10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Session A - DH5:
The Networked Entertainment Home - the PVR/DVR – the Set-Top & PC Entertainment Server
The home entertainment server is about one basic idea - to deliver more and varied media-rich content to the consumer - giving consumers what they want, when they want it. But the battle for this consumer sector is about to assert itself as a competition of technologies, more complicated than the older battle of the home PC vs. the TV. This is a world containing the set-top box, the PVR, the PC and a host of other devices. The next generation of DTV/Set-Top/PC home entertainment server will come into the battle delivering Internet, music, games, movies, plus innovative two-way communications and telephony services that the old set-top provider was only beginning to deliver. This battle for the home will be a tremendous winner for both the consumer as well as for the content industry. It presents the simple proposition that offering the consumer more and richer services in a competitive environment is the perfect formula for success.
David Novak, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Video Without Boundaries, Inc.
Shari Glusker, Group Product Manager, Cable Solutions, Microsoft TV Division, Microsoft Corporation
Rob Pait, Director, Global Consumer Storage Marketing, Seagate Technology
Dave Davies, Vice President, Strategy and Product Marketing, Scientific-Atlanta
Brad Kayton, VP Marketing & Business Development, PRISMIQ
Mitchell J. Weinraub, Senior Director, New Media Initiatives and Implementation, Comcast
Rob Glidden, Market Development Manager, Broadband and Digital Media, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moderator
Shari Glusker, Group Product Manager, Cable Solutions, Microsoft T
V Division, Microsoft Corporation: Shari Glusker is group product manager, cable solutions, for the Microsoft TV Division at Microsoft Corporation. In this role, Glusker drives the overall strategy and vision for Microsoft TV Foundation Edition and is responsible for defining product positioning, packaging, pricing, research and product rollout plans. She works closely with customers and partners to ensure that Foundation Edition provides superior value and enables a profitable business. Glusker joined the Microsoft TV group in March 2001. She previously managed the Interactive TV Support Group for WebTV. There, she was responsible for working with key broadcast partners to create enhanced interactive programming and define revenue-generating features in WebTV products. From May 1999 – May 2000, Glusker was manager of broadcast services for WebTV. Before joining Microsoft, Glusker spent 18 years overseeing the creation of film and video programming, as well as video-based interactive applications for a number of companies. While working in positions such as manager of the interactive TV design team at Silicon Graphics and senior producer at Colossal Pictures, Glusker communicated with major advertisers, networks and cable channel operators nationally. Glusker’s varied experience with different facets of the digital TV industry enhances her ability to provide Microsoft’s cable customers with features, functionality and service that helps them improve the digital TV experience for consumers. Glusker has spoken at Digital Hollywood and at National Cable Television Association trade shows. She holds a bachelor’s degree in product design from Stanford University.David Novak, EVP, Video Without Boundaries, Inc. (VWB): Cable
& Telecommunications Association for Marketing’s (CTAM) Award winner David Novak currently serves as Executive Vice President for VWB where he leads all commercial activities for the company. Mr. Novak is spearheading the company’s global distribution and marketing of its groundbreaking Broadband Media Center (MediaREADY 4000 and 5000) and Portable Media Center (Flyboy) technology. Novak has come to VWB from Pace Micro Technology plc where he was responsible for corporate development, product management and marketing. Novak served as Vice President of Marketing for Pace and during his tenure, Novak led all marketing efforts to introduce their competitive digital home gateway technology (set-top boxes) into the US cable market most notably to, industry leaders, Time Warner Cable and Comcast. He established and directed strategic relationships with North and South American partners resulting in an improved competitive position in the marketplace and important development/marketing alliances. In addition, he identified and led new business development efforts for alternative technology applications involving satellite, terrestrial, IP networks and software products for several MSOs, RBOCs, computer manufacturers, and TV Manufacturers. Prior to joining Pace, David served as senior system account executive at Metrocall Wireless Communications in Hollywood, Florida for two years, where he was responsible for marketing information technology and system product and services. Prior to that he was president of DLN Promotions, Inc., a promotion and marketing firm he founded in 1994, to plan and conduct event marketing and promotion campaigns at Major League Baseball stadiums. David earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Maryland. Mr. Novak holds an US/IPT Patent for the Digital Cable Adapter.Rob Pait, Director, Global Consumer Storage Marketing, Seagate
Technology:Rob joined Seagate in 1999 following marketing management roles at Compaq Computer Corporation, Lexis-Nexis.com, and as a consultant to Internet businesses. Prior to his involvement in the technology sector, Rob worked in broadcast production and performance for ten years, experiencing the dawn of the digital age in broadcasting while making the transition from splicing tape to working with the first nonlinear A/V editing systems as a production manager for radio and television stations. Rob has also been an on-air personality for radio stations, announcer for several professional sports teams, and a creative manager in the advertising business. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA with his wife, three children, dog, cat, ferret, and unruly wireless network.
David B. Davies, Vice President, Strategy and Product Marketing, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.: Dave Davies currently serves as Vice President of
Strategy and Product Marketing for Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. In his role, Davies is responsible for Scientific-Atlanta’s product marketing and business development for all subscriber-facing products including the Explorer® line of interactive set-tops and cable modems. In addition, he is responsible for strategy and marketing for the most popular cable services including digital video recording (DVR), high-definition television (HDTV) and video-on-demand (VOD.) Most recently, Davies directed the launch of Explorer® 8000HD™ with DVR. This revolutionary product merges the pristine picture quality of HDTV with Digital Video Recording capabilities to enable consumers to watch whatever they want whenever they want to. Prior to assuming his current position at Scientific Atlanta, Davies was a Senior Associate with Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc, a leading global strategy and management consulting firm, where he focused on both corporate and operations strategy. He also has prior experience in the areas of system engineering and product development and manufacturing at various technology companies. Davies is a member of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and has recently spoken at several industry conferences including Digital Hollywood, Kagan, CTAM, and CES. Davies has an M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business, an M.S./M.E. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S./M.E. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Brad Kayton is the Vice President of Marketing & Business Development
for PRISMIQ, a California-based startup delivering award-winning Networked Entertainment Gateways, the next wave of set-top boxes, digital entertainment centers, and related convergence devices that exploit broadband access and home networking. Mr. Kayton was the CEO and co-founder of Paros Software, a firm specializing in web services software which was acquired by PRISMIQ in July 2002. Prior to Paros Software, Mr. Kayton was Vice President of Marketing, Online Services, and co-founder of 2Wire, a leading manufacturer of broadband residential gateways and home networking adapters, where he pioneered numerous aspects of today’s home networking solutions and was responsible for over thirty partnerships. In the mid-90s, Mr. Kayton served as Director of Video Products for Polycom, a leader in audio and video conferencing products, where he defined, managed, and launched the ViewStation product line that became the industry's top seller after only five months on the market and today commands a 70% market share. In the early 90s, Mr. Kayton managed a $200M network management product line at Tivoli Systems and spent five years at VTEL where he invented the F.R.E.D. system, the world's first hospital-compliant two-way video telemedicine product. Mr. Kayton began his career as a software programmer; holds two graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA and MA in communication technologies; and holds a BA from the University of Virginia.Rob Glidden, Market Development Manager, Broadband and Digital Media, Sun Microsystems: Rob Glidden is Market Development Manager for Broadband and Digital Media at Sun Microsystems, responsible for Sun's broadband segment strategy and partner relations for broadband, digital television, and interactive television networks. He represents Sun in open media industry groups including the Web3D Consortium. Glidden has over two decades of experience in the computing and digital media fields as an entrepreneur, developer, speaker, journalist, author and analyst.
Mitchell J. Weinraub, Senior Director, New Media Initiatives and Implem
entation, Comcast: Mitchell J. Weinraub is Senior Director of New Media Initiatives for the Comcast Media Center. In this role, he is responsible for all of the Comcast Media Center's production and new media services including the national VOD platform, studios, post-production, live events, web streaming, store and forward delivery and video over IP at the Denver-area facility. Weinraub has 15 years of experience designing facilities, systems and processes for the purpose of managing technology. Before his current assignment, he held roles at PRIMESTAR, DIRECTV, National College Television and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has a B.A. in broadcast journalism from The American University, and an M.A. in broadcasting, telecommunications, and mass media from Temple University. Weinraub is co-author of Universal Access to On-line Services: An Examination of the Issue, published as Chapter 6 in The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth by MIT Press, August 2001.