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SATCON 2009

Conference Speakers

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

Merrick Ackermans, Technology Fellow, Turner Network Operations

Mr. J. Tracy Allison, Chief, Transformational Communications Engineering, Global Information Grid (GIG) Engineering Directorate, DISA

Earl F. Arbuckle III, P.E., Vice-President of Engineering, Fox Television Stations, Inc. (FTS)

Andy Beegan, VP of Engineering, Segovia Global IP Solutions

Bruce Bennett, Director, Program Executive Office- SATCOM, Teleport & services ( PEO-STS), DISA

David Bettinger, Chief Technology Officer, iDirect

Lyle Bien, Vice Admiral, United States Navy (Ret)

LTG Steven Boutelle, United States Army (Ret), VP Global Government Solutions, Cisco

Colin Boyd, Vice President Broadcast Sales, Wavestream Corporation

Christopher Bush, Lead MITRE Engineer, USCENTCOM J6 Engineering

Jerry Butler, Senior Director, Interconnection Replacement Office, PBS

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

Ron Clifton, President and CEO, International Datacasting Corporation

Mark Coleman, EVP Engineering & Operations, Comcast Programming Group

Patricia Cooper, President, SIA

Jim Corry, Vice President, Government Solutions, SkyTerra Communications

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, President, Inmarsat Government Services Incorporated

Lt Gen USAF (Ret) William J. Donahue, XTAR, LLC

Louis Dubin, Vice President Product Management, Comtech EF Data

Charles Edwards, Commercial Satellite Communications Deputy Program Manager, DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency

COL Edward Eidson, TCM-WIN-T

Greg Ewert, Executive Vice President, Global Distribution Channels, Iridium

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

Don Gabriel, General Manager, Sales, Echostar Satellite Services

Kevin Gallo, Program Manager, Future Commercial SATCOM Services Acquisition, U.S. General Services Administration

Thomas Gibbon, Chair, WBU-ISOG MPEG-4 HD Contribution Codec Interoperability Program

Daniel Goldberg, President & CEO, Telesat

Matthew Goldman, Vice President Technology, Ericsson

Mark Haden, VP - Engineering & IT, MLB Network

Rear Admiral Janice M. Hamby, Vice Director, C4 Systems (J6), Joint Chiefs of Staff

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

Gary Hatch, CEO, ATCi

Scott Haywood, Sales Manager, Applied Instruments, Inc.

Joseph Heaps, CommTech Program Manager, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Bob Hesskamp, Turner Broadcasting Corporate Vice President, CNN Broadcast Engineering and System Technology

Norbert Hildebrand, Business Development Manager, Insight Media

George Hoover, Chief Technology Officer, NEP Broadcasting

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

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

MG Nickolas G. Justice, Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office Command,, Control and Communications - Tactical (PEO C3T), Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

Pradman P. Kaul, President and CEO, Hughes

Richard D. Lee, Associate Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

Burt H. Liebowitz, Principal Network Engineer, MITRE Corporation

Rick Lober, Vice President and General Manager, Defense and Intelligence Systems Division, Hughes Network Systems

Ron Lockerby, Regional Sales Manager, Americas, Thrane & Thrane, Inc.

John Luff, Television Technology Consultant, HD Consulting

Commander Adam Lyons USN, NORAD-USNORTHCOM, Chief, Theater Communications Support

Dennis Matheson, CTO, TerreStar

David Mazza, Senior Vice President Engineering, NBC Olympics

John McCoskey, Chief Technology Officer, PBS

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

Richard Miller, Senior Vice President, New Technology, Comtech EF Data

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

Jim Occhiuto, VP Technology & Transmission, Showtime Networks

Mel Olinsky, Director of Operations, CBS News

Chuck Pagano, Executive Vice President, Technology, ESPN

Randy Palubiak, President, Enliten Management Group

Thomas G. Parish, Vice President Broadcast Technology, Globecomm Systems

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

John Ratigan, President, iDirect Government Technology

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

Kurt Riegelman, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Intelsat

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

Ron Samuel, Chief Executive Officer, Eutelsat America Corp.

Mark Schubin, Technology Consultant, SchubinCafe.com

Kay Sears, President, Intelsat General

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

Robert M. Shea, LtGen, USMC (ret.) former Joint Staff J6, EVP, Strategy, Smartronix, Inc.

Sesh Simha, Business Development Manager, Mobile Video, SES Americom

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

Mike Smith, Director of Government Services, Stratos Government Services Inc.

Brian Snodgrass, Executive Director – Citywide Radio Data Infrastructure, City of New York Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications

Phillip L. Spector, Executive Vice President, Business Development & General Counsel, Intelsat

Ed Spitler, VP, Managed Network Services, Artel, Inc.

Dom Stasi, Chief Technology Officer, TVN Entertainment

John Stoltz, Director, Commercial Sales, GMPCS / NETWORK INNOVATIONS

Brent Stranathan, VP, East Coast Operations, CBS

Bill Sullivan, Director of Strategy, Mobile Broadband Systems, Viasat

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

Michael Vance, Commercial and DOD Gateways Strategic SATCOM Manager, United States Strategic Command / J66

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

Dale A. White, Director, Network Service Center - Training, CDID Expierimentation Division

Dianne White, Chief, Corporate Television, Internal Revenue Service

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

Charles H. Woodson Jr., USASMDC/ARSTRAT, CIO/G6, SATCOM Division

Abbas Yazdani, President and CEO, ARTEL, Inc.

Tim Young, VP Business Development, GMPCS

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