Saturday, January 11 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Session B: DH18: Streaming Video Management on the Net - Encoding, Compression, Video Storage, Security & Media Asset Management The technical talent base that has formed in support of streaming video is as critical to the success of the enterprise as is the traditional in-front-of-the-camera talent - perhaps even more so. Managing streaming assets in today’s environment is as important to the film, information and music industries as a clear audio signal is to the telephone industry. Streaming video management is no longer judged on the single mass consumer webcast to millions, it is judged on its ability to build and maintain the reliable, secure delivery of audio and video assets 24/7, three hundred sixty five days a year. Those are the needs of the entertainment industry and that’s what the streaming community is geared to deliver today. Paul S. Summers, Chairman, co-founder. President & CEO, VitalStream Marty Levine, VP Business Development, Consumer Platforms, iVAST William Mutual, CEO, ITV.net David Jensen, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Zetools, Inc. Per Caroe, Media & Entertainment Account Executive, Enscaler Shawn Ambwani, Vice President, Business Development, co-founder, Envivio, MPEG-4 Industry Forum Tim Bigoness, Chief Product Officer, Equilibrium, Moderator Paul S. Summers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer VitalStream co-founder Paul S. Summers has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since the company's inception in March 2000. As President and CEO, Summers is primarily responsible for the organization's strategic planning, operations and profit and loss management. Prior to founding VitalStream, Summers was Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of AnaServe, Inc., a successful Web hosting company, founded in 1995, that was acquired by Concentric Network Corporation in 1998. Summers was previously Vice President of Marketing for AmeriQuest Technologies, Inc, a wholesale distributor of corporate networking systems. Summers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing with an emphasis in advertising from the University of Southern California (1988). William Mutual, CEO, ITV.net: William Mutual has more than 10 years of experience in the digital media industry. Mr. Mutual founded ITV.net in 1995, and, as CEO, built it into a leading provider of webcasting services. Utilizing his pioneering experience in streaming media, Mr. Mutual also founded venture funded POPcast Communications, focused on automated personal video services. Before originating ITV.net, Mr. Mutual operated a post production and music composition studio for the film industry that included one of the first MIDI/SMPTE computer-generated recording facilities in North America. An expert in networking, video technologies, and audio engineering, Mr. Mutual is a featured speaker at Internet, multimedia and broadcasting conferences, where he lectures on video broadcasting. Mr. Mutual is a founding board member of the International Webcast Association, a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - New Media committee, and has completed graduate studies at The Julliard School in New York City. David Jensen, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Zetools, Inc.: Jensen, who will be based in the company's Los Angeles office, has more than 15 years of experience in the delivery of information, interactive media and entertainment. Most recently in the consulting world, Jensen built and led Razorfish's Broadband/Future Television division as Vice President, Media & Entertainment. Operating from Razorfish's offices in Los Angeles, Jensen and his team worked on interactive media solutions for more than 100 media companies, including Sony Pictures, I-Blast, News Corp., Fox Cable, HBO and Vivendi/Universal. In his newly created position at Zetools, Jensen is charged with accelerating business development especially in the media and entertainment sectors, focusing on new media, interactive, cable, and broadcast television sectors. "David's relationships with media and entertainment companies provides us with access to the decision makers that can benefit most immediately from our Media Modeler application," said Taschler in making the announcement. "Like the other members of Zetools executive management team, David possesses both technical acumen and creative talent combined with valuable real-world experience which fuels Zetools' development of workable, cost-effective solutions for leveraging customers existing best-of-breed technology investments in exciting ways." Added Jensen, "The past few years have presented us with incredible challenges in managing content, workflow, costs and revenue potential with regards to enterprise media ecosystems. Zetools' Media Modeler allows non-technical staff to easily manage, author and publish rich interactive content with multiple built-in revenue streams - a focus which has been omitted in other alternative approaches. I truly believe Zetools has the answers for the next evolution in interactive content, successfully addressing the need for sustainable media business models that incorporate flexibility, adaptability and profitability." Prior to joining Razorfish in June of 1999 as Managing Director, Broadband/Future TV, Jensen spent six years a the Getty Trust, the world's largest operating foundation, where he spearheaded the Getty's narrowband, broadband and interactive TV initiatives with projects that ranged from Web-community networks and broadband digital library portals to enhanced television applications. Jensen built projects with partners such as the Library of Congress, California Arts Council, American Film Institute, Xerox PARC, GTE, NEC, Oracle, Liberate, WebTV, PBS, Time Warner Music and Disney. Marty Levine, VP, Business Development, Consumer Platforms, iVAST: Marty Levine brings more than 21 years of experience in consumer electronics, cable and satellite TV and other consumer audio/video delivery platforms. He is also a recognized expert on digital content protection issues. Before joining iVAST, Mr. Levine was editor and publisher of Digital Technology Report, and was a partner in Digital Technology Consulting, the Dallas, TX-based market researcher. Mr. Levine majored in English and Group Dynamics at Queens College, City University of New York. Per Caroe, Media & Entertainment Account Executive, Enscaler: Per Caroe has been involved in the Streaming Video world for the last five years. Last year he spearheaded EnScaler’s Media and Entertainment Group push to bring a comprehensive DRM (Digital Rights Management) & VAM (Video Asset Management) solution to the market. He has also been deeply involved with ClickMovie.com (Red Herring’s cover story for their first Herring on Hollywood showcase of streaming media), NetTV, ITN SignalStream and the Grass Valley Group. Prior to 1999, Mr. Caroe worked as a TV-news producer at CBS This Morning, KNSD- the NBC affiliate in San Diego and KFTY. Per is contributes to industry magazines and speaks at various technology events. He lives and works in Northern California with his wife and two sons. Paul S. Summers has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since the company’s inception in March 2000. As President and CEO, Summers is primarily responsible for the organization’s strategic planning, operations and profit and loss management. Prior to founding VitalStream, Summers was Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of AnaServe, Inc., a successful Web hosting company, founded in 1995, that was acquired by Concentric Network Corporation in 1998. Summers was previously Vice President of Marketing for AmeriQuest Technologies, Inc, a wholesale distributor of corporate networking systems.Ê Summers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing with an emphasis in advertising from the University of Southern California (1988). Tim Bigoness, Chief Product Officer, Equilibrium: Tim began his career in television at TV20 in San Francisco, which was acquired by Warner Brothers. He then became Publisher of the leading trade magazine for interactive content developers and later co-founded the first magazine for "screenagers." He then moved on to Macromedia where he managed the developer program, Macromedia Press and Global Brand Management. Tim has been with Equilibrium since 1997, where he oversees all product marketing and development for the MediaRich dynamic image server product line for rich-media asset management and delivery. Tim has spoke on several panels on topics ranging from digital asset management to interactive content distribution at such events as Comdex, Seybold, Shop.org, ICM 2001, Akamai Seminars and InfoTrends’ Technology Forum. Please consider Tim for one or more of your panels at your Digital Hollywood at CES. Your colleagues can coordinate through me or directly with Tim.