SPEAKERS

Rachelle Zoffer, Director, Interactive TV, Verizon FiOS TV

Rachelle Zoffer is currently director of interactive TV for Verizon's FiOS TV service. She is responsible for obtaining interactive programming that will enable FiOS TV subscribers to access information and interact with programs, such as, reality shows, sporting events, newscasts, quiz shows and shopping channels. In addition, Rachelle oversees FiOS TV's gaming service.

Rachelle is an accomplished executive with over 15 years of marketing, advertising and sales experience in the technology, cable and entertainment industries. Prior to joining Verizon in September 2006, she held several management positions with Softel-USA, ShadowTV and Disney, where she managed early interactive TV advertising experiments.

Rachelle received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan and her M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Speakers include the following:



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Jim Baldwin,

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Rich Begert,

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Mitchell Berman,

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Bryan Biniak,

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Jonathan Boltax,

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Jeff Bonin,

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Brian Bos,

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Bill Bradford,

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Richard Bullwinkle,

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Sean Bunner,

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Paula Byrne,

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Laurent Chemla,

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Christopher Curtin,

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Sanjay Desai,

Vice President, Product Marketing, Brightcove


Donald P. Dulchinos,

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Matthew Emans,

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Peter M. Fannon,

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Jay Fehnel,

VP, TMS Entertainment Products


Hans Fischmann,

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Meredith Flynn-Ripley,

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Joe Franzetta,

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Jason George,

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Robert Gonsalves,

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Morgan Guenther,

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John Ham,

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Max Haot,

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Todd Holmes,

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David Housman,

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Lisa Hsia,

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Ed Humphrey,

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Shaun Illingworth

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Matt Johnston,

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James Joyce,

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Chris Kollas,

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Kshitij Kumar,

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Erez Lahav,

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Dominic Laval,

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John Lindquist,

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Jim Louderback

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Sharon Mandell,

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Babak Maghfourian,

CEO, VideoClix


Gary Marenzi,

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Simon McGrath,

CMO, SeaChange International


Jodie McAfee,

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Jeff Miller,

CEO, ICTV


Negar Moshiri,

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Robert Murdock,

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Ashwin Navin,

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Bill Niemeyer,

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Nate Pagel,

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Sam Pemberton,

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David Preisman,

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Dewey Reid,

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Jeff Richards

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Robert Riopelle,

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John P. Roberts,

Steven F. Roberts,

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Brian Rogers

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Steve Rosenbaum,

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Scott Rosenberg,

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George H. Ruiz,

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Gary Schanman,

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Lori Schwartz,

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Bill Sheppard,

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Steve Shannon,

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Phil Simpson,

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Tiffany Shlain,

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Seth Shostak,

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Gary Sohmers,

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Andrew Solmssen,

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Stuart Spiegel,

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Stuart Spiegel,

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Suzanne Stefanac,

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Martin J. Stein,

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Doug Sylvester,

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Allan C. Thygesen,

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Stephen Trainor,

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Steve Tranter,

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Dr. Ofer Weintraub,

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Richard Yen

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Chris Yewdall

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Anthony Yi,

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Evan Young,

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Rachelle Zoffer,

Director, Interactive TV, Verizon FiOS TV