Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from Digital Hollywood Spring, 2006 For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Thursday, August 17 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Track II: Micropayments & MicroEconomies - Establishing a New E-Commerce Gateway to the Future Victoria Glickman Hodgkins, Director, Business Development & Marketing, Peppercoin Leslie Poole, Chief Executive Officer, Javien Digital Payment Solutions Craig McDonald, Vice President, Business Development, North America, Valista Douglas Knopper, Chief Executive Officer, BitPass Tom Meredith, President, P2P Cash Peter H. Kang, Esq., Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Moderator Victoria Glickman Hodgkins, Director, Business Development & Marketing, Peppercoin: As Director of Business Development and Marketing, Ms. Hodgkins develops and manages Peppercoin's strategic marketing programs, including overseeing all lead generation activities and coordinating the Micro and Small Payments Conference that Peppercoin hosts each year. Ms. Hodgkins brings a decade of experience in enterprise software sales and marketing to her role at Peppercoin. Prior to joining Peppercoin in 2005, Ms. Hodgkins held several marketing and sales positions at CSG Systems, a NASDAQ Small Cap 400 provider of customer care and billing solutions to the telecommunication industries; including Director of Corporate Alliances and Director of Strategic Marketing and Sales Operations. In 1998 she joined Kenan Systems, a billing and customer care company that Lucent acquired in 1999 and subsequently divested to CSG Systems in 2001. As a Sales Manager at Kenan Systems, Ms. Hodgkins closed the two largest deals in Kenan's corporate history with a combined contract value of more than $30 million. During her seven year tenure at Kenan/Lucent/CSG, Ms. Hodgkins also helped grow the global alliances program with partners such as Accenture, IBM and Sun Microsystems to generate more than $2 million dollars in direct revenue. Ms. Hodgkins graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College with an A.B. degree in European History and earned an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. Leslie Poole, Chief Executive Officer, Javien Digital Payment Solutions: On the forefront of the online payment industry, Leslie Poole joined microCreditCard in 2000 and then successfully merged it with Javien Digital Payment Solutions, Inc., in 2001. Since then he has led Javien in developing e-commerce solutions for leading companies in a variety of industries. In the entertainment industry specifically, digital music providers have made significant strides and Javien’s role in this success is notable. The company’s technology powers the digital content sales for Ruckus Network, iMesh and Trans World Entertainment’s FYE Download Zone among others. For over 15 years Leslie Poole has made a career out of leading ventures in both the technology and financial industries. Previously, Mr. Poole co-founded Broad IP Networks, a networking infrastructure company, and served as the chief executive officer. He has also held positions as the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Network Security Technologies, Inc. and executive director of The National Investment Fund for Credit Unions, where he grew assets under management from $100 million to over $1 billion. Mr. Poole sits on the Content Division board of the Software and Information Industry Association, the Digital Media Committee at American Business Media and the board of Fort Belvoir Federal Credit Union. Douglas Knopper, Chief Executive Officer, BitPass: Doug brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing, media and technology, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ad Management at DoubleClick. Prior to Doubleclick, Doug oversaw advertising campaigns for well-known brands and products at Lowe and Partners, TBWA/Chiat Day, and J. Walter Thompson. He was named as one of "50 Online People to Know" by Media Magazine in 2004. Doug earned his MBA from Georgetown University and holds a BA, with honors, from the University of Michigan. Craig McDonald, Vice President, Sales and Business Development, North America, Valista: Craig McDonald is Vice President, Sales and Business Development North America at Valista with responsibility for North American operations. Prior to joining Valista, Craig was Senior Director Business Development with iPIN were he lead North American sales and business development efforts. Previously, he held senior management positions in the healthcare industry with Healthmark Group and Deleeuw Health where he acted as General Manager for European operations. Craig began his career with IBM as a Marketing Representative. Craig holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Michigan State University, 1987). Peter Kang is a Partner in the San Francisco office of the global law firm of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP. Mr. Kang joined Sidley’s Intellectual Property practice group in 2003 (ranked in the top 3 nationwide by American Lawyer magazine), devoted to serving the IP and related legal services needs of technology clients. Mr. Kang counsels clients in patent disputes; technology transfer and IP licensing; strategic IP portfolio development; patent opinions; and IP enforcement and litigation. Mr. Kang has served as an advisor to iPark (formerly known as the Korean Software Incubator), and is an International Advisor for Global Venture Consultants. Mr. Kang is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and is a member of the California bar. Mr. Kang works with Fortune 100 electronics companies, software and Internet companies, and content/game developers in IP matters worldwide. Mr. Kang has also advised independent film directors/writers, artists, and novelists in copyright/trademark issues and related content-licensing matters. In addition, Mr. Kang is an experienced IP trial attorney, having represented clients in complex litigation and trials of IP lawsuits nationwide, including federal court patent jury trial experience and patent trial experience before the International Trade Commission. With over a dozen years’ experience in Silicon Valley, Mr. Kang has represented ecommerce ventures, online startups, independent software consultants, game developers (including MMORPG, traditional arcade games, and hardware developers), electronic mapping and software navigation developers, and gaming companies. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Kang was Managing Partner of the San Francisco Office of a nationally recognized IP boutique. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kang served as Law Clerk for the Hon. Ernest C. Torres, now Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Prior to law school, Mr. Kang worked as a software engineer for a biomedical research organization at Brown University. Mr. Kang served on the Board of Directors of the Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley, and is a regional governor of the International Association of Korean Lawyers. He is an award-winning author and frequent speaker at industry and legal conferences. He received both a B.A. in Classics and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, where he won both the Fairclough Award and the Classics Department Senior Prize. Mr. Kang also received a Certificate of Merit from the University of London’s Institut Brittanique in Paris. Mr. Kang received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University. For further inquiry, please contact Mr. Kang via email at pkang@sidley.com.