SPEAKERS

Todd Holmes, President, CEO, Liquidus

As co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Liquidus, Todd Holmes is responsible for corporate management and the development of new business channels.

Prior to starting Liquidus, Holmes was the founder of multiple direct-to-consumer and branding businesses, including Beer Across America, International Wine Cellars, Drinks.com, Drink Magazine and the Goose Island Beer Company.

At Beer Across America, Holmes was in charge of all marketing and sales for the company, and was responsible for taking the company from an innovative idea to a $22 million company in less than three years.

Holmes' deep understanding of marketing and distribution has led to multiple speaking engagements on numerous panels in the industry.

Company Description

Liquidus revolutionizes video-based advertising by allowing advertisers to create and distribute video classified ads quickly, easily and cost-effectively on digital cable Video on Demand (VoD), the Internet and broadcast TV. The result is engaging ads that put consumers in control, allowing advertisers to reach qualified buyers who are actively searching for products. Liquidus allows its customers to advertise on TV and the Internet 24/7, place ads locally or nationally on a mass scale, and modify ads quickly so the content is always fresh. Since pioneering this advertising niche in 2005, the Liquidus platform has been deployed or is being trialed by most of the major cable operators (MSOs) in the U.S. including Comcast and Charter. For more information on Liquidus, please visit www.liquidusmedia.com.

Speakers include the following:



Jeff Allen,

CEO, RallyPoint Systems


Jim Baldwin,

Product Unit Manager , Microsoft TV Division


Rich Begert,

President and CEO, SinglePoint


Mitchell Berman,

CEO, ZillionTV


Bryan Biniak,

CEO, Jacked


Jonathan Boltax,

Senior Director, ITV, Programming, Oberon Media


Jeff Bonin,

VP and General Manager, Alticast


Brian Bos,

SVP, Convergence Director, Mindshare - Team Detroit


Bill Bradford,

SVP Content Strategy, Fox Broadcasting


Richard Bullwinkle,

Chief Evangelist, Macrovision


Sean Bunner,

Operating VP, Advanced Services, HSN


Paula Byrne,

Managing Director, Pushbutton


Laurent Chemla,

CEO, Ivy.TV


Christopher Curtin,

Vice President, Global New Media, Disney Parks & Resorts


Sanjay Desai,

Vice President, Product Marketing, Brightcove


Donald P. Dulchinos,

SVP, Advanced Platforms and Services, CableLabs®


Matthew Emans,

VP of Product Management, Navic TV


Peter M. Fannon,

VP, Technology Policy, Government & Regulation Panasonic


Jay Fehnel,

VP, TMS Entertainment Products


Hans Fischmann,

General Manager, Charter Advanced Media


Meredith Flynn-Ripley,

CEO, Integra5


Joe Franzetta,

EVP and General Manager, Broadband, Tandberg Television


Jason George,

Chairman, Telescope


Robert Gonsalves,

SVP and General Manager, Advanced Media Group, ICTV


Morgan Guenther,

CEO and Chairman of the Board, AirPlay


John Ham,

Founder, Ustream.TV


Max Haot,

CEO, Mogulus


Todd Holmes,

President, CEO, Liquidus


David Housman,

VP Strategic Initiatives, Vidiom Systems


Lisa Hsia,

SVP, New Media, Bravo


Ed Humphrey,

President, Softel-USA


Shaun Illingworth

- VP Business Development, Americas


Matt Johnston,

CEO, Zodigo


James Joyce,

EVP, Business Development, 2waytraffic


Chris Kollas,

VP, Wetpaint


Kshitij Kumar,

CEO and Founder, TellyTopia


Erez Lahav,

VP Business Development & Marketing, PUFF TV


Dominic Laval,

Director of Emerging Markets, emuse technologies


John Lindquist,

John Lindquist, Software Developer, Schematic


Jim Louderback

CEO, Revision3


Sharon Mandell,

SVP and CTO, BlackArrow


Babak Maghfourian,

CEO, VideoClix


Gary Marenzi,

Co-President Worldwide Television, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.


Simon McGrath,

CMO, SeaChange International


Jodie McAfee,

SVP, The Band


Jeff Miller,

CEO, ICTV


Negar Moshiri,

Vice President of User Experience and Application Design, Hillcrest Labs


Robert Murdock,

VP of Design, Method


Ashwin Navin,

Co-Founder and President of BitTorrent


Bill Niemeyer,

Chief of Analysis and Research, BlackArrow


Nate Pagel,

CEO, Podaddies


Sam Pemberton,

CEO, The Softel Group


David Preisman,

VP, Interactive Television, Showtime Networks


Dewey Reid,

Founder and Creative Director, Eat.TV


Jeff Richards

VeriSign Bio


Robert Riopelle,

Co-Founder & VP, Business Development, LiveHive Systems Inc.


John P. Roberts,

Steven F. Roberts,

SVP, New Media and Business Development, DIRECTV


Brian Rogers

is the Founder and CEO, evenhere, Inc.


Steve Rosenbaum,

Founder and CEO, Magnify.net


Scott Rosenberg,

VP, Product Management, Cross-Platform Advertising, Gemstar-TV Guide


George H. Ruiz,

SVP of Business Affiars and Co-Head of the New Media Group, International Creative Managament (ICM)


Gary Schanman,

VP, Advertising and Interactive Commerce Product Development, Comcast


Lori Schwartz,

SVP, Director of The Interpublic Emerging Media Lab


Bill Sheppard,

EVP & General Manager, Product Development, Gemstar-TV Guide


Steve Shannon,

Chief Digital Media Officer, Client Software Group, Sun Microsystems.


Phil Simpson,

Director of On Demand Solutions, SeaChange International, Inc.


Tiffany Shlain,

CEO, The Moxie Institute and Founder of the Webby Awards


Seth Shostak,

Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute


Gary Sohmers,

CEO, Interactive Meet And Greet Entertainment LLC


Andrew Solmssen,

EVP, Schematic


Stuart Spiegel,

SVP Merchandising, Delivery Agent


Stuart Spiegel,

SVP Merchandising, Delivery Agent


Suzanne Stefanac,

Director of the AFI Digital Content Lab


Martin J. Stein,

Senior Director, Marketing IP Video Solutions, Home and Networks Mobility, Motorola, Inc.


Doug Sylvester,

COO, TVN Entertainment


Allan C. Thygesen,

Managing Director, The Carlyle Group


Stephen Trainor,

VP, Strategy, Content Markets Group, Level3


Steve Tranter,

VP, Interactive and Broadband, NDS Americas

Dr. Ofer Weintraub,

CTO, Orca Interactive


Richard Yen

Principal, Blueprint Ventures


Chris Yewdall

President and CEO, DDD Group plc


Anthony Yi,

VP Business Development, Narrowstep


Evan Young,

Director of Broadband Services, TiVo Inc.


Rachelle Zoffer,

Director, Interactive TV, Verizon FiOS TV