10:45 AM - Noon
Track C:
Internet & Satellite Radio - Home, Office or Mobile - Redefining through Personalization
Everything that is great about the personalization technology and entertainment merges in the application, Internet and Satellite Radio. While it sounds exactly like regular radio, it’s content is like radio and even it’s interface functions like a radio dial, the reality is, it’s a huge leap forward in radio. Internet radio and a new technology called Satellite radio permits total personalization in an unlimited content entertainment environment. There’s no downside to it. As user access technology improves and as Satellite radio launches, these services will simply permit the realization of a complete radio experience with greater interactive involvement and ease. Ultimately, this is a winning strategy for both the record industry and the technology industry - the creation of a massively satisfied user base.
Gordon Bridge, Chairman & CEO, SurferNETWORK
Zack Zalon, General Manager, Radio Free Virgin
Richard Gingras, Board Member, Audio Mill
Simon Hossell, CEO, Future Sound Technologies
Laurence W. Norjean, co-founder, FMiTV
Sam Turcotte, Market Development Manager, Sun Microsystems
Richard Sadowsky, Senior Vice President of Technology, RadioCentral
Lisa Crane, Managing Director, Global Media and Entertainment Practice, StratfordGroup, Moderator
Gordon Bridge, Chairman & CEO, SurferNETWORK: Gordon Bridge brings a wealth of talents to SurferNETWORK, spanning senior management positions at Fortune 50 companies, to successfully orchestrating public offerings for Internet start-ups. Prior to serving as Chairman and CEO of SurferNETWORK he held the following positions: Chairman, President, CEO, ConnectInc.com; President, AT&T Consumer Interactive Division; President, AT&T Easylink Services; President, AT&T Computer Systems; VP Marketing, Sales and Services, AT&T Computer Systems; VP of Marketing and Product Management IBM USA; VP of Sales, IBM USA. SurferNETWORK is rapidly becoming the leader in Internet/Radio. Gordon and the management team of SurferNETWORK.com have sat back and watched the entire industry consolidate. Currently, they have the radio assets of two of the major players in the field. First, SurferNETWORK acquired those properties held by BroadcastAmerica.com. BroadcastAmerica.com, was one of these companies which burned through 14 million and was forced to seek Chapter 11. For a loan of $1 million, SurferNETWORK acquired a huge group of radio stations.
Lisa Crane, Managing Director, Global Media and Entertainment Practice, StratfordGroup. Ms. Crane h
as a reputation for strategic thinking, branding, and new economy leadership. From charting the course for a groundbreaking online entertainment venture to guiding one of the major television networks through uncharted Internet territory, her success stems from an ability to build and direct profit-oriented management teams. Prior to joining StratfordGroup: Lisa Crane was the Managing Partner of Media Venture Advisors, an e-consulting firm providing strategic consulting services to leading Internet and entertainment companies. Ms. Crane is the former president and CEO of Soundbreak.com, the interactive online music company. She was Vice President of NBC Interactive and General Manager of NBC.com, the network's flagship entertainment website. Prior to NBC, Ms. Crane served as Vice President of Universal Studios. Education & Affiliations: Lisa Crane holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a bachelor's degree from UCLA. Crane has held seats on the boards of two public companies, and currently sits on the board of advisors of the Digital Media Marketing Organization, Proximity File, Spiderdance, On2.com, The Dial.com and Pulse Entertainment. Ms. Crane is active in the Motion Picture and Television Fund. She is also one of the most popular speakers on the internet conference circuit, having spoken at Internet World, Streaming Media West, emediatainment world, adtech, Ebiz, Digital Hollywood, NAB, the Morgan Stanley/Industry Standard Internet Summit, DDMI, CMJ/Change Music, BandWidth, Digital Coast 1999/2000, Herring on Hollywood, Variety's Internet Summit, Jupiter's PlugIn, Radio & Records, VIC's Industry Breakfast, and many others. Lisa has also taught several classes at major universities on e-business and entertainment, including USC and UCLA.Richard Gingras, Board Member, Audio Mill: For more than twenty years, Richard Gingras has led highly regarded efforts in the development of online services and new media. These endeavors range from pioneering uses of satellite networking for television, the first applications of television signals for data distribution, and both pre-Web and Web-based online services. Gingras now assists in the development of new products, new technologies, and new companies, typically as a active board member and strategic advisor of early stage ventures. In the non-commercial arena, Gingras serves on the board of the World Computer Exchange, which harvests used computers typically headed for US landfills and places them with educational facilities in developing countries. He also works toward the development of educational and public policy programs with the communications and journalism departments of San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University. From early 1996 to late 2000, Gingras led online service efforts at Excite@Home, most recently as SVP/GM of the company's consumer-focused content division, Excite Studios. With dozens of products -- from the Excite narrowband and broadband portals to Blue Mountain e-greetings -- and 600 employees, the content division generated over 160 million daily page views and garnered $250 million in annual revenue. Will Hearst brought Gingras to the pre-merger @Home Network in early January, 1996, as its founding vice president of programming with global responsibility for @Home's broadband-enabled, multimedia-focused online services. @Home was founded by the eminent venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and a number of major cable companies to offer high-speed Internet access using the infrastructure of cable television systems. Excite@Home's broadband services are delivered to subscribers in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands. At Apple Computer in the early 1990's Gingras led the development of the online service eWorld. The pre-Web eWorld service was built with technology licensed from AOL and introduced many innovations in online service design - in the user interface, in chat and community programming, and in presenting 3rd party branded content - many of which are now used by AOL. While at Apple, Gingras also provided the seed funding and guided the initial development of the highly-acclaimed Web site Salon, and led the development of a comprehensive web site directory which was later sold to the then-fledgling Internet search engine, Excite. Gingras's work in online services reaches back to the very beginning of interactive media in the US. In 1979, he was the creator of the first interactive online news magazine - done in partnership with CBS, NBC, and PBS and delivered to several hundred test households using interactive TV set-top box technology known as broadcast teletext. From 1987 to 1992, Gingras was the founder and president of MediaWorks, an Apple-funded startup that developed early news-agenting and executive support software for corporate clients. Gingras began his career in television, holding various positions with PBS, KCET/Los Angeles, and NBC during the 1970's.
Laurence Norjeanm, co-founder, FMiTV: Co-founder, chief executive officer, chairman and director of FMiTV Networks, Inc., Laurence W. Norjean is a nationally recognized broadcasting, Internet and marketing professional with over 25 years’ experience in radio, TV, film, creative and advertising. Previously, Norjean was co-founder and former president/COO of BuySellBid.com, one of the world’s largest online classifieds companies, where he established himself as a pioneer in media convergence, merging traditional media partnerships including NBC and Clear Channel with new media. Norjean transitioned to BuySellBid.com after serving as president and chief executive officer of StratiComm America, a marketing and communications company. His clients included major companies in the advertising and media industries, including the CBS and ABC Radio Networks, Westwood One and Orion Pictures. Norjean joined StratiComm from a post as senior vice president, national sales & marketing, for the Radio Advertising Bureau, the national trade association for the radio industry. Previously, as senior vice president of national sales at VNI, he inaugurated a successful music video network throughout the U.S. including the technical development of the Box, cable’s first online music video request line. At Metromedia Radio, Norjean was responsible for national and corporate marketing and local advertising, public relations and promotion for more than 60 owned & operated major market radio stations. He previously held positions at Metromedia TV and Metromedia News. While a student at New York University, Norjean started his media career in marketing management at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer before going on to be New York syndication manager at Metromedia Productions Corporation (David L. Wolper Productions.) Norjean is a past legislative chairman of the Advertising Club Of New York (AAF), the Starpower Committee of the Promotion Marketing Association of America and a noted international public speaker, author of The Essential Radio Spot and columnist.
Richard Sadowsky, Senior Vice President of Technology, RadioCentral: Richard Sad
owsky brings seventeen years of research and development experience to RadioCentral. A world-class engineer, Sadowsky spent 6 years working at Symantec where he held positions as Director of Emerging Technology and Director of Software Architecture. He invented Symantec's revolutionary "Live Update" technology and received a U.S. patent for innovations related to this product. Sadowsky has also held management and senior development positions in the software tools field. Most recently he was Director of Engineering for Internet radio company OnRadio. Sadowsky will become known for the breakthrough technology and patents developed at RadioCentral.