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Grover Crisp, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Grover Crisp currently manages all facets of the restoration, preservation and mastering program for the Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures feature film and television libraries for Sony Pictures Entertainment.  He has worked in the motion picture and television industry for over 25 years, and since 1984 for the Columbia/Sony Pictures Entertainment studios. The scope of [...]

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Marty Gordon, Philips Electronics

Marty Gordon, Vice President, Philips Electronics

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Jessica Reif Cohen, Merrill Lynch

Jessica Reif Cohen joined Merrill Lynch in 1994 as Managing Director and Senior Media and Entertainment Analyst. Her primary coverage includes the cable, filmed entertainment, broadcasting and cable programming industries. Previous affiliations include Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., where she was a Managing Director, First Boston Corporation, Credit Lyonnais (CL Global Partners) and Arnhold & S. [...]

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Mike Vitelli, Best Buy Co.

Mike Vitelli is Executive Vice President, Customer Operating Groups for Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services. In this capacity, he leads Best Buy’s mobility, home solutions and entertainment operating groups and also has oversight for enterprise merchandising, the company’s private label business, Pacific Sales and Magnolia Audio [...]

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Jennifer Chai, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Jennifer Chai  was recently appointed  Senior Vice President, Brand Marketing, North America, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE). She reports directly to Executive Vice President, Marketing, Mary Daily. Chai has been with the studio for ten years and in that time has overseen some of the studios most successful franchises including  X-Men , Ice [...]

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Rich Marty, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Rich Marty is Vice President, New Business Development of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In this capacity, Mr. Marty is responsible for the marketing and strategy of the next generation optical format, Blu-ray Disc, new business opportunities, and oversees the SPHE Blu-ray release schedule along with format marketing efforts.  Additionally, [...]

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Andy Parsons, Pioneer Electronics Inc.

Andy Parsons has worked in the optical disc industry for nearly 30 years.  He has held technical and senior management positions at Pioneer, Optical Disc Corporation and Discovision Associates.  His experience with optical formats began with the early days of Laserdisc, and has progressed through the launches of the CD, DVD, and now Blu-ray Disc [...]

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Martin Scorsese, Filmmaker

Martin Scorsese was born in 1942 in New York City, and was raised in the downtown neighborhood of Little Italy, which later provided the inspiration for several of his films. Scorsese earned a BS degree in film communications in 1964, followed by an MA in the same field in 1966 at New York University’s School [...]

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John Attanasio, Warner Home Video

In John’s current role as Vice President of Global Product Marketing he is responsible for developing global product strategies and marketing campaigns for all of Warner Home Video’s Theatrical New Release content.  This includes leveraging key theatrical properties to drive adoption of new technologies and product offerings that enhance consumer brand engagement across multiple content [...]

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Gordon Ho, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Gordon K. Ho is Executive Vice President of Content, Marketing and Business Development Strategy for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE). In his role, he oversees creative content, product development, worldwide marketing, and business development strategies for the division. Gordon has led the creation of product and campaigns that have put Disney home entertainment releases [...]

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Ben Carr, Walt Disney Studios

Benn Carr, VP of Technology for the Walt Disney Studios, has been working for the studio for more than eight years and is focused on consumer distribution technologies and the development of next generation high-definition formats including Blu-ray, 3D and digital content delivery. As part of this, Carr is responsible for leveraging new technologies that [...]

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Michelle Abraham, In-Stat

Ms. Abraham is a Principal Analyst for In-Stat’s Digital Entertainment Group. Before joining In-Stat in 1996, she worked for several years as a manager for an inbound call center operation. Ms. Abraham’s specific areas of research include TelcoTV (IPTV), satellite TV, Mobile TV, Blu-ray, 3D TV, MPEG encoders, video surveillance, and MPEG ICs. Ms. Abraham [...]

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Paul Gluckman, Consumer Electronics Daily

Journalist Paul Gluckman, Managing Editor and New York Bureau Chief for Consumer Electronics Daily, is a 27-year veteran of the CE industry.  He has covered numerous format launches during his career, including the U.S. introduction of the Compact Disc in 1983, and the launch of DVD some 14 years later.  In 2000, he was among [...]

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Mark Ely, CinemaNow

Mark Ely,  Executive Vice President and Head of Roxio CinemaNow Content Premium Group Mark Ely joined Sonic Solutions in 1992. Mr. Ely has served as executive vice president of strategy at Sonic Solutions since April 2005. Currently, Mark is directing Sonic’s Premium Content Group, which is focused on delivering high-quality digital entertainment to a broad [...]

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Marc Finer, DEG: Digital Entertainment Group

As Technical Director for DEG, Marc Finer is responsible for coordinating the Group’s various new technology initiatives which encompass a variety of physical and digital media platforms. A consumer electronics industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, Finer has been associated with DEG since its inception. He has also been closely involved with [...]

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Shawn DuBravac, Consumer Electronics Association

Shawn DuBravac is the Chief Economist and Director of Research for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), where he helps direct CEA’s economic analysis and market research initiatives.  Located just outside Washington DC, CEA is a top 15 Trade Association representing over 2,200 technology companies. At CEA, DuBravac is responsible for handling analysis of the economy [...]

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Tom Adams, Adams Media Research

Tom Adams is President of Adams Media Research in Monterey, CA, and Principal US Analyst for AMR’s parent company, Screen Digest, Ltd. AMR conducts financial and market research, markets online databases and research reports, and provides strategic consulting services to media and technology companies and investors. Tom founded the company in 1993, after six years [...]

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Tracey Garvin, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Tracey Garvin Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Tracey is responsible for the oversight, development, and production of special features and interactive content for all worldwide home entertainment releases at Sony Pictures including new releases from Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics and third party acquisitions. Previously Garvin had [...]

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John Koller, Sony Computer Entertainment America

As Director, Hardware Marketing, at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), John Koller is responsible for the management and marketing of the PLAYSTATION 3, PSP (Playstation Portable), PlayStation 2, PLAYSTATION Network marketing, and all related peripherals in North America.  In his current role, Koller is tasked with the management of all aspects of PlayStation hardware platforms, [...]

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Chris Fawcett, Sony Electronics, Inc.

Chris Fawcett leads the home audio/home video business unit for Sony Electronics.   He has U.S. line responsibility for hi-fi components, home theater, custom A/V networking, DVD and Blu-ray disc players.  Since joining Sony in 1999, Chris has held a variety of management positions across the company.  His work has built #1 market share in many [...]

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Don Eklund, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Don Eklund is Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In this capacity he works on new format R&D and deployment.  His department is also extensively involved in developing software tools used in the entertainment industry such as Blu-print tm Before joining Sony Pictures in 1995, [...]

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Chris Carey, Paramount Pictures

Chris Carey is the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Technical Operations for Paramount Pictures. Chris is responsible for all technology initiatives throughout Paramount Pictures.  This includes centralizing and updating all operations for the studio’s archives, restoration and preservation programs, the mastering and distribution fulfillment services, as well as  Paramount’s on-lot post production facilities.  He is [...]

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Bruce Anderson, Blockbuster

Bruce Anderson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Blockbuster On Demand.  Drawing on more than 20 years’ experience in technology strategy, development, delivery, and management, Bruce has been at the forefront of digital entertainment delivery since early 1998.  As GM of Blockbuster OnDemand, Bruce is responsible for all aspects of Blockbuster’s digital delivery to the [...]

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Amy Jo Smith, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group

Amy Jo Smith, Executive Director, DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group With DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group since its formation in 1997, Amy Jo Smith serves as executive director of the industry-supported trade coalition dedicated to advancing home entertainment products and exploring other digital entertainment products.  Under her leadership, the DEG is credited with helping to [...]

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Victor Matsuda, Sony Corporation of America

Victor Matsuda was named Vice President, Blu-ray Disc Group, Sony Corporation of America (SCA) in 2004.  In this role he coordinates Sony’s Blu-ray efforts in the US, and is one of Sony’s key representatives in the Blu-ray Disc Association, where he also serves as the Chair of the Global Promotions Committee. Immediately prior to his [...]

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