Jim Warner is Vice Chairman of the TM Forum and Heads their Content, Media and Advertising practice where he is responsible for guiding the Forum’s activities as telecom, cable, media, entertainment and the Internet converge. Prior to this, Jim was the President of the Forum. He also heads The Westport Group, a marketing agency.

Ashley has been with SeaChange for over four years, having first joined its content services subsidiary On Demand Group as a Program Manager for the launch of the very successful FilmFlex service. Ashley was instrumental in the launch of video-on-demand television on U.K. cable systems, providing strategic guidance for customers on media and metadata provision, along with helping to define supporting business processes for the burgeoning on-demand industry. Ashley spent a year managing On Demand Group's software team, developing systems to support customer requirements and On Demand Group business processes. Ashley also spent time implementing Pay Per View TV services elsewhere in Europe, before re-engaging with Virgin Media as Account Director. Before joining SeaChange/On Demand Group, Ashley spent four years with KPMG (latterly Atos Origin), consulting in the media and telecoms sector and implementing content management and rights management solutions, for Hutchison 3G, Vodafone, Cable and Wireless, and Associated Press TV. Ashley began his career as a radio producer, spending four years producing programs for a major London radio station.

Director of Product Marketing for the Amdocs Interactive division, responsible for the digital commerce, mobile internet and personalization solutions deployed at over 50 operators worldwide. Previously led marketing efforts for Amdocs’ master data management, SOA and business intelligence offerings, and for Amdocs 6, the company’s first landmark portfolio release.

Gareth Senior is CTO of Comptel Corporation and has been a member of the company’s Executive Board since 2008. Formerly the CEO and CTO of Axiom Systems, he has 20 years of IT development experience, 15 years of which were spent working for national carriers and focusing on service fulfillment.

Paran Johar leads the teams responsible for JumpTap’s global marketing activities. He is the driving force behind evangelizing the adoption of mobile advertising and supports the advertiser, publisher and carrier solution brands that serve thousands of partners. Before joining JumpTap, Mr. Johar was EVP of Digital Marketing for North America and Managing Director of MRM's Los Angeles office. Mr. Johar’s responsibilities included overseeing all operations of the LA office and all digital marketing in North America including online media, search marketing, and mobile marketing. Prior to MRM, Mr. Johar was GM of the Los Angeles office for Tribal DDB where he was responsible for all online media, SEM, and SEO activities in North America.

Dan Acton is Chief Information and Technology Officer (CIO/CTO) of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. and is responsible for Virgin Mobile’s overall strategic direction for technology and product development operations, integrating key business and technology processes to govern the strategy and investment in information technology. Dan is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the Johns Hopkins University, and engaged in a doctoral scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and Moore School of Engineering.

David Craig is the Chief Strategy Officer of Thomson Reuters responsible for the global corporate-wide strategy across the Financial, Media, Legal, Scientific and Healthcare businesses. He is also responsible for the Innovation group. Following the merger announcement of Thomson and Reuters in May 2007, David was jointly responsible for the Integration planning for the $30bn Thomson Reuters deal which successfully completed in April 2008.

Rupert Day is the global Chief Operating Officer for GroupM, the WPP media investment management company, a position he assumed in February 2007. As well as being responsible for a wide range of strategic, administrative, and operational duties involving all GroupM operating agencies, which include MindShare, Mediaedge:cia, MediaCom, and MAXUS, he is responsible for developing new trading models with the media vendors as well as identifying new business opportunities for GroupM

Following a successful career in advertising, Simon was one of 3 partners who launched Modem Media in Europe in 1996 – growing from 6 people in one room to 250 people in London, Paris and Munich. He joined DLKW in 1999 and built DLKW Dialogue into one of Londons most respected digital agencies before launching Big Picture in 2005 focusing on mobile and social media. He joined MindShare in 2006.

Based in London, UK, Nicholas Heller is responsible for strategic partnerships at Google. He is tasked with identifying, structuring, and negotiating the syndication of Google products; thereby creating revenue-generating partnerships with global media organizations. Prior to joining Google, Nicholas worked for Viacom Networks, where he created the digital strategy and led new cross platform initiatives. In 2002, he founded Degrees Of Separation, a strategic consultancy responsible for establishing new channels to market for small-to-mid-sized companies. From 1997-2001, Nicholas was employed at RBC Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of Canada’s largest bank, where he worked in fixed income sales and trading.

Patrick Parodi has eighteen years of experience in the wireless and digital media industries having held senior management roles for both VC backed and large corporate companies including Amobee Media Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, PacketVideo, Skytel/MCI and TVAnswer. Patrick is currently serving as the Managing Director of Exicon, a specialized consulting company in the field of communications and media, serves on the Board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum and is a Non-Executive Director at Shazam.

Based in London, Andy Chen is the vice president of digital for Viacom Brand Solutions International (VBSI), the commercial unit responsible for monetizing Viacom’s media properties. Prior to Viacom, Andy was the global digital strategy director at Carat International & Isobar Global. Named one of the "20 Rising Media Stars to Watch in 2004" by Media Magazine in the U.S., Andy is a frequent international conference speaker on digital media. As the author of over 50 published articles, he is a columnist for ClickZ on behavioral targeting. He published his first collaborative book, "The Changing Communication Paradigm," in November 2005.

Anandan Jayaraman (AJ) has global responsibility for SAP's industry strategy and go-to-market for the communications, media and entertainment. Based in Palo Alto,California, AJ has more than 12 years experience in product management,consulting and sales of enterprise software and is a regular speaker at communications industry and CRM events worldwide.

Patrick Parodi has eighteen years of experience in the wireless and digital media industries having held senior management roles for both VC backed and large corporate companies including Amobee Media Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, PacketVideo, Skytel/MCI and TVAnswer. Patrick is currently serving as the Managing Director of Exicon, a specialized consulting company in the field of communications and media, serves on the Board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum and is a Non-Executive Director at Shazam.

Sanjay Mewada oversees NetCracker’s strategic direction and manages its partnership program. Previously, Sanjay was Yankee Group’s Vice President of the Telecom Software Strategies Decision Service. There, he managed research and programs that helped communications service providers improve their business results by using business and operations support systems software and services. Before joining Yankee Group, he worked at MCI, Intelsat and the World Bank in product management and technology evaluation functions.

Under Zach’s 10 years of leadership, Front Porch has created valuable solutions for Internet providers and grown its leadership position based on technology, profitability, global market share, and partnerships. He has 24 years experience in the Internet and publishing industries and a Masters in International Business from UC San Diego.

Olaf Kroll is the Director Business Development Europe at Fox Interactive Media / MySpace.com, where he’s responsible for strategic partnerships and initiatives. His former companies include Sony Pictures, Sony Music, and Bertelsmann, where he worked mostly in Business Development and Sales. He studied business administration in Saarbrücken, Berkeley, and San Diego.

As Fastweb Strategies and Business Development Director, Danilo Vivarelli oversees planning of the company’s strategic positioning in the market, technology and regulations. He joined Fastweb in early 2000 to work on the introduction and development of TV services. In 2004, under the Fastweb domestic growth plan, he was appointed head of North –East Area Division, with responsibility for area development.

Mr. Vásquez has 16 years of Telecom experience gained from working in national and world leading telecommunication companies and is a Civil Electrical Engineer who graduated from the University of Chile. He was the VP for Strategic Planning in VTR from May, 2002 until Nov 08’. Since November he has been given a new responsibility to become VP of Product Development and Corporate Strategy. Prior to joining VTR he was Business Manager at Telefónica Móvil and General Manager at Sixbell, Brazil.

Rainer Kellerhals, Global Media & Entertainment Solutions Lead in Microsoft’s Communications Sector, is responsible for defining the solutions Microsoft takes to market in the publishing, broadcasting, music publishing, and advertising industries. Prior to joining Microsoft, Rainer held senior management positions at tecmath AG and Blue Order AG, building one of Europe’s most successful independent software vendors for large-scale media asset management systems. His responsibilities included product strategy, marketing, and sales management.

Mr. Lenahan leads the market direction and evolution of Telcordia’s service delivery suite, especially those related to charging, policy, content and personalization for SDP, IMS and converged network environments. His focus is on networks that enable a broad value chain to deliver a wide range of highly personalized, relevant multimedia services. Mr. Lenahan is a columnist and author of numerous papers in the areas of IMS, NGN, convergent services, and wireless services.

Randolph Nikutta started his career at Deutsche Telekom in 1996 at a R&D subsidiary. Between 2002 and 2008 Dr. Nikutta has been working for Detecon International GmbH (consultancy subsidiary of T-Systems International). Since April 2005 Dr. Nikutta has been assigned to Deutsche Telekom Laboratories which he joined in April 2008 on a permanent basis. He is responsible for the project field “New Media” dealing with IPTV, mobile TV, Web TV, Convergent TV and other moving images related topics.