Noon - 1:00 PM
Session B:
DH20: Internet Content Distribution - An Economic Breakdown - Keeping Streaming Costs Under Control
Whether you’re a content company or a streaming service provider, the margin of error in building and managing your streaming network is miniscule. Because your project is not only going to be judged by thousands of critical viewers, it ultimately also comes under the microscope of the corporate bottom line bean counter. Keeping streaming costs under control is a juggling act requiring expertise in building a broadband network, a streaming media platform, storage management, encoding, security and MPEG4 technology. Whether your company is looking for technology partners or suppliers, in this session, we bring the many pieces together needed to help you through the difficult task.
Frank Hausmann, CEO and Chairman of the Board, CenterSpan Communications Corp.
Greg Schmitzer, President and co-founder, Jibe Inc.
Joseph Rozenfeld, Senior Vice President Engineering & CTO, ChainCast Networks
Elliot Solomon, COO & Vice President Business Development, iM Networks
Julia Riley O’Sullivan, founder & Chief Executive Officer of FilmClix.com and FilmClix i-Theatre
Matthew Deichman, General Manager, Real Broadcast Network Operations, RealNetworks
Pallavi Shah, Worldwide Market Segment Manager Digital Distribution, Sun Microsystems, Moderator
Frank Hausmann, Chairman & CEO, CenterSpan Communications Corporat
ion: Frank G. Hausmann joined CenterSpan Communications in July 1998, where he held the position of CFO prior to being named CEO. Before coming to CenterSpan, he was VP, Finance and CFO of Atlas Telecom, Inc., a developer of enhanced facsimile and voice mail solutions. Frank also served as VP, Corporate Development and General Counsel of Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., a designer and marketer of computer peripherals such as graphics and sound cards. He was also EVP and CFO for Supra Corporation, a designer and marketer of modems that was acquired by Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. in 1995. Frank holds a J.D. degree from the University of Oregon, a B.S. degree in economics and political science from Willamette University, and is a member of the Oregon State Bar.Greg Schmitzer, President and co-founder, Jibe Inc.: A leader in the peer-based content delivery space, Schmitzer was an early participant in Intel's peer-to-peer working group and was a featured speaker at the 2002 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. Prior to starting Jibe, Schmitzer served as Vice President of Business Development for Mediacentric Group, a highly successful technology consulting and development company. At Mediacentric, Schmitzer spearheaded sales and was responsible for acquiring a host of major clients including PeopleSoft, Fox Sports, 3M, Seagate, WorldCom, PPG, and Vignette. Earlier in his career, Schmitzer was a marketing executive with TitanSports (WWF) and Spectacor Management Group (SMG). Greg sits on the board of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF.org) and is chairman of its technology assessment committee. Schmitzer holds a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Joseph Rozenfeld, Senior Vice President of Engineering and CTO of ChainCast Networks, Inc., is responsible for management activities in engineering and operations, including shaping the company's technologies to meet the fast growing needs of the streaming content marketplace. Mr. Rozenfeld has served in his present position since joining the company in 1999. Having founded or co-founded four companies, Mr. Rozenfeld has more than 15 years of software development and management experience with successful start-ups and large organizations. Prior to joining ChainCast, Mr. Rozenfeld was CTO at Argonautica (San Francisco, California), the company he founded in July 1998. At Argonautica, he was responsible for all aspects of the development and marketing of the Argonautica SalesPro software. The system was based on a proprietary technology developed by Mr. Rozenfeld. Before that, Mr. Rozenfeld was Vice President of Software Development at Media Guaranty (Palo Alto, California), the company he co-founded in October 1997. Prior to that, he was director of Core Software Development at Cinebase Software (later acquire dby eMotion and located in San Francisco, California), responsible for the development and launch of the Cinebase Digital Media Management System. Before joining Cinebase, Mr. Rozenfeld was software development manager, founding engineer and architect of Essbase and IBM DB2 OLAP servers at Hyperion Solutions (formerly called Arbor Software and located in Sunnyvale, California). Mr. Rozenfeld holds an M.S. degree in Computer Science and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Moscow Polytechnique University.
Pallavi Shah, Worldwide Market Segment Manager Digital Distribution, Sun Microsystems: Pallavi Shah is responsible for recruiting and managing strategic partners for Sun in the streaming and rich media infrastructure market. Since joining Sun in 1995, she has been involved in bringing key components of Sun's advanced digital media technology to market. She chaired ISO's MPEG4-Java standards group and formed multi-company alliances to promote Java and protect Sun's strategic interests. Prior to Sun, Ms Shah was with the Sarnoff Corporation (RCA research lab). She represented the HDTV Grand Alliance during the development of HDTV and pioneered the world's first E-Commerce application of interactive HDTV at NAB-95. She has served as a panelist/speaker at several industry conferences, published papers and has several pending patents. She hold M.S. from Utah State University.
Elliot Solomon, COO & Vice President of Business Development for iM Networks: Solomon brings more than fifteen years of entertainment industry experience to iM Networks. iM Networks was found on a simple premise -- deliver Internet audio without a PC with a consumer electronics-like experience. Users plug it in, turn it on, tune in, and out comes high quality, always-on, legally scrubbed Internet audio content. From this simple idea, iM Networks is fast becoming the standard Internet radio solution for consumer electronics products. Current licensees include Panasonic, Philips, and Creative Labs. Most recently, Solomon was Vice President of Post Production Services at Initial Entertainment Group, where he oversaw the completion of such films as "Traffic," "Dr. T & The Women," and "Very Bad Things." Prior to this, Solomon was a music producer and engineer for an eclectic array of artists, including John Waite, Dan Hill, Nils Lofgren and Lizzy Borden. Solomon also spent several years as a Regional Sales and Marketing Manager for Mike Fellen & Associates, a Southern California consumer electronics rep firm, whose clients included Hitachi, BASF, Sansui and Cerwin Vega. Solomon also serves on the advisory board of Intellectual Capital, L.P., a Pacific Northwest venture fund. Solomon's knowledge and diverse expertise in the entertainment industry enable him to bring a unique approach to the digital entertainment convergence arena.
Julia Riley O’Sullivan, founder and Chief Executive Officer of FilmClix.com and FilmClix i-Theatre: A senior technology and media executive with an extensive track record in the development and execution of multimedia production and services, Julia is a pioneer in broadband entertainment distribution and marketing through her content company Filmsonsale.com launched in 1999, which owns FilmClix, Inc. and FilmClix.com: o Filmclix.com has been established as a first mover in broadband content delivery of independent film, music, and extreme sports video. Its i-Theatre is based on a B2C monthly subscription model. Julia has worked in media and technology since the beginning of the Internet revolution in 1994. Sites solely produced by Julia and her companies include: o Magicoftibet.com, representing the Office of Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet, and the Tibet Fund from 1995 – 2000. o Kingdomofmorocco.com representing King Hassan II of Morocco and His airline, Royal Air Maroc. The extensive site was solely developed by Julia and her employees. It also represented numerous hotels and businesses throughout the Kingdom from 1997-2000. In addition Julia has developed Internet material for a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and conducted extensive lobbying in the United Nations for his human rights initiatives.