Speakers
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2016 Speakers
Keynotes
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Rob Comstock
Executive Vice President, Operations
Cablevision Systems Corporation
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Matt Eyring
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Vivint Smart Home
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Michael Hawkey
SVP and GM, Discovery Business Group
Rovi
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Daniel Herscovici
SVP & GM, Xfinity Home
Comcast
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David Isbitski
Chief Evangelist Alexa and Echo
Amazon
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Robert Parker
SVP of Engineering
SmartThings
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Speakers
Amena Ali, SVP and General Manager, WeatherBug Home
Eric Anderson, SVP and General Manager of Video Personalization, Gracenote
Chris Avery, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Maxim Group LLC
Avi Barel, Business Development Director, ULE Alliance
Jonathan Beavon, Director Strategy, Video Software & Solutions, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Peter Blanks, Vice President Technology, Asurion
Vincent Borel, Director of New Ventures, Logitech
Matt Bornski, Director and Chief Architect of Enterprise Services, Wink
Autumn Braswell, Chief Operating Officer, Enterprise Solutions Organization, LinQ, iQor
Adrian Caceres, Co-Founder and CTO, Ayla Networks
Paul Campbell, VP Innovation / Head of Silicon Valley Innovation Center, Schneider Electric
David Carter, Co-Founder and CEO, WiZR
Andy Chambers, VP, Connected Home, Assurant Solutions
Winifred Chang, Director IoT Business Development, LG Electronics
Corey Chao, Innovation Manager, Connected Home, NRG/Reliant
Rob Conant, CEO, Cirrent
Erik Davidson, Director of Product Management, CEL
Kent Dickson, Co-founder and CEO, Yonomi
Derrick Dicoi, Senior Director of Product Management for XFINITY Home, Comcast
Chris Drake, Vice President, Business Development, thePlatform
John Driver, CEO, Lynx Technology
Chris Ely, Senior Manager, Industry Analysis, Consumer Technology Association
Dave Evans, CTO, Stringify
Kristine Faulkner, Vice President / General Manager, Home Security & Smart Home, Cox
Mike Fisher, Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development, BrightLine
Seth Frader-Thompson, Co-Founder and President, EnergyHub
Navin Ganeshan, Chief Product Officer, Zubie
Amit Garg, Principal, Samsung
Noam Geri, VP Sales & Business Development, U.S., Giraffic
R.K Gopinath, Executive Director, Products - Smart & Connected Home, Cox Communications
Lee Gruenfeld, VP of Strategic Initiatives, Support.com
Scott Harkins, Vice President IoT Partner Programs, Honeywell Connected Home
Kenn Harper, VP, Devices & Ecosystem, Nuance Communications
Mike Harris, CEO, Zonoff
Michael Hawkey, SVP & General Manager - Discovery Business Group, Rovi
Rexford Hibbs, COO / Co-Founder, DreamFunded.com
Francis Hoe, Operations Manager, Misfit Wearables, a Fossil Company
Emily Hossellman, Director of Marketing, Centercode
Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist and Technology Evangelist, Greenwave Systems
Peg Jackson, Managing Director, Mooreland Partners
Chris Jones, VP of Technology, iRobot
V. Rory Jones, President and CEO, PlanetEcosystems
David Jumpa, Chief Revenue Officer, Airbiquity, Inc.
Diomedes Kastanis, Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson
Shane Keats, Director of Industry Marketing, Media and Entertainment , Akamai Technologies
Jay Kenny, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Alarm.com
John Kieny, VP, Business Development, CSS Corp
Paul T. Kim, Director, Content & Services, Samsung
Kyle Kline, Telemedicine Product Marketing Manager, A&D Medical
Channing Lai, Director, Product Management, PlumChoice
George Land, General Manager, Nexia, Ingersoll Rand
Carl Lenox, Solution Architect, SunPower Corporation
Joe Liu, CEO, MivaTek / Home8
Tom Love, VP of Consumer Insights, ROKU
Arlen Marmel, VP of Marketing and Distribution, Ellation
Letha McLaren, CMO, Icontrol Networks
Kevin Meagher, SVP Business Development, ROC-Connect
Vineet Mehta, Principal, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Daniel Moneta, Chairman of the Marketing Working Group, ZigBee Alliance
Paul Moroney, SVP Advanced Technology, Arris
David Mowrey, VP of Product Management, Clearleap
Denis Noel, Lead Product Manager, IoT Security, NXP Semiconductors
William Oget, VP of Engineering, Arrayent
Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates
Duane Paulson, Senior Vice President Product & Market Development, Nortek Security & Control
Dave Pedigo, Sr. Director of Learning & Emerging Technologies, CEDIA
Aditya Pendyala, Head of Growth, mnubo
Petr Peterka, Chief Technology Officer, Verimatrix
Kevin Petersen, President, AT&T Digital Life
Casey Pittock, President and CEO, Tunstall Americas
Mark Prince, Vice President Consumer Business, Withings
Mike Rich, Vice President, Emergent, comScore, Inc.
Brandon Ridenour, Chief Technology Officer, HomeAdvisor, Inc.
Chris Rill, Co-founder and CTO, Canary
Kevin Robinson, VP Marketing, Wi-Fi Alliance
Elisabetta Romano, Vice President and Head of TV & Media, Ericsson
Kimmo Ruotoistenmäki, CEO and co-founder, Cozify
Kian Saneii, Chief Executive Officer, Independa, Inc.
Tim Schaaff, Chief Product Officer, Intertrust
Curt Schacker, VP, Managing Director, Connected Products, EVRYTHNG
Bill Scheffler, Director of NA Sales and Business Development, Sigma Designs/Z-Wave
Mitch Singer, President, Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem
Mark Skarpness, Chair of the IoTivity Steering Group, Open Connectivity Foundation
Tim Smokoff, Group Vice President, Health & Wellness, Nortek Security & Control
Bruce Snell, Cybersecurity and Privacy Director, Intel Security
Mike Stauffer, Senior Director, Business Development, Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
Matt Swatsky, Director of Product Management, Lutron
Peter Taylor, VP of Products, WeMo / Belkin
Lisa Uhrmacher, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Vodafone
Krijn van der Raadt, Vice President of IT and Software Development, GreatCall
Ali M. Vassigh, Director of User Experience, EVA Automation
Danny Vossen, Director Innovation & Strategic Partnerships, Technicolor
Dr. Kenneth Wacks, President, Home, Building & Utility Systems
Gene Wang, CEO, People Power Company
Tom Waters, Sr. Manager, Market Intelligence, Jabil
Larry Waxman, President & CEO, leakSMART
Perry Weinstein, VP & General Manager North America, Accedo
Nate Williams, Chief Revenue Officer, August Home Inc
Scott Williams, EVP Americas, Piksel
Robin Wilson, VP Business Development, NAGRA
Justin Wong, VP Business Development, IFTTT Inc.
Brett Worthington, VP of Global Business Development and General Manager for Americas, SmartThings
Joe Wytanis, Sr. Director & Strategist, Connected Living, Consumer Technology Group, Flex
Michael Yang, Managing Director, Comcast Ventures
Ohad Zeira, Director, Consumer IoT, Verizon
Moderators / Analysts
Glenn Hower, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Jennifer Kent, Director, Research Quality & Product Development, Parks Associates
Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates
Barbara Kraus, Director, Research, Parks Associates
Brad Russell, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Patrice Samuels, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Brett Sappington, Sr. Director, Research, Parks Associates
Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates
Harry Wang, Sr. Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates
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2011 List of Speakers
KEYNOTES
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Eric J. Bruno
Vice President, Product Management
Verizon Telecom
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David Grubb III
Vice President, Architecture & Strategy, Converged Experiences
Motorola Mobility
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Glenn Lurie
President of Emerging Devices, Resale and Partnerships
AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
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John B. Penney
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
Starz, LLC
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PANELISTS
Glenn Adler, Director Bus. Devt & Sales, AwoX, Inc.
Ramzi Ammari, VP Product and Program Manager, UEIC
Peter Ansel, VP of Business Development, Clearleap
Ashish Arora, Vice President and General Manager for the Logitech Digital Home Group, Logitech
Seth Bailey, CEO, iTOK.NET
Timo Bauer, SVP & GM Americas, NewBay Software
Marc Beckwitt, Vice President, MediaNavi Strategic Partnerships, Technology Business Group, Technicolor
David Bercovich, VP, Business Development, North America, AlertMe
Daniel Blackburn, Vice President, Mobile, LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company
Stephen Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates
Josh Brister, Market Segment Manager- Residential, Schneider Electric
Paul Brody, Global Industry Leader, Electronics, IBM Corp.
Gary Brotman, Head of Marketing for Qualcomm Global Market Development, Qualcomm Labs
Eric J. Bruno, Vice President, Product Management, Verizon Telecom
Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Rovi Corporation
Scott Burnett, Director, Global Consumer Electronics Industry, IBM
Vikas Butaney, Senior Director, Video Technology Group, Cisco
Nick Chakalos, President, Catch Media, Inc.
Jay Chambers, VP, Chief Architect for Cable, Office of the CTO, BigBand Networks
Sandeep Chivukula, Senior Manager, Smart TV Innovation and Alliances, LG Electronics
Michael Clegg, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Business, NETGEAR
Aine Denari, Director of Strategy, Ingersoll Rand
Jim Denney, VP & GM Product Marketing, TiVo Inc.
Christopher Dow, VP, Architecture, Rovi Corporation
James Field, Director of Technology, New Initiatives, NDS
Jaime Fink, Senior Vice President of Technology, Pace
John Fisher, CTO & CSA, Troppus Software; Vice President, Product & Technology, EchoStar Technologies
Martin Flusberg, CEO, Powerhouse Dynamics
David L. Foote, Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc.
Jean-Georges Fritsch, General Manager, Executive Vice President of Products, Minerva Networks
Jim Funk, VP, Business Development, Roku
Andy Germano, Vice Chairman, Femto Forum
John Gildred, President, SyncTV
Oliver Goh, CEO, Shaspa Research Ltd.
Wynn Grubbs, VP, Business Development, PlumChoice
Tim Hadley, Director, Corporate Communications, Omnifone
Mike Harris, CEO, Zonoff
Geoff Hollingworth, Head of IP Services Strategy, Region North America, Ericsson
Mike Holstein, VP, Advanced Solutons & Emerging Technology, ViewSonic Corporation
Ben Huang, Worldwide Director of Marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft Mediaroom
Richard Irving, Managing Partner, Pond Venture Partners Ltd.
Keith Jack, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Media Processor Business Group, Sigma Designs
Jay Kenny, Vice President, Marketing, Alarm.com
Dr. Martin Kienzle, Electronics Industry Leader, IBM Research
Jonathan Klinger, Vice President Marketing, Honeywell Security & Communications, Honeywell
Art Lancaster, Chief Technology Officer, Affinegy
Michael Lantz, CEO, Accedo Broadband
Will Law, Principal Architect, Media Cloud Engineering, Akamai
Luigi Lenguito, WorldWide Services Marketing - Consumer & Small/Medium Business, Dell
Bismarck Lepe, President of Products and Co-founder, Ooyala
Chad Lucien, Senior Vice President – Sales and Marketing, Hillcrest Labs
Russell MacAdam, Director of Product Development, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Joel Marshall, Executive Vice President, Steelhead
Michele McGarry, VP, Business Development, ThinkAnalytics
Alan Messer, Member of the Board of Directors, DLNA
Tom Munro, Chief Executive Officer, Verimatrix
Vickie Nauman, Vice President, North America, 7digital
Keith O’Neill, CEO, L4 Media
Steve Oetegenn, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Verimatrix
Derrick Oien, CEO, chumby
Val Ornoy, VP Strategy and Business Development, Funambol
José Piñero, Senior Director, Xbox LIVE, Microsoft
Dale Pistilli, VP of Marketing, Branded Products, Western Digital
Peter Porteous, CEO, Blue Line Innovations
David Price, MPEGIF VP, MPEG Industry Forum; Head of Business Development, Ericsson
Len Rand, Managing Director, Granite Ventures
Paddy Rao, VP, Product Management, Sling Media representing EchoStar
Ronald Renjilian, Consultant, Firstsource
Dave Rothenberg, WW Marketing Manager, Movea Inc.
Mike Rudolph, CMO, SugarSync, Inc.
Chris Saito, Vice President of Marketing Digital Delivery Group, Technicolor
Kian Saneii, CEO, Independa, Inc.
Russ Schafer, Senior Director of Global Product Marketing, Connected TV, Yahoo!
Bill Scheffler, Senior Director of North American Business Development, Z-Wave Alliance, Sigma Designs
Peter Schwartz, Senior Director, Product Management, VIZIO
Rick Schwartz, Senior Product Manager, Consumer Software, PacketVideo
Loren Shade, VP Marketing, Allegro Software Development Corporation
Sandy Shanman, Senior Vice President, Integrated Media Solution Sales, Limelight Networks
Steve Shapiro, Group Director, Product Management, ADT
Ohad Shvueli, VP Sales and Marketing, PrimeSense
Jeff Siegel, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Advertising, Rovi
Hank Skorny, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer, RealNetworks
Shawn Sires, Vice President and Founder, AirKast
Jordan Socran, Senior Director of Global Sales and Business Development, Radialpoint
Bill Stanley, Executive Director, Telcordia
Philippe Steinmetz, Director Home and Content, North America, Orange
Robert Stepanian, Ph.D., CEO, NexStep, Inc.
David Stevenson, VP & GM Motive Product Division, Alcatel-Lucent
Dean Takahashi, Digital Media Lead Writer, VentureBeat
Jamison Tilsner, Business Development and Evangelist, Kantar Video
Roger Towne, Senior Product Planner, Samsung Electronics
Steve Tranter, VP of Interactive and Broadband, NDS
Nick Troiano, President, BlackArrow
Edgar Villalpando, SVP, Marketing and Content Relations, ActiveVideo Networks
Kenneth Wacks, Member, GridWise Architecture Council, U.S. Department of Energy
Fred Wang, General Partner, Trinity Ventures
Stephen White, Senior Vice President, Product and Content Management, Gracenote
Robin Wilson, VP of Business Development, Nagra-Kudelski
WORKSHOP PANELISTS
Chris King, Chief Regulatory Officer, eMeter
Nathan Patrick, Senior Product Manager, Motorola Mobility
Shirley Rouse, VP of Product Service and Innovation, Reliant Energy
Eric Saltzman, COO, EcoFactor, Inc.
Karen Williams, Consumer Research and Ideation Manager, Home Energy, GE Lighting & Appliances
MODERATORS/ANALYSTS
Farhan Abid, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates
Laura Allen Phillips, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Brett Sappington, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates
Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates
Heather Way, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
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2010 List of Speakers
KEYNOTES
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Joseph Ambeault, Director, Product Development and Management, Video Services, Verizon
Video Interview
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Scott Birnbaum, Vice President, Samsung LCD Business
Video Interview
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Wilfred Martis, General Manager, Retail CE, Digital Home Group, Intel Corporation
Video Interview
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Mitch Singer, CTO, Sony Pictures Entertainment; President, DECE
Video Interview
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PANELISTS
Cedric Arnaud-Battandier, VP, Strategy & Corporate Development, Technicolor
Seth Bailey, CEO, iTOK.NET
David Barclay, Director Energy Management, OpenPeak
Scott Barkley, Vice President, Products, Jasper Wireless
Anthony Bay, CEO, MOD Systems
David Bercovich, Vice President of Business Development, AlertMe
Savinay Berry, Vice President, Granite Ventures
Gilles BianRosa, CEO, Vuze, Inc.
Stephen Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates
Jeff Bonin, Vice President of Business Development, Alticast
Kris Bowring, Senior Director, Emerging Business, Best Buy
Cathy Bradley, Global Lead, Customer Contact Business Process Outsourcing Services, Accenture - Video Interview
Paul Brody, Global Lead, IBM Electronics Industry Strategy Practice, IBM Global Business Services
William C. Brown, Assoc. VP Technology and GM, Service Provider Business Unit, North America, D-Link - Video Interview
Mike Buckingham, Director of Marketing, SmartLabs, Inc.
Thomas Carpenter, VP Operations and Digital Chief of Staff, Epix
Susan Cashen, Vice President Marketing, Control4
David Chechelashvili, Head of Gaming and Retail, XpanD, Inc
Alfredo Choperena, President, SimpleHomeNet
Matthew Choy, Marketing Director, Rsupport Inc.
Albert Chu, Vice President, Marketing and Alliances, ACCESS Systems Americas
Jim Denney, Vice President, General Manager, Product Marketing, TiVo Inc.
Matt DiMaria, EVP & GM, Sonic Solutions (Roxio)
Gary Ellison, Chief Security Architect, Intertrust Technologies, representing Marlin
Greg Ennis, Technical Director, Wi-Fi Alliance
Jim Feuille, General Partner, Crosslink Capital
Martin Flusberg, CEO, Powerhouse Dynamics
Paul Fulton, General Manager, Prosumer Business Unit, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dwight Gibson, VP & GM Connected Home Solutions, Ingersoll Rand
Alexandre Giess, Head of Digital Home - Group Marketing North America, Orange/France Telecom Group
Alex Glass, Vice President, Global Operations, thePlatform
Wynn Grubbs, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, PlumChoice, Inc.
Todd Hinders, Senior Vice President, ExtendMedia
Scott Hublou, Co-Founder, SVP of Products, EcoFactor
Richard Irving, Managing Partner, Pond Venture Partners Ltd.
Ronald Jacoby, Senior Director and Chief Architect, Connected TV, Yahoo! - Video Interview
Kanaan Jemili, Vice President of Product Management, DivX, Inc.
Michael Kostainsek, Senior Partner, Account Director, MEC (WPP’s Group M)
Douglas Light, Sr. Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, Widevine
Steve Linke, Associate Director Consumer Electronics, Verizon Wireless - Open Development - Video Interview
James Lopez, General Manager, Digital Video Surveillance, Logitech
Ajay Luthra, Senior Director of Advanced Technology, Motorola
Tony Masterson, COO, CTO and Co-founder, Zenverge
Letha McLaren, Vice President of Energy Products, iControl Networks
Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems - Video Interview
Andy Melder, Vice President Business Development, Gigle Networks - Video Interview
Frank Mona III, Executive Director, Sales Execution, Consumer Home Services, AT&T
Kevin Morgan, CTO, Arxan Technologies, Inc.
Malachy Moynihan, VP, Video Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Richard Nesin, Executive Director, HomePNA Alliance
Robert O'Dell, President/CEO, SecurityCoverage, Inc.
Nathan Ota, Solutions Product Marketing Manager, Consumer Solutions, Trilliant
Sean Parham, Executive Vice President & CMO, 2Wire, Inc.
Nash Parker, Director of Emerging Technology & Media, Alcatel-Lucent
Tony Perucca, Senior Director, comScore, Inc.
Tom Pollard, Director of Product Management, Verimatrix Inc.
Drake Pruitt, SVP Business Development, Ascent Media Group
Yaron Raz, Director of Video Solutions Marketing, BigBand Networks
Terri Richardson, Business Integration Manager, Navic at Microsoft
Anthony Rodio, COO, Support.com - Video Interview
Daniel Scheinman, SVP & GM, Cisco Media Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Rick Schwartz, Senior Product Manager, PacketVideo (PV) - Video Interview
Loren Shade, VP Marketing, Allegro Software Development Corporation - Video Interview
Gene Sheridan, CEO, BridgeCo, Inc.
Charley Shoemaker, Director, Product Management, Nielsen Online, The Nielsen Company
Howard Simons, Director of Sales Research, West Division, Comcast Spotlight
Melissa Simpler, CEO, Affinegy
Peter Smyth, CEO, RedMere - Video Interview
Kurt Stammberger, Vice President Marketing, Mocana
Mark Studness, Director E-Commerce, Verizon
Dean Takahashi, Digital Media Lead Writer, VentureBeat
Jim Theberge, Product Management Director, Rovi Corporation
Steve Tranter, VP Interactive and Broadband, NDS
Daren Tsui, CEO, mSpot, Inc
Edgar Villalpando, SVP, Marketing, ActiveVideo Networks
Dr. Kenneth Wacks, Member, GridWise Architecture Council, U.S. Department of Energy
Ian Walsh, VP Business Development, ProVision Communications - Video Interview
Nate Williams, CMO, 4Home
Ken Wirt, Vice President Consumer Marketing, Cisco Systems, Inc. - Video Interview
Tom Woods, VP, User Experience, Rovi Corporation
Mark W. Young, Vice President, Strategy & BD, Mobile, Comcast Interactive Media
Dan Ziegler, Regional Director, Latens Systems
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