Gary Traver
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Comcast Media Center
Gary Traver is responsible for overall management of the CMC business. Mr. Traver, a 20-year broadcasting veteran, also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of CMC since its acquisition by Comcast in the Fall of 2002. Comcast Media Center (CMC), a business unit of Comcast Cable, provides a Total Content Solution for cable system operators and members of the content community. CMC's products include its HITS all-digital platform of over 200 linear digital video and audio services; an Advertising Distribution Network (ADN) for centrally managing cross channel promotions and advertising; and a video on demand (VOD) platform serving over 15 million VOD-enabled cable households.
Mark W. Cutten
Principal, Accord Media Group LLC
Mark W. Cutten is a digital media expert with the foresight to have anticipated the global growth of digitally transmitted content. Mr. Cutten has specialized in corporate strategy for new media, recently focusing on multi-platform broadband media with clients Fastweb (Italy) and France Telecom (France). His strategic foresight has allowed him to be an integral part of many "firsts" in the media industry.
Aleks Habdank
General Manager, Chellomedia Ondemand
Aleks Habdank has been with Chellomedia for almost seven years, and as General Manager is now responsible for day-to-day operational management, output as well as P&L for the Chellomedia Ondemand group. Mr. Habdank is a founding member of the management team, initially responsible for setting up the NVOD & VOD Project Structures, as Director of Project Development; moving on to have responsibility for the overall commercial and strategic development of Chellomedia Ondemand as Commercial Director; and then progressing to Vice President Commercial Development & Distribution.
Holger Ippach
Senior Vice President and Head of Product Marketing, Nagravision
Holger Ippach joined Nagravision in January 2005. He is responsible for developing solutions and worldwide business relations that will bring secure content protection to TV over IP service operators. A true veteran in the world of delivering video over IP networks, Mr. Ippach started his career as Technical Project Manager and later as the Technical Director in Infomatec, a supplier of set-top boxes and solutions for telecommunications operators. In 2000, he became the CTO of TUXIA, a start-up company offering software integration services for IP enabled set-top boxes and terminals.
Frederic Kurkjian
Vice President CPS, Thomson
Frederic Kurkjian was appointed Vice President, Worldwide Cable activity within the Thomson Premises Systems Business Unit of Thomson in 2003. Prior to this he was General Manager for Sales, Digital TV within the Group. Before joining Thomson, Mr. Kurkjian served as Country Manager for France with British Telecom and as a Director with Peter Chadwick Holdings Management Consultancy. Born in the Lebanon, Frederic Kurkjian is a graduate from the Ecole Centrale in France.