Travis Kalanick Founder & CEO, RedSwoosh, Inc.

Travis C. Kalanick is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of RedSwoosh, Inc., a software company that brings authoritative network intelligence to the world’s digital media networks. Since founding RedSwoosh in January 2001, Kalanick completed venture capital financing with August Capital, closed a number of customer relationships from sectors as varied as telecoms, to game software and grid computing; and from Ubisoft Entertainment to Cable & Wireless; and directed the company to profitability in Q4 2002. Prior to RedSwoosh, Kalanick was a co-founder of Scour, Inc. in 1998. In 2002 MIT named Kalanick one of Technology Review’s TR100, one of the world’s top 100 innovators under age 35. In 2003 the World Technology Network named Kalanick an Associate Fellow.

David Boloker CTO for Emerging Technologies, IBM's Software Division

David is a Distinguished Engineer in IBM's Software Group where he is IBM's Chief Technology Officer in the Emerging Internet Technology area. His responsibilities include leading research into new emerging technologies, defining IBM's client strategy, and defining IBM's Java Strategy. David came to his present job after being on assignment to Lotus as Development Director of some of their Java activities. Previous to that, David worked at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and IBM Cambridge Scientific Center on such projects as the remote distribution and control of mainframe hardware and software systems, dynamic I/O reconfiguration of mainframe operating systems and secure Internet gateway connections.

Ted Cohen Senior Vice President, Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music

As Senior Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music, Ted Cohen oversees worldwide digital business development for this “big five” record company, which includes labels such as Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis. Under Cohen’s guidance, EMI has led the industry with its initiatives in new technologies and business models such as digital downloads, online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio. A 30-year industry veteran, Cohen serves on the NARAS (Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors, the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, Co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation, and lends his time and talents to music & technology education efforts such as the Grammy In The Schools Program

Peter Green Vice President and Integrated Power Products Division General Manager, ON Semiconductor

Peter Green joined ON Semiconductor in April 2004. During the last 21 years, Mr. Green led six different divisions at Intel Corporation where he spearheaded the introduction of products critical to their successful entrance into new markets. Most recently, Green was the general manager of Intel’s Extended Computing Division and was responsible for the introduction of a highly effective technology architecture that set the standard across several divisions within the company. Prior to Intel, Mr. Green spent seven years at Texas Instruments as a marketing director and worked as a research scientist for two years at Plessey Allen Clark Research Center. Mr. Green earned his master’s degree in microwave and telecommunications theory from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom and his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

Randy Katz Professor, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

Randy joined the University of California, Berkeley in 1983, where he now holds the United Microelectronics Corporation Distinguished Professorship in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). He has written over 150 technical publications on CAD, database management, multiprocessor architectures, high performance storage systems, and video server architectures. Among his many accomplishments, Randy was responsible for developing the concept of Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID), which is now a $12 billion industry segment with over 150 companies marketing RAID products today. His recent research has focused on wireless communications, mobile computing applications, collaboration technology, and video archive systems. From January 1993 through December 1994, Katz was a program manager and deputy director of the Computing Systems Technology Office (now the Information Technology Office) of DARPA within the U. S. Department of Defense.

Dominic Orr Executive Chairman, Aruba Networks

Prior to joining Aruba as the Chairman of the Board, Dominic was the president of Nortel Networks‚ Intelligent Internet Web Systems. He also served as the president and chief executive of Alteon WebSystems, which was subsequently sold to Nortel Networks. Dominic has more than 20 years of experience in the computer networking industry and has held senior positions at Bay Networks, Hewlett-Packard and Hughes Aircraft. He holds a BS in physics from City University of New York and a MS and PhD from California Institute of Technology.

Wade Woodson Managing Director, Sigma Partners

Wade joined Sigma in 1987 with a background in electrical engineering and law. For four years prior to joining Sigma, he worked in the technology and emerging companies departments of the Cooley Godward law firm. There, he focused on technology-based corporate partnering as well as general startup company counseling. He graduated from Stanford University in electrical engineering, where he was named the Outstanding Senior in Engineering. At Stanford, he was a Terman Scholar and was elected to the Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa honorary societies. He holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from the University of California Haas School of Business.

Peter Lee VP of Business Development, Walt Disney

Peter Lee is Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, at The Walt Disney Company in the Corporate Strategic Planning and Corporate New Technology Departments. He is responsible for new business development for digital content consumption/delivery and the company’s unilateral content protection efforts. He recently was an executive Media Industry Consultant for Disney and Fox. Prior to this he was the President/CEO of GeoVideo Networks (a Lucent company), the COO/CTO of MyPotential (a Deepak Chopra well-being company), and CTO/co-founder of Hitplay Media (targeted ad insertion and content provider) and the Global Development Executive for Broadcast and Advertising at IBM. He has an MS degree from USC and a BS from UCLA. He has eight patents granted and multiple patents pending.

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Robert Acker Vice President, RealPlayer and Music Services, Real Networks, Inc.

Robert Acker is responsible for developing the company's world-class music and video products and services, including RealPlayer, the RealPlayer Music Store, RadioPass, and the award-winning Rhapsody service. Before joining Real in 2004, Mr. Acker was a founding member of the XM Satellite Radio team. As Vice President of Product Development and Planning at XM Satellite Radio, he directed all aspects of the company's development of the world's first consumer satellite radio.

Brian Markwalter Vice President Technology, Consumer Electronics Association

Howie Singer, PhD

VP Technology, Warner Music Group As the Vice President of Technology for Warner Music, he leads the recently created Digital Technology Group, which supports technical aspects of WMG's on-line music and new media initiatives. In addition, he oversees systems, networks, and other infrastructure related technology for WMG's global information technology team. Singer joined WMG from Rightscom, Limited, where he served as a senior consultant, providing business strategy and technical expertise to major media companies, technology providers, and other enterprises working with e-commerce and digital rights management. Prior to his work at Rightscom, Limited, from 1999 to 2001, he served as senior vice president, marketing and product strategy at Reciprocal, where he was involved in the implementation of services for secure digital distribution of media. During his tenure at Reciprocal, the company served more than 100 clients and processed millions of transactions for the sale and distribution of protected content. In 1997, he co-founded a2b musi and held the position of CTO, where he led the development of a secure digital distribution service for the music industry. Before a2b music, Singer spent 20 years at AT&T, where he held technical and business positions on product development teams responsible for the production of speakerphones, cellular phones, smart cards and videogame peripherals. He is a frequent speaker at music industry and Internet related conferences. Singer holds more than a dozen U.S. patents in video processing, consumer electronics and multimedia. He holds a BS degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a PhD in operations research from Cornell University