhall Land’s corporate marketing and public relations programs, including community relations and media relations. She also serves as an officer of the publicly traded partnership. She joined the Company in 1989.

From 1983-1989, she served as chief of staff for State Assemblyman Tom McClintock.  She received her B.A. in political science from UCLA and currently lives in Valencia with husband Jim and daughter Katharine.

Jeremy Levine is a principal at Bessemer Venture Partners where he focuses on software and infrastructure investments. Bessemer is a leading early-stage venture capital firm, which manages more than a billion dollars of venture funds, carrying on a tradition of hands-on, active investing since 1911. Presently, Jeremy is particularly interested in companies which solve various problems relating to the integration of wireless networking technology into consumer electronics. Prior to Bessemer, he was vice president of operations at Dash, an Internet software publisher. He also has experience at AEA Investors, a private equity firm specializing in management and leveraged buyouts, and McKinsey & Company. He graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in computer science.

Sheung Li is the product line manager at Atheros Communications, a leading developer of multimode wireless networking technologies. He works with manufacturers in the computer, consumer electronics, broadband, and telematics industries on high-speed wireless applications. Mr. Li was formerly the senior product development manager at Geocast Network Systems for broadband customer premises equipment and the product manager at 3Com Corporation responsible for network interface cards in the home networking group. He is a U.S. adviser to the International Standards Organization and the chairperson of the IEEE 802.11j task group. Mr. Li received a B.S. in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. in manufacturing systems engineering from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Prior to Universal, Lilleness served as vice president of product management and marketing at Trilogy Software Inc., a privately held company based in Austin, Texas, which develops and markets e-business software for Global 2000 corporations. Lilleness also served on Trilogy's management board, which oversaw all aspects of the Company's sales, marketing, and operations.

Previously, Lilleness worked for Microsoft Corporation and held a number of marketing, management, and operational roles. His work was critical in the success of the Windows NT® Server and Microsoft BackOffice® businesses and Microsoft's move into both enterprise computing and Internet technologies. Lilleness launched both the initial and several subsequent releases of Windows NT Server, around which he developed multiple OEM and third-party relationships with companies such as Compaq, Gateway Inc., and Dell Computer Corp. He also spearheaded Microsoft's successful clustering strategy designed to capture high-end computer software networks.

Lilleness started his career as an auditor for Ernst and Young in Zurich, Switzerland. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Puget Sound and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Prior to joining Adaptec, David was director of sales and marketing at Printer Products for Alps Electric Inc. of San Jose, Calif. In his position at Alps, David directed the sales, marketing, and engineering organizations and was also responsible for managing profit and loss for the printer business unit.

David Manner holds a master's degree of business administration from Eastern Michigan University and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Detroit.

Prior to joining 2Wire, Marshall was a co-founder of 3Com Corporation's Home Networking Division and was a co-leader in defining 3Com's residential gateway and consumer products strategy. Marshall also led Business Development for 3Com's Home Networking Division, where he was responsible for guiding strategic planning, technology investment, alliances, and new channel development.

Mr. Avner Matmor is a co-founder of ITRAN Communications and serves as president and CEO. In 1981, Mr. Matmor received his B.Sc.E.E. from the Ben Gurion University. Mr. Matmor's technical expertise and managerial skills are the direct result of practical experience in research and development, marketing and sales for leading developers of hi-tech instrumentation and equipment.

Since 1990, Mr. Matmor has been assigned to several top-level managerial positions for leading corporations in operations, marketing, business development, and finance. Mr. Matmor has extensive marketing and business experience, combined with in-depth knowledge of hi-tech technologies, enabling a discerning viewpoint of market dynamics. Between 1993 and 1995 Mr. Matmor directed operations for QualiTau's Israeli division as VP of Operations.

At the end of 1996, after a year of an extensive marketing research, Mr. Matmor together with Dr. Raphaeli founded ITRAN Communications. In this capacity he continues to serve as the driving force behind ITRAN's already successful and leading penetration of the power line market place.

David McLean is the marketing manager for Fluke Networks' MicroTools product group, a line of basic test and troubleshooting tools used by VDV and datacom installers and network management professionals. He acts as an advocate for residential networking and technology within the Fluke Networks company. David is the author of a number of white papers and published articles, including the TED Blueprint for Residential Wiring, Building Value into the Homes You Sell, and High Performance Residential Cabling. David holds a B.A. from the University of California San Diego and an M.B.A. in technology management from the University of Phoenix.

Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Assistant Secretary Mehlman served as telecommunications policy counsel for Cisco. At Cisco, he worked with public policy leaders and technologists throughout the information technology community on issues of broadband deployment, wireless networking, e-commerce strategies, and Internet policy.

Before joining Cisco, Mr. Mehlman served as policy director and general counsel at the House Republican Conference, the House of Representatives’ leadership office headed by Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr.

Assistant Secretary Mehlman formerly served as general counsel of the National Republican Congressional Committee under Chairmen Bill Paxon (NY) and John Linder (GA), before that working as an attorney in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding.

Bruce Mehlman received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Jim Meyer is a member of the Board of Directors for the WiMedia™ Alliance, a not-for-profit, open industry association formed to promote personal-area range wireless connectivity and interoperability among multimedia devices in a networked environment. Mr. Meyer also serves as chair of the WiMedia Alliance Marketing Working Group and is vice president of business development for Time Domain Corp. He leads Time Domain's efforts to pursue key opportunities for their patented ultra wideband (UWB) technology.

Prior to joining Time Domain, Jim developed the Fantasma Networks go-to-market strategy for IC-based wireless LAN products using UWB technology. Mr. Meyer co-founded and served as vice president of marketing and business development at BroadLogic, a spin-off of Adaptec Corporation, supplying of satellite communications systems that deliver IP data for a variety of consumer and enterprise applications. He has spent over 15 years developing and launching PC product lines for Adaptec, Hyundai Electronics, Trigem Corporation, and Award Software

Moorhead's experience leading consumer technology product development and his passion for promoting the benefits of technology have propelled him as AMD's voice for the end user. He joined AMD as vice president of desktop and mobile strategic marketing for the Computation Products Group, where he launched two of AMD's most successful microprocessors to date - the AMD Athlon™ 4 and the AMD Athlon XP. Before joining AMD, he was senior director of e-commerce services at AltaVista, which built the leading comparison-shopping service, surpassing AOL.com and Yahoo! in audience reach. He also served as director of Worldwide Consumer Desktop Product Marketing for Compaq and product manager at AT&T's Worldwide PC Product Marketing Group. In these roles, Moorhead launched several of the most successful PCs and consumer-facing products in the companies' histories, helping to drive Compaq's number one global market share in consumer desktop PCs with brands like Presario, and built strategic relationships with key industry partners.

As a speaker, Moorhead addresses the issue of declining relevance and adoption of technologies and this trend's effect on the industry economy and development cycles and the digital divide. He offers audiences expertise in developing and marketing relevant technology products, building industry partnerships and the global climate of end-user technology needs. Moorhead recently delivered a keynote at CeBIT Asia 2002 and has spoken at the MIT Innovation Forum, COMDEX Fall 2002, and International CES 2003.

Moorhead is also the chairman of AMD's Global Consumer Advisory Board (GCAB), a high-level panel of respected consumer and small-business experts, academics, journalists, and technology futurists from around the world who convene to discuss and seek to resolve computing technology issues facing home and small-business computer users worldwide. The GCAB's mission is to improve the quality of end users' technology experiences.

In addition, Moorhead is a member of the Consumer Electronics Association Board of Directors and the American Electronics Association Board of Directors. He has also authored articles in widely read media, such as CNET.

Prior to working with Homeportal, Graham Nicholls worked for Echelon, a supplier of network communication devices, managing business development activity in the U.K. and Europe in the area of home control and networking solutions for service providers utilities and product manufacturers.

Graham was also managing director of E-Squared Ltd., the largest independent systems integrator in the U.K. for computerized building management systems.

After a full-time technician apprenticeship Graham studied for a degree in electrical and electronic engineering and worked in the process control market. He moved into the building controls industry in the late 80s managing projects for the number one supplier, Trend Control Systems. He then negotiated the management buyout from Trend to form E-Squared in 1991.

Graham is a chartered engineer and full member of the IEE and CIBSE. He is also an elder in a local church and has a preliminary certificate in theology.

Tricia Parks, a founder of MARTECH and formerly a vice president of Future Computing, is the founder and president of Parks Associates. Ms. Parks also created Habitech, a trade and training show for home systems now under the auspices of CEA. With CEA, Parks Associates hosts CONNECTIONS™, a conference showcase for home networks and their digital attachments.

Ms. Parks is on the board of CEA's Home Networking and Information Technology division, the National Research Council's Committee for a Partnership to Assess Technology for Housing (PATH), and the AMD Board of Global Consumer Advocacy. She presents worldwide on consumer trends and market requirements for emerging consumer technologies and writes for a variety of industry publications. Tricia Parks has a B.A. from Sweet Briar College and graduate studies from the University of Texas.

Founded in 1986, Parks Associates studies emerging and converging technologies bringing new applications and benefits to and for homes. Parks Associates provides timely, strategic information for residential and light commercial systems and services. Parks Associates' research includes analytical industry reports, customer research reports, distribution channel analysis, and competitor analysis. Primary consumer research techniques employed include focus group research, central location testing, online surveys, national consumer surveys, and industry surveys and interviews. These are available in syndicated and custom reports. Parks Associates hosts two key industry events, Parks' Forum and CONNECTIONS™, each year.

Mr. Pathela is senior director of product management and marketing for the Home, MicroBusiness, and Carrier products at NETGEAR. He brings extensive networking and product marketing experience in the areas of corporate enterprise, telecommunications, and service providers. He previously served in the position of director of product management and marketing, in which he was responsible for NETGEAR’s home and business product strategies, product line management, and marketing. Prior to joining NETGEAR in early 2000, he served over a period of 15 years at Hewlett-Packard in the capacity of product management and marketing for the computer systems business and last served as the worldwide marketing manager for the communications industry business unit. He holds a B.S. degree from Tufts University with an honorary double major in computer science and international relations. He also completed the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and participated in executive studies at the Haas School of Business/ UC Berkeley.

While at ION, Roberts produced the recording industry’s first enhanced audio CD titles, including David Bowie’s Jump and Headcandy from Brian Eno. He was the Company’s lead technologist and innovator in adding multimedia content to traditional audio CDs. ION was also widely recognized as a leading provider of enhanced CD production tools utilized by recording and multimedia development companies. In September 1993, Bertlesmann Music Group created the first interactive record label after acquiring a 50 percent interest in ION. Prior to founding ION, Roberts was a founder and senior manager of LightSource, a software development company that produced multimedia and graphics-editing software. Previously, he was a senior engineer at Pixar, where he created several award winning, Apple-based music applications including Studio Session and Jam Session. Roberts is Gracenote’s representative to the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), an organization that is chartered with establishing standards for digital music and music-playing devices.

Bill’s background includes all aspects of product design and development for home networking and automation, toys, video game systems, military fly-by-wire controls, and home computers, with 17 patents issued. He also co-founded Infravision, which developed a datacast system for carrying multimedia content over television broadcast and other video systems.

An active participant in national and international standards development, Bill currently chairs both the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Home Networking Committee (R7), and CEA’s Technology and Standards Council. He sits on the board of directors for the Home Networking and IT (HNIT) Division of CEA and on the technology advisory boards of several companies in the home networking industry.

Bill has authored a number of articles on home networking and is a frequent guest speaker at industry conferences, including CES, CONNECTIONS, CEDIA, EHExpo, IEEE, and Comdex, and was the keynote speaker at the 2001 UPnP Summit.

Saltzman most recently joined Intel in 1998. He also worked for the Company from 1986 to 1989. Prior to joining Intel Capital, Saltzman was the general manager of Intel’s Wireless LAN Operation, where he led its growth as an emerging leader in the wireless Ethernet market. After Intel’s $750 million acquisition of Xircom Inc. in 2001, the Wireless LAN Operation and Xircom merged to create Intel’s Mobile Communications Division, where Saltzman was senior director overseeing Intel’s 802.11-product planning, standards and architecture development, and OEM marketing.

The Wireless LAN Operation was Saltzman’s second new business venture at Intel. In the late 1980s, he helped the then newly formed PC Enhancement Operation grow into a multimillion-dollar business. In this role, he was responsible for the AboveBoard line of memory boards and later initiating Intel’s first fax and modem products.

In 1989, Saltzman established Now Software, where he was president and CEO. By 1994, Now Software became the largest Macintosh-only software publisher in the world. The Company also reported five consecutive years of more than 100 percent compound annual sales and profit growth. In addition, Saltzman started a children’s educational software company, called Active Arts, in 1995.

Saltzman is a former Inc. Magazine-Ernst & Young Software Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and a former Oregon High-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year finalist.

In 1982, Saltzman earned bachelor's degrees in business administration and psychology from the University of Oregon.

Since last year, by leveraging Philips' leadership in software and digital systems, Sugata has been leading a new business start-up within Philips to commercialize a connected software & systems platform called Pronto++. From this platform, Sugata's team will be introducing a series of connected products into home, mobile, and automotive segments.

Prior to this assignment in Philips, Sugata led the commercialization efforts of digital products & technologies and shaped the entry strategy for Philips Components into connected systems area. Prior to joining Philips, Sugata led several new business start-up activities at AlliedSignal, Inc., (currently Honeywell, Inc.) to commercialize wide varieties of new technologies, e.g., optical films for liquid crystal displays, specialty materials for electronic manufacturing, software simulation products for process industries, etc. Sugata holds a B.S./M.S. in engineering and an M.B.A. with a specialization in entrepreneurship.

Prior to joining CableLabs, Steve worked in a number of capacities at Vexcel Imaging, a company that develops and manufactures aerial photography scanning hardware and image processing software. Upon joining Vexcel, Steve served as senior software engineer. A year later, Steve assumed responsibility for the software department as director of software development. Over the next several years Steve filled a variety of roles, including director of manufacturing, program manager, and director of new business development.

In his early career, Steve developed large scale computer aided design and engineering software products for Auto-trol Inc. and later Structural Dynamics Research Corporation Inc. Steve holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and has taught computer science course work at the college level.

Kurt Scherf studies developments in home networks, residential gateways, digital entertainment, technology development in the housing market, and residential and building management and controls. Mr. Scherf is the sole author or contributing author/analyst to more than 30 research reports and studies produced by Parks Associates since 1998.

Mr. Scherf joined Parks Associates following a career in political research and multi-tenant dwelling management. He earned his B.A. from The University of Iowa.

View Kurt Scherf's bibliography and list of past speaking engagements

Prior to joining Core Networks he served in the same position at Com21, a leading manufacturer of cable broadband access equipment. Mr. Soderquist’s experience includes over 20 years in the communications industry, serving in a variety of executive positions with leading companies. Prior positions include a stint as president/general manager of VLSI’s Consumer Semiconductor Division; president of Utah Scientific, a telecommunications equipment provider; and vice president of new business development for General Instrument, where he played a key role in leading GI into the cable modem market. Mr. Soderquist also served as vice president and general manager of Grass Valley Group's (a former subsidiary of Tektronix) broadcast routing and telecommunications division.

Mr. Soderquist holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in telecommunication business management.

Randy Stearns is the owner and president of Engineered Environments, one of the industry's leading residential systems integration firms. His entrepreneurial and organizational skills in business, finance, and operations make him a sought-after lecturer and advisor to the industry. Randy has served as instructor and panelist at internationally attended CEDIA, CES, NSCA, HAA, and ISC events. Randy holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

His responsibilities at Digital 5 include overall corporate operations, sourcing of executive and senior engineering team, strategic partnerships, fund raising, and corporate direction. Since joining Digital 5, Stevens has developed the Company into the leading supplier of software and systems for the emerging wireless home entertainment environment for inexpensive consumer electronics devices.

Prior to Digital 5, Inc., Stevens served as vice president of sales/marketing & business development of iCompression, Inc. (sold to Globespan, GSPN) and now part of Conexant (CNXT), pioneering the first fully integrated audio/video MPEG2 compression chip for PVR applications.

Stevens also served as vice president of Arithmos (now part of ST Microelectronics) and at PC graphics chipmaker S3 Incorporated (now known as SONICblue ), where he held several positions over six years, including managing director for European operations and then founder and vice president of S3’s channel sales and marketing division. Prior to S3, he was a design center manager for ASIC start-up LSI Logic Canada.

Educated in Canada in business and electronics engineering technology, Stevens’ globally diverse set of experiences in silicon and consumer electronics technology has enabled him to lead Digital 5, Inc. into a strong position in the emerging world of networked wireless consumer electronics software and systems.

Mr. Michael Stich is director of strategic marketing for the Broadband Communications Group at Texas Instruments. Previously, he was a senior associate at McKinsey & Company. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Stich founded Dell Ventures Asia, where he led several investments in Asian technology companies for Dell. Mr. Stich also served Dell’s senior vice president of personal systems in a wide range of product management, strategy, and marketing projects. Mr.. Stich holds a B.S. in computer engineering from Tufts University and an M.B.A. with a marketing focus from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Prior to Destiny Networks, Mark was a professor at The Ohio State University, where he taught pricing, marketing research, and marketing models. Mark quantitatively analyzed consumer markets, with an emphasis on understanding consumers’ willingness to pay for goods. His research has been published in several leading journals including Journal of Consumer Research, Management Science, and Journal of Commerce.

Mark’s consulting experience includes the following: Grimes Aerospace – Created a model to forecast spare parts; All-Stater Magazine – Analyzed data from reader surveys; Proctor & Gamble – Impartial analyst to verify validity of Olean re-tests; Cisco Systems – Generated a pricing spreadsheet based on costs; and Rogers Group – Advised on how to avoid a price war.

Mark received a B.S.E.E. from The Ohio State University and, after a couple years as a design engineer, became a technical salesperson in the automatic test equipment industry. He earned an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a Ph.D. in marketing from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to joining Sony Glen spent 10 years at Apple Computer in the Advanced Technology Group. His research was directed at VLSI architectures for A/V algorithms and distributed processing.

Peter is a serial entrepreneur with a well-deserved reputation for delivering innovative, low-cost, high-performance products and technologies to the industrial and consumer markets. During the 80s Peter was founder and chairman of the Sector Group, which grew to become one of Europe’s top five design and new product development companies. Since then, products and technologies on which Peter has been chief architect and led the design of have achieved sales in excess of $1 bn during the past two decades, most notably the Apricot Computer, which he designed for ACT (later Apricot plc) and which generated $300m in sales revenue and for two years outsold the IBM PC in Europe. Peter’s experience in designing and developing new products for the automotive and consumer electronics industries has given him a thorough grounding in hardware and software design and development for integration into low-cost, high-performance silicon for volume markets. For the past four years Peter has led the development of a very low-cost System on Chip with a TCO of <$5.00 for the embedded powerline networking market to help enable the embedded Internet and ubiquitous computing vision.