IPTV North America

Jeffrey G. Weber, Vice President, Product & Strategy is responsible for the new data and video product lines under Project Lightspeed.  Project Lightspeed is the initiative to expand its fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver AT&T U-verseSM TV, voice and high-speed Internet access services.

Zouheir joined the TELUS team in November 2006 as VP, Technology Strategy.  His focus is on developing and commercializing technology.

Bill DeMuth began his career at SureWest in 1976 and thereafter held various positions with increasing responsibility. In addition to his current responsibilities in strategic planning and business development, DeMuth focuses on assessing new technologies and overseeing corporate technology initiatives.

Mark Hopper is the VP of Product Development at BitTorrent, Inc. contributing 20 years worth of expertise in the Internet, mobile communications, video and multimedia industries. Prior to BitTorrent, Mark was the VP of International Solutions and Market Development at VeriSign. At VeriSign, he was responsible for the company’s market strategy and international solution programs.

As Head of Advertising for Bebo, International, Mark Charkin is responsible for building the advertising sales business for Bebo and creating a unique platform for agencies and client site marketers to effectively engage with Bebo’s audiences.

Daniel Sjöberg joined Telia AB’s Internet group in June 1996 where he developed the strategies for International expansion, business development, new ventures and strategic alliances. In September 1998 Daniel started working as Director IP Product Development for Telia North America.

Currently, Mr. Afonso is responsible for the analysis and implementation of connected home (or digital home) projects at Portugal Telecom. Mainly, those projects concern the deployment on the large-scale real state market of digital home solutions.

As the Chief Technology Officer of TVN Entertainment, Dom Stasi leads an engineering and operations team that is responsible for managing over 3,000 hours of content each month and keeping the company’s products and services at the forefront of the on-demand industry.

Rob Goldfarb is currently responsible for encoding and distribution of NBCU cable programming to some 8000 cable head -ends in the US supporting 19 SD and 5 HD cable networks.

Pete Kocks oversees the ongoing development, growth and operation for Truveo, the leading video search engine.  He joined Truveo shortly after the company’s founding in 2004. Prior to Truveo, Pete helped launch three software startups in the fields of video surveillance, database monitoring, and application hosting.

Nada Usina currently serves as President of JumpTV Sports.  Prior to joining the Company, Usina was president of the XOS Broadband Network, which was acquired by JumpTV in September 2007.

George O’Neal is Vice President – Network Services for GVTC and is responsible for Planning, Engineering and Operating all of GVTC networks, including broadband, telephony, and cable TV.

Vickey is Vice President of Broadband Development for CenturyTel.  She has over 20 years of experience in the Telecommunications industry in a wide variety of operating, marketing, sales, strategic planning and product development positions.

Joseph Weber is Senior Director of Technology at TiVo, Inc. reporting to CTO and founder Jim Barton, and participating in the strategic development of new technologies and products for TiVo. His focus is on creating solutions around the TiVo service platform for Cable, Satellite and Telco service providers.

A leading industry professional for over 25 years, Bethany Gorfine provides clients with expert advice and guidance for digital platforms worldwide.

 Jonathan Hurd joined Altman Vilandrie & Company in 2006.  He has more than 20 years of consulting and industry experience in communications, media and related technology sectors.  Jonathan’s primary areas of expertise include business and marketing strategy, new business creation and launch, integrated consumer and business services, and customer and sales channel segmentation and targeting.

Kelvin Shepherd is President, Consumer Markets of MTS Allstream Inc. In this role, he provides overall direction, strategy and leadership for the company in the consumer business in Manitoba and small business markets across Canada.

Leon Hofer is the Vice President of Network Operations for Iowa Network Services, an Iowa-based company doing business with 148 Independent Operating Telephone Companies that provide access services, long distance, internet, digital video and other services to rural customers in Iowa.

Arman has been evangelising the QoE over the past 7 years, with a particular interest in audiovisual Quality. An EPFL graduate, he continued his education with an MSc in Multimedia. He has written technical papers and articles for various publications.

Dov Zimring joined Occam Networks in 2000 as a Software Engineer helping to pioneer the Broadband Loop Carrier product category.  Zimring's expertise with IP Multicast and Multimedia Networking led him to the field, in support of Occam's first IPTV deployment.

As Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Cappellani is responsible for the architectural and technological vision and deliverables for Sigma’s award-winning Service Management Platform and Solutions Suites. He is a 12-year telecommunications industry veteran with extensive experience designing and building large-scale operations and billing support systems.

Steven Hawley is an independent industry analyst, researcher and consultant, serving the telecommunications and digital media industries.  His consulting practice, Advanced Media Strategies LLC (AMS), provides strategic, business and technology subject matter expertise in the area of Internet Protocol Television. 

Mr. Ring is an experienced strategic business development executive with expertise in digital media, interactive TV, games and entertainment. At TANDBERG Television, he is the senior director of business development in the Broadband Television Business Unit.

Edmond Shapiro, Vice President – Project Delivery Americas, has been with NDS since 1997. Edmond is currently responsible for managing NDS teams that deliver and integrate NDS technologies to North and South American pay-television operators. These technologies include digital rights management (DRM) for content and service protection on set-top boxes, PCs and other devices, as well as middleware and applications such as electronic program guides (EPGs). Edmond also manages NDS participation in US standards bodies.

For the last five years Jeff launched and has been overseeing the business operations for Express High Speed Internet, and more recently, IPTV services, in the Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies.  The IPTV service is focused on five star resort properties and multi-million dollar homes.  For the deployment in the Turks, Jeff conceived, designed and built a sixty node computing cluster to handle digital video processing.