Comedian, producer, media mogul, and philanthropist Byron Allen founded his global media company, Entertainment Studios, in 1993. He now owns eight 24-hour HD cable television networks and also produces, distributes, and sells advertising for 41 broadcast and cable television programs, making Entertainment Studios one of the largest independent producers/distributors of television programming. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Entertainment Studios has offices in New York, Chicago, Denver and Raleigh. In 2015, Entertainment Studios purchased Freestyle Releasing, now called Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, a fullservice, global theatrical motion picture distribution company. Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures released 2017’s highest-grossing independent movie, the shark thriller 47 METERS DOWN and has plans to release 17 theatrical motion pictures in 2018. Entertainment Studios is the first African American-owned studio producing/distributing wide-release motion pictures. In 2016, Entertainment Studios purchased TheGrio, a digital video-centric news community platform devoted to providing African-Americans with compelling stories and perspectives currently underrepresented in existing national news outlets. TheGrio features aggregated and original video packages, news articles and blogs on topics that include breaking news, politics, health, business and entertainment. The digital platform remains focused on curating engaging digital content and currently has more than 20 million annual visitors.

Upon the $17.7 billion sale of Cablevision Systems Corporation to Altice, Mickey Alpert founded a consulting company, Merisco Solutions, LLC. The company leverages Mr. Alpert’s extensive experience in the satellite and cable industries as well as his previous work in the domestic and international marketplace. The consulting company focuses on identifying strategic opportunities in the entertainment, broadcasting, media and communications industries. This includes developing business plans, raising capital, assisting in operations implementation and establishing relationships and local access for those companies seeking a presence in international markets.

Prior to the sale of Cablevision, Mr. Alpert was Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman at Cablevision Systems Corporation. He worked directly for Charles Dolan, Chairman of both Cablevision and AMC Networks. He was the senior strategist for the Chairman and maintained select development, financial and administrative responsibilities. Given recent major changes in the entertainment, media and telecommunications industries, his focus was on developing strategic opportunities that positioned Cablevision to be able to compete longer term in an ever-changing business environment. Accordingly, he worked closely with other senior executives of the company on matters important to the Chairman, In addition, he also worked with the President and CEO of AMC Networks and his senior staff on a variety of strategic initiatives and helped AMC establish initial relationships with prominent Indian industrialists with an interest in Indian cinema. In performing this work, he leveraged the extensive contacts he has developed both domestically and internationally from his prior successful consulting practice as well as his experience as a senior executive of both Cablevision and Comsat. He also serves on the Board of a Toronto based company, Cinestaan America. This company is funded by an Indian media company with interests in independent film production, TV production and digital distribution of Indian cinema information throughout the Indian sub-continent. Cinestaan America will deliver OTT differentiated content to the Indian diaspora in North America.

In 2003, Mr. Alpert was asked by Mr. Dolan to become the chief operating officer of a high-definition direct broadcast satellite business founded by the Chairman for Cablevision. He assembled a highly experienced management team to move the project from the development to an operational stage. Following that assignment, he was asked by the Chairman to become the senior executive in the Chairman’s Office for strategic and business development initiatives.

Mr. Alpert is known as a DBS pioneer and industry expert. He has more than 40 years’ experience in helping to identify and develop new business opportunities in the communications, broadcasting and entertainment industries. In 1986, he founded Alpert & Associates, a management consulting firm that specialized in assisting established and emerging businesses to leverage new opportunities in the communications and entertainment industries. He worked for a Saudi conglomerate for over three years and evaluated a variety of opportunities in the Middle East, Europe as well as in North and South America. On behalf of this client, he negotiated programming carriage agreements in five countries in North and South America as well as Australia. He also assisted foreign manufacturers in Asia and the Middle East, such as Samsung and Tadiran, and helped them penetrate specific segments in the U.S. satellite and terrestrial markets. He has also helped entrepreneurial Silicon Valley type companies by refining their business plans and raising capital. Finally Mr. Alpert organized and managed successful senior management planning conferences for Fortune 100 and emerging growth companies.

Earlier, Mr. Alpert served as a senior officer of Comsat, a global satellite provider of video, voice and data communications services. While at Comsat, Mr. Alpert was responsible for developing the first U.S. DBS business initiative and led the company’s DBS efforts. He also was the group executive for Comsat’s manufacturing and computer-aided engineering companies and served as head of planning and development.

Mr. Alpert is the author of the book DBS – The Time is Now published by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), which predicted the strategic initiatives, technology changes and growth that the DBS industry has since experienced. He was invited by the Chinese government to be a keynote speaker at a communications conference in Beijing; was asked by a global manufacturer to lead a full day summit at a communications conference in Singapore; and has also been a keynote speaker at the NAB’s Group Executive Broadcasting Forum. He has written a number of articles for both domestic and international trade press, was a frequent speaker at domestic and international industry functions and a regular participant at national satellite and broadcasting conferences. Mr. Alpert also was selected by Aviation Week and Space Technology as one of their Laurel honorees for outstanding achievement in the global field of aerospace.

Mr. Alpert graduated with honors in economics from Cornell University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is also a certified public accountant.

Ms. Antonellis serves as Vubiquity’s Chief Executive Officer, a position she’s held since January 2014. Vubiquity, part of the Amdocs Media division of Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX), is the largest global provider of end-to-end premium content managed services and technical solutions servicing clients in 121 Countries, across hundreds of millions of households in 80 languages. Vubiquity as an aggregator provides programming and direct licensing capability with content owners and enables service providers to offer compelling video experiences and choices to their customers using VU’s AnyVU Content Cloud platform, storefront and UX solutions. On- Demand, Electronic Sell-Through, live and on-demand linear and linear streaming, subscription and ad-supported models are examples of services supported.

Prior to joining Vubiquity, Antonellis served as President, Technical Operations and Chief Technology Officer at Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., a post she held since January 2008 along with several senior management roles throughout a 15-year tenure at the Studio. In this role, she influenced and directed Warner Bros.’ technology strategy supporting business development.

Before joining Warner Bros., she worked for CBS in a number of lead management roles for the Network’s operations in New York and for the CBS News Bureau in Washington, D.C., which included assignments in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the Gulf War. She is a veteran of three Olympics for CBS Sports, a three-time Emmy winner for technical production and engineering. She is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a multinational Patents holder.

Darcy has served on advisory boards of technology companies and universities and is a Class II Director on the Board of Cinemark (NYSE: CNK). She is also a board member of the Global Advisory Council for the professional Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), providing counseling on new media and technology. Industry-related awards include Home Media Magazine’s Digital Drivers 2015 List, Broadcasting and Cable’s Technology Leadership Award, Video Business’ Women Elite, The Hollywood Reporter’s Digital Power 50 List, the inaugural recipient of the NAB TVNewsCheck Women in Technology Leadership Award, Cablefax 2016 Most Innovative People in Multiscreen along with 2015 Most Powerful Women in Cable and India’s NASSCOM Innovator Leader Award.

Ms. Antonellis holds an MBA with concentration in finance from Fordham University and honors for work in the field of electrical engineering from her undergraduate alma mater, Temple University.

As SVP of Engineering at true[X], Simon is responsible for new Data Science based products enabling real-time measurement and optimization of advertising campaigns based on brand lift performance. Simon also leads the company's product ideation and innovation investments inclusive of expansion into emerging platforms such as Connected TV or Over-The-Top (OTT). Simon is site lead for true[X]'s new product and engineering site in Seattle, helping curate a strong and vibrant presence for the company beyond its Los Angeles R&D headquarters.

Simon comes with depth and passion for the advertising technology space and a track record which has seen him in various leadership roles, successfully developing and launching products to critical mass. Prior to joining true[X], Simon was VP of Engineering with Verizon / Oath's and responsible for teams in the Programmatic Demand-Side Advertising (DSP) space. Before Oath, Simon worked at Amazon where he launched and grew the Amazon Marketing Services product, solving for search, display and native advertising offered at self-service to Amazon's retail vendors.

Jeff is Executive Vice President T-Mobile US, Inc. and co-founder and CEO of Layer3 TV, a next generation cable company, founded in 2013 and acquired by T-Mobile USA in January of 2018.

Prior to Layer3 TV, Jeff was a general partner at Genovation Capital, a stage-agnostic private equity and venture group focused on Technology, Media and Telecom and served as an advisor to TPG and Silver Lake, two of the most respected names in private equity. Jeff led Broadbus Technologies as its founding CEO to become the leading supplier of cable industry on-demand video technology. Motorola purchased Broadbus for $200 million in 2006 and Jeff joined company as a senior executive spearheading several key initiatives, including Photon, the predecessor to the Droid.

As CEO, Jeff led the Leading Golf Companies from 1996-2000, then the largest marketing and technology network of high-end golf courses in North America in partnership with a joint venture with Jack Nicklaus. Prior to LGC, Jeff was founding CEO of Nanosoft, a digital design and development firm. Jeff’s first entrepreneurial venture, Magic Music, pioneered memory based cassette duplication systems accounting for a substantial portion of US and Worldwide production across four continents. Jeff began his career as a financial futures and options trader at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Jeff has been named a MultiChannel News Next Generation Leader, CableFAX 100 Most Powerful Executives in Cable, Fierce Cable 50, and 40 under 40 by the Boston Business Journal. A graduate of Harvard University, Jeff studied Government and Environmental Science.

JP Bommel has been named NATPE’s CEO & President after serving as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer since September, 2015. Prior to working at NATPE, Bommel was President and Founder of BCi, a global event marketing company with clients such as High Beam, SXSW’s official event organizer, Willie Nelson’s company Austin City Limits Live and Cannes Lions.

Bommel, a U.S. citizen originally from France, has held several executive positions and has extensive experience at global media and entertainment firms such as Sony Music, BMG Entertainment, Capitol/EMI, Qwest Communications and Reed Exhibitions. Prior to running BCi, Bommel was Vice President, Business Development, Entertainment Division at Reed Midem, helping launch their digital specialty markets.

During his music industry career, Bommel developed global marketing plans for iconic talent such as Tina Turner and the late Etta James and also nurtured rising talent. He was responsible for opening the music divisions in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America for Sony, BMG and Capitol/EMI. In a visionary role, he also directed Qwest Communications to leverage the power of the then-rising internet and launched Qwest 'anywhere anytime' digital media and entertainment practice, signing up major record companies, TV networks and media organizations including NBC, CBS, EMI and Sony, as well as sports teams like the New York Giants.

A trusted advisor to the media and entertainment industry, Bommel presides over several media and entertainment groups. He is currently an associate member of NARAS (Grammys), sits on the advisory board of the International Radio Festival Zurich and is a Board Member of the T.J. Martell Foundation.

Bobby, SVP, Product Engineering at Encompass, oversees the deployment of digital products and cloud transformation. This includes signal acquisition, encoding, packaging, cloud DVR and ad server integration. Bobby is also building re-usable architectures for digital video distribution. Previously, he served as VP Engineering at Inform, formerly News Distribution Network, where he was responsible for the engineering team for video delivery and monetization. In addition, he spent time at The Rubicon Project and IBM.

Bobby graduated from Louisiana State University with a Master of Science in Information Systems and Decision Sciences.

David Browne has over 20 years of media technology experience working with global corporations in various capacities including Program & Product management, software development and professional services consulting. He is an industry specialist in direct-to-consumer OTT, TV-E and digital media delivery. He is currently Director of Product Management for Comcast Technology Solutions.

mediaSHERPA represents 20+ yrs of career that has spanned the technology and methodology for creating and delivering media, games and VR/AR from concept to consumer devices.

John has endeavored to help companies and causes not only tell their stories through dynamic media but also leverage disruptive and transformative technology to maximize the impact.

He currently serves as the Chairman of the New Media Council for the Producers Guild of America representing the interests of producers of broadband video, games, transmedia, iTV and VR/AR content to the entertainment industry.

Until recently, John was the VP Interactive Experiences for NBC Entertainment Digital where he develops native interactive experiences be they 2nd screen, social media or virtual reality for some of the largest shows on TV such as The Voice, Americas Got Talent, Blindspot, Blacklist and more.

On the production side, John Canning has filmed, photographed and produced in some of the most beautiful and remote locations in over 6 continents covering stories in more than 60 countries for on-line, broadcast, film and print outlets. He latest project was the full length documentary and digital site “Doing Jewish: A Story from Ghana”

As Vice President of Video at Gracenote, Greg Gentschev leads the product development of next-generation UIs using descriptive metadata and rich media, as well as cutting-edge search & discovery features for pay-TV operators and consumer electronics companies.

Prior to Gracenote, Greg worked at Pivotal Labs providing agile coaching and software development services to Global 2000 clients. Before that, he managed OTT and social data products at Tribune Media Services. Greg also has experience advising private equity and Global 2000 clients on growth strategy and product development.

He has an MBA from Georgetown University and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

A sought-after moderator and speaker at influential industry events, Gold has provided keynotes, panels and emceed at Digital Hollywood, Media Innovations Summit, Digital Media Summit, Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), and others.

Gold founded and manages Bob Gold & Associates, one of the country’s premiere independent integrated communications public relations agencies. The 20-year old agency earned widespread recognition for its successes in the cable TV industry representing such diverse clients as ESPN, Cisco, Comcast, Charter EchoStar, Sprint, Hitachi Consulting and Viamedia, among many others. At Charter, Gold produced a one-hour music special starring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, Have Love Will Travel.

His agency is the North American affiliate in the Whiteoaks International Network, an international public relations agency organization that includes 17 tech-focused PR companies across four continents, in 25 countries, thereby increasing client visibility in the global marketplace.

He sits on the Advisory Board for the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance and the Alumni Board for the Annenberg School of Communications at USC. He has previously served on the Board of Governors for University of Southern California as well as the and as a Strategic Advisor for the Alliance of Women in Media.

In 2007 Gold was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers (along with less than 700 other founders and presidents of MSOs and program networks, engineers and technicians, inventors, marketers, and entrepreneurs who have been honored since 1966.)

He has served on numerous committees and boards that range from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to CTAM. His recent Board positions include serving on the (SCTE) Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Gold holds a Masters degree in Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California.

Peter leads the data technology strategy and execution for Premion’s OTT advertising and data solutions.

As Premion’s data evangelist, Peter is building on our position as the OTT leader in spearheading the development of our next-generation addressable OTT data solutions.

Prior to joining Premion, Peter spent 15+ years as a digital media and technology executive; running portions of sales and business development teams for advertising technology and media companies including Lotame, CBS Local Digital Media, IAC, and NBC Universal.

Peter is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and is active member of North Shore SEPTA.

Robert L.Johnson is the Founder and Chairman of The RLJCompanies, an innovative business network that owns or holds interests in businesses operating in hotel real estate, private equity, consumer financialservices, asset management, automobile dealerships, entertainment, and video lottery terminal (VLT) gaming.

Prior to forming The RLJCompanies, Mr. Johnson was founder and chairman of Black Entertainment Television (BET), the nation's first and leadingtelevision network providing quality entertainment, music, news, sports and public affairs programming for the African American audience.

Johnson continuesto attract and manage capital and create value for investors, and in 2012, announced the successful creation of RLJ Entertainment, Inc., one of the largest independent global distributors of digital and video content. RLJ Entertainment, Inc. marks the third time Johnson has successfully taken a company public. In 1991, Johnson took BET public making the network the first African American company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. RLJ Lodging Trust, an $8 billion enterprise value hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), went public in 2011.

In 2001, Johnson sold BET to Viacom for approximately $3 billion and remained the Chief Executive Officer through 2006. In July 2007, Johnson was named by USA Today as one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years."

In 2014, three of Johnson's holding companies were featured on the Black Enterprise 100s list: RML Automotive, LLC ranked 1st in a category of 60 in theauto dealership rankings; RLJ Equity Partners, LLC and RLJ Credit Management, LLC ranked 12th and 14th respectively on the private equity firms list.

Currently, Mr. Johnson serves on the following boards: RLJ Lodging Trust; RLJ Entertainment, Inc.; KB Home; Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Retirement Clearinghouse; Elevate Credit, Inc.; The Business Council; and Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Mr. Johnson holds a Master's degree in international affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies from the University of Illinois.

As Director, TV Solutions at dataxu, Chris is responsible for developing and managing relationships that enable dataxu to provide world-class services for its agency and advertiser customers. Chris has been integral to bringing dataxu’s advanced TV vision to life since 2014 and continues to drive innovation into the future. Prior to dataxu, Chris has worked in the tech space on the publisher side, operations, and public relations. Chris received his MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and a BS in Marketing from the University of New Hampshire.

Will Law is Chief Architect within the Media Engineering division at Akamai and a leading media delivery technologist.

Involved with streaming media on the Internet for the last 18 years, he has a strong focus on client-side development and wrote many of the early media connection frameworks that enabled OTT on the Akamai network.

Currently focusing on MPEG DASH and HTTP streaming, technology evaluation, UHD distribution, VR delivery, CMAF, WebRTC, cloud transcoding and multi-bitrate switching.

Law is President of the DASH Industry Forum, Vice-Chairman of the CTA WAVE Project , holds Masters degrees in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA and has worked previously for Adobe, Internap and a series of five engineering and media-related startups.

William Marks is VP, Business Development, Ovation, where he leads all new business development, strategy, and partnership opportunities for the network. He has been responsible for the development and launch of Ovation’s OTT app Ovation NOW, and its travel AVOD service JOURNY.

Before Ovation, Marks was with OnCue, a Verizon company, where he was Head of Accounts. In this role, he led the company’s relationships with TV, film, music and digital partners and oversaw West Coast programming, production and live event partnerships. Key accomplishments during his tenure include his leading and expanding Go90’s relationship with Dreamworks Animation / Hearst Corp’s AwesomenessTV, and supervising the partnership with Live Earth, a worldwide concert dedicated to reducing climate change.

Previously, Marks was General Manager of Monkey Wrangler Productions, where he initiated, led and closed all negotiations with Microsoft Xbox, Toyota Motor Co. and Saatchi LA to produce and air Your Dungeon, My Dragon, the first-ever fully integrated episodic show and game production on Microsoft’s Xbox Live platform. Prior to Monkey Wrangler, he was Vice President, Business Development for Comcast Entertainment Group where he had P&L responsibility for non-linear video distribution businesses, including digital download/electronic sell-through, DVD, VOD/PPV, broadband/online video, and out-of-home networks.

In 2014, Andrew McCollum became CEO at Philo, an entertainment-focused OTT streaming service that launched nationwide in November 2017. Before assuming the role of CEO, Andrew served on Philo’s board, mentored Philo’s co-founders, and was one of the company’s first investors. Prior to Philo, Andrew was on the founding team of Facebook, and the social design of products has been a persistent interest. After Facebook, Andrew was an Entrepreneur in Residence at two of Philo’s investors, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Flybridge Partners. He continues to be an active early-stage angel investor and advisor.

As Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Fandor, Felice oversees the day-to-day operation of this game-changing upstart premium streaming movie service that engages fans and offers subscribers a slate of over 4,000 independent films, foreign films, documentaries, Hollywood classics and insightful editorial features. Originally trained as an M&A lawyer at White & Case, Felice moved on to expand her experience at HBO and Iconic TV where she first applied her skills in analysis and negotiations to the media and entertainment business before joining Fandor. At Fandor for 3 years, Felice has led the charge on distribution strategy and operational diversification where she has already disrupted the streaming space with unexpected content and a point of view that is capturing consumer attention in a new world of engagement challenges. A proud University of Michigan Wolverine as an undergraduate, Felice holds her JD from New York University School of Law.

Kathy Payne joined Amazon in March 2017 to lead the content acquisition team for Prime Video Channels. Over the course of her career, Kathy has been at the forefront of transforming the consumer television experience negotiating video content rights from major media companies.

Before she joined Amazon, Kathy was the Chief Programming Officer at Suddenlink Communications, and prior to that, she was the VP of Content Acquisition and an Assistant General Counsel at Cox Communications. In these roles, she was responsible for video content strategy across traditional and emerging mobile video platforms.

Kathy obtained her B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, magna cum laude, and her J.D., also from Duke, with honors. Kathy served on the Board of Women in Cable and Telecommunications (the cable television industry’s flagship women’s leadership organization), including chairing the Board. She is the recipient of several industry and corporate awards for leadership, commitment to customers and cost mitigation efforts. In her spare time, Kathy enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters and loves adventure travel.

Ravi Rai is a digital media executive with experience in client-facing and product management roles. He specializes in helping publishers and agencies use measurement to make more informed decisions regardless of content type and platform.

Ravi is currently Vice President of Digital Product Leadership at Nielsen, where he is responsible for Nielsen's digital content measurement strategy globally, with a focus on Digital Content Ratings - a key component of Nielsen's Total Audience strategy. Since joining Nielsen in 2014, Ravi has worked directly with its biggest digital clients before moving into Product Leadership where he has helped design and launch Digital Content Ratings both in the United States and across global markets.

Ravi is a graduate of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University where he majored in Finance, Marketing and Information Systems. He resides in San Francisco and is a member of the Advertising Research Foundation.

Sanjeev Rao is SVP and Head of Product at true[X] leading the company’s product strategy, positioning and execution. His mission is to build sustainable next generation content and advertising experiences by creating shared value across media companies, consumers and brands.

Sanjeev comes to true[X] with a track record for building successful companies in media, marketing and advertising. Most recently, he was Chief Product Officer at System1/OpenMail, the 5th largest PPC ad network. He is a cross functional leader with deep expertise in business management, P&L, marketing, product, technology, sales, business development and operations. He has founded startups in digital media and advertising. He holds a bachelors in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Computer Science.

As a director of research at Parks Associates, Brett Sappington leads Parks Associates services research team, including access and entertainment services, digital media, OTT, cloud media, video gaming, and technical support services. Brett is an expert in worldwide television and broadband services. His personal research focuses on the activities and trends among operators and the market forces affecting their businesses. Brett is a regular speaker and moderator at international industry events.

Brett has spent over eighteen years in the industry as an analyst, executive manager, and entrepreneur. Previously, he founded and served as vice president for Teligy, a software company specializing in software for wired and wireless communications systems. Brett established new divisions for networking and audio/multimedia software for Intelligraphics. He has also been involved in the development and marketing of early-market products for 802.11 wireless networking, VoIP, and other technologies.

Brett holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin with a concentration in high-tech marketing and a BA in physics from Baylor University.

Industry Expertise: International Digital Living Trends, Television Services (IPTV, cable, satellite/DTH, terrestrial/DTT), Broadband Services, Multiscreen Services, Value-added Services, Cloud-based Consumer Services, Set-top Boxes, Residential Gateways, Electronic Program Guides, Video Search and Recommendation, Video Metadata, Middleware, Technical Support Services

Ted spends his time in a unique role in the motion picture entertainment industry.

As the Futurist at Paramount pictures, Ted works with studio leadership and the technology teams at Paramount / Viacom, exploring forms of new and emerging technologies, with an emphasis on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.

Prior to joining Paramount, Ted was the Futurist at 20th Century Fox, where he worked on the evolving art, science and technology of advanced interactive visual storytelling. He was part of the creation team for the Martian VR and Wild VR experiences, which premiered at CES and Sundance as groundbreaking projects that pushed the envelope of Virtual Reality storytelling.

Ted was an integral part of the product development team at RED Digital Cinema as a founding member and the company’s first employee. The Red One and Epic cameras have made a significant impact on the Motion Picture Industry, with many of the world’s biggest movies now being shot with these ultra high resolution digital movie cameras.

Ted is one of the founders and creators of the G-Tech product line of advanced hard drive storage products. As one of the most recognized brands in that industry, they are implemented worldwide at the highest levels on cinema, episodic television, sports and news production.

Before being part of the founding teams at RED Digital Cinema and G-Tech, Ted was on the team that developed and launched the Macintosh desktop video division of AJA Video Systems, creating professional video products in tandem with Apple. These products are used on a massive scale worldwide for video production and post at the highest levels, on many of the world’s biggest movies, TV series and sporting events.

Ted has presented worldwide at numerous conferences on the advancements in next generation visual experiences for the movie, television and, interactive entertainment industries. He’s been featured in Wired, Variety, NY Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, NBC, CNET, Studio Daily, Videography, Film and Video, DV Magazine, TV Technology, HD Video Pro, Engadget, Gizmodo, Millimeter, American Cinematographer, MacWorld, Post Magazine, Popular Science, and countless other publications discussing his areas of passion and exploration.

Daniel Schneider is Vice President of Business Development at Cheddar, leading all distribution efforts across the TV and digital landscape.

He is responsible for growing Cheddar among OTT services, MVPDs, third party apps, and other partnerships. Daniel previously worked in content acquisition and strategy at Sling TV, focusing on digital content initiatives.

He has an MBA from NYU Stern and BA from UC Berkeley.

Seth Walters is the VP of Demand Partnerships at Roku, focused on senior engagements at agencies and client. Prior to joining Roku, Seth was President at Modi Media, GroupM’s Advanced TV specialty agency, which focused on helping clients with the development and implementation of Addressable and Connected TV campaigns by providing strategic, creative and technical thought leadership.

He joined Modi in June ‘14, when he created their Connected TV buying practice, which has been adopted by over 30+ GroupM clients. In this role, he executed the first paid advertising campaign on Roku.

Prior to joining Modi, he was at Mindshare for 2 years, as Managing Director, Communications Planning for the Consumer/Brand team on American Express. Before entering the GroupM network, Seth was at MediaVest for 9 years, serving on P&G, Coca-Cola, Walmart and Continental Airlines. He holds a B.A. from the University of Buffalo.

Jeffrey Weber is the CEO of zone·tv, an exciting new company taking a quantum leap forward in television.

Zone·tv works with some of the largest operators and programmers in the world to deliver the best content to consumers through a variety of experiences.

Among the more than 40 channels offered by zone·tv, nothing is more exciting than the debut of an entirely new form of television programming: zone·tv Dynamic Channels. This group of 14 individual linear-like TV channels will deliver curated content never before seen on TV that is augmented with artificial intelligence, which provides an unprecedented content package and personalized viewing experience.

Weber, formerly president, content & advertising at AT&T U-verse was also responsible for all programming and advertising across AT&T’s TV, mobile, broadband and data segments. Earlier, as vice president, video products, Weber was responsible for video, including TV, multi-screen initiatives and applications. His responsibilities included defining and bringing to market the internet access product line, the programming made available to customers, the electronic program guide (EPG), video on demand (VOD), mobile and broadband content delivery, gaming and other interactive applications. He was also responsible for product development and strategy for the above areas.

Weber led the initial corporate strategy effort that resulted in the deployment and ultimate success of U-verse at AT&T before moving into the product role. He was a key player with U-verse since its launch in 2006, and saw the business grow from no revenue or customers to more than 5M TV subscribers and a $12 billion-plus annual run rate on the platform.

Previous to his role at AT&T, Weber was instrumental growing the internet business at Southwestern Bell. In addition, he held roles in IT, sales, strategy, network operations and marketing addressing products including TV, data, wireless and wireline services. He also launched and grew the second PCS market in the U.S. during his time at Sprint PCS.

Weber, a native of Norman, Oklahoma is married to Lesa, and has two children, Allie and Parker. He received an MIS degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

Konstantin Wilms is SVP Cloud and Media Architecture at Deluxe, where he leads the core architecture team responsible for Deluxe One, a platform that unifies every stage of the content ecosystem in one cloud-based interface.

He has over 20 years of experience in the industry, and has designed & worked on large scale deep learning, digital supply chain, content encryption, satellite distribution, OTT and broadcast delivery systems, including standards work for the ATSC and OASIS.

Prior to Deluxe, he was a Principal Architect at Amazon Web Services, and has held CTO and Chief Architect roles across a number of media focused startups and enterprises.