Wednesday, September 25 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Session B: 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. Joseph Rozenfeld, Senior Vice President Engineering & CTO, ChainCast Networks Greg Schmitzer, President and co-founder, Jibe Inc. Marc Steatham, Chief Marketing Officer, AllCast John Worthington, Director of Product Management, Discreet div. of Autodesk Jay Haynes, President & COO, Blue Falcon Bilhar Mann, Director of Product Management, Volera Pallavi Shah, Market Development Manager, Streaming and Video Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems, Moderator Frank Hausmann, Chairman & CEO, CenterSpan Communications Corporation: 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. Marc Steatham, Chief Marketing Officer, AllCast: Mr. Steatham is responsible for Marketing, Strategy and Business Development. He has over 16 years experience leading marketing and business development efforts in the telecommunications and Internet infrastructure sectors. Mr. Steatham was the Senior Director for Marketing and Business Development for the Americas for Madge.web, a major European content delivery network. Previously, he held senior management positions with British Telecommunications North America from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Steatham began his career with British Telecommunications in 1988, and worked in Germany and Japan before coming to work in the company’s United States operations. Mr. Steatham is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the United Kingdom. He is a Graduate of Leeds University. 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. Jay Haynes, President & COO, Blue Falcon Networks Jay is responsible for the strategic vision, business planning and overall management of the company. Prior to joining Blue Falcon in December of 2000, Jay was the CEO and founder of a privacy software company. Jay also focused on information services, IT services, and media investments as a venture capitalist for GTCR Golder Rauner, a 20-year-old venture capital firm based in Chicago. Prior to joining GTCR, he worked as a product manager at Microsoft in the Windows group. Jay was also a founding employee of a buy-out focused investment bank in Los Angeles and was the former CEO of a digital audio studio. During his tenure with Blue Falcon Networks, Jay has been a highly sought after visionary speaker on topical issues surrounding streaming media and content distribution. Within the last year, Jay has spoken at PC Forum, the National Association of Broadcasters Xstream Conference, Streaming Media East, the Digital Media Summit, and iHollywood. Mr. Haynes graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors from Brown University, and he received his MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. Bilhar Mann, Director of Product Management, Volera: Bilhar Mann is responsible for all Volera's products from strategy to delivery. Prior to Volera, Bilhar was the Director of Business Development for Novell's Net Content division where he was responsible for establishing strategic partnerships with hosting companies. Bilhar joined Novell through its acquisition of JustOn Inc in January 2000. JustOn was a leading Application Service Provider, whose file-sharing solution reached 5 million unique monthly visitors in under a year. Bilhar was a co-founder and Chief Technologist. Prior to JustOn, Bilhar focused on security, public key infrastructures and directories with positions at Worldtalk Corporation. As Director of Product Management he was credited with creating new web security products. In his role as Senior Consultant he rolled out some of the industry first meta directory projects. Before moving to the US, Bilhar ran a UK-based IT consulting firm for seven years. He held consulting and engineering positions at the UK DERA (Defense Research and Evaluation Agency, SITA (Société Internationale De Télécommunications Aéronautiques) in France, British Telecom, Digital Equipment Corp and IBM United Kingdom Ltd. Bilhar holds a Bachelor with Honors degree in Computer Science from Aston University, England. John Worthington is the Director of Product Management for Discreet's Desktop Video unit. He's responsible for shaping the product strategy for Discreet's award winning cleaner line of products. Prior to joining Discreet, John was a Senior Software Development Manager at Media 100, Inc. where he managed the development of CineStream, Media 100's stream authoring tool. Before Media 100, John was the VP of Engineering and CTO for Adknowledge, an internet advertising pioneer and MusicNet, a music previewing service. John has 20 years of experience in the software business, over 15 years of which has focused on creating tools for dynamic media. During his 7 years at Apple Computer, John led the original QuickTime team as well as being involved in the development of the Sound Manager, MIDI Manager, AIFF file format, and the first PowerPC based Macintoshes. Mr. Worthington graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Economics.