Keynote Speaker

Eric Rodli
Executive Vice President & General Manager of Entertainment
Macrovision

Blair Westlake
Corporate Vice President, Media & Entertainment Group
Microsoft Corporation


Featured Speakers

Tom Adams
President
Adams Media Research


Chris Armstrong
Founder & CEO
PortoMedia


Richard Atkinson
VP Global Anti-Piracy Strategy & Operations
The Walt Disney Studios

Anthony Bay
Executive Chairman/Co-Founder
Mod Systems

Jonathan Bender
Senior VP of Operations and Digital Media,
Concord Music Group

Jim Bottoms
Co-Managing Director
Understanding and Solutions


Benn Carr
VP of New Technology
The Walt Disney Studios


Todd Collart
Senior Vice President New Technology
Deluxe Digital Studios

Stephen Condon
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Broadband Content Services
VeriSign


Sven Davison
Vice President Content Development & Production
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Don Eklund
EVP Advanced Technologies
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Jeff Fochtman
Sr. Marketing Manager Worldwide Consumer Electronics
Seagate Technology


Joseph A. Grasso
Manager, Graphics & Marketing Services, Americas Consumer Brands
Imation Corp.

Dave Hoffman
Vice President
Nielsen Home Entertainment

Stephan Hotz
Head of Product Management Optical Disc
Singulus Technologies

Toshio Koike
Senior Corporate Advisor
Marubeni Techno-Systems America

Van Ling
DVD/Blu-ray producer, visual effects supervisor, consultant and digital artist

Bill Mandel
Vice President, Broadband Technology
Universal Pictures Digital Platforms, a division of NBC Universal

Bob Michaels
Vice President, Worldwide DVD
Technicolor Creative Services

Michael Mitchell
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Sony DADC

Spencer John Mott
Director of International Security and Risk Management
Electronic Arts (EA)

Tim Napoleon
Chief Strategist, Media and Entertainment
Akamai Technologies


Todd Rosenbaum
Founder and CEO
Polar Frog Digital


Dr. Leonhard Schwab
Co-founder, CTO and Managing Director
dr.schwab Inspection Technology

Marianne Sernevi
Executive Vice President Optical Media
AudioDev AB

James Steynor
CEO DaTARIUS Group
DaTARIUS Technologies Ltd.

Kurt Webster
Director Architecture: Digital Content Group
SanDisk


Jeff Fochtman

Sr. Manager, Global Consumer Electronics Marketing

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Seagate Technology is the world’s leading provider of hard disc drive technology. Jeff is responsible for developing and managing Seagate's global marketing portfolio in fast-growing emerging market segments such as digital video recorders (DVRs), game consoles, handheld media and navigation, surveillance, and ruggedized which includes automotive entertainment systems.

Jeff joined Seagate in 2007 following a six year product management role with at Hitachi Home Electronics America where he focused on Flat Panel HDTV’s, Digital Camcorders, and Front Projector categories. Prior to working at Hitachi Jeff began his career on the other side of the CE industry, the content creation side. After graduating as a communications/film major he started working as a professional sports cameraman for the L.A. Dodgers and Anaheim Angels and for post production video firms as an Editor and User Interface Designer for United Media Inc.

Jeff holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. Jeff lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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