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SATCON 2008

Conference Speakers

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Jay Adrick, Vice President Broadcast Technology, Harris Corporation

Wendy Allen, Vice President Media Operations & Engineering, PBS

Mike Aloisi, VP Technology, Satellite & Affiliate Services, MTV Networks

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

Robert Bednarek, President and Chief Executive Officer, SES World Skies

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

David Bettinger, Chief Technology Officer, iDirect

Travis Betz, Field Operations Officer, American Red Cross International Disaster Response Unit

Bob Beyer, Vice President and Chief Engineer, Merrill Lynch Video Network

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

Matthew W. Botwin, Managing Director, The Regent Square Group, Chair, GVF Regulatory Working Group

Simon Bull, Senior Consultant, COMSYS

Michael Butler, President & COO, Inmarsat

Brig. Gen. Michael J. Carey, Deputy Director, Global Operations (DJ3), Global Operations Directorate

Anthony Caruso P.Eng., Director, New Broadcast Technologies, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Montreal

Arnie Christianson, Operations Manager, Satellites and Transmissions, CNN

Mike Cook, Senior Vice President, Hughes Network Systems

Deeje Cooley, Evangelist, Adobe Flash Media Server, Adobe

Patricia Cooper, President, SIA

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, President, Inmarsat Government Services Incorporated

Craig Cuttner, SVP, Advanced Technology, HBO

Hoyt Davidson, Managing Partner, Near Earth, LLC

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

Chris Ehrenbard, Director, Broadcast Distribution, CBS

Lynn Epperson, TRADOC Capabilities Manager, SATCOM & Network Extension (TCM SNE)

Tim Farrar, President, Telecom Media and Finance Associates, Inc., President, MSUA

Martin Faubell, VP Engineering, Hearst-Argyle Television

Arnold Friedman, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Space Systems/Loral

Robert Galker, Sr. Director, Satellite Operations, Fox News Channel

Janet Gardner, President, Perspective Media Group

David K. Gay, Chief, Strategic Communications Management Division, Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems Directorate, USSTRATCOM

Richard Glosser, Executive Director Emerging Media, Condenet

Bruce Goldfeder, Director of Engineering Sports, CBS

Matthew Goldman, Vice President Technology, Ericsson

Paul Gudelis, President, Media Strategy Partners

John Guidon, CEO, Row 44

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

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

Alex Hayward, Director of IPTV, Digital Fountain

Steve Hellmuth, Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology, NBA Entertainment

David E. Hershberg, Chief Executive Office and Chairman of the Board, Globecomm Systems Inc.

Catherine Hinkley, Director, Telecommunications and E-Commerce Trade Policy, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Brent Horwitz, Vice President, Sales, SeaMobile

Rob Hunter, VP Digital Technology, ESPN

Susan Irwin, President, Euroconsult USA

Dina Kaplan, Co-Founder and COO, blip.tv

Pradman P. Kaul, President and CEO, Hughes

Michael Koetter, VP of News Technology Planning and Development, CNN Broadcast Engineering and System Technology

Paul Koopmann, Director of Engineering, VERSUS, a division of Comcast Corporation

Christopher J. Lane, Vice President of Engineering and Technology, WETA

Alan Langford, Network Manager, Internal Communications, JCPenney

Chris Lennon, Corporation’s Director of Integration and Standards, part of the CTO Group, Harris Corporation

Burt H. Liebowitz, Principal Network Engineer, MITRE Corporation

Sam Lim, Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Video Technology Group

Jens Loeffler, Senior Manager, Evangelism, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Scott MacLeod, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mobile Satellite Ventures

Terry Mahoney, Service Delivery Manager at BP for Electronic Payment Systems, BP America

Capt Kelly A. McConnell, USMC, Space Plans Action Officer, HQMC, PP&O, PLI

John McCoskey, Chief Technology Officer, PBS

David McGlade, CEO, Intelsat

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

O'Brian McKinley, Director, Network Operations, PBS

Tracy Mehr, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

Andre Mendes, Chief Technology Integraton Officer, Special Olympics

Ray Milius, Senior Vice President, Programming Operations, Starz Entertainment

Susan Miller, Senior Vice President of Satellite Services, MSV

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

Harry Mower, Strategy Advisor, Media Technology, Microsoft

Clayton Mowry, President, Arianespace, Inc

Michael W. W. Moyles, Maj, USAF, Chief, Force Enhancement Branch, The Space Superiority Panel

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

Tim Napoleon, Chief Strategist, M & E, Akamai

Stephen O'Neill, President, Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc

Steve Oetegenn, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Verimatrix

Mel Olinsky, Director of Operations, CBS News

John A. Ordway, Partner, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP

Shelly Palmer, Managing Director, Advanced Media Ventures Group

Randy Palubiak, President, Enliten Management Group

Delbert Parks, Vice President/ Operations and Engineering, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Darryl Person, Network Engineer / Satellite Operations Manager, MetLife

Dan Pryor, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Retail Technology, Safeway, Inc.

Ralph Puckett, Deputy Director for Defense Spectrum Organization, DISA

Mike Pusateri, Senior VP, Technology, Disney ABC Television Group

Colonel Patrick H. Rayermann, Director, Communications Functional Integration Office, National Security Space Office

Rich Reiter, Digital Media Distribution, Bloomberg News

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

Nick Rockwell, EVP & CTO, MTV Networks Digital Technology

Warren Schlichting, SVP, New Business Development, Comcast Spotlight

Lori H. Schwartz, SVP and Director, Interpublic Emerging Media Lab

Kay Sears, President, Intelsat General

Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media, LLC

Steve Simonian, VP Software Development, Fox Networks

Orlando Skelton, Vice President Enterprise Services, SES Americom

Dr. Arunas Slekys, Vice President, Corporate Marketing and General Manager Russia & NIS Business, Hughes Network Systems

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

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

George Stack, Director of Engineering, Media Resources, Citi Smith Barney

Dom Stasi, Chief Technology Officer, TVN Entertainment

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

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

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

Martin Turner, Head of Operations, BBC Newsgathering

Dianne VanBeber, VP Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, Intelsat

Gunnar Waldman, Executive Producer, Rodale, Inc

Thomas Watts, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, Cowen and Company, LLC

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

Col Richard W. White Jr., USAF, Director, Development Planning, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command

Lawrence H. Williams, Vice President, Strategic Relations, Space Exploration Technologies

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

Abbas Yazdani, President and CEO, Artel, Inc.

Alan Young, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, SES World Skies

Lewis Zager, Broadcast Media Technology Consultant

Robert Zitter, Executive Vice President, Technology Operations & Chief Technology Officer, HBO

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