Brad Porteus, Vice President, MTVi Radio, The MTVi Group: Brad Porteus, VP, MTVi Radio, is responsible for the growth and development of MTVi’s Internet radio properties including Radio Sonicnet, Radio MTV.com, VH1 at Work and various other MTVi Internet radio projects. Porteus has been building Internet radio businesses since the fall of 1997, where, as general manager of one of the industry’s Internet radio pioneers -- Imagine Radio -- he focused on product development, business development and consumer marketing. Porteus began his career in sports marketing and management in the merchandising department of the then start-up San Jose Sharks of the NHL. Porteus then moved on to become general manager and vice president of operations for a start-up professional roller hockey team named the San Jose Rhinos. Porteus, an economics major at Duke University, received an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.





Lisa Osborn is the founder of Traffic411, a service that delivers real-time freeway and travel information via the Web, wireless and broadband. Traffic411 is the first Internet-based traffic service to use experienced radio broadcasters to deliver traffic reports via voice portal and wireless multimedia. Traffic411’s distribution partners include Microsoft, Real Networks and PacketVideo. Lisa is an experienced entrepreneur and radio broadcaster with a decade of experience in news and traffic reporting, perhaps best known in Los Angeles for her work on popular talk radio station, KFI AM 640. In 1991, Osborn founded Brittany Communications, a production company specializing in creating audio messages for corporate voice mail and telephone systems. Clients include XO Communications (formerly Concentric Network Corporation), Rockwell, Samsung, United Airlines, TWA and Northwest Airlines. Osborn has also spoken extensively on how the Internet can play a part in traditional media at conferences including the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, the NAB Radio Show, Video on the Net and Canadian Music Week.

David B. Goldberg, Co-Founder of LAUNCH Media, Inc., serves as the company’s Chairman and CEO. Under his leadership, LAUNCH has developed into one of the leading interactive entertainment brands and LAUNCH.com has become one of the web’s premier music destination sites. By striking deals with major forces like MSN, Intel, AOL, NBC, RealNetworks and others, Goldberg is turning LAUNCH Media, Inc. into one of the most viable entertainment forces. Goldberg was recently named one of Los Angeles’ ‘Top 50 Internet Executives’ by The Silicon Alley Reporter and one of the ‘Top 20 Local Players in the Broadband Revolution’ by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Prior to founding LAUNCH, Mr. Goldberg was Director of Marketing Strategy and New Business Development at Capitol Records in Hollywood, California. While in this position, Mr. Goldberg was responsible for the development of new multimedia distribution methods and the development of alternative channels through which music and new artists could be effectively marketed to consumers. Before Capitol, Goldberg worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co., a prominent strategic consulting firm. Mr. Goldberg graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in History and Government.


Niko Bolas, Co-Founder and Chairman, iM Networks: Mr. Bolas brings more than twenty years of music industry and audio production experience to iM Networks. As a renowned recording engineer and producer, Bolas’ technique has been influential in creating a unique audio palette for artists ranging from Neil Young, Melissa Etheridge, Fiona Apple, and Keith Richards, to Herb Alpert, Stan Getz and many others. Bolas was also instrumental in the design and development of Fakespace Music, which allows for a musically driven virtual reality experience. Fakespace Music garnered critical acclaim and is currently on display in The Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA. Most recently, Bolas been a featured speaker at: Digital Hollywood Los Angeles, Herring on Hollywood, Jupiter Plug In, Webnoize, Radio Ink, the Radio & Records Convention, eTV World, DDMI, Digital Hollywood/CES, Broadband Home, MB5-2000, and others.




CAROL SEXTON, EVP OF CONTENT AND PRODUCT, REDBAND BROADCASTING: Prior to Redband, Carol managed LookSmart's marketing and media services. She also served as director of marketing and publishing services at Carnelian, a Paul Allen startup. Carol holds an MBA and has done graduate work in Mass Communications. She has held senior marketing and engineering roles at Xerox and Atex Publishing Systems.

Charlie Moore, VP, Business Development, RadioAMP: Charlie Moore is the vice president of business development at RadioAMP, responsible for initiating new business practices and expanding the company's network of partnerships. Charlie came from Meridian Technology Marketing, a high-tech business and marketing consulting firm, where he held the same position. Charlie also spent several years at NorthPoint Software Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on developing early-stage software businesses. While at Digital Equipment Corporation, Charlie was responsible for evaluating acquisition targets and integrating newly acquired companies for the new ventures unit. Charlie holds a BA from Union College and an MBA from Babson College.

Edward Hardy, CEO, MeasureCast: CEO Edward Hardy has more than 30 years of broadcasting, business and audience measurement experience. Previously, he served as a mergers and acquisitions consultant working closely with Citadel Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: CITC). He also served as president of Citadel's Western region, overseeing management of 33 radio stations in seven markets. Hardy first joined Citadel when Deschutes River Broadcasting, a company he founded, merged with Citadel. Hardy built Deschutes from the ground up, beginning with one AM/FM station and growing the company to 19 radio stations in four Pacific Northwest markets. Over the years, he has served as vice president and general manager of several radio stations in major markets across the United States. Hardy is an original member of the MeasureCast board of directors.








John Jeffrey, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and General Counsel, Live 365.com: Mr. Jeffrey manages the business development, strategic development, and business and legal affairs teams. He also works closely with the Senior Management Team, providing business and strategic guidance and consultation to all areas of the business. He brings over 12 years of broad-based entertainment industry business, legal and investment experience to Live365. Prior to joining Live365, he worked at Discovery Communications, Inc. (which operates Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health, and et. al), where he was responsible for content production agreements for all of Discovery's networks worldwide. Prior to this, Mr. Jeffrey was Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for the TCI-owned broadband Internet and interactive television studio, AND Interactive, where he was in part responsible for launching the Rock the Vote Website among other projects. During that time, he was part of TCI Interactive's strategic investment team, which made interactive media investments during 1995 and 1996 in Sportsline, iVillage, Disinformation, @Home, et. al. Before this, Mr. Jeffrey provided business and legal advice as a member of the start-up team for Fox Television's launch of two cable television networks, FX and FXM, and represented all of Fox Television's broadcast affiliates in retransmission consent negotiations with US cable operators. Mr. Jeffrey was a litigation and commercial attorney in private law firms in Los Angeles between 1988 and 1993. He is a member of the California and Federal Court Bars. Mr. Jeffrey received a Juris Doctorate from the Southwestern University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from The University of Dayton.

Eric Rhoads, President and CEO, RadioCentral: As founder and CEO of RadioCentral, Eric Rhoads has made it his mission to champion the Internet as radio's next frontier. Having proven himself one of the world's foremost experts on radio broadcasting, Eric is now a forerunner and pioneer for Internet radio in an industry that is often reluctant to embrace new technology. In November 1999, Eric founded RadioCentral, an Internet radio network of custom radio stations for the Web's leading destination sites. The company was funded in January 2000. Innovation and vision have consistently characterized Eric's career in radio -- one that began at age 14. He has repeatedly demonstrated a unique ability to not only forecast trends, but to impact the way those trends manifest. While working as a music director, Eric developed many ground-breaking research techniques that are today considered industry standards. As a programmer, he brought stations to new ratings heights, programming 25 winning stations in only two years' time. While working as a deejay in Indiana and Michigan, he helped launch Y-100, a now legendary station in Miami, FL. At the time, Eric was the youngest major market radio talent in America. Eric owned his first three radio stations by age 25 which he sold in 1986 to found Streamline Communications Corporation, a company that manufactured remote radio studios for stations across the world. In 1989, Eric founded Streamline Media, which publishes Radio Ink, a leading radio industry trade publication. As the Internet represented a new direction for radio, Eric leapt at the challenge to make his mark in the developing industry. In 1999, he founded e-Radio magazine, the first publication dedicated to the convergence of radio and the Internet. The same year, he founded the Radio Ink Internet Conference, which took place in Silicon Valley to a sell-out crowd of over 600. The conference is now held twice yearly. In addition to emceeing his bi-annual Radio Ink Conference, Eric is a sought-after speaker for professional leadership forums and trade conferences. Most recently, Eric addressed a target group of financial analysts and technology press at the Annual Streaming Media Sector Analyst Forum sponsored by the newly formed Streaming Media Alliance. Under Eric's guidance, Streamline Media now publishes Streaming, the first magazine dedicated solely to audio and radio streaming via the Internet. Eric published his first book, Blast From the Past: A 75 Year Photo History of Radio in 1997 and has been published in the Columbia University Media Studies Journal. Eric is on the board of directors of the Bayless Scholarship Foundation, The Radio Hall of Fame, The Broadcast Education Association, the Way-FM Radio Network, and the National Association of College Broadcasters.