Leading Experts in Interactive TV Software Experts (North America)

William Dever is the President at Spark Interactive, a managed service provider. He specializes in deployment of interactive television services in Metropolitan Indianapolis utilizing AT&T Dark Fiber....

Steven Harnsberger was the EVP of TAVI USA, the best of CES portable video & digital entertainment center, two years in a row. From 2004-2008, he served as Vice President- Strategic Business Development at Sonic Solutions, a company specializing in DVD on Demand and electronic sell through of movies....

Mazhar Hussain is an independent technology consultant. He has over 18 years of experience in telecom infrastructure, wireless, handsets, semiconductor, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, broadband DSL, Cable, WLAN and 3G, and networking. Previously, he was Senior Director- worldwide data, voice, and video at Motorola;...

Robert Ingalls served as Executive Vice President & CMO at Verizon (retired 03/07). He was responsible for the Consumer and Small to Medium Business Markets, as well as Operator Services and Public Telephones for the Telecom unit. This included top line revenue accountability for $22B, marketing,...

Hong Jiang, PhD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer in HJ Solutions, a technology consulting firm. Dr. Jiang has expertise in the Chinese mobile industry. She focuses on Chinese operators’ reorganization efforts, 3G wireless developments including the domestic standard TD SCDMA and wireless...

Patrick Kennedy is the President of Graythwaite Hall, a digital media consultancy focused on enabling the connected entertainment consumer. He is a pioneer in the establishment of digital media services and has over ten years of experience in creating digital distribution businesses and strategic planning...

Ira Lehrman has recently joined Primus Metals, Inc. as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Primus Metals, Lehrman was the Vice President of Strategic Cable Initiatives at TANDBERG Television, a company specializing in providing digital transmission of voice, data and video across various networks...

James Meyers is the Chief Executive Officer at Alpha Media, an entertainment media company with international sales and distribution operations, US sales and distribution operations, cable television assets, plus international production operations. He is responsible for managing corporate strategy...

Steven Ramirez is a strategy consultant with over 15 years of experience with entertainment and tech companies. He specializes in M&A Strategy, M&A Integration, Entertainment Business Planning, Strategic Marketing, Business Strategy, Business Process Improvement, and Mergers and Acquisitions. He has...

Samuel Russ, PhD, is an assistant professor at University of South Alabama, an academic institution. Previously, he was a Manager - Advanced Technology R&D at Scientific-Atlanta (Cisco) where he managed a hardware design group for cable DVR and non-DVR set-top boxes. He designed 4 set-tops including...

Marty Shindler is CEO of The Shindler Perspective, a husband & wife consulting team that provides a unique blend of hands on management roles, strong educational credentials and many years of professional service work to companies all along the entertainment and entertainment technology food chain....

Stephen Sutkowski is the President of Telecom Strategic Visions, a consultant firm. He has working knowledge of business processes (service activation, provisioning, service assurance, and customer care), network functional and performance requirements, evaluation and analysis of suppliers for routing,...