When: Tuesday April 12, 2011
Where: Crowne Plaza Ravinia
Networking: 5:30PM

TV Everywhere and the use of Over the Top Video is often used yet not always fully understood, for that matter, definitions vary by constituent. What is TV Everywhere and how do I catch my TV “thrown over the Top”? I want my TV on any device at any time! - easier said than done with lack of interoperability or will one Service Provider control this? – the battle over the Living Room, or over the Video enabled Mobile Device at the Airport – Google, Apple ---  Cox, ATT? The Content Providers don’t want to disrupt their carriage fees from Service Providers, yet Netflix is growing daily. We try to make sense out of this often mis-understood future of rich media, with millions of viewers and even more dollars at stake from Service Providers, Platform Providers, and Content Provider perspectives. Tune in and don’t be a dated “Re-Run”!

Join our panel as they explain what is TV Everywhere and the technology and business models around how we can get TV on any device at any time.  See how long we have to wait to have it as we discuss the battle over the living room, or over the video enabled mobile device and who is in the driver's seat.

Moderator:

Kevin Nicholas, co-founder ATP

Kevin currently leads Business Development in the Americas as Vice President for Gorillabox, a leader in mobile rich-content and mobile video delivery platforms and application services for any mobile device.

Prior to Gorillabox, Kevin served as Director of Converged Media Solutions with Concurrent, a publicly traded international multi-screen video and advanced media and data company. Kevin was responsible for expanding into Over the Top video delivery platforms, focusing on mobile for content providers. Kevin became a leading resource for TV Everywhere models.

Kevin was the Acting Director for Business Development at EarthLink where he led partner negotiations for the Earthlink.net portal including advertising deals and for Value Added Services including Internet Security and other product lines. Kevin also served in increasing positions of responsibility with BellSouth serving in Product Management and Marketing roles for business and consumer markets. Kevin worked for Nortel’s Optical Internet Strategic Marketing Group, and held various positions with Sprint, in Pricing and Business Analysis for retail and for wholesale services and roles in IP Data Product Management.

Kevin is a co-founder and a two term past President of The Association of Telecom Professionals, a leading technology professional organization for greater Metro Atlanta and the Southeast.

Kevin has an MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business, and a BS in Business Administration and Management from the State University of New York – University of Buffalo.

Panel:

Ken Klaer, Director - Connected Home Solutions, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Ken Klaer began his career at Scientific Atlanta (now Cisco) in 1979 as a co-op student while attending the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Today, he is responsible for business development activities globally for the company’s Connected Home Solutions business, including, IPTV, cable, data, and voice. His team partners with Cisco’s sales teams to identify business opportunities and to ensure that the company is strategically well positioned to meet customer demands.

During his 27 years with Cisco, Klaer has held key senior management positions, playing a leadership role in the success of the company’s mission-critical rollout of its premier digital video products throughout the world. Most recently, Klaer led Cisco’s international set-top business, working with leading service providers such as Virgin Media, Liberty Global, StarHub and OCN. With Klaer’s advice and leadership, in 2010, Cisco made the first acquisition of a China company, Digital Video Networks (DVN), a leading Chinese set-top manufacturer.

Klaer graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor’s of industrial engineering. Klaer’s career includes management roles at Telecorp Systems, Inc. and ANTEC Corporation, where he was vice president of vice president and general manager of the company’s Broadband Systems and later named president of the Power and Passives Division at ANTEC.

Wayne Kao, Vice President of Product, VMIX

Wayne Kao brings over 15 years’ experience in developing software platforms for a variety of vertical markets.

Before joining VMIX, Mr. Kao managed the product development lifecycle for membership applications at Kintera, and was responsible for managing a scalable payment processing system for domestic and international currencies.

Wayne also held senior engineering, project management, and product management positions at Sony Online Entertainment, HNC Software Inc. (acquired by Fair Isaac), AsiaStudios, and Boeing Autometric.

Mr. Kao holds a Masters in Business Administration from Babson College in Massachusetts, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from University of California, Riverside.

Roger Demuth, VP Engineering, itaas, Inc.

As Vice President, Engineering at itaas, Roger Demuth leads itaas’ growing engineering and program management organizations in North America. itaas is a leading provider of multi-platform solutions for service providers, broadcasters, application developers, and technology vendors deploying interactive technology in the digital media industry. In this leadership role, Roger has responsibility for ensuring the company can meet the challenges of the development, testing, and deployment of applications to multiple screens that enable interactive for IP, cable, and wireless devices.

Roger has more than 20 years of professional software development and management experience in a variety of lead roles. Most recently, he was Vice President of Engineering and Senior Vice President of Services at Ensequence where he led a team working on interactive TV products and technology.

At Ensequence, Roger was responsible for the engineering organization during its period of highest growth. He also helped build out the company’s European operation and managed the professional services organization worldwide. Prior to Ensequence, he worked at a variety of software companies building among other things, mobile handset synchronization applications, medical risk management software, industrial automation operating systems and high-end database replication software.

Roger has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Luther College and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.

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