Saturday, January 11 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Session B: DH24: DVD & Game Console Advances - Playback Devices or Entertainment Platform? The explosive and overnight growth of the DVD industry has been about a decade in the making. Surprising to all however, is the prospect that the DVD may also be the stealth development of a next generation entertainment platform for the consumer. The DVD device may no only be a playback system for movies, but an introduction to a new and evolving media-rich environment, a portal to the Internet, a partner to the video game industry, merging PC capabilities into the next generation of devices. DVD may be the most popular movie device in the home today, but tomorrow it may be much more. Terry M. Leeder, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Cirrus Logic Jim Wallace, VP Business Development & North American Sales, Planetweb Camillo Martino, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Zoran Adam Sessler, Host, Extended Play, TechTV Don L. Daglow, President, Stormfront Studios Robert Ferrari, Managing Director, Convergence Ventures, Moderator Jim Wallace, VP Business Development & North American Sales, Planetweb: Mr. Wallace joined Planetweb in 1999 with fifteen years management experience in the Consumer Electronics, Computing and Embedded markets. At Planetweb, he served first as Director of Marketing and more recently as the Director of Business Development, helping to shape the company’s strategic direction and establishing many key strategic alliances in the Consumer Electronics market. Wallace also represents the company on several influential industry standards bodies. Prior to joining Planetweb, Mr. Wallace was the Director of Marketing at 3dfx where he managed the graphics chip supplier’s worldwide marketing efforts in both the consumer and OEM markets. Wallace also held several marketing management positions at HP from 1995 through 1998 where he helped position the company for growth in the consumer and retail markets. Prior to 1995, Wallace spent ten years in various management positions at Pioneer Electronics, USA, successfully positioning the company's product offering to the consumer market. During his career, Wallace has consistently been recognized for his effective and breakthrough marketing campaigns winning numerous awards including Gold Effies, several ICON Awards including the Grand ICON, Cannes Lions, many CLIO awards including the Grand Clio and was selected as one of "The Marketing 100" by Advertising Age magazine. Mr. Wallace holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Long Beach State University. Terry M. Leeder, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Cirrus Logic: Terry Leeder was named the Vice President of Cirrus Logic Sales and Marketing in July 2002. Mr. Leeder first joined Cirrus Logic as Vice President, Worldwide Sales in June 1999. Mr. Leeder has more than 30 years experience in semiconductors and held a number of key management positions with various technology companies. As Vice President, Marketing, Applications and Japan Sales at Power Integrations, Inc., he developed and implemented a new market strategy that leveraged the company’s "smartpower" technology and refocused its market segments, efforts that resulted in a successful IPO in 1996. He also established the sales office in Japan and subsequent Power Integrations, K.K. entity to serve major Japanese customers. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Medianix Semiconductor, Inc. He founded, funded and built Medianix to develop, manufacture and market application-specific DSP integrated circuits for the PC multimedia and consumer markets. Mr. Leeder is a graduate of Salford University in Manchester, England. Adam Sessler, Host, "Extended Play" Adam Sessler is host on "Extended Play," TechTV's gaming show, which explores some of the hottest games on the market and previews games in development. Prior to TechTV, Sessler was active in the financial industry and a creator and actor on the oft-missed San Francisco public access television show, "Chip Weigh Magnet Down." Sessler grew up in El Cerrito, California. He graduated from UCLA, where he studied English literature and language theory. Camillo Martino joined Zoran Corporation as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2001. Mr. Martino has 20 years experience in the consumer, communications, and computing industries, including nearly 14 years with National Semiconductor in its US, Japan, and Asia-Pacific operations. During his tenure at National, he held several business unit and marketing management positions in National's Personal Systems, Cyrix, and Information Appliance Groups. Most recently, Mr. Martino held the position of CEO of Merinta, Inc. Mr. Martino holds a B.App.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne and a Grad.Dip. in Digital Communications from Monash University in Australia. Don L. Daglow has served as president and CEO of Stormfront Studios since founding the company in 1988. Stormfront's most recent best-seller is "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" for PS2 and Xbox from EA Games, based on the film from New Line Cinema. Don's work has earned recognition in publications ranging from Computer Gaming World to Inc., Upside, The Red Herring and the San Francisco Business Times. Electronic Games called him "one of the best-known and respected producers in the history of the field." Prior to founding Stormfront, Don served as director of Intellivision game development for Mattel, as a producer at Electronic Arts, and as head of the Entertainment and Education division at Broderbund. He developed the first-ever computer baseball game in 1971 (now recorded in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown), the first mainframe computer role-playing game (1976), the first sim game (Intellivision Utopia, 1982) and the first original play-by-email game (Quantum Space for AOL, 1989). Don co-designed Computer Game Hall of Fame title Earl Weaver Baseball (1987) and the first massively multiplayer online graphic adventure, Neverwinter Nights for AOL (1990). He holds a BA in Creative Writing from Pomona College and a M.Ed. from Claremont Graduate University. Robert Ferrari, Managing Director and Founder of Convergence Ventures - a global business development firm based in Boston. The firm offers business development, corporate strategy, product marketing and fund raising services to companies in the convergence sectors. Robert has thirteen years of executive level experience in managing companies focused in the consumer electronics, digital entertainment, media, and telecommunications sectors. Robert has been fortunate to serve and steer the strategic direction of global public companies, as well as a broad range of small to medium size start-up companies. His core management tenures include: Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Philips Electronics - a global leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of semiconductors, consumer electronics and digital entertainment; Chief Strategy Officer/EVP Sales & Marketing at Merinta Inc - a client/server software development company; and VP of Business Development at ZipLink Inc - a North American communications provider. Robert is also an active industry speaker, panelist and moderator for many industry events. www.convergenceventures.com