Tuesday, September 28 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Track III: HD, DVD and the CE Transformation of the Digital Home Perhaps the best indication of the future of the entertainment and media industry is to understand the forces at work in the consumer electronics industry. From wireless devices, DVDs, photography, computers and gaming to HDTVs, audio systems and home networks, the CE industry has laid the groundwork for getting content into the hands of consumers. For visitors to this past year’s CES trade show in Las Vegas, the movement toward HDTV - available at less than $1000 per unit - was clear - HD had arrived! And it is in the emerging concept of the "digital home." What other devices are hot? What can you expect to see down the road and what does it mean to you as a content provider? The CE industry is leading the way for the mobile consumer, the networked home, the digital photo hub, the car as mobile media center - it is helping to define the new digital lifestyle. David Barron, Director of Product Strategy, Digital Entertainment, Maxtor Corporation Andy Parsons, Senior Vice President, Advanced Product Development, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. and Blu-ray Disc Association Pat Griffis, Director of Media Standards, Microsoft Corp. Vincent Sollitto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Brillian Corporation Edward Altman, Practice Director, Media & Entertainment, Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS) America Ken Nelson, President & CEO, CACMedia Jenny Miller, Director Communications, CEA Consumer Electronics Association, Moderator Andy Parsons, Senior Vice President, Advanced Product Development, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. and Blu-ray Disc Association: Andy Parsons has worked in the optical disc industry for nearly 25 years. He has held technical and senior management positions at Pioneer, Optical Disc Corporation and Discovision Associates. His experience with optical products began with the early days of Laserdisc, and has progressed through the CD, DVD, and now Blu-ray Disc formats. Andy is currently senior vice president of advanced product development for Pioneer Electronics (USA), headquartered in Long Beach, California. David Barron, Director of Product Strategy, Digital Entertainment, Maxtor Corporation: As Director of Product Strategy for Maxtor's Digital Entertainment group, David Barron is responsible for the business unit's strategic and product planning activities, product positioning and managing the future direction for Maxtor's QuickView consumer electronics storage products. His responsibilities also include identifying and creating strategic alliances, overseeing the unit's P&L, product launches and program management. David has more than 18 years of marketing and business operations experience within the high tech and interactive media industries. Prior to joining Maxtor in 2004, David served as executive consultant for Global Media Initiatives. In this role, he developed strategic plans and competitive assessments, evaluated business models, developed marketing plans and offered counsel on terms of agreements and license negotiations for media and technology companies. Prior to working as a consultant, David held numerous management positions within the software and cable television industries. In Microsoft's Interactive Television Division, David managed a group responsible for gaining industry support for the creation of interactive content and television shows to be available on Microsoft's software and consumer electronics products. At Americast, a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company and several leading telecommunications companies, David managed both internal operations and external partnerships in support of the partnership's wireless and wireline pay television operations. David also managed technology licensing and strategic marketing efforts at Apple Computer. David holds an MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, a Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, Illinois and a Bachelor's Degree from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He is also a member of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Hollywood Radio and Television Society. Edward Altman, Practice Director, Media and Entertainment, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) America: Ed Altman’s career includes 27 years of experience in Information Technology; 12 years in the entertainment and consulting industries, preceded by 15 years in the financial services industry. He began his consulting career by starting the Internet Consulting Practice for MCI Systemhouse serving as its first director. Altman joined Systemhouse after spending six years in the entertainment industry most recently serving as the Chief Information Officer of MGM. While at MGM, he led his IT organization to a Computerworld/Smithsonian Award nomination. Before joining MGM, Altman worked at Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. For the first fifteen years of his career, Altman worked in the financial services industry including IBM's Los Angeles banking industry office as well as the IT organizations of Security Pacific Bank and First Interstate Bank. As Practice Director for TCS, with its substantial worldwide capabilities, Altman is now on the cutting edge of developing and implementing on-site/off-shore software development strategies for his clients. TCS provides the technology and consulting services which will play an integral role in shaping the way content will be managed and distributed in the entertainment industry for many years to come. Altman is a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Southern California Chapter. He is also a member of the Information Systems Associates Program of the Anderson Graduate School of Business Administration at UCLA, and served as its Chairman for three years. Ed received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics/Computer Science from the University of Michigan. Ken Nelson, President & CEO, CACMedia: As President and CEO of CACMedia, Ken is responsible for executing the operations of the company with special attention to charting out and executing product strategy, vision, and key business development initiatives. In addition, Ken oversees the various relationships with OEM manufacturers and technology partners that enhance CAC’s products and services. Nelson has over 8 years experience as a technology entrepreneur with businesses extending data and media to consumer electronics and mobile devices via IP network infrastructure. Prior to CAC Media, Nelson founded Brokenremote.tv (which he sold to Video Without Boundaries {OTCBB: VDWB} in 2003), an online news portal supporting the industry convergence of the Computing, Interactive TV, Video On Demand, and Consumer Electronics. In 1977, Nelson founded Astata Corporation. As CEO, Nelson led financing ($4 million), sales and new product development. Astata was an early leader in providing software and solutions, extending enterprise applications to all major wireless data networks and devices, to customers such as Sony, CitiGroup, Wit Capital, and Lehman Brothers. Prior to Astata, Nelson was with Smith Barney where he supervised purchasing, technology controls as well as planning and analysis. Ken was responsible for the successful integration of the firm's trading technology systems and vendor management during the merger/relocation with Shearson Lehman in the mid-1990s. Nelson also directed a team in developing and implementing an agreement with IBM to link Smith Barney and its customers on the Internet in the mid-1990s. Vincent Sollitto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Brillian Corporation: Vincent F. Sollitto, Jr. brings more than 33 years of management and engineering experience to his position as Brillian Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Brillian, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Photon Dynamics, Inc., a manufacturer of flat-panel-display inspection, test, and repair equipment. He helped lead the company through two follow-on public offerings, raising more than $80 and $100 million in 2000 and 2002 respectively; complete the acquisition of five public and private companies and was instrumental in growing the company’s revenues from $12 million to $94 million. He previously worked at Fujitsu Microelectronics as General Manager of the Logic Products unit, after heading all technical operations for an IBM-funded start-up, Supercomputer Systems, Inc. He also worked at IBM for more than 21 years in a range of increasingly responsible positions, with a final assignment as Director, Technology and Process, for the Enterprise Systems headquarters. Sollitto earned his bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 1970. He also continued his education in management, business, and technology at Syracuse, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon Universities. A holder of four technical patents, Sollitto is a Director of several companies including Ultratech, Applied Films, and Irvine Sensors, which are NASDAQ-listed firms, as well as RAVE LLC, Qubiclight Corp., and the U.S. Display Consortium. Andy Parsons, Blu-ray Disc Association, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.: Andy Parsons has worked in the optical disc industry for nearly 25 years. He has held technical and senior management positions at Pioneer, Optical Disc Corporation and Discovision Associates. His experience with optical products began with the early days of Laserdisc, and has progressed through the CD, DVD, and now Blu-ray Disc formats. Andy is currently senior vice president of advanced product development for Pioneer Electronics (USA), headquartered in Long Beach, California.