An experienced and evocative Vice President in media with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast and digital media industry. Skilled in Innovation implementation, Product Management, User Data Conversion, Artificial Intelligence (Chat GPT), 5G, Blockchain, OTT, Broadcasting Infrastructure, AR/VR/MR, and Digital Reinvention. Strong Connector and Liaison between the old and new media paradigms and skilled at accomplishing and leveraging the associated strengths to be build great consumer products and experiences. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree focused in Broadcasting and Film with a concentration in Business from Boston University.

Dallas Lawrence is a seasoned executive counselor with extensive experience supporting emerging tech and fast growth companies. His background in communication, crisis, public affairs, brand and digital media strategy has helped the highest profile organizations develop engaging programs that define, differentiate and disrupt market perceptions. Today, Dallas serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for Telly, the company revolutionizing the future of TV with the world's first free dual screen television - the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room. A veteran of the connected TV landscape, he was previously head of communications for the Roku platform business where he led communications for the Roku ad business, The Roku Channel, Roku Originals, Roku distribution and Roku’s public policy efforts. He previously served as SVP for TV measurement and data provider Samba TV and as the CCO and CMO for OpenX, the world's largest independent advertising technology company. Previously, Dallas worked in the agency sector as the chief global digital strategist for WPPs largest PR agency counseling clients including Coca-Cola, Bank of America, Ford, J&J and AIG. During more than a decade in Washington, DC, Dallas served as a press secretary on Capitol Hill prior to joining President Bush’s communications team initially leading outreach efforts for the President’s signature domestic policy initiative No Child Left Behind. Dallas would later deploy to Baghdad, Iraq on behalf of the White House to serve as a spokesperson for the Coalition. Upon returning from Baghdad, Dallas joined the communication team of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld where he served as the Pentagon's Director of Public Liaison for both Rumsfeld and his successor Secretary Gates. He serves today as the go to expert for media and emerging technology companies on the future of consumer media and advertising engagement in the new age of connected television viewing. Dallas' work has been recognized with the top honors for online campaign of the year; digital public affairs program of the year, corporate media campaign of the year and crisis communications program of the year. He has been named both the “Crisis Manager of the Year” by PR News and the "Social Media Professional of the Year". PR Week named him one of the 40 most influential leaders in PR. Dallas was previously a commissioned officer in the United States Navy and earned a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a MA in Government from The Johns Hopkins University.

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David Apostolico SVP, Platform Strategy, Development & Distribution, vCommerce Ventures at Qurate Retail Group As SVP, Platform Strategy, Development & Distribution for QVC/HSN, Dave focuses on expanding the reach of the brands’ five broadcast channels – QVC, QVC2, QVC3, HSN, and HSN2 – as well as the reach of the QVC+/HSN+ Streaming Experience. He also works with all distribution partners to ensure they have the rights to carry Qurate Retail Group’s networks and streaming service. QVC and HSN’s primary channels are available across all major platforms and reach more than 100 million US homes. QVC+/HSN+ offers our most robust, video commerce experience, with live, on-demand and streaming-only content together in one fully shoppable app. Prior to joining QVC nearly 25 years ago, Dave worked in private practice as a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions and structured finance. Working in QVC’s legal department, Dave worked across multiple business functions gaining unique insight into all areas of the QVC business. In Platform Expansion & Distribution, Dave has contributed significantly to the business, helping QVC and HSN expand their household reach across platforms. He continues to transform the cable industry through the deployment of next-generation interactive applications with our cable partners. Most recently, Dave was honored in the 2021 Cablefax 100 List, highlighting the most influential executives whose leadership continues to take the industry to new heights. Dave earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware and his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Dave lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania with his wife and their five children.

Dalaney Thompson, VP of Strategic Partnerships at AiBUY, is a key figure in sales and marketing within the evolving e-commerce and retail media landscape. She leads a team of innovators who design, build, and sell solutions that redefine content interactivity and monetization. With expertise in B2B sales, digital marketing, and strategic leadership, Dalaney's insights and experience make her a sought-after voice in the industry.

Sarah joined Parks Associates as a Research Analyst on the Entertainment side and covers topics such as OTT and consumer electronics. Sarah earned her PhD in Experimental Psychology from The University of Texas at Arlington. She also earned an MS in General Experimental Psychology from Murray State University and a BS in Psychology from Xavier University.

Mrugesh Desai joined Accedo in 2013 and is VP North America, leading the North American sales, solutions engineering, and marketing functions. He was previously Head of Solutions Engineering, working with customers to understand their video experiences needs and help define ways to scale their brand and content to the fragmented OTT device market while still delivering best in class video experiences. He is most excited about some of the new advents in video experiences specifically in AR, VR and mixed reality and sees Accedo playing an important role in this arena.

Dave Bernath is Vice President Sales & Partnerships, Americas at Wurl, the leader in data-driven solutions for CTV. With over 20 years of experience growing audiences for top content brands across traditional and emerging platforms, Dave brings a wealth of programming and digital media expertise to Wurl. Prior to joining Wurl, he was an accomplished television programmer and digital media entrepreneur, including General Manager of Comedy Central, where he helped drive key programming decisions and oversaw the network's transformation from a linear cable channel to a truly multiplatform content brand.

Field Garthwaite is the Co-Founder and CEO of IRIS.TV, a video data platform that enables better viewing experiences and advertising outcomes. Since inventing the core technology behind IRIS.TV, Field has led the company to engineer the most open video data ecosystem in the world, enabling its partners to build scalable solutions on top of its platform, including video-level contextual and brand-safe ad targeting, planning, verification, and measurement solutions. Today the company works with thousands of media companies, data, streaming, and ad tech partners around the world to power meaningful connections between brands and consumers. Prior to IRIS.TV, Field worked in digital distribution, data architecture, and video for companies including HBO, Universal Pictures, Rubicon Project and Jukebox TV.

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Tony Marlow is the Chief Marketing Officer for LG Ad Solutions, where he uses data-driven insights to lead all aspects of marketing and communications. Previously, Tony was CMO at Integral Ad Science, where he helped transform the brand into a recognized and trusted partner, and took the company public through an IPO in 2021. Before IAS, he was the CMO at Data Axle, Global Head and Vice President of B2B Marketing at Yahoo, and consulted on a range of media and technology-related projects at Nielsen Online (APAC). He is also the co-founder of a mobile app development company called Appy Dragon (creators of RacerTracer). Currently, he is on the Board of Advisers for a social measurement startup SocialStatus.io and serves on the Advisory Council for Colorado State University-Global Campus (CSU-Global) to which he delivered the 2017 commencement speech. He has also served on the board of directors for the IAB’s Research Council, IAB Video Center and the Media Ratings Council. Tony attended the Australian National University and the University of Wollongong, holding Bachelor's degrees in psychology and commerce and a Master's degree in strategic marketing. In his spare time, he is also an Ironman triathlete.

Stacey Richman serves as the SVP and Head of Communications for Team Whistle, a sports and entertainment media company that creates content across the platforms where young audiences are consuming content. Her appointment was covered by B&C, AdWeek, Campaign US, PR Week, Cynopsis and Cablefax. She hails from Group Nine Media, where she most recently served as their Director of Consumer Communications. She spent two years in that role, where she was responsible for spearheading and executing the consumer strategies across The Dodo, Thrillist, NowThis, POPSUGAR and Seeker brands. Prior to joining Group Nine, Richman served as a Manager of Communications at WarnerMedia's truTV, and before that as a publicist for Discovery, Inc. and Animal Planet. Stacey began her career working at Ferencomm, and as a coordinator for CBS News. Stacey currently lives in Manhattan with her two dogs.

Jason Thibeault is the senior director of marketing strategy for Limelight Networks. In this role he helps direct Limelight’s corporate messaging and positioning, develops whitepapers and e-books, blogs, and evangelizes the Limelight solution offering to audiences around the world. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Irvine Honors Program and a M.A. in English, with distinction, from California State University, Northridge. Jason is the co-author of the marketing thought-leadership book Recommend This! Delivering Digital Experiences People Want to Share (Wiley) and an inventor on a number of technical patents with Limelight Networks. Follow him on twitter @_jasonthibeault.

Bart Spriester is the Vice President and General Manager, Streaming, Broadcast and Advertising, for Comcast Technology Solutions. In this role, Bart oversees sales, service, and product management for the business, delivering solutions to hundreds of media and technology companies worldwide. An industry veteran, Bart served as Senior Vice President, Video Products and Solutions for Harmonic, Inc. prior to joining the Comcast Technology Solutions leadership team in 2018. Previously, Bart was the Executive Vice President and General Manager, North America, and CTO for Encompass Digital Media where he improved its market competitiveness and customer support through centralized and standardized business systems. He came to Encompass from Cisco Systems where he was the Vice President and General Manager for the Digital Media Networks business unit. He also served as managing director of Cisco’s EMEA Video Division and was named to the company’s European Operating Committee. Bart earned his MBA at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. Bart is a Six Sigma yellow belt and a graduate of the Executive Management Program from Harvard Business School.

As Director of Product Marketing for global streaming platform Plex, Danni Hemberger is responsible for implementing marketing strategies that bring the brand and its product stories to life. Prior to joining Plex, Danni spent nearly three years at Tubi as the Senior Manager of Product Marketing and Operations where she was responsible for marketplace research, go to market strategies and collaborated on the launch and measurement of several integrated marketing campaigns, driving over 10% increase in awareness of Tubi. Prior to this, she also worked at independently-owned creative agency, Swirl, as an Account Director where she led cross-functional teams in the process of developing, recommending and implementing product strategies for her clients. She started her career at U.S. Sports Camps Inc. where she simultaneously managed sponsorship, logistical, financial and administrative duties for the Nike Soccer & Running camp networks. Danni graduated with a B.A in International Relations and Spanish from the University of Southern California.

Serhad Doken is responsible for the technology roadmap, research strategy and advanced R&D projects. Mr. Doken previously was the Executive, Director of Innovation & Product Realization at Verizon where he drove new 5G and Mobile Edge Computing powered services for Consumer and Enterprise Businesses. Prior to Verizon, Mr. Doken was VP, Innovation Partners at InterDigital focused on technology strategy and external R&D projects and partnerships. Prior to InterDigital, Mr. Doken worked on emerging mobile technology incubation at Qualcomm. Prior to this, Mr. Doken held positions at Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and PSI AG. Mr. Doken is an inventor on 30 issued worldwide patents over 90 worldwide applications. Mr. Doken has a Computer Engineering degree from Bosphorus University and has completed the M&A Executive Education Program at The Wharton School and the New Ventures Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School.

Scott Ehrlich has a track record of successfully creating new ventures in television, technology and new media. Currently he serves as Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Corporate Strategy for Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) where he has created the company’s first dedicated cross functional research, development and strategy group to coordinate and accelerate efforts across content, technology, audience development and distribution. In addition, Ehrlich oversees Sinclair’s Start-up business group, which includes Over the Air (OTA) Networks (Comet, Charge, and TBD) and Over The Top (OTT) Platforms (Stirr, NewsOn). Previously, Ehrlich was SVP, Growth Networks & Content for the company. Earlier in his career, Ehrlich also served as Founder and CEO of Agility Studios, where he led the development of Agility’s award-winning franchise; The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, created by Jon M. Chu, into a multi-faceted business with three installments of the filmed entertainment property, distributed worldwide by Paramount. The production/show has been complimented by performances on television (including: So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, The 82nd Academy Awards, Conan, and more), tours (Glee Live), corporate (including: Mini Live: Beijing and Google Zeitgeist Europe) and social media (Coke Zero: Make it Possible). The LXD received an International Emmy among many other accolades and awards. Before Agility, Ehrlich founded and served as the Managing Partner at Impulse Media, a Seattle-based digital business consulting company, serving as an advisor to senior management at Sony Pictures Digital Networks, Rivals.com (sold to Yahoo), Infospace, Disney/ABC Digital Media Group, Navio Systems, DivX, iFilm (sold to MTV Networks), Lightningcast (sold to AOL), Rhythm Networks (sold to Blinkx), BBC, Weather Channel and Microsoft. Prior to forming Impulse Media, Ehrlich served as Vice President of Media Acquisition and Distribution for RealNetworks, where he developed key strategies, negotiated, implemented and managed product deals and relationships for the site’s GoldPass and SuperPass services, and drove growth of its services to more than 1 million subscribers, creating one of the earliest Over the Top (OTT) video services in the industry. Previously, Ehrlich was Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Rival Networks, where he oversaw all aspects of the business including advertising sales, e-commerce, content, business development, marketing, public relations and creative services. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ehrlich was the Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of News America Digital Publishing at News Corporation and Director of Audience Development at NBC Cable. In addition, Ehrlich is a partner in the Los Angeles based production company Substance Over Hype, and just recently served as Executive Producer on Two Bellmen, Two Bellmen Two, Two Bellmen Three and Business Unusual for Marriott Content Studios. Ehrlich received his master’s degree from The Graduate School of Political Management and his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two sons. He can be found on Twitter @sehrlich or on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/scottehrlich.

Jim Long is CEO of Didja, Inc. a streaming TV platform & consumer apps company focused on the virtual antenna TV market (LocalBTV). Jim is currently is on the Boards of Rev Genomics (Genetic engineering of high value crops); CrowdSpots (Big Data Crowd Sourcing) and Pops Worldwide (Vietnam based Youtube MCN). Just prior to Didja, Jim was a Partner with Gabriel Ventures. Jim has many years of experience and success in building businesses in the high technology industry, as well as in developing new technologies and patents for the Internet and PC environments. He has been a co-founder or CEO in such companies as Veritas (IPO: VRTS), Ruckus Wireless (IPO: RKUS), Starlight Networks (invented "Streaming" and sold to Picturetel), Linkware (sold to Ungermann-Bass) and RioPort (Digital Music pioneer merged with Ecast). Jim has been an angel investor or adviser or part-time exec to others such as Chegg (IPO: CHGG), TiMetra (sold to Alcatel), Applied Microcircuits (IPO:AMCC) and Jibe Networks (sold to Citrix). Previously Jim worked for Adler Ventures, Hewlett Packard (invented world's first presentation graphics program) and BCG and received a BS:EECS from UC-Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard.

Goutham is responsible for platform engineering, service operations,. SI services and customer success at Quickplay. He most recently was Global Head of Software Engineering with AT&T Entertainment, where he led OTT & video solutions engineering teams in the U.S., Canada and India. Previously Goutham held the role of VP of Platform Services for Quickplay, until it was acquired by AT&T in 2016. Additionally, Goutham has held roles as SVP of Engineering with Polaris Financial Technologies, and Practice Head in North America with TATA Consultancy Services, where he worked across industry verticals. Goutham has a MSc in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology, Warangal and BSc in Electronics from ANU, India.

David is the CEO of Swedish fast growing streaming guide PlayPilot. Before joining PlayPilot in early 2018, David was VP Sales EMEA at Ooyala and has been contributing to several boards and management teams within the media and SaaS space. Now at PlayPilot, he is 100% focused on solving the main problem left for the entertainment industry and that is to help the audience to search less and consume more high quality content.

Elizabeth leads the marketing team and supports the research and operations teams. Elizabeth manages and directs the integrated strategic communications plan for Parks Associates, including advertising, public relations, and marketing campaigns for research and events hosted by Parks Associates. Elizabeth is the key organizer for all of Parks Associates' events, including CONNECTIONS™. She also supports Parks Associates' Business Development Team with prospective client searches, overall support, and maintenance of Parks Associates' databases. Elizabeth joined Parks Associates on a full-time basis in 1998 after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in psychology.

Scott Barton is Chief Product Officer at MyBundle.TV, the premier online platform connecting broadband providers with tools to simplify streaming television products and services. In this executive role, Scott is responsible for MyBundle.TV's efforts to simplify and optimize the streaming video landscape by identifying and executing solutions that align the interests of consumers, streaming services and broadband providers. Prior to joining MyBundle.TV, Scott was SVP, Product at WOW! (WideOpenWest), where he oversaw product strategy, pricing, and packaging for Broadband, Wi-Fi, and Pay-TV product lines. Prior to that, Scott spent more than 16 years at Starz, where he rose to Senior Vice President, Digital Programming and Products. In that position, Barton oversaw product strategy, content programming, and strategic partnerships for the STARZ App, starz.com, and Starz On Demand products across platforms, devices and OTT distribution partners.

Ed Leer brings his vast experience in the health care business market and background with venture capital startups and Fortune 50 corporations to VeeOne Health as SVP of Business Development. Prior to VeeOne, Ed was one of four founding members of ONEX, Inc. (later acquired by Inrange Technologies), CIO of Acordia Inc. & Exec Dir IT of Anthem), president of WANDA, Inc. (a predictive modeling software company focused on remote monitoring sensor data), established joint business ventures with Dignity Health and Hackensack Meridian Health, president of Profficee, Inc., and has 12 years' experience with AT&T. Ed received his B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University where he also received a Computer Systems fellowship from MIT in a joint AT&T/MIT program. Mr. Leer was chair of the Indiana HIPAA Consortium. Mr. Leer was a panelist at the Fourth National HIPAA Summit in Washington DC and the Fifth National HIPAA Summit in Baltimore discussing the State's compliance activities. Ed served on the Board of Advisers for IU's School of Nursing, and held a board appointment on Purdue's school of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis. He co-chaired the technology committee for the Central Indiana Coalition to Reinvent Healthcare, which evolved into Indiana's leading HIE, Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE).

As Senior Vice President in the office of the CTO of LG Electronics Inc., Nandhu has been leading technology initiatives, partnerships and corporate venture capital investments in areas of long-term strategic interest to LG Electronics, such as connected entertainment, health, energy and vehicle.

As the former founding head of LG’s Silicon Valley based Technology Center of America, he established LP arrangements with leading VC funds, and partnerships with university research centers and national government laboratories across a broad portfolio of technologies. Earlier, he served as CTO, VP Engineering and a Board Director of Triveni Digital, which develops and supplies products for the management and monitoring of metadata and data in broadcast DTV signals. He has also served on the faculties of the University of Texas, Austin and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville – where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses, supervised Ph.D. students, and conducted sponsored research in the areas of Computer Vision, Signal Processing, Robotics, and Machine Intelligence.

He has authored more than a 100 refereed journal and conference publications, and holds several issued patents in these areas. Dr. Nandhakumar has a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UT Austin. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and serves on the board of directors and advisory committees of various industry organizations, startups, incubators, and academic institutions.

Shannon Guzman is the director, housing and livable communities with the AARP Public Policy Institute. She is also the deputy of the AARP enterprise Housing Issue Area, and works on housing and livable communities policy as well as building innovative partnerships in the Housing space. She provides policy analysis and guidance and develops resources to inform community members and assist local decision makers in their efforts to support residents who want to age in place. Guzman has presented on livable communities and housing policy solutions to various audiences across the country and has been quoted in local and national media. She has co-authored publications on housing, community livability, housing, and transportation. Before joining AARP, Guzman was a senior planner in county government in Maryland. She has experience in international development, film and television and the 401(k) industry. She holds a master's degree in community planning, a master's degree in communications, culture and technology and a bachelor's degree in Spanish.

Brandon Neustadter is an accomplished expert on Internet of Things technology and AI, including smart buildings, computer vision and how to develop safe, welcoming environments that maximize energy efficiency and building automation. With 17 years of driving sales and adoption of enterprise and B2B technologies, he has helped over a dozen brands bring smart home products to market including fall detection, lighting, thermostats, electrical outlets and small appliances.

At Kami Vision, Brandon played a critical role in the launch and scaling of KamiCare. He leads the team that brings the affordable vision AI solution to senior living communities to improve resident safety, enhance operational efficiencies and increase occupancy. Brandon is incredibly passionate about helping communities provide the best possible care with solutions that have the potential to save thousands of lives. He believes AI will become an ever-growing part of the way that we provide care and ensure the safety of seniors.

Prior to Kami Vision Brandon worked with Tuya, an IoT platform company. There he helped companies bring to market their first “smart” products that are controlled by mobile apps and integrated with voice assistants like Google and Alexa.

Outside of work, Brandon loves to spend time with his family including his three-year-old son. He enjoys gardening, cooking, being outdoors and anything involving good food and drinks. He also loves to scuba dive – he and his wife have done over 70 dives together in 4 different countries. 

Constantinos (Taki) Michaelidis, MD, MBA, MS is an internal medicine physician by clinical training and practices as a virtual home hospitalist in the UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) Hospital at Home program where he is medical director and faculty in the Program in Digital Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Prior to joining UMMH, he was senior medical director in the Atrius Health home hospital program. There, he supported local and national home hospital program development and developed and scaled new acute and post-acute home-based care models for a predominantly frail, medically complex and home-bound population in eastern Massachusetts.

Eric Sorensen is an accomplished sports and news media executive with extensive knowledge in developing live streaming and Digital Media strategies. Diverse background includes; business management, product development, digital ad sales, videogame development, social content strategies, sponsorship development, and TV production. Eric spent over 15 years at ESPN helping pioneer the launch of WatchESPN, The Longhorn Network, and SEC digital network. Prior to joining Parks Associates Eric served as Director of Advertising and Digital and Social Content for the Houston Astros. Eric graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, TV and Film.

Dr. Christopher Stark is a Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) at Landmark Health.

Prior to becoming CCO, Dr. Stark began his Landmark career as Regional Medical Director for the Pennsylvania market. In this role, he was responsible for leading interdisciplinary clinical team members focused on treating patients routinely and urgently in their homes to help manage conditions and avoid unnecessary hospital utilizations. Before Landmark, Dr. Stark worked as an Emergency Medicine Physician and Division Chief of the Emergency Department, as well as Director of the Life Lion Critical Care Air and Ground service for Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in PA. He also worked at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in TN as an Emergency Medicine Physician and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. In TN, Dr. Stark also worked as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. He was an Emergency Medicine Physician, Interim/Associate Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Tennessee Valley Healthcare System.

Outside of work, Dr. Stark stays active by being an assistant professor at Penn State College of Medicine, textbook author, traveler, and home chef.
 

As senior vice president of content distribution and marketing at Pac-12 Networks, Tracy Cameron serves as the primary contact for all MVPD contract negotiations, content licensing, AVOD/FAST and plays a key role in the development and execution of tailored and integrated marketing campaigns across the country. Cameron is also part of the leadership team at the Pac-12, where she is an active member in discussions on the overall strategy of the Pac-12 Conference and Pac-12 Networks. Before joining Pac-12 Networks, Cameron worked for Fox Networks Group for over 15 years, most recently as director of distribution & marketing, where she led key distribution efforts and contract negotiations for FOX O&Os, Fox Sports Regional Networks, Fox Sports 1, FX, and other networks across the West Region. Notably, Cameron developed customized regional sports marketing initiatives while at Fox which contributed to enhancing subscriber growth and growing affiliate revenue. Cameron is actively involved with Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), having served on the board of directors of the Northern California chapter and a director at large/advisor to the WICT Southern California chapter. She was also awarded Cable Industry’s “Woman to Watch” at the WICT So Cal LEA Awards early in her career. Cameron is a Los Angeles local and a Southern California native, having graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in business economics and a minor in sports management.

Andrew Fleming is StreamLayer's Chief Operating Officer, overseeing a number of key functions for the sports technology start-up. With a unique and well-rounded set of skills honed across various sports and media roles, Andrew is focused on growing StreamLayer and helping sports media companies transform the way their fans experience live video. Andrew is an entrepreneurial strategist and deal-maker with a vision for developing and implementing successful long-term organizational visions. Prior to joining StreamLayer, Andrew served as Chief Administrative Officer at EZLinks, a PGA-TOUR-affiliated technology company. In 2019 Andrew oversaw the sale of EZLinks to Comcast/NBC Sports, in a trailblazing deal yielding a significant return for EZLinks investors. Prior to joining EZLinks, Andrew held senior leadership positions at KemperSports, hospitality management firm, and KemperLesnik, a sports-focused PR and events agency. Andrew got his start in the sports/media business with the NBC Sports Group as Golf Channel's VP of Business Development and Senior Counsel. While with NBC Sports, Andrew led over ten acquisitions and the business strategy that resulted in the growth of GolfNow.com from an upstart commerce platform to one of the most successful digital businesses in all of sports. Andrew also played a key role in establishing Golf Channel as one of TV's fastest-growing cable networks by negotiating talent agreements and rights deals. Prior to his roles in the sports, media and technology space, Andrew was a litigator with Sidley Austin - working on cases as varied as artwork ownership disputes to serving as appellate counsel for an inmate on Alabama's Death Row. Before law school, Andrew worked at The Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Washington, D.C., and for Alternatives - a leading community organization serving Chicago youth. Andrew is a graduate of The University of Chicago Law School where he earned an "A" from Barack Obama, and Northwestern University where he earned degrees in Political Science and International Studies. He is an avid reader and golfer, and lives with his wife and three kids in Evanston, IL. 

David is Chief Product Officer at Plume where he leads all activities across Plume's product suites and services. His experience in the wireless and cloud services industry spans over two decades, and cuts across all functions from product development to strategic finance, including the consumer, industrial, and energy verticals.

Tim Meekin is the CEO of DealerAlly, a security centric technology-focused company that provides debt-free capital solutions. DealerAlly's program goal is designed to close more sales, drive more revenue and increase dealer equity.  Before starting DealerAlly, Tim was VP of Sales for RMR Capital Group; spent 17 years as a National Account Executive with ITI/GE Security/UTC/Interlogix; sold commercial security at Honeywell; residential security for an AT&T dealer; and sold door to door for a summer while in college for the Southwestern Company.  After a successful career helping dealers utilize the best products and capital solutions as a residential expert, Tim now takes a quantum leap forward. He has been leading an industry revolution at DealerAlly since 2017 of transferring debt from the dealer to the lender. In addition, he provides expert training for residential and business dealers on the art of offering a no money down, affordable monthly payment in lieu of a cash based only solution allowing the dealer more product and service customization, upselling, and flexibility.

Ken handles global sales activities and strategic commercial initiatives for NexGuard’s anti-piracy, watermarking and content protection portfolio for studios, content owners, Pay TV operators, OTT services, and digital cinema. From his years working in production and post-production, he believes it’s key to develop strong technology partnerships to protection premium content from camera to the consumer. Recently, Ken has been focusing on the evolution of content production, including hybrid and virtual production. In the future, Ken sees anti-piracy and content protection initiatives will have a stronger impact on revenue growth.

Mehul Patel is the CEO at Minim, Inc., an AI-driven IoT software solutions developer and creator of hardware products sold under the Motorola brand. An accomplished, highly motivated global business leader, Mehul possesses an exceptional record of building competitive and profitable businesses through strong financial management. His career spans more than 22 years of varied experience in financial management, business leadership, supply chain and operations, and corporate strategy. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mehul served as CFO of the company, overseeing all financial functions, including accounting, auditing, treasury, corporate finance and investor relations. Before joining Minim, Patel was Vice President of Supply Chain Finance & Transformation for Verifone, a ~$1.6B FinTech company that provides end-to-end payment and commerce solutions to global retail brands, major financial institutions and over 600,000 merchants worldwide. His efforts translated into annual savings of over $5M per year for the company. Prior to his time at Verifone, Patel rose through the ranks of Motorola, starting as Senior Accountant and progressing to Finance Director for the Telecom Consumer Premise Equipment (CPE) business unit, assuming primary responsibility for P&L and financial operations for ~$1.6B in revenue worldwide. During his 18 years at Motorola, he was a part of over six acquisitions and saw the company’s name change from Motorola Home to Motorola Mobility, a Google Company, to ARRIS and in 2019 to CommScope. The company grew during those years through organic and accretive growth from ~$2B to ~$7B. Mehul earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Accounting with a concentration in Management Information Systems (MIS) from The Pennsylvania State University. He lives in the Philadelphia area, along with his wife and two boys.

Jamie Haenggi joined ADT in 2016 and has nearly 30 years of experience in the security and telecom industries, including Chief Customer Experience Officer at Protection 1, Inc. from 2010 to 2106 and Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Customer Experience at Vonage, Inc. from 2006 to 2010. Prior to 2016 she held various sales and marketing roles at Holmes Protection Group and National Guardian Corporation. Mrs. Haenggi is on the board of directors of Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar-plus-storage systems.??

Mrs. Haenggi was honored in the Marketing Hall of Femme in 2014, is a multi-year SAMMY Industry Marketing Award winner, and recognized as building culture that inspires world-class customer service. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations and Japanese from the University of Minnesota.

Anthony Jiwa is CMO at OUTtv where he is responsible for overseeing marketing, partnerships and publicity for OUTtv and OUTtvGo, the network's streaming platform. Anthony's 20 year career in entertainment spans primetime, animation, children's, gaming, interactive and licensing in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to joining OUTtv he held marketing and licensing roles at VIZ Media, DHX Media and Mattel Interactive.

Jim Long is CEO of Didja, Inc. a streaming TV platform & consumer apps company focused on the virtual antenna TV market (LocalBTV). Jim is currently is on the Boards of Rev Genomics (Genetic engineering of high value crops); CrowdSpots (Big Data Crowd Sourcing) and Pops Worldwide (Vietnam based Youtube MCN). Just prior to Didja, Jim was a Partner with Gabriel Ventures. Jim has many years of experience and success in building businesses in the high technology industry, as well as in developing new technologies and patents for the Internet and PC environments. He has been a co-founder or CEO in such companies as Veritas (IPO: VRTS), Ruckus Wireless (IPO: RKUS), Starlight Networks (invented "Streaming" and sold to Picturetel), Linkware (sold to Ungermann-Bass) and RioPort (Digital Music pioneer merged with Ecast). Jim has been an angel investor or adviser or part-time exec to others such as Chegg (IPO: CHGG), TiMetra (sold to Alcatel), Applied Microcircuits (IPO:AMCC) and Jibe Networks (sold to Citrix). Previously Jim worked for Adler Ventures, Hewlett Packard (invented world's first presentation graphics program) and BCG and received a BS:EECS from UC-Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard.

Alexandra is the Product Marketing Director at Cinedigm, one of the largest independent distributors of film and TV content across all media platforms in the U.S. The Company’s library of almost 50,000 films and TV episodes, distribution strength across all platforms, and digital expertise in all media, puts Cinedigm in unique position to take advantage of tremendous opportunities generated by the shift to digital delivery and consumption that continues to revolutionize entertainment. Cinedigm is poised to aggressively develop the (OTT) Digital Channel business, and has already launched or announced nine channels.

In her role as Director, Alexandra oversees all marketing, product and strategic partnerships of Cinedigm Networks. In addition to strategic business and marketing efforts, she directs media relations, branding, advertising and app development.

Prior to joining Cinedigm, Alexandra was at Lionsgate in TV Development. She is a graduate of Grand Valley State University.

Sarah joined Parks Associates as a Research Analyst on the Entertainment side and covers topics such as OTT and consumer electronics. Sarah earned her PhD in Experimental Psychology from The University of Texas at Arlington. She also earned an MS in General Experimental Psychology from Murray State University and a BS in Psychology from Xavier University.

Nurse Manager for the Hospital at Home program at UMass Memorial. Instrumental in quickly growing the program to be one of the largest in the country. 25-year emergency department nurse by background, now oversees the training and management of more than 25 Hospital at Home nurses.

Scott Ehrlich has a track record of successfully creating new ventures in television, technology and new media. Currently he serves as Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Corporate Strategy for Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) where he has created the company’s first dedicated cross functional research, development and strategy group to coordinate and accelerate efforts across content, technology, audience development and distribution. In addition, Ehrlich oversees Sinclair’s Start-up business group, which includes Over the Air (OTA) Networks (Comet, Charge, and TBD) and Over The Top (OTT) Platforms (Stirr, NewsOn). Previously, Ehrlich was SVP, Growth Networks & Content for the company. Earlier in his career, Ehrlich also served as Founder and CEO of Agility Studios, where he led the development of Agility’s award-winning franchise; The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, created by Jon M. Chu, into a multi-faceted business with three installments of the filmed entertainment property, distributed worldwide by Paramount. The production/show has been complimented by performances on television (including: So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, The 82nd Academy Awards, Conan, and more), tours (Glee Live), corporate (including: Mini Live: Beijing and Google Zeitgeist Europe) and social media (Coke Zero: Make it Possible). The LXD received an International Emmy among many other accolades and awards. Before Agility, Ehrlich founded and served as the Managing Partner at Impulse Media, a Seattle-based digital business consulting company, serving as an advisor to senior management at Sony Pictures Digital Networks, Rivals.com (sold to Yahoo), Infospace, Disney/ABC Digital Media Group, Navio Systems, DivX, iFilm (sold to MTV Networks), Lightningcast (sold to AOL), Rhythm Networks (sold to Blinkx), BBC, Weather Channel and Microsoft. Prior to forming Impulse Media, Ehrlich served as Vice President of Media Acquisition and Distribution for RealNetworks, where he developed key strategies, negotiated, implemented and managed product deals and relationships for the site’s GoldPass and SuperPass services, and drove growth of its services to more than 1 million subscribers, creating one of the earliest Over the Top (OTT) video services in the industry. Previously, Ehrlich was Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Rival Networks, where he oversaw all aspects of the business including advertising sales, e-commerce, content, business development, marketing, public relations and creative services. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ehrlich was the Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of News America Digital Publishing at News Corporation and Director of Audience Development at NBC Cable. In addition, Ehrlich is a partner in the Los Angeles based production company Substance Over Hype, and just recently served as Executive Producer on Two Bellmen, Two Bellmen Two, Two Bellmen Three and Business Unusual for Marriott Content Studios. Ehrlich received his master’s degree from The Graduate School of Political Management and his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two sons. He can be found on Twitter @sehrlich or on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/scottehrlich.

Marty Roberts, SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing Marty Roberts is the SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing for Brightcove, the trusted leader in streaming technology. Roberts is responsible for defining a differentiated strategy to enhance Brightcove’s market-leading products and services and leading product marketing to ensure each innovation advances the impact of streaming media for our customers. Marty joined Brightcove upon the organization's acquisition of Wicket Labs, where he was CEO and co-founder. Before founding Wicket Labs, he served as co-CEO of thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast and a leading video management company for major media and entertainment companies. Marty spent nine years at thePlatform, in various roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He also previously held marketing and product leadership roles at Giftcertificates.com and RealNetworks.

Michael Senzon serves as President of Digital for Allen Media Group (AMG) and is responsible for developing and leading the AMG worldwide direct-to-consumer and streaming portfolio with a focus on providing greater content and product experiences for its users. His previous title was Senior Vice President, Digital and General Manager of Local Now -- the AMG free-streaming digital platform. Michael joined The Weather Channel/Weather Group just as Byron Allen completed its purchase in March 2018. Local Now has become a formidable competitor in the streaming arena, as the free-streaming platform has seen explosive growth in the past year. Michael is a digital executive with a successful track record of leading and evolving digital and social teams at major media organizations. Prior to joining The Weather Channel, Michael served as the Head of Video for CNBC, where he developed the strategy and built CNBC's digital and social video platforms. Michael led the team to becoming number one in business video. Prior to CNBC, Michael built and led CNN’s first digital video team. He and his team received numerous awards, including an Emmy nomination, for their successful re-imagination of traditional video. Michael spent his early years rising through the ranks of CNN, starting first as an international desk assistant in 2002, producing for CNN TV and then taking the leap to digital in 2005 where he helped launch CNN Pipeline, CNN’s live streaming network. He spent years creating original segments for CNN's Digital platforms and has also dabbled as a web developer. Before joining CNN, Michael worked at ABC’s “The View” and CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman.” Michael holds a Bachelor's degree from Valdosta State University.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Health, Connected Home Technologies and Services, Connected Entertainment Products and Services. Jennifer manages the research department and Parks Associates' process for producing high-quality, relevant, and meaningful research. Jennifer also leads and advises on syndicated and custom research projects across all connected consumer verticals and guides questionnaire development for Parks Associates’ extensive consumer analytics survey program. Jennifer is a certified focus group moderator, with training from the Burke Institute. Jennifer earned her PhD in religion, politics, and society and an MA in church-state studies from Baylor University. She earned her BA in politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Jason oversees Business Development, Marketing and Business Intelligence initiatives for Crackle Plus, a JV between C.S.S.E and Sony Pictures TV. Prior to Crackle Plus, Jason worked at The Walt Disney Company. He started his career in investment banking, at Merrill Lynch & Co., in the M&A department.  Jason holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Economics from Bucknell University. He resides in Los Angeles.

Based in New York, Tejas Shah is SVP of Commercial Strategy & Analytics for FilmRise. In this role, he manages FilmRise's Direct-To-Consumer offering. Tejas also manages their Analytics infrastructure; driving FilmRise's data-driven approach to content acquisition, go-to-market strategy, curation, and programming. Prior to joining FilmRise in 2019, Tejas held various Strategy & Finance positions at J.P. Morgan, PepsiCo & Bloomberg and is a graduate of Indiana University.

Ira Dworkin has lived at the intersection of media, entertainment, and technology for over two decades, building and driving both engineering and product organizations to deliver compelling B2B and B2C entertainment offerings. As an accomplished senior executive, he has been at the forefront of the evolution of streaming technologies and services. Ira has driven the creation and launch of cutting-edge consumer services for start-ups and well-established organizations, enhancing their agility and delivering sustainable competitive advantage. As managing director of FPT Software's CM&E practice in the US, Ira is responsible for partnering with CM&E leaders to strategize, architect, and execute on their key initiatives. Prior to joining FPT, Ira served in Chief Technology & Product roles for leading organizations including INTELITY, VUBIQUITY, DIRECTV, Blockbuster, Disney, and more.

Ronan LePoupon is the VP, OnTech Smart Services. Ronan is responsible for executing OnTech’s strategic business plan and driving growth through partnerships across several direct-to-consumer sales channels. He’s a skilled people leader with great intuition, and he’s able to connect his team with the bigger purpose and mission so they understand the “why.”

With 20 years of sales, marketing and product management experience, Ronan thrives connecting people to technology. He’s been at the forefront of wireless technology, selling IoT solutions and connected smart devices in various environments.

Ronan received a Bachelor's Degree in Business. He and his wife Victoria have two sons at the University of Colorado, Boulder and he enjoys skiing, hiking and mountain biking. He most recently learned a Japanese fly-fishing technique called Tenkara. He volunteers and is a mentor at Colorado State University. 

Scott Barton is Chief Product Officer at MyBundle.TV, the premier online platform connecting broadband providers with tools to simplify streaming television products and services. In this executive role, Scott is responsible for MyBundle.TV's efforts to simplify and optimize the streaming video landscape by identifying and executing solutions that align the interests of consumers, streaming services and broadband providers. Prior to joining MyBundle.TV, Scott was SVP, Product at WOW! (WideOpenWest), where he oversaw product strategy, pricing, and packaging for Broadband, Wi-Fi, and Pay-TV product lines. Prior to that, Scott spent more than 16 years at Starz, where he rose to Senior Vice President, Digital Programming and Products. In that position, Barton oversaw product strategy, content programming, and strategic partnerships for the STARZ App, starz.com, and Starz On Demand products across platforms, devices and OTT distribution partners.

Simon Brydon has worked as a senior executive in the sports industry for 20 years. He joined Synamedia in 2020 from Pitch International, a leading global sports marketing agency.

From 2008 to 2014, Simon ran the media and digital business of Racing UK where he was responsible for managing and distributing the media rights for the UK’s top 34 racecourses. Simon led the way with several ground-breaking digital media innovations including the first launch of a live subscription service on iPhone.

In 2003 he created Cycling Television, the live OTT sports TV channel broadcasting the best professional cycling globally. With over 220 days of racing, Cycling TV was a pioneering business and became a world leader in this emerging sector. In 2007 Simon sold the business to a Canadian media company.
  

Jeremy joined Amdocs Media in 2021, where he oversees business development and strategic partnerships for the MarketONE platform. His extensive background includes over 20 years’ experience in digital media and entertainment, with a focus on facilitating partnerships among digital service providers, distributors, and content providers. Previously, he held business development positions at Virgin Media and TELUS. Jeremy is graduate of Cambridge University, with a law degree and an MBA.

Riker leads US business development, sales, and customer success teams for the Think360 viewer engagement platform and ThinkAdvertising for hyper-targeted advertising. Riker has a proven 20-year track record in senior sales leadership roles and C-level customer relationship management in the media and entertainment space. Most recently he led business development and sales, Americas, at Comcast for the Metrological business. Prior to this, until Metrological's acquisition by Comcast, Riker was Senior Vice President at Metrological responsible for all commercial activity including content acquisition for the Americas. His experience also encompasses 10 years at ARRIS in the U.S. and the Netherlands, culminating in leading the global team responsible for selling the ARRIS cloud distribution platform.

Ravi manages strategic relationships with some of Google’s largest entertainment & media partners, to ensure they maximize revenue and customer experience opportunities utilizing Google's broad suite of solutions and platforms. He also represents Google’s ad tech and ad monetization solutions -- Google Ad Manager (formerly DoubleClick) and AdSense.  Prior to Google, Ravi held progressive leadership roles in the tech & telecom space, focusing on partnerships, sales and product marketing.

Jeremiah is a senior content development executive and producer in leading original and licensed “high-concept” scripted TV and Genre series, licensed IP and foreign formats, from development through broadcast, with specialties in international markets. Jeremiah’s focus lies in the creation of content as a brand, with stories and franchise elements that engage audiences across multiple global platforms. With a concentration in customized content ideation, multi-platform content strategy, development and execution, and expertise in foreign markets and localized partnerships, Jeremiah is highly effective in packaging and positioning for the U.S. and global markets, with select clients and projects that include Netflix, 20th Century Fox, iQiyi, KBS, SBS, CJ E&M, Apple, Fox TV Studios, 3 Arts Entertainment, amongst others.

Blair Harrison is the founder and CEO of Frequency, a company based in Los Angeles that builds and operates the world's leading SaaS platform powering linear video channels. He is a software engineer and entrepreneur who has built multiple companies in the online video and computer graphics industries, including IFILM and Second Nature, which were acquired by Viacom and AutoDesk. Blair spends his time at Frequency working on product design, numerical systems, and supply chain optimization. He has a degree in computer systems engineering from the University of Bristol in England.

As Senior Vice President, Sales & Strategy, Americas, Mike oversees business development for Friend MTS’ full suite of managed anti-piracy services for new and current partnerships with operators, rights holders and broadcasters. With a regional focus on the U.S. and South America, he is responsible for sales and marketing strategies as well as strategic growth plans, policy and procedures. With 25 years of industry experience, Mike previously served as Senior Vice President of Partnerships for Super League Gaming / Virtualis Studios, Vice President of Global Business Development and Special projects for Deluxe Entertainment Services, and Head of FOX Sports Enterprises. Mike is based in Los Angeles, California. 

Ross Rubin is a contributing analyst at Parks Associates and the founder and principal analyst at Reticle Research Ross has focused on innovation in the technology, media and telecom markets for over 20 years. Prior to founding Reticle Research, he was executive director and principal analyst at The NPD Group. Prior to NPD, he founded and managed the consumer access and technology service at Jupiter Research (acquired by Forrester Research), where he served as vice president and chief research fellow. He has contributed to and been quoted by leading publications and media outlets hundreds of times. Ross is a graduate of Cornell University.

Dr. Waqaas Al-Siddiq, CEO and founder of Biotricity, is a serial entrepreneur, a former investment advisor, an expert in corporate strategy, and an innovative technologist. Academically, he has been distinguished for his various innovative designs in digital, analog, embedded, and micro-electro-mechanical products. Waqaas has held several high-level design positions at IBM, AMD, and Intel. He has vast experience leading various groups through his board experience and executive roles within start-ups, mid-sized companies, and non-profits. Waqaas sits on the Boards of several innovative start-ups and late-stage companies in the medical device, healthcare technology, and AI industries. He is a thought leader in healthcare and innovation, recognized nationally and internationally. He regularly speaks and publishes on the future of healthcare and entrepreneurship and is often a guest or keynote at major conferences, podcasts, and media outlets including Fox News, Bloomberg, and others. Waqaas has raised over a $150M as an entrepreneur and built companies that have been recognized as leaders in their space. In his off time, Waqaas is and avid polo player, playing and competing professionally. The team he plays with has won some of the most important tournaments in the USA. In his current role as CEO of Biotricity, a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, Waqaas guides and continues to lead the company through every stage of bringing its biometric remote monitoring solutions to market. The company is considered one of the leading digital health companies and has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company and the most Innovative Medical Device Company. As an industry enthusiast, Waqaas has published extensively on the future of healthcare. Waqaas’ publication experience spans back to his academic work, which is published in textbooks and recognized at various conferences such as IEEE and the National Communication Council. Since founding Biotricity Waqaas has become deeply vested in the potential that IoT connected technology, enhanced with artificial intelligence, could bring to healthcare. He frequently publishes on thought-provoking topics such as artificial intelligence, implementation of new technologies into the healthcare sphere, and the development of medical devices for underserved and remote communities.1 Waqaas is a recognized contributor for MedCity, Beckers, Forbes and other industry publications that are sources for research and insights on emerging technology. Waqaas has a dual bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Economics, a Master’s in Computer Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Master’s in Business Administration and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Henley Business School, specialized in Transformative Innovations and Billion Dollar Markets.

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René Santaella serves as Chief Digital & Streaming Officer for Estrella Media and is credited with launching the company's successful streaming and AVOD platforms and leading the digital transformation of Estrella Media's content and distribution strategy, operations and new revenue initiatives. Under his guidance, Estrella Media has quickly become a leader in multi-platform, Spanish-language, ad-supported content distribution, streaming over one billion minutes per month across FAST, AVOD, social and audio platforms. Prior to joining Estrella Media, Santaella was the Senior Vice President, Head of Ad Sales & Business Operations, at Sony Pictures Television Digital Networks, and built Crackle into a leading free ad-supported streaming network with the Emmy nominated hit, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Before Sony, he was Director, Ad Sales Marketing for Disney Interactive, leading digital and cross-platform advertising and integrated marketing solutions across the company with corporate alliance partners. Santaella holds a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and a Bachelor's degree from UCLA. 

Mike Dooley is a leading pioneer in consumer robotics, shipping millions of robots into homes over the past 25 years. He launched LEGO MindStorms in 1998, introducing millions of kids to robotics as well as the best-selling product in the history of LEGO. He later co-invented and launched what is now the Braava series of smart robotic mops (acquired by iRobot) and helped develop the autonomous navigation system used in Roomba today. Mike now serves as co-founder and CEO of Labrador Systems, a robotics startup backed by SOSV, Amazon and iRobot. Labrador is developing a new generation of assistive robots to transform home health and empower individuals to live more independently. Mike has an MBA from Stanford and BA in Psychology from Tufts.

Elizabeth leads the marketing team and supports the research and operations teams. Elizabeth manages and directs the integrated strategic communications plan for Parks Associates, including advertising, public relations, and marketing campaigns for research and events hosted by Parks Associates. Elizabeth is the key organizer for all of Parks Associates' events, including CONNECTIONS™. She also supports Parks Associates' Business Development Team with prospective client searches, overall support, and maintenance of Parks Associates' databases. Elizabeth joined Parks Associates on a full-time basis in 1998 after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in psychology.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Health, Connected Home Technologies and Services, Connected Entertainment Products and Services. Jennifer manages the research department and Parks Associates' process for producing high-quality, relevant, and meaningful research. Jennifer also leads and advises on syndicated and custom research projects across all connected consumer verticals and guides questionnaire development for Parks Associates’ extensive consumer analytics survey program. Jennifer is a certified focus group moderator, with training from the Burke Institute. Jennifer earned her PhD in religion, politics, and society and an MA in church-state studies from Baylor University. She earned her BA in politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Ted Maulucci is the President of SmartONE Solutions Inc., a company committed to advancing the digital living experience in communities. Mr. Maulucci is passionate about contribution and advancing innovation across North America through partnerships and collaboration. He was named the Private Sector Canadian CIO of the Year in 2016 for his work on smart communities and has been recognized with several other awards for social contribution and innovation.

Marty Roberts, SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing Marty Roberts is the SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing for Brightcove, the trusted leader in streaming technology. Roberts is responsible for defining a differentiated strategy to enhance Brightcove’s market-leading products and services and leading product marketing to ensure each innovation advances the impact of streaming media for our customers. Marty joined Brightcove upon the organization's acquisition of Wicket Labs, where he was CEO and co-founder. Before founding Wicket Labs, he served as co-CEO of thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast and a leading video management company for major media and entertainment companies. Marty spent nine years at thePlatform, in various roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He also previously held marketing and product leadership roles at Giftcertificates.com and RealNetworks.

Matthew has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience in the energy management, home computer, and consumer electronics industries, most recently at Greenbox Technology, an early leader in customer-facing smart grid applications, where he was head of Marketing and Sales. Matthew earned his MBA from the Presidio School of Management and his B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Josh Pettiette is vice president-product, business development & strategic planning for GVTC. One of his primary responsibilities is managing development and profitability for the company's broadband, cable TV, voice, and security products ensuring they provide the greatest value in the marketplace. He also evaluates emerging technologies that best leverage the power of GVTC's fiber-to-the-home network. In addition, Mr. Pettiette oversees the newly established wholesale services business, selling Ethernet access and transport throughout the state of Texas. He also oversees the company's Fiber-to-the-Tower data backhaul business capitalizing on the growing market demands of wireless data and IoT. Under business development, Mr. Pettiette evaluates growth opportunities for GVTC based on strategic priorities from market expansion to mergers or acquisitions. He also leads GVTC's strategic planning process that involves creating and prioritizing strategic objectives and long-range planning, in conjunction with the company's executive team and board of directors. In the community, Mr. Pettiette serves as chairman of the Bulverde/Spring Branch Economic Development Foundation. Mr. Pettiette holds a Bachelor of Science degree in telecommunications engineering technology from Texas A&M University.

Bob Langlois Founder Water Control Management www.water-controls.com (WCM) As an entrepreneur Bob has developed, managed and sold professional services practices in the property tax field where a large share of the revenue was contingency based with fees derived from identifying and delivering savings. This same contingency model is being deployed in the water sector to support owners with the capability to reduce their operating costs by using less water and/or reduce their loss rate with no capital or on-going operational investment. The deployment of technology has been key in supporting this business model. WCM is an Advisory and Project Management firm focused on providing technology enabled solutions to measure and minimize how the built environment uses water. Solution implementation includes testing and deploying a variety of #IoT based sensors to measure and minimize the water footprint for residential, multi-residential and commercial buildings and to apply insight from these efforts to save money and/or reduce risk for building owners. Bob has identified and developed a series of key relationships with industry partners to provide testing grounds for their new IoT technology and support proof of concept for these new market entrants. This passion for value creation and identifying trends that others have not yet embraced best demonstrate the impact Bob is able to deliver for his clients and various stakeholders within the communities he supports. As an Ideator, Bob excels in value creation where existing tools and solutions are redirected to a problem that often varies from the original intent of the solution. Falling in love with the problem vs falling in love with the solution is a guiding discipline for Bob. 

Ken handles global sales activities and strategic commercial initiatives for NexGuard’s anti-piracy, watermarking and content protection portfolio for studios, content owners, Pay TV operators, OTT services, and digital cinema. From his years working in production and post-production, he believes it’s key to develop strong technology partnerships to protection premium content from camera to the consumer. Recently, Ken has been focusing on the evolution of content production, including hybrid and virtual production. In the future, Ken sees anti-piracy and content protection initiatives will have a stronger impact on revenue growth.

Lisa Spencer is the Vice President of Marketing at Irdeto. She is a seasoned marketing communications executive with more than 20 years of experience in creating awareness and cultivating interest, engagement and preference for a variety of companies in the technology, healthcare and transportation industries. She is an experienced storyteller with a track record in creating demand-generation and customer-retention programs that contribute to the bottom line year over year. Lisa is also the Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Irdeto, developing an actionable strategy with data-driven programs that are furthering a more diverse and inclusive Irdeto. Based in the Netherlands, Lisa holds a double major in Journalism and French from Carleton University (Canada).

Justin McKinney is an experienced business leader, entrepreneur, and innovator. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Ivani, the technology company leading the Sensing as a Service model in IoT. As co-inventor of dozens of patents, Justin has successfully driven the innovation process at multiple companies through a focus on end-user wants and needs while balancing the trade-offs inherent to business operations. Justin holds a BA from Principia College and Executive MBA from Washington University in St Louis.

Always wanting to stay one step ahead of his kids and technology, Greg is passionate about the connected home industry and how it can bring tangible value to people and businesses everywhere. Greg joined Calix in 2018 and leads the solution partnership team. Calix is the leading FTTx provider of software and hardware solutions to the regional service provider market in North America and around the globe. Today, Calix supports over 1,800 Fiber based ISPs, enabling them to bring best-in-class turn-key solutions to market through strategic solutions partners. After investing well over $1B in building a world-class fiber software platform, the Calix ecosystem allows ISPs to easily deliver and launch new fully managed services in a fraction of the time creating long term value for end-subscribers. So far, Calix has launched and announced 11 different managed services via partnerships across several categories with more to come.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Health, Connected Home Technologies and Services, Connected Entertainment Products and Services. Jennifer manages the research department and Parks Associates' process for producing high-quality, relevant, and meaningful research. Jennifer also leads and advises on syndicated and custom research projects across all connected consumer verticals and guides questionnaire development for Parks Associates’ extensive consumer analytics survey program. Jennifer is a certified focus group moderator, with training from the Burke Institute. Jennifer earned her PhD in religion, politics, and society and an MA in church-state studies from Baylor University. She earned her BA in politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Marty Roberts, SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing Marty Roberts is the SVP of Product Strategy and Marketing for Brightcove, the trusted leader in streaming technology. Roberts is responsible for defining a differentiated strategy to enhance Brightcove’s market-leading products and services and leading product marketing to ensure each innovation advances the impact of streaming media for our customers. Marty joined Brightcove upon the organization's acquisition of Wicket Labs, where he was CEO and co-founder. Before founding Wicket Labs, he served as co-CEO of thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast and a leading video management company for major media and entertainment companies. Marty spent nine years at thePlatform, in various roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He also previously held marketing and product leadership roles at Giftcertificates.com and RealNetworks.

Sourik is a Service Line Manager in the Global Sales and Services organization in Akamai. He manages the Direct to Consumer Media territory that comprises of customers related to OTT and gaming console business.

Tim Meekin is the CEO of DealerAlly, a security centric technology-focused company that provides debt-free capital solutions. DealerAlly's program goal is designed to close more sales, drive more revenue and increase dealer equity.  Before starting DealerAlly, Tim was VP of Sales for RMR Capital Group; spent 17 years as a National Account Executive with ITI/GE Security/UTC/Interlogix; sold commercial security at Honeywell; residential security for an AT&T dealer; and sold door to door for a summer while in college for the Southwestern Company.  After a successful career helping dealers utilize the best products and capital solutions as a residential expert, Tim now takes a quantum leap forward. He has been leading an industry revolution at DealerAlly since 2017 of transferring debt from the dealer to the lender. In addition, he provides expert training for residential and business dealers on the art of offering a no money down, affordable monthly payment in lieu of a cash based only solution allowing the dealer more product and service customization, upselling, and flexibility.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Health, Connected Home Technologies and Services, Connected Entertainment Products and Services. Jennifer manages the research department and Parks Associates' process for producing high-quality, relevant, and meaningful research. Jennifer also leads and advises on syndicated and custom research projects across all connected consumer verticals and guides questionnaire development for Parks Associates’ extensive consumer analytics survey program. Jennifer is a certified focus group moderator, with training from the Burke Institute. Jennifer earned her PhD in religion, politics, and society and an MA in church-state studies from Baylor University. She earned her BA in politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Eric Sorensen is an accomplished sports and news media executive with extensive knowledge in developing live streaming and Digital Media strategies. Diverse background includes; business management, product development, digital ad sales, videogame development, social content strategies, sponsorship development, and TV production. Eric spent over 15 years at ESPN helping pioneer the launch of WatchESPN, The Longhorn Network, and SEC digital network. Prior to joining Parks Associates Eric served as Director of Advertising and Digital and Social Content for the Houston Astros. Eric graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, TV and Film.

DeShuna Spencer is the Founder & CEO of kweliTV, a digital platform that celebrates global Black stories and amplifies Black storytellers. She's a former radio host and producer of emPower Hour, a show that examined social justice issues affecting people of color, on DC's 89.3 FM WPFW. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Spencer served as Director of Communications for EdMarket where she ran the communications department and all media properties. A former AmeriCorps VISTA, Spencer graduated from Jackson State University where she studied communications and journalism. She has written for The Clarion-Ledger, The Oakland Tribune and the Crisis Magazine. She is a Halcyon Incubator Fellow, a Voqal Fellow and a Google NexGen Policy Leader. Spencer was first place winner of the 2017 Harvard Business School African Business Conference Pitch Competition. She is featured in the book, How We Fight White Supremacy as one of the more than 60+ Black leading organizers, artists, journalists, entrepreneurs, etc., combating white supremacy through their work. In 2019, the Digital Diversity Network named Spencer the Innovation & Inclusion Social Entrepreneur of the Year.. Spencer and her company have been featured in Fast Company, CNN Business, TechCrunch, Shondaland, Emmy Magazine, The Root, Blavity, Bloomberg Quicktake, TIME and more.

Michael Meyers, Executive Partner, Ethos Capital

As the Managing Director and General Manager of Fitbit Health Solutions at Google, Amy leads the team working with employers, health plans and health systems to design solutions and programs focused on engagement, positive return on investment and health outcomes. Before her role, Amy took on several key positions leading Fitbit's B2B efforts. Prior to Fitbit, Amy held strategic roles at CNET Networks, including Director of Audience and Content Development for the Community Division and Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Network. Amy has a bachelor's degree from Merrimack College in Andover, MA and a Professional Certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications from the UC Berkeley Extension program.

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Rob Gelick is the Chief Product Officer of Paramount Streaming, where he leads the majority of Paramount's direct-to-consumer entertainment experiences and network-based sites, apps and SVOD services, including Paramount+. Previously, Gelick was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment Digital where he oversaw CBS All Access, the CBS apps, and CBS.com, as well as the CBS Television Distribution Digital businesses. Prior to CBS, Gelick was one of the founding executives at Helio where he envisioned, developed and managed an award-winning portfolio of mobile social networking and media services including the industry's first MySpace mobile service, the first complete YouTube Mobile offering. Gelick started his career as an Industrial Designer after receiving his BFA in Industrial Design at the University of Michigan.

Jim Long is CEO of Didja, Inc. a streaming TV platform & consumer apps company focused on the virtual antenna TV market (LocalBTV). Jim is currently is on the Boards of Rev Genomics (Genetic engineering of high value crops); CrowdSpots (Big Data Crowd Sourcing) and Pops Worldwide (Vietnam based Youtube MCN). Just prior to Didja, Jim was a Partner with Gabriel Ventures. Jim has many years of experience and success in building businesses in the high technology industry, as well as in developing new technologies and patents for the Internet and PC environments. He has been a co-founder or CEO in such companies as Veritas (IPO: VRTS), Ruckus Wireless (IPO: RKUS), Starlight Networks (invented "Streaming" and sold to Picturetel), Linkware (sold to Ungermann-Bass) and RioPort (Digital Music pioneer merged with Ecast). Jim has been an angel investor or adviser or part-time exec to others such as Chegg (IPO: CHGG), TiMetra (sold to Alcatel), Applied Microcircuits (IPO:AMCC) and Jibe Networks (sold to Citrix). Previously Jim worked for Adler Ventures, Hewlett Packard (invented world's first presentation graphics program) and BCG and received a BS:EECS from UC-Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard.

Jamie Haenggi joined ADT in 2016 and has nearly 30 years of experience in the security and telecom industries, including Chief Customer Experience Officer at Protection 1, Inc. from 2010 to 2106 and Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Customer Experience at Vonage, Inc. from 2006 to 2010. Prior to 2016 she held various sales and marketing roles at Holmes Protection Group and National Guardian Corporation. Mrs. Haenggi is on the board of directors of Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar-plus-storage systems.??

Mrs. Haenggi was honored in the Marketing Hall of Femme in 2014, is a multi-year SAMMY Industry Marketing Award winner, and recognized as building culture that inspires world-class customer service. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations and Japanese from the University of Minnesota.

John Minasyan is Director of Product Management at Linksys where he oversees Linksys’ commercial networking product portfolio for enterprises and service providers.  Throughout his career, John has been at the forefront of advanced technologies and the convergence of IT.  Prior to his role at Linksys, he led Belkin’s cybersecurity business unit focused on solutions to mitigate advanced threats in high security government and military networks. John spent over a decade managing the video security portfolio for Schneider Electric, helping transform the company’s technology from analog CCTV to streaming video over IP networks.  He also serves on the United States’ NIAP Technical Committee for Peripheral Sharing Switches and is a member of the US IT Sector Coordinating Council of technology companies chartered with sharing practical cyber defense strategies with industry.

o Nick Millette led the creation of Hubspace, Home Depot’s new Smart Home platform, and is responsible for the development and strategic sourcing of Home Depot’s proprietary branded products in the Smart Home category. As the Product Development Merchant for Smart Home, Nick is responsible for the strategy on how The Home Depot's proprietary brands enter the Smart Home space. 

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Health, Connected Home Technologies and Services, Connected Entertainment Products and Services. Jennifer manages the research department and Parks Associates' process for producing high-quality, relevant, and meaningful research. Jennifer also leads and advises on syndicated and custom research projects across all connected consumer verticals and guides questionnaire development for Parks Associates’ extensive consumer analytics survey program. Jennifer is a certified focus group moderator, with training from the Burke Institute. Jennifer earned her PhD in religion, politics, and society and an MA in church-state studies from Baylor University. She earned her BA in politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Rob Dillon is the Head of Product for Straight Arrow News, a startup news organization. Rob is an expert streaming media strategist bringing a multitude of skills to the table. Laser focused on the user experience, Rob has spent over fifteen years working in local newsrooms and as a consultant to radio and television stations with a defined emphasis on utilizing live streaming and OTT to better connect with their target audiences in new and innovative methods.

Ashwin Navin is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Samba TV. He possesses over 20 years of co-founder and chief executive leadership with deep expertise in starting and scaling successful startups in the media technology space. Prior to co-founding Samba TV, Ashwin was the Co-founder and President at BitTorrent, Inc., which he started in 2004 before leaving to launch Samba TV in 2008.

Peter has over 20 years experience in software development, specializing in telecommunications and real-time systems. He has led the development team at ThinkAnalytics since 1996 in the development and delivery of the knowledge discovery and data mining platform that is at the core of ThinkAnalytics' products. Prior to that, Peter was a technical manager for Hewlett-Packard, responsible for the development of high performance telecommunications signaling monitoring software and he has held various lead engineering positions at British Telecommunications including System Designer for all projects within the award-winning BT Airline Interactive Services programme. Peter graduated in Computer Science and Microprocessor Systems from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, has an MBA with Distinction from the University of Strathclyde Graduate Business School and is a Chartered Engineer.

20 years in the consumer electronics market, 10 of those specifically in smart home. Currently leads a global team responsible for smart home ecosystem and partnerships for the largest appliance manufacturer in the world, Midea Group. Let me know if additional info is needed.

Ryan Herd, CEO and Founder, Caregiver Smart Solutions

Advait Katarki is a Business Development Manager at Eaton Corporation for Connected Solutions & Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI). With over 10 years of experience in engineering, product development and marketing strategy, Advait has provided expertise and leadership for both the circuit protection business and the digital solutions business. In his current role, Advait leads Go-to-market Strategy for Eaton's Connected Solutions and AC L2 EV Chargers — working closely with strategic eco-system partners, home builders and utilities. Advait is passionate about working on solutions enhancing integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and electric vehicle charging. Some of Advait’s recent speaking engagements include at Industry events such as Solar Power International, EPRI Infrastructure Working Council, and Energy Star Partner Summit. Advait joined Eaton in 2012 via the Cooper Industries acquisition and has held other positions of increasing responsibility for the Electrical Sector in Engineering, Product Management & Digital Strategy. Advait graduated from North Carolina State University with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mumbai (India). Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2021 revenues were $19.6 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.Eaton.com

Riker leads US business development, sales, and customer success teams for the Think360 viewer engagement platform and ThinkAdvertising for hyper-targeted advertising. Riker has a proven 20-year track record in senior sales leadership roles and C-level customer relationship management in the media and entertainment space. Most recently he led business development and sales, Americas, at Comcast for the Metrological business. Prior to this, until Metrological's acquisition by Comcast, Riker was Senior Vice President at Metrological responsible for all commercial activity including content acquisition for the Americas. His experience also encompasses 10 years at ARRIS in the U.S. and the Netherlands, culminating in leading the global team responsible for selling the ARRIS cloud distribution platform.

Eric Sorensen is an accomplished sports and news media executive with extensive knowledge in developing live streaming and Digital Media strategies. Diverse background includes; business management, product development, digital ad sales, videogame development, social content strategies, sponsorship development, and TV production. Eric spent over 15 years at ESPN helping pioneer the launch of WatchESPN, The Longhorn Network, and SEC digital network. Prior to joining Parks Associates Eric served as Director of Advertising and Digital and Social Content for the Houston Astros. Eric graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, TV and Film.