Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Events at CES Tuesday, January 8th 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Session A – DH5 The NexGen Entertainment Home Experience - From the Smart & Connected TV to the PVR, Set-Top & PC Experience The home entertainment experience is about one basic idea - to deliver more and varied media-rich content to the consumer - giving consumers what they want, when they want it. But the battle for this consumer sector is about to assert itself as a competition of technologies, more complicated than the older battle of the home PC vs. the TV. This is a world containing a new generation of TV sets, HD and games devices, wirelessly connected homes with connected PCs as well as a host of set-top box and DVR options. The next generation of home entertainment hardware, software and services will come into battle delivering HDTV, Internet, music, games, movies, plus innovative two-way communication and telephony services. This battle for the home will be a tremendous victory for both the consumer, the technology industries as well as for the entertainment industry. It presents the simple proposition that offering the consumer more and richer services in a competitive environment is the perfect formula for success. Tushar Saxena, Director, Home Networking Technologies, Verizon Communications Ellis Lindsay, Home Networking and Digital Lifestyle SME, Alcatel-Lucent Paolo Pastorino, Chief Technology Officer, Home Gateway Initiative Larry Robinson, Vice President, Product Management, Digital Video Solutions, Set-top Platforms, Motorola, Inc. Drew Mabry, Director of Platform Strategies, Nero Jim Strothmann, Director, Product Strategy & Management, Home Entertainment Initiatives, Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company Christos Lagomichos, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Home Business Unit, NXP Rick Doherty, co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group, Moderator Tushar Saxena, Director of Home Networking Technologies, Verizon Communications - He is responsible for developing and executing the next generation digital home strategy for broadband services including FiOS and DSL. His group also represents Verizon on industry and standards forums such as the MoCA Alliance, DSL Forum and DLNA. Tushar was also the chief architect of VoiceWing, Verizon's consumer VoIP service launched in 2004. Prior to Verizon, Tushar held key positions at GE Global Research and BBN Technologies where he was responsible for the development of a number of key innovative government and military solutions using emerging IP networking technologies Tushar holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the State University of New York, Albany and an MBA from the Wharton School. Larry Robinson, Vice President, Product Management, Digital Video Solutions, Set-top Platforms, Connected Home Solutions, Motorola, Inc. - Larry Robinson is Vice President, Product Management in the Digital Video Solutions, Set-top Platforms group, Motorola Connected Home. Mr. Robinson is responsible for providing the strategic direction to Motorola’s Digital Video Systems products and developing/implementing product portfolio and go-to-market strategies. His responsibilities include the definition and management of Motorola’s digital cable and satellite set-top box product lines, the execution of new product introductions, and the development of winning strategies to meet the needs of our customer base. He also handles the management of strategic partnerships to complement our current portfolio which enables achievement of strategic objectives. Prior to joining Motorola in 2002, Mr. Robinson was a Director, Maritime Systems & Sensors (MS2) Strategic Initiatives at Lockheed Martin Corporation. He was responsible for Technical Operations strategic initiatives, including technology planning process and strategic plan development at the site and enterprise levels. Larry also has management consulting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Larry holds a Masters of Technology Management, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, Catholic University of America.  Drew Mabry joined Nero Inc. in 2005 as Director of Platform Strategies. Mr. Mabry works with key Nero partners on strategic initiatives related to content and the digital home. Mr. Mabry has spent the past 10 years working in digital media, digital asset management and digital distribution. He has previously worked for a wide range of companies, including Microsoft, Sonic Foundry, Teranex and Baseline Consulting, in both technical and business development capacities. Jim Strothmann, Director, Product Strategy & Management, for Home Entertainment Initiatives at Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company - In his role, Jim is responsible for managing and charting the future course of the digital video delivery platforms which include the Explorer? 8000™ and 8000HD™ Home Entertainment Servers and the MCP-100™ DVR with DVD player and recorder. Prior to coming to Scientific Atlanta in 2004, Jim held various engineering and marketing positions at Thomson Consumer Electronics (RCA, GE, and ProScan brands), including Hardware Design Manager for RCA DVD Players and system engineer for DirecTV video decoders. He later managed worldwide connectivity for Thomson digital televisions. Jim began his career working for IBM as a design engineer in Lexington, KY. He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1990, and an MBA from Indiana University in 1999. Paolo Pastorino holds a degree in Physics (M.S.) from the University of Torino, and a Master in Telecommunications and Information Technology from COREP/SSGRR, Italy. His experience ranges from the design of optoelectronic devices to advanced residential/SOHO networking solutions. He managed several projects dealing with residential/SOHO networks, terminals and services, test beds for the delivery of broadband services to the home, prototypes of advanced STB/RG, home terminals and network nodes. He is author of several papers about home networking and speaker to many international conferences. He is currently on leave from Telecom Italia to cover the role of CTO-CBO of HGI. Ellis Lindsay, Director, North American Strategy, Alcatel-Lucent: Ellis Lindsay leads the Connected Home activities for Alcatel-Lucent's North American Strategy Group and is based in Canada at Alcatel-Lucent's Ottawa, Ontario Campus. As the Connected Home lead, Mr. Lindsay is Alcatel-Lucent's primary liaison to the consumer electronics and home control communities. Prior to joining Alcatel-Lucent, Mr. Lindsay was Associate Director, Consumer Services Development at Bell Canada where he was instrumental in the development of Bell Canada's Voice over IP services capabilities. His contributions to Bell Canada's communications technology and application strategies bring a wealth of integrated services knowledge and experience to the organization. Prior to Bell Canada, Mr. Lindsay was Director of Strategic Alliances for Ubiquity Software, a SIP infrastructure company, where he built key business relationships with service providers and solution partners. Joining Ubiquity in 2001, he was an early participant in the evolution of SIP products and implementations within the service provider community. Mr. Lindsay has also worked as a consultant to communications product companies, and early in his career, Mr. Lindsay gained extensive experience in the Consumer and Enterprise software markets at Corel Corporation and Cognos Inc. where he held Product Management roles. Mr. Lindsay has a Bachelor of Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Christos Lagomichos, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Home Business Unit, NXP: Christos Lagomichos is Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Home business unit within NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips. In this role, Christos is a member of the NXP executive management team reporting to Frans van Houten. Christos is ultimately responsible for leading a business unit that creates system solutions and AV components for digital consumer electronics applications, including TV, set-top boxes, PC TV and security technology. Christos joined NXP in 2007 from STMicroelectronics, where he held the role of Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Home Entertainment & Displays Group. Responsible for designing, developing and marketing products and system solutions for digital consumer applications such as set-top boxes, DVD recorders, digital TV and home audio, Christos’ leadership saw ST expand its number-one position in the overall digital set-top box market. Christos started his career as a Design Engineer with Siemens Neuperlach in 1983 – a role he held until 1985, when he joined STMicroelectronics. Initially working as an engineer, Christos became a manager of ST’s Munich Design Centre for digital applications in 1988, before a series of promotions saw him take on senior management roles in Italy, the United States and then Switzerland. In 2004, he was made Group Vice President, General Manager of ST’s Home Entertainment Group, before being appointed to the position of Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Home Entertainment & Displays Group in January of 2007. Christos speaks four languages and has a degree in Electronic Engineering from the Technical University of Munich. Married with two children, he lives in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Richard Doherty is a co-founder and Director of The Envisioneering Group; a two-decade old Seaford, NY Technology Assessment and Market Research Corporation. Before that, for thirteen years, Doherty was the Senior Technology Writer for Electronic Engineering Times. Doherty is an electro-physicist who has garnered more than a dozen U.S. patents in computing, communications, medical electronics, high performance tooling and consumer electronics industry sectors along with dozens of international patents. During Doherty’s 34 year career he has been Director of the Urban Vehicle Design Group at Pratt Institute, an engineer for Data General Corp., Chief Engineer of Lourdes Industries, Inc., founder and President of Optronic Labs and since 1983, co-founder and Director of The Envisioneering Group. There, he directs laboratory testing of technologies, products and services, oversees publication of the Envisioneering Emerging Technologies Newsletter, market research reports and provides senior executive counsel on market development and intellectual property protection, portfolio management and licensing opportunities. Doherty’s prime focus is on researching and articulating the impact of advanced digital technologies, services, products, industry initiatives and standards efforts on consumers, industry and society. Doherty is a 35 year member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is active with its Biomedical Engineering, Solid State Circuits Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Broadcast Engineering, Magnetic Technology Society, Technology & Social Policy and other I.E.E.E. societies. This is his fourteenth year as a planning director for the International Conference on Consumer Electronics. Doherty is also a member of the Society for Information Display, Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and many other technology & professional business industry associations. In addition, Doherty has been a co-chair of, and presently sits on several cross industry standards associations and technical working groups, spanning consumer digital electronics, communications, digital media and computing architecture definition groups. He is called upon by the industry to organize and chair panels at trade conferences and technical symposia more than a dozen times each year. Amongst his many industry awards, Doherty has been cited by the International Television Association for his many years of technology coverage of digital video design and engineering trends, and is the writer most cited by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment for detailed features on the evolution of America’s Digital TV system. Doherty also assisted Dr. Richard Feynman, NASA and Congressional researchers in the Shuttle Challenger accident investigation at the Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center and many NASA contractor sites. In 2003, Doherty was nominated to and accepted a multi-year position on the Presidential Medal of Technology Award Selection Committee, reporting to the White House and Department of Commerce. Acting as an independent resource on the impact of digital and internet technologies on the consumer, society and business, Doherty is quoted frequently for his opinions on new technologies by CNN, CNBC, BBC, Reuters, Fox News and by numerous American and international industry trade and daily business publications, including the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Newsday and the San Jose Mercury News.