Digital Asset Management Conference Speakers

Sam Bogoch, Director for Design, Production and Media Asset Management Systems, Avid Technology
Sam Bogoch is responsible for directing the user experience and product features for Interplay, Avid’s flagship production asset management system. Prior to joining Avid, a publicly held leader in media solutions, Sam had over 15 years’ experience in systems design for the graphics and video industries. Since he joined Avid 2 ½ years ago, the Interplay customer base has grown from under 200 to over 700 installations, and the recent releases of Interplay 2.0 and 2.1 are expected to accelerate this growth. Avid has also recently announced the expansion of its Interplay product line into broader enterprise media asset management.

Prior to joining Avid, Sam was CEO of Torque Systems, a systems integrator focused on media asset management and tiered storage systems for the entertainment and graphic arts industries in North America, and co-founder of SeeFile Software, a developer of low-cost web based digital asset management software for the print industry.
Sam has been a featured speaker at Government Video Expo, HD World, PMA, Seybold Seminars and other industry events, and has received awards including being named one of Electronic Publishing’s Minds on the Millennium, and the Sandoz Award for bioengineering research work.

Sam obtained his undergraduate degree in Physics and Chemistry at Harvard, and has an MD degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Robert Brousseau, Wildbrain

Born in Montreal, Canada in 1963, Robert Brousseau graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelors Degree in Film in 1986. Shortly after graduation he moved to Los Angeles, California and worked in the animation field with companies such as DIC, MGM, FOX, and SONY among others. In 1995 he and partner Rhonda Smiley formed Hyper Image, a CGI animation, visual effects and post production facility, which caters to a wide variety of clients. Rob has directed numerous episodes of animated television including “Starship Trooper: The Roughneck Chronicles” as well as the feature Our Friend Martin about the life of Martin Luther King for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. A second Emmy nomination was received for the series “Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century”, which blended traditional and computer generated animation. His most current directorial effort is the CGI feature Race which has aired regularly on Showtime since 2009.

In early 2011, Rob accepted the position of Director of Post Production with Wildbrain Entertainment to strengthen their post production editorial and more importantly, develop and implement asset management procedures and infrastructure. Rob lives in Glendale, California with his wife Judy, and his three children: Avery, Ella, and Reilly.

Linda Burman, CEO, L. A. Burman Associates Inc.

Linda Burman brings more than two decades of industry experience to solving digital content challenges for media & entertainment, publishing, and corporate marketing clients. The company's services include requirements gathering for digital asset management, rights management and content management systems, business scenario development, RFP support, vendor selection, development of nomenclature, metadata and taxonomy models, training, change management and implementation support. Linda's special approach is a sophisticated, consensus-driven process that results in tangible ROI benefits and user "buy-in" across disparate business groups within the global enterprise.  

Burman recently served as Manager of Advanced Services at North Plains Systems. She is also past President of the Content Management Professionals, founder and former chair of the IDEAlliance PRISM metadata standards group, co-author of Mastering XML Pro, recipient of the IDEAlliance Leadership Circle Award, and a sought-after speaker and instructor at industry forums. Additionally, she has also held senior marketing and technical positions at leading vendors including Apple Computer. Burman holds degrees from the University of Toronto and Boston University.

Joseph A. Busch, Founder and Principal, Taxonomy Strategies

Joseph A. Busch is a knowledge leader in metadata frameworks and taxonomy strategies for global companies, government agencies, and NGOs. He was a Senior Principal at Project Performance Corporation (PPC), and a principal of the start-up company Metacode that was sold to the content management company Interwoven in 2001. Interwoven is now owned by Autonomy.

Joseph is an authority in the field of information science, a Past President of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (www.asis.org), and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (dublincore.org). He is a frequent speaker on metadata, taxonomy, semantic technologies, indexing, classification research, information retrieval, and other information management topics.

Richard Carroll, Technical Consultant, IO Integration

Richard Carroll has over 20 years experience in the creative technology industry. Richard has embraced the challenges inherent in this constantly evolving and highly competitive field by mastering the languages spoken in the technology, creative, and corporate offices – and serving as interpreter.

Richard's expertise spans print and web development. He has served as a consultant to the nation's largest advertising agencies, helping them develop strategies to streamline their workflows and minimize expenses. He oversaw Leo Burnett's company-wide transition to an OSX operating system, seamlessly leading 600 employees through the process while avoiding any downtime. As a recognized leader in his industry, he presented at the grand opening ceremonies for the Apple store in downtown Chicago, chaired an Adobe conference in New York, and has spoken at numerous trade show events nationally. He has managed projects for Dell, Dow Chemical, & the US Army including an installation at Fort Knox data center.

Richard currently serves as Technical Consultant for IO Integration (IOI). IOI is one of the leading system integrators in the United States, specializing in the Xinet® digital asset management solution, iBrams Integrated Brand Mangement Solution, high-end server-based automation, and web-based production tools that provide profitable workflow solutions for creative agencies.

Nate Cooper, Promax

Beginning his career as an assistant engineer on the audio side of the curtain, Nate Cooper quickly found his niche in technologies. Spending the last 10 years focusing on storage, asset management and archival, Nate has designed and supported solutions for Sony Playstation, Pixar, Aspect Ratio, and many other brand name facilities. Currently working for VAR & Integrator ProMAX Systems, Nate is immersed in the world of digital asset management every day.

Doug Davis, President/CEO/Co-Founder, BitSpeed

Doug Davis and the BitSpeed management team bring a unique perspective to the movement of “Big Data”, as in their previous company, they spent 10 years supplying backup systems to Hewlett Packard to back up and move the largest most sensitive data from stock exchanges, banks, medical centers, media companies, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and other global enterprises.

After selling this company, Tape Laboratories, Inc. in 2006, the team came back together in 2008 to address the issue of optimizing the movement, data integrity, and security of such large data over the world’s LANs and WANs, leading to the formation of BitSpeed LLC and the launch of its Velocity software suite in 2011. BitSpeed™ Velocity aims to help the creation, movement, distribution, backup, and disaster recovery of the corporate world’s largest files, i.e. for Media & Entertainment, Medical Imaging and Research, Pharmaceutical, Geophysical (e.g. Oil and Gas, Satellite telemetry), and other global enterprises who have to move files quickly and securely around the globe.

Doug has numerous years of experience, as a sales and business development manager, a C-level executive in private and public companies, and as an entrepreneur in markets such as storage and supply chain. Doug graduated from Stanford University with an AB degree and holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management. He spent 15 years growing up in Europe, and speaks French fluently, with some German and Spanish as well. Of course, he has to go back frequently to practice and make sure that the food and wine are still of the highest quality.

Jeff Flasco, Business Development Manager, Technologent

Jeff Flasco has a background that stems over 28 years in technology and content management as well as interface development and design. In that 28 years he has developed solutions using DDN, Oracle, NetApp, EMC, Storagetek, Quantum, IBM and several software products. Jeff has devoted his last 10 years to developing the best cost effective solutions for clients.

David Ginsberg has more than two decades of success in editing, optimizing workflows, and implementing enabling technologies for leaders in the post production and broadcast industries including Warner Bros., Disney, and Fox.

He is an expert in state-of-the-art post-production editing/compositing technologies and workflow methodologies and has worked directly with major industry players such as Apple and Avid to advance technology.

David has designed leading-edge HD edit facilities, hierarchical approval, digital distribution, and archival management solutions that optimize processes transparently and with minimal user training, while saving many millions of dollars.

David’s passion is using what he calls the "minimalist approach" to create efficiencies that leverage the latest technologies for increased production and creativity behind the scenes and with only minor changes to workers' day-to-day routines. If an artist can just walk in and do something technically complicated without needing to learn a whole new skill set, then David knows he has done his job well.

Theodore E. Gluck, Director of Library Restoration and Preservation, Walt Disney Studios

Theodore E. Gluck is a 21-year veteran with the Walt Disney Studios. He received his Masters Degree in Film Studies from Boston University in 1984, and was the teaching assistant for noted film scholar Roger Manvell. Theo was an active member of the New York City Projectionist's local for seven years, working at Todd-AO Studios as well as the American Museum of the Moving Image, and during that time was also a consultant for both the LucasFilm TAP Program, and Dolby Labs. During his tenure at Disney, Theo has served as the Director of Foreign Post Production for Disney Character Voices International, and was also the Manager of Film Operations for Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. He has contributed to numerous projects that involve film formats ranging from Super 8 through to 70mm and 3D IMAX printing strategies. He served as the Technical Coordinator for the 70mm premiere of The Lion King at Radio City Music Hall, and helped mount the outdoor German premiere of Pocahontas at the Olympic Park in Munich.

Since 2004, Theo has been stewarding the Studio’s Restoration Project starting with the release of Bambi on DVD. He recently coordinated the digitization and preservation of the Studio’s nitrate negatives. Theo also helped design the syllabus for the Studio’s World Wide Post Production Operations education and training program. A member of SMPTE, BKSTS, and AMIA, Theo has also lectured and written extensively on the history of cinema technologies, including widescreen processes, Technicolor, and multi-channel stereo sound formats. Theo is also a member of the AMPAS Sci-Tech Council’s Education and Public Programs sub-committee.

Christopher Grakal oversees the company’s image management production and digital asset management areas, which provide photographic production, editing, research, distribution, and archiving services to TBS, Inc. networks and businesses, including TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, truTV, Cartoon Network, CNN, Turner Sports, and TBS, Inc. Corporate. Grakal is also responsible for the TBS, Inc. photo archive of some 6 million images and works with representatives of other Time Warner-owned divisions on media asset management issues. He is based in Atlanta and reports to Barbara Griffin, senior vice president of image management for TBS, Inc.

Grakal joined TBS, Inc. in 2003 from sister company Warner Bros., where during his five-year tenure he managed the in-house department that services still photography for wide-ranging use by the Warner global sales force. Previously, Grakal served as a producer for 20th Television Productions, working on multiple series and projects. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Photo Marketing Association.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

Robin Harris, StorageMojo

Robin Harris is an independent analyst, consultant and the world's most widely read storage blogger. His StorageMojo and Storage Bits blogs are ranked 10th and 11th out of 400 analyst blogs and have been linked to from the Wall Street Journal, All Things Digital, e-Week, ComputerWorld and hundreds of other sites.

Robin's focus is on emerging technologies and products in the marketplace. Honed by 3 decades of experience in storage, servers and networks, his insights combine architecture, engineering and marketing to review, analyze and predict market evolution. He envisions a digital storage infrastructure that is safer and more reliable than paper - with far greater density, economy and accessibility. Robin worked at DEC and Sun - among others - and earned degrees from Yale University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Roger Howard, Software Architect, J. Paul Getty Museum

Roger Howard has worn every possible hat in the digital asset management world over the past 15 years, from business analyst and systems admin to executive sponsor. He is currently the Software Architect for the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where he designs, writes, and supports applications to facilitate access to collections information and media for scholars, staff, and the general public. Roger is currently serving on the founding board of the Digital Asset Management Foundation.

Deborah Hunt, Principal, Information Edge / President, SLA

Deborah Hunt is Principal of Information Edge, http://www.information-edge.com, which empowers clients to find the information they need to do their work. Information Edge specializes in ECM, DAM, DM, knowledge services, professional research, and library creation and automation. Deb has presented at many conferences including CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California), SLA (Special Libraries Association), the California Library Association, Internet@Schools, Internet Librarian, and AIIP.

For 14 years, Deb was a Senior Information Specialist at the Exploratorium, http://www.exploratorium.edu, a hands-on science museum in San Francisco. Her responsibilities included being part of a DAM team to create a metadata schema and taxonomy and select software to index 40 years of Exploratorium assets, creating and managing the Learning Commons, website project management, and online community building for the Exploratorium's teacher professional development programs.

Deb has been an active member of the global Special Libraries Association (SLA http://www.sla.org/) since 1986 and is the 2012 SLA President-Elect. Deb is active in the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP http://www.aiip.org), serving on the Board of Directors from 2001-2003 and the Annual Conference Committee from 2005-2012.

Deb earned her MLS degree from UC Berkeley and is a certified enterprise content management practitioner (ECMp).

Linda Jackson, Partner, Clear Edge Inc.

Ryan Kirch, CFO & COO, MediaRecall

Tyler Leshney, Senior Vice President, Deluxe Digital Media

Tyler Leshney has spent over ten years in the media industry with seven years devoted to post-production, media management, and archival services.

A 1995 graduate of Harvard University, Tyler began his career on Wall Street as an investment banker for Bear Stearns in New York City where he worked in the Gaming, Lodging and Leisure industries. Following that role he became an Associate at TCW/Crescent Mezzanine in Los Angeles, a leading provider of private debt financing to middle market companies. Tyler made the leap to the Media and Entertainment industry as the Director of Business Development for Broadband Sports, a leading provider of online information and content produced by professional athletes and sports franchises.

Following Broadband Sports, Tyler began a six year tenure at Ascent Media Group, a global provider of post production and media management services. In his role as Director of Corporate Development, Tyler presided over a number of key acquisitions by the company including the acquisition of Sony Corporation’s Systems Integration business and Cinetech, a leading provider of photochemical film restoration services.

Tyler moved to the Operations side of the company first as Vice President of Operations for Ascent’s Media Management Division and was then elevated to the position of Senior Vice President of Operations in charge of Ascent’s then new 105,000 square foot media management facility. Tyler was responsible for all aspects of the facility’s operations including telecine, duplication, standards conversions, audio, and asset management.

Recognizing there was a need to bring world-class media services to content owners outside of Hollywood, Tyler left Ascent to join Deluxe and founded Deluxe Archive Solutions. Tyler leads Deluxe’s efforts in the archival community and on projects such as this. He has been a guest speaker at the CineGrid conference, a guest lecturer at UCLA, and is an active member of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).

Neil is a scriptwriter, ideas junkie, entrepreneur and professional optimist. He is Chairman of the Digital Media Forum, a network of digital media companies in Ireland and a board member of the Broadcasting Authority Of Ireland’s Contracts Committee as well as sitting on the board of a number of tech start-ups. He is project advisor for WorldIrish.com - an initiative to connect the Irish Diaspora online and was also the winner of Your Country, Your Call - a nationwide competition to get ideas that will lift Ireland out of the economic gloom. The big idea: to create an International Digital Services Centre to make Ireland the global gateway for digital content and services between the US and Europe.

Tom Leyden, Director of Alliances and Marketing

Tom Leyden joined object storage innovator Amplidata in 2009 as Director of Alliances and Marketing to drive the company’s marketing, product management and PR strategies. Tom has 15 years’ experience working for disruptive IT companies (from emerging stage to acquisition) including four years in cloud computing. Through his collaboration with Belgium-based technology incubator Incubaid, Tom has been involved in several successful startups, including data deduplication pioneer DataCenter Technologies and cloud innovator Q-layer.

Tom spent 2 years at Sun Microsystems; here he held a pivotal role within the product management team responsible for building the Sun Cloud, designed as a more open alternative to the Amazon web services offering. At this time Tom also took on the responsibility of cloud evangelist, and this included working as an organiser to bring CloudCamp to Europe. After Oracle acquired Sun, Tom spent a year with the combined OVM product management team.

Prior to his role at Sun, Tom was product manager at Q-layer, the company behind the first IAAS platform and what would become the backbone of the Sun Cloud. Today Q-layer is still recognized as one of the first true cloud enabling platforms.

Brandon Lippard, Cinematographer

Brandon Lippard has recently joined a new wave of digital filmmakers bridging the gap between production and post. An eight-year veteran of indie filmmaking as a
cinematographer, Brandon has recently transitioned into an operator role for on-set digital labs. This position is rapidly evolving due to increased data demands, camera formats and changing workflows. These groundbreaking systems enable on-set dailies, color correction, sound sync, data backup, 3D convergence as well as a variety of other advances. Making this possible are on-set labs like LightIron’s OUTPOST and Fotokem’s nextLAB systems. His recent projects include Resident Evil: Retribution in 3D, Stephen Soderbergh’s Magic Mike and the first IMAX 3D movie to be shot on the RED Epic, Flight of the Butterflies.

Kate McCallum, Bridge Arts Media LLC

Kate McCallum brings unique and diverse professional experience to her work as a media futures consultant, transmedia producer, writer, events producer, and entertainment and arts professional. She spent 10 years at Universal Studios in television and feature production apprenticing with some of the top content creators in the business working in development and production on such primetime series as “Equalizer”, “Miami Vice”, “Law & Order” and sitcoms such as “Charles In Charge” and “Gimme A Break”. Kate optioned a life rights story and produced the subsequent NBC TV Movie of the Week “What Kind of Mother Are You?”. She was promoted to VP of Creative for Western Sandblast Productions during their deal at Paramount Television and developed long form, series and off-net series television. She sold movies to Showtime and UPN, and optioned series concepts to Paramount.

In 2005, Kate was hired as VP of Programming to launch The Harmony Channel, an innovative visual music channel for Comcast On Demand. Kate’s next stint took her back to her early roots in classical music when she was hired to serve as Board Liaison and Executive Administrator to Placido Domingo and the LA Opera. Kate founded her own transmedia company in 2005, Bridge Arts Media LLC, through which she has created and developed several IP properties including a boutique music+arts label, The Art of Sound, which specializes in 360 immersive dome experiences. Kate consulted for Orb Media Group and created a transmedia strategy bible for a Swedish based animation property. Most recently, she was hired by Simplynew Productions to produce content for VidBlogger Nation, a Social Media Television Channel featured on Comcast On Demand. She was responsible for producing 240 episodes, web design and updates, and all social media promotion.

Kate founded c3: Center for Conscious Creativity as a think tank for socially beneficial storytelling and media creation, and has produced several events for this non-profit dedicated to creating a better future through arts and media including; workshops, screenings, classes, concerts, a writers conference called “The Future Of Story” and an annual symposium called “State of the Arts”. She is a Fellow for SNCR: Society for New Communications Research, Chair of the Global Arts and Media Node for The Millennium Project, a global futurist think tank, a member of the ATAS: Academy of Arts and Sciences and the PGA New Media Council. Kate has a BA in Communications from Western Michigan University and an MA in Consciousness Studies from the University of Philosophical Research and often speaks on the transformational power of media and the arts.

Charlie Miller, Senior Consultant, Control Group

Kendra Miller, Ogilvy

Kendra Miller is currently chairing the Digital Asset Management system at Ogilvy Los Angeles. She is responsible for monitoring the system daily, planning for its growing needs, and streamlining usage both internally and externally. She sometimes calls it Audrey II. Kendra has worked at Ogilvy for nearly six years, a journey that began in traffic, then project management, then business affairs, and now DAM. She is dedicated to making the process as simple and efficient as possible.

Julian Nevell, Technicolor

Julian Nevell is a key technologist within Technicolor's Strategy, Research, and Technology group - specializing in cloud infrastructure and cost models for media systems. He has over 16 years of experience in the media and broadcast industry.

Jason Perr, Levels Beyond
Jason Perr has worked in all sides of film and television production and post-production, providing him a unique view of the landscape of digital asset management issues, solutions, and trends. Working as a Visual Effects Supervisor in 2003, Jason built his first automated distribution and approval workflow to automate proceses between post-production offices in Los Angeles, and visual effects offices in South Korea. After many previous jobs in Producing, Production Coordination, Post-Production supervision, and editing, Jason saw a unique niche being created in the technology space that would be a perfect fit to make his transition away from production and into the tech world. A few years later, Jason created MacHarmony with partner Jeff Kinley. MacHarmony built and supported post-production facilities in Southern California and provided custom workflow automation utilities to ease the pains of slow, manual, workflows.

With the release of Apple’s Final Cut Server, Jason found a new niche creating custom solutions to greatly enhance many facilities' workflows through the automation of FCS. The minimal investment afforded any content manager over media asset libraries the ability to ingest and organize their media. With the demise of Final Cut Server and the lack of features and a robust database infrastructure of other similar priced solutions, Jason has spent that last 6 months testing and analyzing all of the solutions offered in the space of custom media asset management and workflow automation systems.

This is when Jason Perr discovered Levels Beyond, a media platform company with a proven track record of helping customers eliminate their workflow pains, reduce agency costs, and develop new revenue streams. Their Reach Engine™ product is an industry leading media management and integration platform that transcends and empowers all the various tools and services typically used by large media companies.

In September of 2011, Jason joined with Levels Beyond to help spearhead a new initiative to create a low-cost Professional version of their very successfull Reach Engine product. Reach Engine is a very powerful, customizable, networkable media mining application designed to organize, search, and automate digital media used across major studios and other organizations needing to manage amounts of digital content.

Jason is currently working closely with Levels Beyond to architect this new solution and deliver a strong new product to the Digital Asset Management market by April of 2012.

Roxanne Reynolds-Lair, CIO, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM)

Roxanne Reynolds-Lair is the CIO at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). She is responsible for all aspects of technology implementation at FIDM. Roxanne provides leadership and strategic direction for FIDM. Under her guidance, FIDM IT won four IBM/COMMON Innovation Awards. She is passionate about finding the best technology solution to meet business needs in a simple, elegant manner.

As an accomplished public speaker, Roxanne has spoken on innovative technology solutions as well as management and motivational topics. She participated in various industry panels such as the CIO panel at the IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference, Key Info CIO Retreat, and IBM Cloud Summit. Her speaking venues range from local information technology groups to international conferences. Roxanne has been quoted in many industry publications over the years providing her opinion on IT management practices, technology choices and their benefits to the business. She has been featured in articles in IBM Systems magazine, CIO and Fortune. Roxanne has done case studies on IBM Portal, CODA Financials on IBMi, IP Telephony and other business solutions utilizing IBMi on Power.

Roxanne chairs and facilitates the COMMON IT Executive Conference now in its tenth year. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award at COMMON. Roxanne is a member of the CIO Executive Council within which she is active in affinity groups for Mid-Market and Executive Women in IT.

Follow Roxanne on Twitter @IBMiCiO

Greg Satell, SVP Strategy and Innovation, Moxie

After starting his career in New York, Greg Satell spent nearly fifteen years in the international advertising markets of Eastern Europe, working in media buying and negotiating, research, trend forecasting, brand planning and strategy for digital, print, outdoor and radio ad campaigns.

While in the Ukraine, Greg served as co-CEO of KP Media and Bigmir Internet, the largest digital operation in the region. During his time there he led the development of award winning ad campaigns, winning an Effie for Korrespondent. In this role Greg oversaw content brands in women’s fashion, women’s advisory news and entertainment and was recognized as a leader in building and bringing innovations to market. Greg also managed partnerships with global players such as Google, ICQ, and Naspers.

Greg began working with ZenithOptimedia in 2001 as a strategic consultant. In 2010 Greg started working full time for ZenithOptimedia in Turkey where he ran the Knowledge Management Center, a special unit responsible for guiding communications strategy and planning for brand such as L’Oréal and Toyota.

At Moxie, Greg leads strategy, innovation, and trend forecasting for all clients including L’Oréal USA, Verizon Wireless, 20^th Century Fox, Cartoon Network and Turner Broadcasting. His trendspotting team discovers global trends and assesses the marketing implications for brands, which you can read about daily through the agency’s blog, Moxie Pulse. Greg also continues to work with ZenithOptimedia globally on innovations such as the content audit and Touchpoints.

Greg’s passion for the digital world can also be seen through his blog DigitalTonto, which is two years old and has nearly 1000,000 followers. Greg lives in Atlanta with his wife, two year old daughter, and dog that they rescued in Tbilisi.

Alison Savitch, Producer

Alison Savitch is a producer in all aspects of multi-media entertainment: live action movies & television, theme park attractions for the world's leading parks, and special venue production. She specializes in producing and supervising digital visual effects for blockbuster movies, animation, and themed entertainment worldwide.

Alison is Chair of The Producer’s Guild of America's New Media Council, and Co-Chair of the Visual Effects Committee for the entire PGA. She is on The National Board of Directors for the Producers Guild, The Advisory Board of Gnomon School of Visual Effects, and is a founding Board Member of the Visual Effects Society and The International 3D Society.

Her groundbreaking work on both The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day contributed greatly to these films winning 2 Academy Awards for best special visual
effects.

Her Producing and Supervising credits include: The Green Lantern 3D, The New Conan 3D, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D, and Piranha 3D.

Nick Sincaglia, President/Founder, NueMeta LLC

Nick Sincaglia has over 10 years of online music and digital media experience. He is currently President/Founder of NueMeta LLC, a consulting firm focused on digital media, metadata, and archival technologies. Nick's company provides software development and system design consulting services for digital media and entertainment companies such as Sony, NARM, BMS/Chace, Secure Path Technology, Questar Home Entertainment, and the Spanish Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers. Nick has been active in several industry technical standards bodies as a Board Member and Working Group Chairman for the Digital Data Exchange (DDEX), NARM's Digital Think Tank, and member of Metadata Working Groups sponsored by the European Broadcast Union and Audio Engineering Society.

In the past, Nick has worked at AOL Music Now where he was the Director of Content and Music Licensing Operations. Prior to this, he co-founded TuneTo.com Inc., a technology company focused on wireless and Internet digital media delivery technologies, acquired by Listen.com in 2001. At Listen.com Nick was the Content Services Manager for Rhapsody, the world's first online music subscription service. In addition, Nick teaches music technology courses at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Nick has degrees in both music and electrical engineering from the University of Miami.

Lilly Taylor, Joico International Inc.

Lilly has been working in Digital Asset Management for over ten years for industries such as biotech, publishing and now the hair care business. She purchased and implemented a DAM for Joico when she was hired in 2006. Joico’s digital library triples each year as their products now compete with the big players in the beauty industry. Having a DAM in place has enabled Joico to take their business to a new level by reaching a much larger global audience.

With the overwhelming success of Joico’s DAM, their parent company has followed suite with Lilly’s supervision.

The popularity of interactive multi-media has assisted in making those in the beauty industry who might otherwise be resistant to using technology more willing end-users.

Cliff Vazquez

Cliff Vazquez is a CTO & Cyber Security Expert. He have over the 18 years experience in IT Architecture, Development, Project Management, Implementation, International Business Development, and Cyber Security. My expertise in cyber security and managed services is unique and cutting edge from my background of auditing Fortune 500 and Global Government Organizations.

At Axxera he was responsible for all technology security and operational aspects of the company including global offshore security monitoring operations, Development of a SIEM engine used to proactively secure systems, Business development and Sales & Marketing

Prior to founding Axxera, he served as Vice President of Information Technology and Security for Sitelite, Cliff was responsible for engineering, implementing, and maintaining SiteLite's technology infrastructures, including SiteLite's world class remote monitoring and management systems, and the corporate customers infrastructures for SiteLite's Fortune 1000 customers. He was also responsible for ensuring logical and physical security of their monitoring systems, information, and facilities across the globe.

Prior to joining SiteLite, he was a founder, Chief Technology Officer for Reccom a system integration company since March of 1997. Cliff was responsible for the technology implementations, network & security of the company's system integration and managed services division. SiteLite acquired Reccom in May of 2001

Cliff has also served as advisory management roles for many smaller companies and I am currently active in the: Infragard, Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF), FBICAA, HTCIA, Global Government, Law Enforcement Agencies and the Irvine Police Department.

Specialties
IT Security, IT Forensics, IT Networking, Development, Enterprise Management, Business Intelligence, Application Implementation, Infrastructure Implementation, Business Development, Product Marketing, Product Development, Marketing, and Program Management.

Scott Walker, President, Brain Candy, LLC

Scott Walker likes playing with stories and exploring new models for collaborating with audiences. He primarily achieves this as President of Brain Candy, LLC, where he crafts participatory experiences that bridge audiences and creatives.

To better explore the relationship between participatory entertainment and transmedia storytelling, Scott co-founded Transmedia Los Angeles and launched Shared Story Worlds, a site devoted to collaborative entertainment properties with participatory elements.

Scott has been invited to speak at a variety of events/organizations, including Digital Book World, Disney’s Imagineering R&D, DIY Days L.A., and CTIA Enterprise and Applications. He is on his second year as a member of the Advisory Council for the StoryWorld Conference.

Jeanne Wilson, President and CEO, Condor Storage Inc.

Jeanne Wilson, is President and CEO of Condor Storage Inc., a national mass storage reseller organization. Representing over two dozen manufacturers, Condor helps clients streamline the selection process by knowing product strengths and total cost of ownership in a micro fashion. With over two decades of industry experience and a network of colleagues to draw from, she works as a solutions architect to showcase vendors. “We get the IT team’s wishlist articulation defined first, and then get to swift work as a client advocate.  The fact that we act as a direct extension of our vendors’ sales operations, allows us to pass wholesale savings on to our clients and broker the best price for them. Vendors include Active Storage, BitSpeed, Data Direct Networks, EMC, BlueArc/HDS, Nexsan, Texas Memory Systems, Tandberg, PresSTORE/Archiware, Qualstar, QStar and more. Condor is headquartered in Sedona, AZ.