Thursday, March 30 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Track IV: The Broadband Video Tipping Point: Availability of Vast Content and Portability - Broadband, ITV, Mobile & DTV Video has finally reached into the merger of the entertainment, communications and technology revolution and making itself heard. Call it a Video Tipping Point, a video revolution or simply the next logical step in video to the consumer on all platforms, all the time, but something big is at hand. Video search is becoming the hot button topic and one must ask the question, what are they searching for? As broadband brings video to the consumer on any number of devices, there is no shortage of video content. From the billions of hours of already existing libraries, the daily output of the global news and content providers to the trillions of hours of "personal video," call them v-blogs, Video PodCasts, mobisodes or personal video chat, our universe is past the point of no return. We are now simply codifying the experience, giving it form and coherence. For those who are with us today, welcome to the party, because you will remember this tipping point moment forever. Michael Raneri, President, MeeVee Robert Whitmore, CEO & co-founder, stimTV™Network Karl Quist, founder & President, TotalVid Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Veoh Networks J. Chris Wagner, Executive Vice President and co-founder , NeuLion, Inc. Markus Almer, president and co-founder, Almer/Blank Allison Dollar, founder & CEO, Interactive Television Alliance, Moderator Michael Raneri is the President at Meevee, where he is tasked with building its marketing strategy, as well as creating, managing and overseeing the company's roadmap for product development, the growth of traffic, and brand awareness of Meevee. Michael has more than 15 years of experience developing and delivering on long-term technology product strategies. Prior to joining Meevee, he was Senior Vice President of eCommerce for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. He previously served as Assistant Vice President of eCommerce Marketing at Quick & Reilly, Inc. Michael received his bachelor's degree in economics and sociology from Fairfield University. Robert Whitmore, CEO & co-founder, stimTV™Network has served as its President since the Company’s inception in July 2001. Mr. Whitmore is instrumental in the near-term and long-term strategic planning of the Company and in conjunction with co-founder and CTO Dwight Marcus guides the financing activities and development strategies. Mr. Whitmore supervises the sales and marketing departments of the Company and works with Mr. Marcus on the creative and production operations. Mr. Whitmore contributes more than 25 years of management experience within the entertainment industry. In 1999, he and inventor Dwight Marcus founded NTECH Properties, Inc., the parent company to NPOWR Digital Media. Prior to that, Mr. Whitmore formed and became co-owner of New York-based Manhattan Beach Recording Studios and World Coast Music. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Whitmore was President of Cine-Source, Inc., a company involved in feature film development and production. For Cine-Source, he arranged the financing for and served as Supervising Producer of Texasville, the sequel to The Last Picture Show distributed by Columbia Pictures, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Jeff Bridges and Cybil Shepherd. From 1985 to 1988, Mr. Whitmore was a development producer for Warner Bros. Television, and just prior to joining, Warner Bros., he was Executive Producer of the feature film Runaway Train, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, and Rebecca DeMornay. The film received three Academy Award nominations and captured a Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Jon Voight. In the early ‘80s, Mr. Whitmore was Chairman of the pioneering electronic music synthesis manufacturer and software developer/manufacturer, Voyetra Electronics Inc. There, he was responsible for the strategic planning and coordination of the company’s investment banking activities. Mr. Whitmore earned a B.A. degree from the School of International Service at American University and received a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington College of Law at American University. Karl B Quist, Founder & General Manager, TotalVid: TotalVid is the brainchild of Founder and President, Karl Quist, avid windsurfer and self-confessed TiVo addict. Frustrated by the lack of windsurfing videos available through traditional retail stores and the almost non-existent windsurfing shows or movies on TV, Karl realized there was a gaping hole in the market. Knowing that there were other frustrated enthusiasts in other action sports segments hungry for content, Karl developed the concept of TotalVid in 2003. Now home to over 1,400 titles in surfing, snowboarding, windsurfing, skiing, inline skating, mountain biking, BMX riding, wakeboarding, motor sports, anime, travel, and a host of other actions sports TotalVid delivers Karl’s vision of using the power of broadband to bring hard-to-find, specialty videos to enthusiasts, directly to their PCs. Before founding TotalVid, Karl was a New Ventures Director at Landmark Communications as part of the Corporate Development group, focused on Internet and database marketing investments. Prior to Landmark, Karl spent two years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company where he provided strategic operations counsel to leading Internet and financial services companies. Karl is a director for CoolSavings and Alliant. He holds a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Karl makes his home in Norfolk, VA, with his wife and two children, and is a dedicated windsurfer. Dmitry Shapiro, Chief Executive Officer, Veoh: Dmitry Shapiro is a world recognized thought leader and visionary in electronic communications, peer-to-peer networking, online community, and computer security. Mr. Shapiro is a frequent speaker at major technology and business events, and is widely quoted in the press, including InfoWorld, PCWorld, Computer World, eWeek, Internet World, and other publications. Prior to founding Veoh Networks in 2004, Mr. Shapiro founded Akonix Systems, Inc. Under his vision and leadership, Akonix Systems pioneered the technologies that are now standard corporate requirements for IM and P2P management. With over 1,000,000 enterprise seats deployed, Akonix's P2P management solution is the world's corporate standard in P2P security. Akonix's products are deployed at media companies such as MTV, Fox News, 20th Century Fox, Viacom, and Disney as well as hundreds of other recognizable brand names across all major vertical markets. Prior to founding Akonix, Mr. Shapiro led technology development for CollegeClub.com, at that time the world's largest community of college students, which provided innovative real-time communications to its community of over four million users. CollegeClub.com was a recognized pioneer in integrating presence, Instant Messaging, and other collaborative technologies into a comprehensive communications infrastructure. His visionary work on presence integration into web infrastructures has been the basis for the "Who's Online" functions now implemented across major industries, including e-commerce, call centers, online personals, and others. Before CollegeClub.com, Mr. Shapiro led the Internet technology group at Fujitsu Business Communication Systems. Prior to that, Mr. Shapiro was a key player in Fujitsu's systems engineering team where he helped lead Fujitsu's entry into the Computer Telephony Integration space. Mr. Shapiro holds a BS in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In his spare time, Mr. Shapiro is a hobbyist videographer, activist, and philanthropist. Karl B Quist, Founder & General Manager, TotalVid: TotalVid is the brainchild of Founder and President, Karl Quist, avid windsurfer and self-confessed TiVo addict. Frustrated by the lack of windsurfing videos available through traditional retail stores and the almost non-existent windsurfing shows or movies on TV, Karl realized there was a gaping hole in the market. Knowing that there were other frustrated enthusiasts in other action sports segments hungry for content, Karl developed the concept of TotalVid in 2003. Now home to over 1,400 titles in surfing, snowboarding, windsurfing, skiing, inline skating, mountain biking, BMX riding, wakeboarding, motor sports, anime, travel, and a host of other actions sports TotalVid delivers Karl’s vision of using the power of broadband to bring hard-to-find, specialty videos to enthusiasts, directly to their PCs. Before founding TotalVid, Karl was a New Ventures Director at Landmark Communications as part of the Corporate Development group, focused on Internet and database marketing investments. Prior to Landmark, Karl spent two years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company where he provided strategic operations counsel to leading Internet and financial services companies. Karl is a director for CoolSavings and Alliant. He holds a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Karl makes his home in Norfolk, VA, with his wife and two children, and is a dedicated windsurfer. Markus Almer is president and co-founder of Almer/Blank, an interactive media agency in Venice, California. He helps clients like ClearChannel Entertainment, E! Networks, Microsoft, and Apple identify business opportunities and develop rich digital experiences to improve customer experiences, and Marketing-ROI. Markus began his career in digital media in 1998 by introducing patented digital media card technology to the United States and over the past 7 years, he has gained extensive experience in interactive marketing and rich media applications. Markus earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Zurich. He grew up in Switzerland and has lived in Southern California since 1998. J. Chris Wagner, Executive Vice President and co-founder , NeuLion, Inc.: Chris joined NeuLion in 2004 as an Executive Vice President and Co Founder. Prior to NeuLion, Kleiner Perkins Caldwell and Beyers recruited Chris to lead one of their portfolio companies, MetaMatrix. Chris was the Chief Executive Officer of MetaMatrix, a New York based privately held Software Company. Chris was also a member of the MetaMatrix Board of Directors. Chris, a 20-year software veteran led the day to day operations of the company and played a key role in the company's overall business strategy, focusing on winning new customers, developing the partner channel, operations and overall company growth. Chris has considerable professional experience in each of these disciplines. Prior to MetaMatrix, he served as a Venture Partner with Insight Partners, directing several of their portfolio companies, Exchange Applications and Digital Harbor. Chris served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of CA Services, a division of Computer Associates International, Inc. At CA Chris was responsible for the worldwide sales and delivery of CA's consulting services activities. He was instrumental in transforming CA into a leading solutions-provider that generated more than $700 million in consulting services revenues. Prior to serving as EVP and GM of CA Services, he served as Senior Vice President of CA's channel and direct product sales business, supporting customers on a worldwide basis. Chris holds a bachelors degree in business and communications from the University of Delaware and resides in New York. Allison Dollar is a founder and co-president of the Interactive Television Alliance, a non-profit trade association whose broad constituency is committed to accelerating iTV in the U.S. She is also a principal in 2degree Partners, a management consultancy focused on iTV, specializing in alliance packaging, cross-platform marketing and digital services integration. A longtime champion of ubiquitous interactivity, she co-founded eTV World, Hollyweb Live!, iNNOVATORS™ venture pitch series, and chaired NAB’s Executive Committee to launch Multimedia World. Clients have included IBM’s eBusiness (American Express, Bell Atlantic, Mail Boxes Etc.), AOL, SimplyTV, Web TV, WB, Creative Planet, Stan Lee Media, Vi[z]Rt (virtual sets), and Envivio (MPEG-4). For Webcasts.com she was CSO and a founding board member (IPO as iBEAM Internet Broadcasting Corp). Previously, for Phillips Business Information she led business/content development with over 30 trade publications. Titles included Interactive Video News, Interactive Marketing News, Internet Week, CableFAX, Multimedia Week, E-Commerce News, Film & Video Magazine, A/V Video magazine, Via Satellite. While Editorial Director of In Motion she created sponsor packages with Sony, SGI, PacBell, Autodesk, AOL, HBO, Kodak and Sprint. These anticipated the impact of 3D visual effects, advertainment, DBS, broadband, VOD and wireless devices. She worked with Oscar-nominee documentarian Ross Spears, CBS News, the Maryland Film Commission. A founding board member of Maryland’s WIFV, she received ASAE’s Golden Circle award, held advisory board positions for CINE and the US Film&Video Festival. She holds a M.A. from the University of Virginia and Phi Beta Kappa B.A. from Goucher College in Baltimore, and has been interviewed by National Public Radio, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Hot Wired, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, BizTalk1, Millimeter, Digitrends, Broadcasting & Cable and other outlets. Her book on iTV, Interactive Television: Tracking and Preparing for an Emerging Market, was released in April 2003.