Dan Burkhart

Director, Buyer Engagement, eBay Inc.

Dan Burkhart currently leads eBay's Buyer Engagement team, whose charter is to develop a user experience which allows eBay members to convene over topics of common interest in order to share, contribute, and exchange knowledge. Dan's team has launched numerous products, including: Reviews and Guides, Blogs, Wikis, and MyWorld for eBay.

Dan has held various roles within eBay's Internet Marketing group; having run the Portals and Partner channel as well as eBay's Affiliate Marketing program

Prior to eBay, Dan worked for two startups and was a Sr. Director of Business Development for NBC Internet, where he played a key role in building the company from $20MM in revenue to $120MM. Dan led business and corporate development efforts to build out NBC's broadband business unit. Prior to business school, Dan founded Prototype, a computer automated furniture manufacturing company, which he managed for 5 years before selling the business.

Dan attended the University of Pennsylvania's, Wharton School for his undergraduate degree in economics and received his MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife, Taylor and their 16 month old daughter, Calder. In his spare time, he enjoys surfing, snowboarding, photography, art and architecture.

Ralph J. Folz

CEO, Molecular

Ralph J. Folz, CEO of Molecular, has been responsible for building Molecular into one of the fastest-growing Internet professional services firms in the United States.

Folz was the original innovator of Molecular's philosophy to leverage Internet technologies for measurable business results when he co-founded the company in 1994. Throughout Molecular's history, he has provided the necessary guidance that fuels the company's multi-disciplinary and value-oriented approach to client partnerships.

Prior to founding Molecular, Folz served as an advisor, strategist and consultant to several of New England's largest technology companies for effective ways to integrate the convergence of multimedia into their offerings.

In 2004, Folz was named to the Boston Business Journal's list of "40 Under 40", and was recognized as a Mass High Tech All-Star in the Internet category. He has served as President of MITX - the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (formerly MIMC) and sits on the Executive Council of TechNet New England. Folz holds a BS in computer engineering from Syracuse University and an MS in software engineering from Boston University.

Zia Zaman

Senior Vice President, FAST

Zia Zaman has helped many companies across the technology industry achieve their business objectives. Zia is a senior vice president at FAST, responsible for its strategy, marketing, and business development functions. FAST is one of the three fastest-growing publicly-listed software companies, achieving year-over-year growth in excess of 55%, with sixteen straight quarters of strong profitability, and regarded as a clear leader in the search software market for enterprises.

The Strategic Marketing team is a diverse set of approximately 20 senior-level professionals with broad responsibilities that include market strategy, thought leadership, sales enablement, and deal expertise. One of the subgroups under Zia, the Strategic Market Development team, is charged with helping FAST grow, building the business around key verticals and solutions, and integrating his team's efforts with product management, sales, and R&D. The SMD team is also responsible for channel strategy, driving lighthouse deals and acting as subject matter experts on larger sales opportunities. The other major group that reports to Zia is Product Marketing, responsible for powering the sales force with effective sales enablement materials. Zia reports directly to the CEO and also plays an active role in many of FAST's major decisions as a member of the Executive Management Team. He has also been designated as the key U.S. press contact and keynote speaker for the company.

Before FAST, Zia was a Managing Partner at Gartner leading the North American strategy consulting practice. At Gartner, he was a respected thought leader, helping its clients develop keener insights on growth opportunities and improve their go-to-market execution.  Prior to Gartner, Zia spent five years as a key member of the corporate development team at Sun Microsystems where he led or co-led eight acquisitions and six equity investments. His deep knowledge of the storage marketplace and M&A landscape was widely heralded within Sun and throughout the investment community. While also at Sun, he helped develop the South Asian market through working with the ISV and developer communities and the venture capital network in India and ASEAN.  Zia holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from MIT, a master's degree in operations research also from MIT, and a MBA from Stanford University.

Damon Cronkey

Manager, Yahoo! Corporate Development

Damon Cronkey joined Yahoo! in 2004 and is currently a Manager in Corporate Development, focusing on mergers & acquisitions. In this role, he is a key participant in corporate strategy development and is responsible for identifying and leading business and technology investments, acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Cronkey has spent considerable time focused on the advertising capabilities, mobile technology initiatives and content and social media segments of Yahoo!'s business. Highlights include: the acquisition of the platform provider driving the newly launched Yahoo! Go Mobile initiative; the acquisition of AdInterax, a self service rich media advertising platform; and most recently, the purchase of MyBlogLog, a platform for distributed social networking.

Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Cronkey spent over four years at Deutsche Bank Securities, focusing on general corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions across Semiconductors and Capital Equipment, Enterprise Software and Services, and Internet Technologies.

Mr. Cronkey is an active participant in community services in the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically a current champion of the Oakland Small Schools Foundation, a charter school network in Oakland, CA, and formerly a member of the Board of Directors of Drawbridge Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes the artistic development of underprivileged youth in the Northern California area.

Mr. Cronkey graduated with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, concentrating in Finance and Operations and Information Management.

Robin Murdoch

Global Portal Industry Lead, Accenture

Robin Murdoch leads Accenture's global portal industry segment within Accenture's Media & Entertainment practice. Robin directs strategic programs with many of the largest internet companies and interactive divisions of global media companies.

Over the past eight years, Robin has helped communications, content, and technology companies navigate the changing digital landscape. In the content industry, Robin has helped movie, television and music companies develop and implement strategies to make their core businesses digitally enabled. In the communications sector, Robin has worked with both wireless carriers in the creation of consumer digital media services, and with wireline telcos in the move to IP based consumer services. Robin has helped consumer electronics companies in the development and launch of hit consumer products including gaming platforms, smartphones and other home entertainment devices. Robin is a regular speaker at media industry events on the consumer internet sector and the impact of digital convergence.

Rick Lewandowski

President and CEO, Prism Solar Technologies

Prism Solar Technologies is a Niskayuna, New York early stage manufacturer of advanced holographic solar electric modules. Mr. Lewandowski has over 25 years experience in the field of solar energy. Founder and former CEO of SunWize Technologies, Inc., one of the largest PV distributors in North America. Former Vice President of Technology, Besicorp Group, Inc. Founder, past President and Board Director of the New York Solar Energy Industry Association. Founder and past President of the Illinois Solar Energy Industry Association. Former President of the ASES Chapter - Illinois Solar Energy Association.

Eric Daniels

Vice President of Technology, BP Solar

Eric is the Vice President of Technology and Product Development for BP Solar. Eric began his 20+ year (10 years technical, 10 years commercial) solar career working on the development of low-cost solar cell technology. This work led to the start up and management of two production lines in Maryland and JVs in Europe.

Eric left Siemens Solar in 1997 to join Solarex as director of sales and marketing. He then became the Vice President of Component Sales for BP Solar following the merger of BP Solar and Solarex. Eric managed the integration of the global BP Solar and Solarex distribution sales teams and customer base. Eric's responsibilities have included the sales, manufacturing management, product management, R&D, and engineering of renewable power systems including crystalline and thin film solar, wind, and diesel hybrid power supplies.

Andrew Chung

Associate, Lightspeed Ventures

Andrew Chung is a Senior Associate at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a leading early-stage venture capital firm with $1.3B under management and operations in the U.S., Asia, and Israel. He focuses on investments in cleantech, Internet, digital media, and software. Andrew has been an invited cleantech panelist, selection committee member, and advisor for a number of industry events, including the Cleantech Venture Forum, TiECon, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Growth Forum, and the California Cleantech Open. He is also an observer on the board of Exclara.

Previously, Andrew worked at Bain Capital and TL Ventures, where he supported investments in software, semiconductors, and healthcare. He also worked as a strategy consultant with Bain & Company in Greater China, servicing clients in the energy generation, industrial automation, consumer electronics, and private equity sectors. Prior to Bain, Andrew was a co-founder and Director of Product Management at UberWorks, an e-commerce content aggregation startup incubated at Trilogy, and led the company through an acquisition by a public company. He also directed product management at OnStation, a CRM software company focused on the automotive sector.

Andrew graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Jigar Shah

CEO, SunEdison

Jigar has extensive experience in both the PV solar and wind industries. Until he resigned in 2003 to found SunEdison, Jigar worked in mergers & acquisitions, corporate strategy, and sales - specializing in national commercial accounts - for industry giant, BP Solar. Along with working for the Department of Energy on alternative vehicle and fuel cell programs, Jigar has worked in an engineering capacity for both AstroPower, the largest publicly traded pure-play PV solar company, and Atlantic Orient Corporation, a leader in the medium sized wind turbine market. Jigar has a MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL.

Jack Peurach

Vice President of Product Development, PowerLight

Mr. Peurach leads SunPower & PowerLight's Systems-level Product Development, and has an extensive and diversified track record in engineering, product development and business strategy. Prior to SunPower's acquisition of PowerLight, Mr. Peurach served the similar role at PowerLight. Prior to joining PowerLight, Mr. Peurach served as a management consultant at Mercer Management Consulting, helping technology companies assess market opportunities and implement growth-oriented business strategies. Prior to Mercer, Mr. Peurach served in a variety of senior roles at Berkeley Process Controls, a high-technology start-up specializing in machine controls and automation. Mr. Peurach holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Peter Lorenz

Associate Principle, McKinsey & Company

Peter joined the Houston office of McKinsey and Company in 2001 where he is a leader of McKinsey's North American Electric Power and Natural Gas practice. He has served power companies on strategic, operational, and commercial issues. Peter is currently developing go-to-market strategies for a major Solar power company and leading a global knowledge effort on the future of Solar power.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Peter worked for Royal Dutch Shell in London on several finance assignments. In the late 90's, Peter was a member of Shell's global Solar Management team and instrumental in establishing Shell's global PV business.

Peter has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in European Business Administration from the University of Reutlingen, Germany and Middlesex University, London.

Keith Rabois

VP of Business Development, LinkedIn

Keith is responsible for developing strategic partnerships as well as generating new revenues for our business. Earlier in his career, Keith served as Executive Vice President of PayPal, directing the company's competitive strategy and several critical strategic initiatives. After PayPal's sale to eBay, Keith reunited with PayPal's CEO at Clarium Capital, incubating and evaluating multiple investments in the consumer Internet sector. Prior to his foray into Silicon Valley, Keith practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell, clerked for the Hon. Edith H. Jones, and engaged in politics, serving as political director for former Vice President Quayle and associate counsel for a US Senate committee. Keith graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a B.A. in political science and received a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School.

Markus Frind

Founder and CEO, Plentyoffish.com

Markus Frind is the creator of PlentyofFish, which currently ranks as the top dating site in Canada (Alexa) and the fifth largest in the U.S.A. (Hitwise).

Markus originally created the site in 2003 as a project to teach himself ASP.NET. Most of the day to day tasks required to run PlentyofFish have been automated and the site has been engineered to grow by word of mouth, rather than through traditional online advertising spends. He has no employees and works out of his apartment in Vancouver, Canada.

Mr. Frind graduated in 1999 from British Columbia Technical Institute with a diploma in Computer Science and went on to become an web developer and database developer working with numerous companies to make their sites run more efficiently, on less servers. Now, PlentyofFish has 1 million logins every day and runs on a total of eight servers.

David S. Rose

Founder and CEO, Angelsoft

David S. Rose is an entrepreneur, investor and Inc 500 CEO, named by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of New York's Silicon Alley" and by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York" He founded New Yorks dominant early stage investment group in 2002 and in three years has made it the countrys fastest-growing angel consortium. As an active investor in dozens of young companies, David has been dubbed by BusinessWeek "The Pitch Coach" for his mentoring of other entrepreneurs. He is Chairman of network security developer KoolSpan, Inc. (Bethesda, MD) and Chairman of wireless data provider Ambient Devices (Cambridge, MA). Having seen the need for a systematized way to support investments in early-stage ventures in New York, David founded a company to develop the first infrastructure-based collaboration platform for organized angel groups. This system, developed by Angelsoft (New York, NY), has underpinned New York Angels investment program for over a year, helping them to invest millions of dollars into promising early stage companies.

When Angelsoft was launched commercially in 2006, it was quickly adopted by many of the countrys largest angel groups and has helped to both revolutionize and standardize the way startup companies get funded. Today, Angelsoft is in use by over 100 sophisticated investment networks in North America, from New York to California, Ottawa to Houston. The international release of the platform further extended Angelsofts reach to countries including England, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Portugal.

Rupa Modi

East Cost Development Manager, Kiva.org

Rupa Modi is the East Coast Development Manager for Kiva.org, which is the world's first online person-to-person lending platform for microfinance. Kiva.org allows individuals to lend in increments of $25 to specific entrepreneurs in the developing world. Since Kiva.org's launch in October 2005, over 20,000 Americans have lent $2.5 million to micro-enterprises in 22 developing countries. Rupa is specifically responsible for developing east coast operations in efforts to create strategic partnerships, build awareness, and seek new business opportunities. Since joining Kiva.org in March of 2006, Rupa has utilized social networking sites to expand the Kiva.org community; and successfully driven a project which led to Kiva.org's nomination in the category of alleviating global poverty on MySpace.com in October of 2006.

Outside of Kiva.org, Rupa is the Founder and CEO of ModiaDesigns, an initiative with a focus on leveraging digital media to develop visual content in the medical education and pharmaceutical space. Rupa carries a deep interest and responsibility in utilizing her technology to highlight causes, including tsunami relief efforts and educational funds in the U.S. and India.

Rupa is currently pursuing an MBA in International Business at Drexel University. She holds a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from Stanford University, and a B.A. in Computer and Information Sciences and Biology from Temple University's Honors Program.

Jordan Garbis

Founder and CEO, Haystack.com

Haystack's is the founder of Haystack.com, an online community enabling music listeners worldwide to discover and share streaming music, recommended by influencers. Haystack uses its proprietary social networking technology to enhance the connections between music lovers and artists, and to facilitate the spread of music recommendations the same way it's done in the offline world – by word of mouth. Jordan hatched Haystack's first concepts in 2003 at his college apartment. As Haystack's founder, Jordan was responsible for securing substantial financial and strategic backers, laying the business plans, and channeling the excitement of Haystack's team to the music business in and out of New York City. His enthusiasm and spirit is embodied in Haystack's creative atmosphere.

Jordan got his start in music in 1998 as the front man for a nationally touring rock group, NOXCUSE. He earned his bachelors degree from Emory University in Atlanta with an emphasis in music, sociology and business. His thesis, entitled, "The Internationalization of Grunge: Distinction and Influence on Modern Rock and Roll" focused on the social underpinnings of genre in music and the mass shifts in taste that lead to the creation of a modern music era in the mid 1990's.

Jordan currently resides in Murray Hill in New York City. In his spare time he dabbles with expanding his musical horizons and sampling the digital strata for new ideas. He hasn't missed a Ravens game in three years; so don't call during game time.

Art Chang

President and Founder, Tipping Point Partners

Tipping Point Partners serves as a merchant banking firm focused on eliminating barriers to high growth. We focus on companies that enable the relationship between audiences and their passions, via the Internet and mobile. Tipping Point Partners acts as co-founders for startup companies and new divisions of established companies, generally as hands-on management and board members. We accelerate expansion in the U.S. and expansion in Asia.

Art worked on about $1.5 billion in private investment and M&A transactions, including enterprise software, grid computing, interactive television, power generation, biotech, real estate private equity, and legal services. An addict to speed/punishment, he was a founder or manager in seven start-ups, including e-commerce, television, and real estate and spent six years in government. I started my career in architecture, ending with the architect I.M. Pei.

Art volunteers on the Board and Executive Committee of the Brooklyn Public Library Foundation and spent 8 years on the Board of Safe Horizon. Art received his MBA from New York University and BA from Yale in women's studies with an art history concentration. Art lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Allison Thrush, a private equity professional, and his two fun-loving boys.

George Bailey

Global Lead Partner, IBM

George Bailey is the Global Lead Partner for the Electronics industry consulting practice at IBM Business Consulting Services. In this role, Mr. Bailey is responsible for managing over $3 billion of IBM's business within the Electronics industry, which encompasses clients in the consumer electronics, semi-conductor and contract manufacturing sectors, among others. Mr. Bailey leads a global network of nearly 3,000 IBM employees focused on Electronics industry clients, and the development of business and technology solutions that meet industry needs. An internationally recognized authority on strategic change, Mr. Bailey has led large-scale, multi-year transformational projects for progressive U.S., European and Asian companies, across a variety of industries, for two decades. Most recently, he led the Program Management Office that supports the post-merger integration of PwC Consulting and IBM. Mr. Bailey received an M.A. in Human Resource Management from Pepperdine University, and a M.B.A. from Drucker School of Management at Claremont College.

Foy Sperring

EVP of Customer Acquisition, Audible.com

Previously at Audible he was Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances from March 2001 to 2004, Vice President, Marketing from November 1998 to February 2000, and from February 2000 to March 2001 he was General Manager. From September 1997 to June 1998, Foy was Vice President of Product Development at Interleaf Inc., a publishing software service company, and from November 1996 to September 1997, Foy was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Aimtech.

Anil Vijendran

Director, Mobile User Experience Technologies, Motorola

Anil Vijendran is Director, Product Development in Motorola's Mobile Devices Unit. In this role role, Anil is responsible for identifying and building technologies and products to improve the user experience in next generation mobile phones. In previous roles at Motorola, Anil has led key initiatives on the Linux-Java mobile platform, mobile messaging, and operator branded services for key Motorola customers like Vodafone.

Prior to joining Motorola, Anil was a software architect at Sun where he was a founding member of the Enterprise Java (J2EE) team. He is the primary author of Jasper, the JavaServer Pages (JSP) engine, and was closely involved in the development of foundational "Web 1.0" technologies like JSP and Servlets. While at Sun, Anil also drove several industry-wide standardization and open source initiatives, including founding the Apache/Jakarta project - a Sun-IBM-Apache joint initiative.

Anil has a Master's degree in Computer Science from University of Louisiana and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Engineering and Software Systems from Birla Instititute of Tech & Science, Pilani, India . Anil is also an MBA candidate (08) at the Wharton School's MBA Program for Executives in San Francisco. When not at work or in class, Anil can be spotted running, or biking.

Mark Pecen

Vice President Advanced Technology, RIM

Mark Pecen serves as Vice President, Advanced Technology for Research in Motion, Limited (RIM), makers of the BlackBerry wireless devices, systems and services. He has primary responsibility for advanced research, analytics and future wireless technology studies for RIM. He is the founder of the RIM Wireless and Networking Advanced Research Centre and the RIM CTO Board. His teams are active in the areas of smart antenna research, advanced receivers, modulation, coding and equalization techniques, cross-layer wireless network design and protocols, mobility management, radio link control, statistical analysis of system performance and the stochastic modeling of wireless systems.

Pecen holds more than 70 issued patents in the areas of mobile communication, networking and computing, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Sean Rosenberg

Director of Mobile Marketing, RCA Music Group

Sean Rosenberg is Director, Mobile Marketing across RCA Music Group Labels including RCA, Arista & J Records. In this role, Sean is responsible for all aspects of an artist's mobile strategy from product development to sales and marketing execution. Sean is currently working on mobile marketing plans for Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera, Jamie Foxx, Kings of Leon and Velvet Revolver. Prior to joining RMG he worked for parent company Sony BMG's Global Digital Business Group developing their mobile sales strategies and business.

Before joining Sony BMG, Sean worked in Artist Management for ADi (Biohazard, Carv) and Online Marketing for MKTG Services (AEG, Random House). Sean was also active in the Long Island live music community performing Bass, Managing Local Artists and writing reviews for local papers. Sean holds a BA in Music Business & Performance with a Minor in Computer Science from William Paterson University.

Vish Chowdhary

Manager in Communications & High-Technology Strategy Practice, Accenture

Vish Chowdhary, is a manager with Accenture Strategy in the Communications & High Tech practice in Boston. He focuses on corporate strategy, new investment/M&A, product portfolio strategy, pricing, and product/services marketing. He recently co-developed Accenture's Point of Views on Digital Home and Consumer Service, and Digital Content Supply-chain - Convergence and telcos entry in video market. He gives lectures at Wharton's Executive Program on enterprise pricing. His current client engagements are in the consumer electronics, digital medial and digital content delivery. He received his MBA from The Wharton School.

Richard Cusick

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, Gemstar-TV Guide International

Richard Cusick was promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president and general manager, Digital Media in November 2005. Mr. Cusick, who had been senior vice president, Business Development and Strategic Planning for Gemstar-TV Guide since February 2004, is responsible for the digital media development for the company. As a direct report to Rich Battista, chief executive officer for Gemstar-TV Guide, Mr. Cusick is responsible for the oversight of the TVGuide.com and TV Guide Mobile Entertainment businesses.

In his previous role as senior vice president, Business Development and Strategic Planning, Mr. Cusick was been responsible for development activities across the company, and played a key role in strategic planning and corporate transactions. Most notably, Mr. Cusick oversaw the creation of the company's mobile initiative, which includes development and distribution of the company's interactive program guide for mobile phones, as well as TV Guide-branded content and information.

Prior to joining Gemstar-TV Guide, Mr. Cusick worked on Wall Street for three years as an investment banker for Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns in their media and communications divisions. During that time, he served as the in-house expert on interactive TV, worked on a number of assignments involving the sale of cable networks, and provided advisory services to clients including Time Warner and Disney. Prior to that, Mr. Cusick was a telecommunications consultant for the Commission of the European Communities in Belgium. Mr. Cusick graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University, and has a Juris Doctorate and a Master of Business Administration degree from Ohio State University.

Jen Soch

VP Group Director of Advanced TV, MediaVest USA

As Vice President, Group Director of Advanced TV, MediaVest USA, Jen Soch is responsible for the Emerging Media practice for MediaVest clients. Jen works closely with clients to navigate the complex world of Advanced TV platforms including video-on-demand, digital video recording, interactive program guides, navigation, addressable advertising and interactive/enhanced television. Her early recognition of the growing role emerging media plays in the overall marketing mix has earned Jen applause from clients and colleagues as well as formal recognition from leading industry bodies.

Recently, her work on a multi-media initiative with Kraft, A&E and People magazine was recognized with three annual awards that recognize creativity and effectiveness of Advanced TV programs: Media magazine's Creative Media Award in Interactive/Enhanced Television, the Interactive Advertising Bureau's MIXX Bronze Award in Interactive Television and Runner-up in Digital Hollywood's OnDemandies.

Armed with over ten years of experience in traditional and emerging media, including roles in international media planning, Jen has worked on a broad spectrum of high-profile accounts including Dell Computers, Intel, Compaq Computers, Iridium, Goldman Sachs and UPS. She has also served as the Director of Advertising for EarthLink.

Jen is an active member of the AAAA Digital Video Innovation Committee and the ID!A Steering Committee. She holds a B.S. from Lehigh University, an M.B.A. from Fordham University Graduate School of Business, and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the MBA honor society.

Mike Church

Media Director, Diageo Plc

As Media Director for Diageo North America, Mike Church oversees the development and strategic direction for Diageo's brand media plans. In this role, Mike oversees a "media neutral" approach to media planning that includes all offline (e.g. television, print) and online channels for brands such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Crown Royal, Smirnoff and Tanqueray. His role also spans new media channel integration within the marketing mix, multicultural media strategies, and strategic portfolio marketing initiatives for the world's largest premium drinks company.

In his previous roles at Diageo, Mike led CRM initiatives and Digital Marketing Strategies for North America. Prior to joining Diageo in 2002, Mike led digital entertainment and marketing programs for Universal Studios, MGM Studios, Paramount Pictures and Microsoft.

Mike earned his Bachelor of Arts degrees in East Asian Studies and Social Ethics from the University of Southern California, and is currently pursuing his MBA degree ('08) at NYU's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

John Young

Vice President, Comcast Interactive Media

John Young is vice president of marketing for Comcast Interactive Media (CIM), a new division dedicated to growing and developing Comcast's online media business. He directs all marketing efforts and is responsible for building three online brands: Ziddio, Game Invasion, and a ground-breaking entertainment destination in development.

Young joined Comcast Interactive Media after managing Comcast's marketing communications department. There, he led the development of the company's re-positioning efforts with the "It's Comcastic" campaign, Adweek magazine's Campaign of the Year and the cable category's largest marketing campaign ever. In addition to a broad variety of traditional marketing tactics, the campaign introduced a cutting-edge interactive presence to the Comcast marketing mix.

Prior to joining Comcast, Young served as vice president of marketing and a founding member of Cybermoola™ Inc., the Internet's first pre-paid card allowing consumers to shop online without a credit card. Cybermoola was recognized as a leader in the alternative payments arena, garnering international media attention. Young directed all strategic marketing, including advertising, sales promotion, retail distribution, and public relations.

Hayley Nelson

Product Manager, NYTimes.com

Hayley Nelson is a product manager at NYTimes.com, responsible for the business and technology sections of the Web site. Prior to the Times, she worked in business development and product development at the Associated Press, where she created and launched the AP Online Video Network. Hayley has worked in the Internet media industry since 1995, holding posts at Wired Magazine and CNET in San Francisco and later with AsiaContent.com in Singapore, where she launched Asian editions of CNET and MTV in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia. Hayley holds a BA from Northwestern University, an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS).

Bill Edwards

Chief Security Officer, TD Ameritrade

Bill Edwards is responsible for security at TD AMERITRADE including Information Security, Physical Security and Disaster Recovery. Since joining the Company, Bill's accomplishments include combining the physical and information security teams into one group focused on reducing security risk. He also deployed the TD AMERITRADE Security Center where clients are provided security solutions and education tools that assist them in learning how to protect themselves from today's security threats.

Bill joined Datek Online in 1999 as vice president of Security, after which he became vice president of Information Security for Ameritrade in 2002.

Gregor Bailar

Chief Information Officer, Capital One

As Chief Information Officer, Gregor Bailar serves as Capital One's chief IT strategist with responsibility for all the company's technology activities globally. Mr. Bailar focuses on all the systems that enable Capital One's Information-Based Strategy (IBS), leading a 3,000 member, industry-recognized, technology team that supports global expansion, enhances the alignment of technology solutions with critical business needs, and delivers state-of-the-art service for more than 45 million customers.

A well-respected IT thought leader, Mr. Bailar serves as a judge for CIO Enterprise Value Awards and was named by CIO and Computerworld as one of the Top 100 CIOs and IT Influencers of the next millennium. Mr. Bailar was also recently selected by Future Banker magazine as "One of the Hottest CIOs in Financial Services" and by the CIO Forum as one of the "Top 20 Most Influential Financial IT Executives 2002- 2003".

Mr. Bailar earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in electrical engineering from Dartmouth College. He currently lives with his family in McLean, Virginia.

Dr. Paul Judge

Chief Technology Officer, Secure Computing

Dr. Paul Q. Judge currently serves as Chief Technology Officer for Secure Computing. Joining Secure through the merger with CipherTrust in 2006, Dr. Judge manages all Secure Computing research, advanced product development and product management, and is the lead inventor for 13 patent-pending security technologies. Under his technology leadership, Secure Computing has grown to its current position as the global leader in messaging security, protecting more than 2000 enterprises worldwide.

Prior to Secure Computing and his tenure at CipherTrust, Dr. Judge worked with IBM and NASA. Named by MIT as one of the top 100 young innovators in the world in 2003, Dr. Judge has spearheaded multiple research initiatives and is one of the founders of the Internet Research Task Force's Anti-Spam Research Group.

Dr. Judge is a recognized authority on messaging security issues, having authored numerous papers published in leading academic journals and presented at multiple industry and academic conferences including COMDEX, Interop, INBOX, RSA, MIT Spam Conference and InfoSecurity. He has also been featured in national media outlets including CNN, Forbes, Business Week, People Magazine and the LA Times.

Dr. Judge holds a B.S. from Morehouse College, and received his received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Network Security from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).

Amir Orad

EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Actimize Inc.

Amir Orad is the EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of Actimize, a leading provider of fraud prevention and compliance solutions utilized by nine of the top ten financial organizations. Mr. Orad and has over fourteen years of entrepreneurial and marketing experience and is a renowned expert in the area of cyber security, financial fraud, online payments and authentication.

Prior to Actimize Orad was VP Marketing in RSA Security Consumer Division and a member of the founding team and EVP Marketing of Cyota Inc an online security and anti-fraud company that was acquired by RSA Security for $145MM in 2005. Under his leadership Cyota/RSA developed of an array of anti-fraud and authentication solutions, which are currently in use by the world's top banks protecting hundreds of millions of users.

Amir Orad is considered a thought leader in the industry. He has been invited to speak at many industry conferences and is frequently quoted by leading publications such as Forbes, Business Week, Washington Post, USA Today, Information Week, American Banker and others.

Sashi Reddi

Founder, Chairman & CEO, AppLabs Technologies

Sashi Reddi is founder, chairman & CEO of AppLabs Technologies, a leading quality assurance service firm that tests internally developed applications for bugs, ability to handle heavy loads and increasingly, security. AppLabs revenue is now about $75 million annually. 2006 was a huge year for AppLabs, which is among the world's fastest growing software testing services firms. The firm received $10 million funding ($17 m total) from Sequoia Capital and acquired IS Integration of the UK, doubling its revenue.

A serial entrepreneur, Sashi has started two other companies prior to AppLabs. His first company was EZPower Systems, a developer of products for building and maintaining large-scale web applications. EZPower was acquired by DocuCorp International (Nasdaq: DOCC), a Safeguard Scientifics company, and Sashi went on to serve as senior vice president. Following DocuCorp, he founded iCoop to provide group purchasing software to co-operative businesses such as Dunkin Donuts. He began his career consulting on technology and strategy to Fortune 500 companies in the travel, financial services, automotive and consumer packaged goods industries.

Sashi received his BTech (B.S.) degree in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, and later, an M.S. in computer science from New York University and a Ph.D. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Manuel Barbero

Vice President & Chief Technologist, Technology Consulting Practice Leader, BearingPoint

Mr. Barbero's career spans over 20 years during which he has assumed senior positions at BearingPoint, a leader consulting and system integration services firm and at France Telecom, France's leading telecommunication company where he served as North America Vice President for marketing and customer.

Manuel Barbero currently leads the Financial Services technology solution practice of BearingPoint and serves as advisor to BearingPoint's executive committee as the company's Chief Technology Officer for client services.

As a practitioner, Mr. Barbero has had personal experience in the management of mission critical projects for global financial services organizations as well as in helping them create an innovation agenda and adopt new governance models, common architectures, tools and processes to deliver cross-enterprise business benefits.

Mr. Barbero is recognized as a thought leader: he chairs BearingPoint's Innovation Award panel that identifies and promotes innovation within BearingPoint. He also founded and edits the BearingPoint Financial Services Technical Journal where issues related to technology strategy, architecture, and large-scale project execution are addressed.

He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris and received his MBA from Columbia University.

Thomas J. Casey

Chief Executive Officer, Current Communications Group, LLC

Mr. Casey is Chief Executive Officer of CURRENT Communications Group, LLC (CURRENT), the leading provider of integrated utility solutions which enable electric distribution companies worldwide to deploy and manage a Smart Grid based on CURRENT's Broadband over Powerline technology. CURRENT is also a fully-integrated communications service provider, offering high-performance broadband communications to consumer and business users over the existing electric distribution infrastructure.

Prior to joining CURRENT, Mr. Casey was Chief Executive Officer of One Communications Corp. Mr. Casey played an instrumental role in bringing together Choice One, CTC and Conversent Communications to form One Communications. He previously served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Choice One Communications, where he led the operational and financial restructuring of the organization. Prior thereto, Mr. Casey was Chairman of Kepaca, Ltd, which consulted for and invested in a variety of telecom properties.

From 1998 through 2001, Mr. Casey held a number of positions at Global Crossing Ltd. and its affiliates, including Vice Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer.

Before joining Global Crossing, Mr. Casey was a Managing Director of Merrill Lynch & Co.'s Global Communications and Media Investment Banking Group, based in London, England where he was co-head of the group. He led a variety of public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions as well as privatizations of telecom operators in Europe, Asia and the United States.

From 1990 – 1995 Mr. Casey was a partner and co-head of the telecommunications and media group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom. From 1983 – 1989 he was a partner practicing telecommunications law at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. in Washington, DC.

Mr. Casey also held numerous positions as the Federal Communications Commission including Deputy Chief and Acting Chief, Common Carrier Bureau and Assistant to the Chairman and Assistant to the Chief of the Cable Television Bureau. Mr. Casey received a Presidential award for management excellence at the FCC. He also served as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice where he worked on the government's case against the Bell System and at ITT, where he did economic analysis in connection with its entry in the U.S. market.

Mr. Casey holds a BA from Boston College and a law degree from George Washington University Law School. He is based at the corporate headquarters for CURRENT in Germantown, Maryland, USA.

J. Brendan Herron, Jr.

Vice President - Corporate Development & Strategy, Current Communications Group, LLC

Mr. Herron has served as the Vice President - Corporate Development & Strategy for CURRENT since March 2006, after having worked as a consultant for the company since October 2005. Mr. Herron works with the CEO, Tom Casey, and the management team to develop the overall corporate strategy and to capitalize on growth opportunities, including having completed two acquisitions since joining CURRENT.

Previously, he worked for Hannon Armstrong & Company, a privately held Merchant Bank, as an officer and director of many of its private equity investments, primarily in telecommunications infrastructure and enterprise software. Prior to Hannon Armstrong, Mr. Herron was a Vice President at Aggregate Industries Plc, a multinational building materials company with responsibility for U. S. merger and acquisition activity, joint ventures and corporate strategy as the U.S. business grew from $30 million to $250 million in three years while establishing the foundation for what became a $1.4 billion business. He also worked for Ernst & Young in a corporate strategic consulting group.

In his career, Mr. Herron has completed over 30 M&A transactions as well as numerous joint ventures and corporate financings. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science and an MBA in finance from Loyola College of Maryland as well as the CPA and CMA certifications.

Richard I. Goldstein

Managing Director, Liberty Associated Partners

Richard I. Goldstein is the Executive Vice President and a Director of Current Communications Group, LLC ("Current"), the leading provider of integrated utility solutions which enable electric distribution companies worldwide to deploy and manage a Smart Grid based on CURRENT's Broadband over Powerline technology. CURRENT is also a fully-integrated communications service provider, offering high-performance broadband communications to consumer and business users over the existing electric distribution infrastructure. In addition to his role at Current, Richard is a Managing Director of Liberty Associated Partners, LP ("LAP"), an investment fund that makes private and public market investments in telecommunications, media, Internet, and related technology companies.

Prior to LAP, he was Vice President of The Associated Group, Inc. ("AGI"), a multi-billion dollar publicly traded owner and operator of communications-related business and assets. While at AGI, Richard assisted in establishing Teligent, Inc., of which he was a director, and was responsible for operating AGI's cellular telephone operations.

Richard has counseled many early stage companies and is a member of the Board of Directors of Intellon Corporation. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and has received training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Management Information Systems. Richard and his wife, Vicki, have three children and reside in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Scott Ungerer

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, EnerTech Capital

Scott Ungerer has been a power and energy sector investor for 12 years. He founded EnerTech Capital in 1996 and is one of the pioneers of energy technology venture investing. He combines extensive industry operations experience with ten years of successful venture investing. Scott's investing activities focus primarily on opportunities in software and engineered solutions. His specific areas of interest and responsibility include opportunities in electric power generation, transmission, and distribution; power line carrier; natural gas distribution; and combustion engine technologies.

Scott was previously a 16-year power industry executive with Atlantic Energy. During his tenure at Atlantic, he rose from the ranks of the junior engineering staff to become President and COO of the company's non-regulated enterprises and an officer of the parent corporation. While leading the non-regulated division, Atlantic Energy Enterprises ("AEE"), Scott was responsible for creating three new businesses and managing assets that generated more than $200 million in annual revenue.

Scott received a BS in mechanical engineering from Princeton University.

Kevin Werbach

Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Wharton

Kevin Werbach is a leading expert on the business, legal, and social implications of emerging Internet and communications technologies.

Werbach is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is the also founder of the Supernova Group, a technology analysis and consulting firm. He advises companies and writes about emerging trends in communications and information technology. In addition, he organizes Supernova, a leading executive technology conference.

Werbach is the former editor of Release 1.0, a renowned industry publication that provided leading-edge analysis of key technology trends for senior executives. Working with technology industry guru Esther Dyson, he also co-organized the annual PC Forum conference. Previously, he served as Counsel for New Technology Policy at the Federal Communications Commission. Called "one of the few policy wonks who really got it" by Wired, he helped develop the United States Government's e-commerce policy, shaped the FCC's approach to Internet issues, and authored Digital Tornado, the first comprehensive analysis of the implications of the Internet on telecommunications.

A sought-after speaker and commentator, Werbach appears frequently in print and broadcast media including CNN, CNBC, NPR, ABC News, USA Today, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Wired, IEEE Spectrum, Harvard Law Review, Texas Law Review, Slate, and Business 2.0, among other publications, and he has been invited to testify before the United States Senate and the Federal Communications Commission. He is a fellow of the Global Institute for Communications in Japan, a director of the TPRC conference on telecommunications and information policy, and an advisor to Socialtext and Public Knowledge.

Werbach is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as Publishing Editor of the law review, and a summa cum laude graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. He lives with his family in the Philadelphia area.

Rodger Desai

Senior Advisor, Kiva.org

Rodger Desai is an early investor and advisor to Kiva.org, which is the world's first online person-to-person lending platform for microfinance. It allows individuals to lend in increments of $25 to specific entrepreneurs in the developing world. Since Kiva's launch in October 2005, over 20,000 Americans have lent $1.5 million to micro-enterprises in 22 developing countries.

Outside of Kiva.org, Mr. Desai is president and CEO of Rave Wireless, Inc.. Since co-founding the company in November 2004, he has helped build Rave Wireless into the leading provider of mobile phone applications for college students, offering applications that strengthen campus communities, enhance learning and increase safety. Prior to starting Rave Wireless, he served as co-founder and CEO of Vettro Corporation, a leading mobile business application company.

Mr. Desai has also worked as an executive at Accenture, at which he oversaw more than $240 million telecommunication projects in North America and Western Europe. In addition, he also served as founder and GM of the Digital Donations Initiative, which was acquired by Accenture. Digital Donations was critical in launching micro-finance enterprises such as Grameen Bank's Village Phone in the developing world.

Due to his mobile technology expertise, he was recently asked to assist the United States Agency for International Development, where he leveraged his experience to launch disease surveillance initiatives for the U.S. Department of Defense and the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq.

A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mr. Desai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. He is on-leave from the Master of Business Administration program at Harvard Business School.

Olufemi Omojola

Co-Founder, United Villages, Inc.

Femi Omojola is a Co-Founder of United Villages, Inc. He is a former research assistant in the Physics and Media Group at the MIT Media Laboratory. He received the S.B. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and a Masters of Engineering in 2001. Femi has a background in digital electronics design, embedded systems design, automatic identification technology, large scale software system design, as well as numerous wireless technologies. Femi also has extensive programming experience and served at Microsoft Corporation developing Windows operating system test software and Microsoft Office database systems. His interests include flexible reconfigurable hardware architectures for signal processing, applications for human-computer interfaces and software system design and engineering.

The mission of First Mile Solutions is to help public and private organizations in developing nations bridge the digital divide by providing affordable, scalable communications infrastructure and by building internal capacity in wireless networking.

Ryan Mickle

Co-Founder, dotherightthing

Ryan Mickle is the co-founder of dotherightthing, a place online where people can get unfiltered information about the impacts of companies on people and the world and contribute to recognizing those that "do the right thing". Ryan began his career with Cutler Group LP, an options trading firm, before joining Boeing, where he contributed to development programs contracted to design, build, and test new technologies for the Air Force. While there, Ryan led a volunteer team aimed to improve team culture and empower employees, setting several enterprise-wide standards. He then joined a boutique management consulting firm, designing and executing organizational and process changes for client organizations.

Ryan holds a BA in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and traveled to both the Wharton School and Cambridge University to study leadership and international economics, respectively.

dotherightthing Inc. was founded in 2006 by Ryan Mickle and Rod Ebrahimi to influence companies to do the right thing and create new opportunities for companies to connect directly with people in ways that benefit society, not interrupt consumers' lives. dotherightthing intends to make a positive social impact while maintaining a for-profit business model.

Lisa Friendly

Senior Product Manager, The Benetech Initiative

Lisa Friendly is a product manager at Benetech, a Silicon Valley nonprofit organization that creates effective technology to meet social needs. Lisa manages the interface between the content experts who design innovative humanitarian projects and the Benetech engineers who implement the software to run those projects.

Lisa oversees three major Benetech programs: Bookshare.org, which provides assistive technology access to books, newspapers and magazines for those with print disabilities such as a dyslexia or impaired vision; Route 66, an Internet-based educational service that provides literacy instruction to adolescent and adult readers with learning disabilities; and the Conservation Management Program, a consortium of major conservation foundations which are creating a shared visualization and data management environment for those working on conservation projects around the world.

Before joining Benetech this year, Lisa was the Director of Instructional Media at both Macromedia and Sun Microsystems. At Sun, she was a member of the original Java team and spent over ten years directing their software publications model. She holds a BA in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in Behavior Research from Adelphi University's Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies in New York.

Benetech applies open source technology and private sector business strategies to support human rights and literacy initiatives around the world. Benetech's founder and CEO, Jim Fruchterman, received a 2006 MacArthur Award for pioneering social entrepreneurship in the technology community.

Ram Rajagopal

Senior Manager, Communications and High-Technology Strategy Practice, Accenture

Ram Rajagopal is a Senior Manager in Accenture's Communications and High-Technology Strategy Practice.

His primary focus is creating growth and marketing strategies for consumer electronics retailers, manufacturers, and domestic Telcos.

Between January and September 2006, Ram was formally booked to Accenture Development Partnerships, a not-for-profit group established by Accenture that provides consulting services to donors, NGOs, and other non-profit entities working in developing countries.

Through ADP, Ram worked for the GSM Association's Development Fund in India on a "digital divide project." He worked with commercial wireless operators to launch mobile phone services targeted at lower socio-economic populations in semi-rural areas. His counterparts worked on pilots in Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Algeria, and Pakistan.

Ram holds an MBA from The Wharton School, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from University of Rochester.

Ram is originally from Philadelphia and now resides in New York City.

Margaret Bouline

Head of Strategy and Market Insights, Chief Marketing Officer - North America, Nokia

Margaret Bouline has over 20 years of experience working with technology across a variety of industries including Retail, Distribution and Telecommunications. She currently serves as Head of Strategy and Market Insights for Nokia North America, Customer and Market Operations. Ms. Bouline is responsible for developing the essential market insights and strategies to drive Nokia's business in the North American market. Market trends, competitive intelligence, consumer insights and market forecasts are brought together to help drive the alignment of Nokia's products and strategies to the key customers and consumers in North America.

Ms. Bouline joined Nokia in 2001 and held various positions including Vice President Business Systems, Nokia Internet Communications and Vice President Business Infrastructure, Nokia Americas.

Prior to joining Nokia, Ms. Bouline worked in the information technology field as CIO for Bearcom Wireless and Vice President Information Services, Aviall Inc. During that time, she was featured in numerous industry publications including CIO Magazine, InformationWeek and InternetWeek.

Ms. Bouline holds a bachelors degree from Texas A&M University in Business Analysis and Research.

Rashesh "JT" Jethi

Chief Information Officer, Visage Mobile

JT is responsible for building and operating Visage Mobile's technology and services platform that enables multiple MVNOs in the market today. Prior to joining the company, JT was vice president of Information Technology at Virgin Mobile USA, where he worked on creating the systems for Virgin Mobile's MVNO launch in North America.. Earlier, JT served as vice president of Information Technology and Internal Consulting for NorthPoint Communications, a national DSL provider acquired by AT&T. He also has worked in consumer credit and technology planning at Wells Fargo Bank and with client-facing systems at American Airlines/SABRE.

Nicola Palmer

Vice President of Video Network Services, Verizon

Nicola Palmer is responsible for video services such as content management, subscriber management and performance assurance.

Since joining Verizon in 1990, she has held a succession of positions with increasing responsibilities including Executive Director in Video Network Operations - Planning & Support, Executive Director, VNS Content Operations and was responsible for video content distribution, video-on-demand operations, public education & government distribution and franchise performance management for Verizon's new video offering.

Nicola has also held several positions in FTTP Program Management Offices, Verizon Operations, Project Management, Engineering, and Staff.

Nicola graduated from Penn State University with a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering and from The Wharton School with a Masters in Business Administration.

She resides in Chester, NJ with her husband and two children.

Ed Paradise

Vice President & General Manager of Mobile Wireless & Broadband Services Applications, Business Units, Cisco/RTC Site Executive, Cisco

Ed Paradise is Vice President and General Manager for Cisco's Mobility, Signaling and Control Business Unit (MSCBU) and Site Executive for Cisco's Research Triangle Park, North Carolina campus. In his MWG role, Mr. Paradise oversees Cisco's work with mobile operators as they transition their mobile networks to an IP based infrastructure. This allows mobile operators to pursue a new competitive edge and take advantage of their vast installed base to grow revenue by adding IP services to their offerings. In addition, the MSCBU is responsible for Call Control products for Cisco including Softswitches used for Carrier Voice Over IP.

As Cisco's Site Executive in RTP, Mr. Paradise represents Cisco and its approximately 3500 RTP based employees in the external community. He works with the local business community, state and local government to insure the existence of an environment that supports Cisco's presence in the community. Mr. Paradise also works with other Cisco leaders in RTP to foster the advancement of Cisco culture and teamwork on the site.

Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Paradise worked at IBM as a senior manager at the Thomas Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York.

Mr. Paradise is a founding member of the National Knowledge & Intellectual Property Management Taskforce and is Cisco's executive lead for Wake Forest University. He also serves on the Board of Directors for NIUSR and the Orange County Advisory Board for Habitat of Humanity.

Mr. Paradise holds a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Syracuse University and a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford.

Richard Cho

Director, Voice Product Management, Time Warner Cable

Richard Cho is responsible for the development of next-generation features and capabilities for Digital Phone, Time Warner Cable's home phone service. Introduced in mid-2004, Digital Phone has grown to more than 1.8 million subscribers and is a key part of Time Warner Cable's triple play bundle. Currently he is managing the release of Time Warner Cable's new web portal infrastructure along with its first applications in residential voice. He is also leading an effort to drive Digital Phone growth by determining the optimal pricing, positioning, and promotional strategy for the phone product along with developing a game plan to reduce churn.

Prior to joining Time Warner Cable, Richard was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company where he worked with leading telecom, high-tech, and media clients.

Richard holds a bachelors degree from New York University in Physics and Mathematics and a masters degree from Harvard University in Astrophysics.

Martin N. Kon

Director, Head of Media, Entertainment & Customer Analytics, Mercer Management Consulting

Martin Kon is a Director of Mercer Management Consulting and heads the firm's global Media, Entertainment & Customer Analytics activities. He serves clients from New York and London.

Mr. Kon has consulted to some of the world's leading media, entertainment and telecommunications companies, including telcos, cable MSOs, ISPs, Pay TV operators, film studios/distributors, TV broadcasters, magazine publishers, entertainment parks, and equipment and consumer electronics manufacturers.

A citizen of Canada, the UK and Germany, Mr. Kon has lived and worked throughout Europe and North America, including the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. He has led several studies to validate consumer demand for emerging sectors such as iTV, VoIP and Mobile Entertainment, and his perspectives have been featured in The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Harvard Management Update, Marketing Magazine, Telephony, Media Week, Business 2.0, Mercer Management Journal, and Media Context.

Mr. Kon worked previously at Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany and Spain and was educated in Canada, receiving a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and an M.B.A. from Queen's University, where he was awarded a D. I. McLeod Scholarship and the Tom Burns M.B.A. Prize in International Business

Larry Bohn

Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners

As a Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners, Larry invests in both new and existing technology businesses. Areas of special interest include: open source, information technology; systems; and software on-demand business models. Larry is a board member of Advanced Electron Beams; Black Duck Software; ChoiceStream; Demandware; Optaros; and QUMAS which are all active General Catalyst investments.

Prior to joining General Catalyst, Larry was the chairman, president and CEO of NetGenesis, a market leading software and analytic solutions provider. Prior to NetGenesis, Larry was president of PC DOCS, Inc. (DOCSF), a leading developer of document management software for enterprise networks. Prior to joining PC DOCS, Larry was senior vice president of marketing and business development at Interleaf, Inc. (LEAF), where he defined and implemented the corporate strategy that put its electronic publishing solutions in a top market position and helped grow the business to more than $120 million in revenue.

Larry is an honors graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and holds a masters of arts degree in Linguistics from Clark University.

Peter Bollier

Partner, 3i

Peter has been a partner and financial executive with 3i since 1984. He currently focuses on late-stage investments in industry sectors such as software and business services. Peter currently serves on the Boards of Vette Corp., Metastorm, and Fotolog, and as an observer on the boards of Winery Exchange and StillSecure. Prior to joining 3i, Peter was a practicing CPA and worked as a Manager for Ernst & Young where he was responsible for audit engagements of emerging growth businesses and provided consulting services for the firm's M&A practice. Peter holds an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Ashmeet Sidana

Venture Partner, Foundation Capital

Ashmeet is a seasoned executive who with 15 years of experience in enterprise software and core systems technology. His experience spans line-of-business management, product strategy and engineering at start-up and large companies. Most recently, he was at VMware (acquired by NYSE:EMC) where he ran their flagship product, ESX Server. Prior to VMware, Ashmeet was CEO of Sidana Systems, a successful enterprise-software company that pioneered Docsan for publishing ultra-large (terabyte) documents. He bootstrapped Sidana Systems from inception through growth to its acquisition by Doclinx. Ashmeet began his professional career at Hewlett-Packard and later Silicon Graphics, holding various key technology roles. Ashmeet currently serves on the board of Sanrad and Atto Devices. In addition to an MBA from the Wharton School, Ashmeet received an MSCS from Stanford University.

Jonathan Grabel

Partner, Baker Capital

Jonathan Grabel joined Baker Capital in 1998. Prior to joining Baker, Mr. Grabel was an investment banker with Warburg Dillon Read LLC and Nomura Securities International, Inc. Mr. Grabel has served on Boards of Directors of both public and private companies. He currently serves on the boards of Expert Realty, IQNavigator, Inc., Message Secure, and Musicnet, Inc. Mr. Grabel received his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Nikunj Jinsi

Principal Investment Officer, IFC

Nikunj joined the IFC in 2003. He has over 13 years of experience in the telecommunications, media and technology area in Asia, Europe and the US. Prior to IFC, Nikunj founded the Singapore office for AsiaTech Ventures, a leading global technology venture capital firm managing over US $250 M, in 1999. He held the position there of Managing Director, where he was responsible for the South East Asia region representing his firm as a board director for many leading Asian technology firms. Prior to joining AsiaTech, Nikunj spent four years in the investment banking industry in Asia focusing specifically on corporate and project finance activities for telecom, media & technology companies. Nikunj started his career working for KPN Telecom in The Netherlands. Nikunj obtained an MBA degree from Stanford University, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar. In addition, Nikunj has a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

Anupendra Sharma

Partner, Siemens Venture Capital

Anupendra Sharma is Investment Partner in the Medical Solutions Fund at Siemens Venture Capital in Boston. He is most actively focused on investing in US, China and Israel. He focuses on opportunities including imaging and applications, in-vitro and point of care diagnostics, navigation systems, imaging biomarkers, software, healthcare IT, and minimally invasive oncology and radiation therapy. He is involved in SVC investments in Sequenom (NASD: SQNM) and U-Systems.

He previously was Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Siemens Corporation, responsible for Medical transactions in the USA. He has completed over $3 billion of acquisitions and divestitures, especially in the medical imaging, healthcare IT, software and healthcare services sectors. Prior to joining Siemens Corporation, Anupendra worked in Investment Banking at JPMorgan and Salomon Smith Barney in New York, strategy consulting for McKinsey in London, and Product Development Finance for Ford Motor in the UK, where he was a member of the core team that launched Ford in China and India.

Anupendra holds an MBA from Cornell University, MS in Accounting & Finance from Manchester Business School, Masters in Economics and Bachelors in Instrumentation Engineering from BITS Pilani, India.