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SATCON 2006

Conference Speakers

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Kenneth Aagaard, EVP Operations, Engineering and Production Services, CBS Sports

Jay Adrick, Vice President Broadcast Technology, Harris Corporation

Marc Agnew, Vice President of Broadband Systems, ViaSat

Dominic Ambrosio, Vice President, Studio Operations, HBO

Darcy Antonellis, Executive Vice President, Distribution and Technology Operations, Warner Bros.

Mike Antonovich, The Space Connection

Jacob Arback, President, The Africa Channel

Ali Asghar, VP Corporate Development, MSV

Frank August, Director, Business Development - Americas, Inmarsat

C. Ramiro Banderas, Director Media Services, Rollins/Orkin

Dale Barr, Chief of the Advanced Technology Section with the, National Communications System's Technology and Programs Division

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

Frank Boersma, Director – Video Network Services, STB and In-Home Network Engineering, Verizon Communications

James Brink P.E., Principal Chief Engineer, Ground Systems Engineering, XM Satellite Radio Inc.

Vice Admiral Nancy E. Brown, Director, Command, Control, Communicatioins and Computer Systems (C4 Systems), The Joint Staff

Jim Brzycki, Vice President & General Manager, Wachovia Corporation

Jerry Butler, Senior Director of the Interconnection Replacement Office, PBS

Michael Butler, President & COO, Inmarsat

Tim Carroll, President, Linear Acoustic

David Cavossa, Executive Director, Satellite Industry Association

Roger Charlesworth, President, Charlesworth Media

Vincent Cirelli, Deputy Director, Secretary of Defense Communications

David Converse, VP Operations, Director of Engineering for ABC owned stations, ABC

Michael Cook, Senior Vice President, HUGHES

Beth Corbett, Vice President, Nielson Media Research

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, President, Inmarsat Government Services Incorporated

Joanne Cuddihee, Project Manager, Anheuser-Busch Training and Development

COL Richard A. Davis, Deputy CIO/ Chief Strategic C4 Plans and Policy, CENTCOM

Laura Davis-Taylor, Founder and Principal, Retail Media Consulting

Ed Delaney, VP Operations, YES (Yankee Entertainment and Sports) Network

Maj Brian R. Denman, Commercial SATCOM Strategic Systems Manager, United States Strategic Command / J66

Louis DiMauro, Vice President Sales, North America, Ascent Media Network Services

COL Charles Dunn, Director, Battle Lab Fort Gordon, US Army

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

Mark C. Ellison, SVP Business Affairs & General Counsel, NRTC

Bryan C. Fails, VP Operations Technology R & D, Scripps Networks

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

Carole Gall, Senior Partner, Director of Broadcast Production, JWT

Brian Gottbetter, Global Director, IP Product Management, Global Crossing

Rocky Graham, Director of Broadcast Products, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Michael Gray, CEO, Global Relief Technologies

Lenny Guglielmi, Director, Network Engineering, GTECH Corporation

Warren Harmon, Head of Video, Photography and Videoconferencing, Mayo Clinic

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

Steve Hawley, Editor, IPTV News

Rob Hayes, Senior Vice President and GM Digital Media, Showtime Networks Inc.

Col James E. Haywood, Deputy for Space Aquisition, Office Under Secretary of the Air Force

David Hill, Chairman and CEO, Fox Sports Television Group, President, Entertainment, DirecTV Inc.

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

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

Ed Horowitz, President & CEO, SES Americom

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

Jeff Johnson, Vice President, Technology, Gannett Broadcasting

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

Pradman P. Kaul, President and CEO, Hughes

John Kealey, CEO, iDirect Technologies

Michael Kelly, Executive Vice President, Fixed Satellite Services and DISH Network Service LLC, Echostar

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

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

COL James P. Kohlmann, S&T Advisor, Command & Control Directorate, NORAD USNORTHCOM

Ryan Korte, Chief Architect, Vyvx

Mark Lalley, CIO US Fuels, BP America

Alan Langford, Network Manager, Internal Communications, JCPenney

Nancy Li, CEO, KyLin TV

Burt H. Liebowitz, Principal Network Engineer, MITRE Corporation

Gary Martin, Director, Communications Electronics, Research Development & Engineering Center, US Army Research Development and Engineering Command

David Mazza, Senior Vice President Engineering, NBC Olympics

Gwynne McConkey, Senior Vice President, Operations, Information Systems & Technology, Lifetime Entertainment Services

David McGlade, CEO, Intelsat

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

Karl Meisenbach, Director of Advertising, HDNet

Kenneth Miller, President, Globecomm Systems

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

Armand Musey, President, Near Earth, Ltd.

David Myers, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Development, Spacenet

Mark Narveson, Sr. Director, Live Production Systems, Grass Valley

Neil Nguyen, Executive Vice President, Sales & Operations, DG FastChannel

Randy Palubiak, President, Enliten Management Group

Joseph Pelton, Ph.D., Director, Space & Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI), George Washington University

David Perry, Director of Broadcast Operations, Saatchi & Saatchi

CAPT John W.R. Pope, III, USN, Program Manager, Communications Program Office

Dan Rather, Global Correspondent, HDNet

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

Michael P. Regan, United States Air Force Senior Intelligence Service (SIS) Senior Leader, Communications Systems Aquisition and Operations Directorate, NRO

Emil Regard, EVP, Sola Communications

Glenn Reitmeier, Vice President, Technology Standards, Policy and Strategy, NBC Universal

Kurt Riegelman, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Intelsat

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

Paul Ryan, Director of Store Design, Tweeter

Tom Sahara, Sr. Director of Turner Sports IT and Remote Operations, Turner

Ron Samuel, Chief Executive Officer, Eutelsat America Corp.

CAPT Douglas S. Schroeder USN, Director, National Security Space Office

Kay Sears, President, Intelsat General

Robert Seidel, Vice President, Advanced Technology/Engineering, CBS

Bill Shanahan, VP Transmission Operations, ESPN

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

Clyde Smith, SVP Global Broadcast Technology and Standards, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Derek Smith, Senior Vice President, Level 3 Content Markets

Beth Snyder Bulik, Technology Reporter, Advertising Age

Peter Sockett, Director of Engineering, WRAL and WILM

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

Jim Starzynski, Principal Engineer and Audio Architect, NBC - Universal Advanced Engineering

Kevin Stolworthy, Sr. VP Operations & Creative Services, ESPN

Brent Stranathan, VP, East Coast Operations, CBS

Emory Strilkauskas, Associate Director, Transmission Contribution Services, ESPN

Carl Swenson, Program Director, SATCOM and Space Systems, Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate, CERDEC

Kai Tang, Division Director for Navy Satellite Communications, Navy Communications Program Office PEO C4I

Michael B. Targoff, CEO, Loral Space & Communications Inc.

Robin Thomas, Group Director, Engineering, ABC Broadcast Operations & Engineering

Dave Thurber, Manager - Enterprise Telecommunications, State Farm Insurance Companies

Michael K. Tippets, President & COO, Helius

Greg Tune, Lead Program Manager Disaster Assessment/GIS, American Red Cross Preparedness & Response Operations

Richard Van Deusen, Managing Director, Media Strategies, Inc

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

Dan White, Vice President, Engineering, Datapath

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

Dan Wisneski, Global Leader, GE Broadcast Network

Rich Wolf, Vice President, Telecommunications & Affiliate Services, ABC Television Network

Abbas Yazdani, President and CEO, Artel, Inc.

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