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SATCON 2005

Conference Speakers

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Frank August, Director, Business Development - Americas, Inmarsat

Christopher Baugh, President, Northern Sky Research

Robert Bell, Executive Director, Society of Satellite Professionals and World Teleport Association

Gary Blohm, Director, Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate, CERDEC, US Army

Howard Bolter, Senior Vice President of Network and Production Operations, E! Entertainment

Anthony Bontrager, President, 1Cast, Managing Partner, Axis Partners, LLC

David Brukman, Chief Technology Officer, ComStock

Jim Brzycki, Vice President & General Manager, Wachovia Corporation

David A. Chilson, Associate Director of Broadcast Distribution Services, CBS Television

Mike Cook, Senior Vice President, Hughes Network Systems

Randy Corbin, Chief Geo. (ret.)Vice President, Trinity Workplace Learning, Trinity Workplace Learning, Fire and Emergency Training Network

Kevin Cox, Manager - Systems Technology, Systems Catastrophe Services, State Farm Insurance Companies

Chris Crabtree, Vice President of Information Services, Captain D's Seafood

Dr Denis Curtin, Chief Operating Officer, XTAR

Matthew Dawson, Director Technical Services, Rentway

Tony DeSimone, Deputy Senior Systems Engineer, Net Centric Initiatives, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Networks & Information Integration

John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World

Edward H. Eidson, LTC, Operations Officer/Dep Technical Director, Battle Command Battle Lab-Ft. Gordon

Mary Ann Elliott, Chairman of the Board, Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc.

Jonathan Feldman, Sr. Vice President, Business Development, Globecast

Richard Friedel, EVP & General Manager, Fox Networks Operations & Engineering

Dr. Eric Frost, Co-Director of the Center for Information Technology and Infrastructure (CITI), San Diego State University

Thomas R. Gibbon, Chair of the Communications Law Group, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd

Matthew Goldman, Vice President Technology, Ericsson

Jeff Gottschalk, Chief Engineer, TSAT Program, MILSATCOM JPO

Patrick Griffis, Senior Director, Worldwide Media Standards, Microsoft Windows Client Division

Lenny Guglielmi, Director, Network Engineering, GTECH Corporation

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

Paul Heimbach, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, Viacom

Ronald E. Heinz, President & CEO, Helius

Joe Hernandez, VP Crisis Management & Business Continuity, NBC

Jay Hicks, Chief of Technical Management, PM DCATS, US Army

Gregg Hill, President, Rainbow Network Sales

Otto W. Hoernig, III, President and CEO, Trace Systems

John Honeycutt, Executive Vice President, Media Technology and Operations, Discovery Communications, Inc.

Jerry Hopp, Government Sales Director, Connexion by Boeing

Britt Carina Horncastle, CEO, Telenor

Ed Horowitz, President & CEO, SES Americom

Michael Huitt, Director, ABC News ABSAT

Susan J. Irwin, President, Irwin Communications, SATCON Conference Chair

Barbara Jaffe, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology and Operations, Home Box Office

Pravin Jain, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientist, LinQuest Corporation

Captain David Joseforsky, SATCOM, Program Manager Communications, Marine Corps Systems Command

Keith Katte, Director, RE/MAX Satellite Network

Pradman P. Kaul, President and CEO, Hughes

John Kealey, CEO, iDirect Technologies

Patrick M. Kern, Deputy to the ASD (NII) / DoD CIO for Enterprise-Wide Systems Engineering, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Networks & Information Integration

Dave Khalil, Lead System Engineer, SATCOM Space Systems

Chongman Kim, Sr. Information Officer, Global Comm. Engineering, Information Solutions Group, World Bank

CW3 (RET) Joseph Kobsar, Senior Vice President, Segovia Global IP Solutions

Ken Konikowski, Chief Technology Officer, Medical Missions for Children

Scott Kushner, CEO and Executive Producer, MEDIAplace

David Lahey, Vice President, Business Development, Telesat Canada

David Lamb, VP of Training & Development, Rollins/Orkin

Burt H. Liebowitz, Principal Network Engineer, MITRE Corporation

Brad Lund, Manager, Creative Media Services Video, Satellite and Streaming, Unisys

Len Magsamen, AVP, Communications Media, USAA

Andrea Maleter, Technical Director, Space and Communications, Futron Corporation

Judy Masserang, Manager, General Motors University Distance Learning, General Motors Video Satellite Network

Noel Masson, Vice President, Channel 9 Australia

David McGlade, CEO, Intelsat

Bryan McGuirk, Senior Vice President, North American Media Services, SES World Skies

Andre Mendes, Chief Technology Integration Officer, Public Broadcasting Service

Kenneth Miller, President, Globecomm Systems

Susan Miller, President, Intelsat General Corporation

Shaum Mittal, Chief, Lead System Engineering Office, Prgrm Exec Office- Satellite, Transport & Services (PEO-STS) Directorate DISA

Tony Modelfino, President, Stratogis Network

Leo Mondale, VP Business Development & Strategy, Inmarsat Inc

David Moore, CTO, Muzak

Major General Dennis C. Moran, Vice Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems Directorate, The Joint Staff J6, Department of Defense

Armand Musey, President, Near Earth, Ltd.

Anthony Navarra, President, Globalstar

Chuck Pagano, SVP, Technology, Engineering & Operations, ESPN

Randy Palubiak, President, Enliten Management Group

Damon Parker, Media Production Coordinator, St. Louis EERC

Rakesh Patel, VP Hardware Engineering, Evertz Microsystems Ltd.

Craig Presser, Founder, Ooh Vision Networks

John Puetz, President, Masterworks Communications

COL Patrick H. Rayermann, Chief, Space and Missile Defense Division, Army G-3/5/7

Joe Raznik, Sr. Engineering Manager, NBC Satellite Operations

Emil Regard, EVP, Sola Communications

Jon Romm, President - Intelsat Media and Entertainment Business Unit, Intelsat

John Rose, President & CEO, OPASTCO

Robert J. Ross, Senior VP, East Coast Operations, CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

Jean-Michel Rouylou, Vice President, Global Connectivity Services, Schlumberger

Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman, CSO and Founder, The Carmel Group

David Schleifer, Vice President, Broadcast & Work Groups, Avid Technology, Inc.

Bernard Schwartz, Chairman & CEO, Loral Space & Communications

Victor C. See, Jr., RDML, USN, PEO Navy Space Systems and Director, Communications Systems Acquisition and Operations, NRO

Bob Seidel, VP Engineering & Advanced Technology, CBS Television Network

Col. Thomas D. Shearer, Chief, Strategy & Planning Integration Division, National Security Space Office

Rolf Sjoberg, Field Operations Manager, Communications and Information Technology Service, Department of Peace Keeping Operations, United Nations

Sidney M. Skjei, P.E., President, Skjei Telecom, Inc.

Nigel Smith, satID US Operations and Commercial Director, QinetiQ Inc

George N. Spohn, Vice President, Business Development, Americas, Thrane & Thrane Inc.

Dom Staci, Chief Technology Officer, TVN Entertainment

Brian D. Steckler, Associate Chair for Special Programs, Naval Postgraduate School

Brent Stranathan, VP, East Coast Operations, CBS

Sean J.W. Sullivan, Media & Entertainment, Verizon Business Premier Accounts

Dick Tauber, VP Transmission Systems and New Technology, CNN News Group

Harry Thibedeau, Manager, Satellite Industry Relations, National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC)

Stephen Tom, Executive Director, Pacific Telecommunications Council

Ian Trow, Vice President Marketing, Envivio UK Ltd.

Joe Uberty, Vice President, Mainstream Data

Richard A. VanderMeulen, VP of Government Broadband, ViaSat, Inc

Philip Westfall Ph.D., Director, Air Technology Network Program Management Office, Air University, Department of the Air Force

Dave White, Manager of Business Television, Home Depot

Richard A. Williams, Vice Principal Director Global Information Grid Enterprise Services Engineering, Directorate, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Steve Wilson, Vice President Sales, NA, New Skies Satellites

Steve Winawer, Director, Engineering, Pfizer, Inc.

Dan Wisneski, Global Leader, GE Broadcast Network

Rich Wolf, Vice President, Telecommunications & Distribution, ABC Broadcast Operations & Engineering

Gwen Wood, VP Distribution Services and Operations, PBS

Joseph Wright, Jr., CEO, PanAmSat

Abbas Yazdani, President and CEO, Artel, Inc.

Speakers will continue to be added. Please check back for weekly updates.