2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Session B:
The Networked Home & the Connected Consumer - How Technology Transforms the Future
At its heart, the PC connected home is a powerhouse network delivering everything from voice, data and video services to every member of the household. Everything runs off the home information and entertainment server. Whether it’s a wirelessly connected home comprised of PDAs, laptops, desktops PCs, a Set-Top connection, IM devices, E-book reader, telephony system, a telewebbing device or an as yet to be determined tablet, the home is the domain of the PC. In this session, we will begin to explore what the future of the PC connected home will look like.
Danny Bilson, Vice President of Intellectual Property Development, EA Games
Jonathan L. Prial, Vice President of Business Development and Sales, IBM Pervasive Computing Division
Roxanne Gryder, Business Development Manager, Extended TV Capability, Intel Architecture Labs, Intel Corporation
Vince Izzo, Director, Home Networking, Motorola Broadband
John Canning, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Windows eHome
Richard Doherty, CEO, Envisioneering, Moderator
John Canning, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Windows eHome Division: Mr. Canning leads internal and external evangelism for Windows eHome’s mission and home networking products. He is a dynamic contributor to all aspects of the Windows eHome team’s efforts to drive a common strategy and vision in this exciting new field; and he works with external third-parties in the areas of media and data distribution, DRM, content, and services. Prior to assuming his current role in Microsoft’s new division, Mr. Canning was Third-Party Product Manager for Microsoft’s TV Platforms Group. He worked with companies to develop and manage compelling new network services for cable operators, and to help them increase operational efficiencies and customer service. Before joining Microsoft in 1997, Mr. Canning held various marketing and engineering positions with Scientific-Atlanta, Inc, where he participated in product development and implementation of cable modem systems as applications architect and systems engineer. Mr. Canning holds a Master’s degree in information design and technology, and a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of the SCTE, CTAM, NCTA, and ACM. His expertise in networking, systems, and applications has earned him speaking engagements at industry conferences and events, most recently at Broadband Home Conference on iTV in the Home as well as Kagan’s Video on Demand Summit and the Society of Cable Television Engineer’s Emerging Technologies.
Jonathan L. Prial, Vice President of Business Development and Sales, IB
M Pervasive Computing Division: Jon Prial leads all worldwide business development and sales activities for IBM’s Pervasive Computing Division -- technologies which extend real-time information and interactive Web-based services to smart devices (e.g. mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), networked vehicles, home appliances). Prior to his current position, Jon was Vice President of Marketing and Strategy within the Pervasive group. He has also served as Director of Integrated Solutions and Linux Marketing for IBM’s Software Solutions Division, with worldwide marketing responsibility for IBM’s cross-platform software strategy and the delivery of integrated solutions. He also led IBM’s marketing strategy for Linux. Jon joined IBM in 1978 as a programmer developing communications software products and in 1981 entered the sales organization holding various technical marketing, regional support and managerial positions. In 1990, hel began marketing IBM's document management products, launching IBM Digital Library in 1995. After working as Executive Assistant to the General Manager of the Software Solutions Division, Jon was appointed Director of NT Solutions Marketing. Jon is currently on the Board of Directors of the OMA (Open Mobile Alliance). He holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Danny Bilson, Vice President of Intellectual Property Development, EA
Games: Danny Bilson has worked extensively in virtually every aspect of the entertainment industry, with formidable credits in directing, writing and producing that range from feature films to television to video games. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Bilson first formed a writing partnership with classmate Paul DeMeo during college at California State University, San Bernadino. The friendship ultimately resulted in Pet Fly Productions, a prominent production company based in Los Angeles which by now boasts an imposing roster of creative credits. Under their banner, the duo has consistently brought imaginative concepts to movies and movie-sized action to television screens through a number of successful series. Out of college Bilson did everything he could to forge an entry into the movie business, appearing as an extra and working on film crews while simultaneously writing screenplays, until he finally had his first script produced. Breaking into independent films, along with DeMeo, they produced their script "Trancers" starring Helen Hunt and Tim Thomerson in a noirish tale of Jack Deth, a world weary Sam Spade like detective from the 21st century. The film turned into a cult favorite in art houses from Los Angeles to London. Bilson made his directing debut with "Zone Troopers" for Empire Pictures, produced and co-written by DeMeo. Shot for $600,000 in Italy, "Zone Troopers" follows a team of World War II dogfaces trapped behind enemy lines who stumble on a crashed space ship and must rescue the surviving alien spaceman before he is to be hauled back to Berlin for Nazi medical and scientific exploitation. The film was picked by critic Joe Bob Briggs as "Drive-in Movie of the Year". Bilson then helmed their script for"The Wrong Guys," a successful comic turn that illustrated his diversity. "The Wrong Guys", an action comedy about the reunion of a now grown-up bunch of former Boy Scout misfits played by comedians Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer and Louie Anderson, on a camping trip who must use their non-existent scouting and survival techniques to overcome their frightening wilderness encounter with a pair of desperate criminals, played by John Goodman and Ernie Hudson. Then, with Walt Disney Pictures epic-scale production of Bilson and DeMeo’s adaptation of the popular graphic novel "The Rocketeer", five years of determined work was realized. Starring Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Jennifer Connelly and Bill Campbell, "The Rocketeer" was set in the late ‘30s among barnstorming air show pilots, Betty Page-like starlets, gangsters and a swashbuckling Hollywood leading man secretly in sympathy with the Nazis. Called "an ambitious and exhilarating entertainment". The film has been hailed in Entertainment Weekly as the all-time best comic book- to- film adaptation.Roxanne Gryder, Business Development Manager, Extended TV Capability, Intel Architect
ure Labs, Intel Corporation: Roxanne Gryder directs business development activities within the Extended TV Capability, a key enabling capability within the Connected Consumers initiative in Intel’s Architecture Labs. The Extended TV capability is tasked with benefiting Intel’s core architecture’s by capitalizing on the conversion of entertainment formats from analog to digital. Prior to her current position, Ms. Gryder worked in Intel's Content Group, where she was responsible for evangelizing enhanced digital broadcast and other Intel technologies to the entertainment industry. Before Intel, Ms. Gryder worked for eight years in the post production industry in Chicago, concentrating primarily on special effects and graphics for television commercials. Ms. Gryder received a Bachelor of Science degree in film and television from Northwestern University and an MBA from Cornell University. Ms. Gryder is past president of Chicago's Women in Film association and a member of the Interactive Peer Group of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, is also a leading manufacturer of personal computer, networking and communications products. In 1971, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor and sparked a computer revolution that has changed the world. Today, Intel supplies chips, boards, systems, and software to the worldwide internet economy. Information about Intel is available from the company’s site at www.intel.com.Vincent Izzo, Director, Advanced Home Services, Motorola, Inc., Broa
dband Communications Sector: Vincent Izzo is director of advanced home services over broadband for Motorola. In this position, Izzo is responsible for growing Motorola Broadband’s advanced home services business, focusing on product management, product marketing and business development. In this role, Izzo has developed commercial and equity relationships with fundamental broadband-service technology companies; defined the current product mix and the roadmap for the future; and is currently charged with running a vibrant partner/third party developer program for compelling applications and services. Previously, Izzo directed Motorola’s home-networking activities and was senior manager of business development for Motorola Broadband’s IP Networking Systems business unit. This included responsibility for developing partner relationships, creating commercial ties with other key organizations and securing equity participation in areas of strategic value, specifically in the area of IP data networking. From 1997 through 1999, Izzo served as the program manager for the company’s Horizon Developers Program. In this role, the first applications of interactive TV, Internet TV and on-screen program guides were integrated with the core audio and video functions of Motorola Broadband’s set-tops. Prior to joining the company, Izzo was director of marketing for ARINC, Inc., a communications company with products and applications helping advance the safety and efficiency of airline communications. In this role, he worked with other organizations to modernize aircraft communications for both commercial and general aviation aircraft and to assist with the FAA modernization of ground to air communications. Izzo holds a master of science degree from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University. Izzo is also a veteran of the United States Air Force.