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Dr. Neale Martin
Founder and President of Ntelec, Inc.
Dr. Neale Martin is founder and president of Ntelec, Inc., an Atlanta-based technology research and consulting company. Neale has helped a
variety of Fortune 500 companies across industries anticipate and prepare for the radical changes brought about by the technological revolutions
of the past 15 years. Recently, Neale has developed a new marketing framework based on research from neurobiology and cognitive psychology
that shows that most customer behavior is the result of unconscious habits. His groundbreaking book on this subject, The Force of
Habit, is due out next year.
Neale has a Ph.D. in Marketing from the College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology. |
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Grant van Rooyen
Senior Vice President, Content Markets for Level 3
Grant van Rooyen is Senior Vice President, Content Markets for Level 3. He has responsibility for content market customers across segments
such as broadcast, search, satellite, and the emerging web. The Global product lines of IP, Content Delivery and the Vyvx business are also part
of Mr. van Rooyen’s responsibility.
Prior to his current role, he served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing for Level 3 and Senior Vice President of Product Development and
Management. He has also held positions as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Level 3 Europe, Vice President of Global
Internet Services and Director of Global Submarine Services.
He is based in Denver, Colorado. |
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Bob Schukai
Vice President of Wireless and Broadband Technologies, Platform Research and Development, Turner
Broadcasting System Inc.
Bob Schukai is vice president of wireless and broadband technologies for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., (TBS, Inc.). In this capacity, he is
responsible for global research and development activities for TBS, Inc. in the areas of mobile/wireless, broadband, Internet protocol television
(IPTV) and games. Schukai is based in Atlanta and reports directly to Alastair Hamilton, corporate senior vice president of platform research &
development and worldwide distribution technology for TBS, Inc.
Prior to joining Turner Broadcasting in early 2005, Schukai spent more than 18 years working for Motorola, Inc., in the United States and United
Kingdom. Most recently, he served as director of global 3G strategy and business development for Motorola, overseeing global strategy and
business development activities for 3G handsets. While at Motorola, he was also involved in research and development; engineering; design,
development and management; and product marketing and strategy.
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James E. Straight
Senior VP Consumer Products & Services, Verizon Communications
Jim Straight today serves as Senior Vice President of Consumer Product Management & Development for Verizon Communications. He leads the
company’s product development teams in developing new services and enhancing legacy products. Jim started in 1994 as a Wireless data
system engineer. In 1997 he was promoted to Director of Wireless Data for the Washington DC and Maryland areas for Bell Atlanta Mobile. In
2001 after the formation of Verizon Wireless Jim was promoted to Vice President for all Data & Multimedia products nationwide.
Prior to joining Bell Atlanta Mobile, Jim served in the elite White House Communications Agency 1985-1994 where he designed and
implemented worldwide communications support for the President of the United States and key staff members for over ten years. Jim is a
graduate of University of Hawaii Pacific. |
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Weiner
Mr. Weiner has more than 25 years of experience as an analyst, writer, editor, publisher and broadcaster. He has written about media trends
in daily newspapers and magazines as well as serving as a chief analyst and architect of Gartner Dataquest’s Internet/E-Commerce/E-media
cover from 1994 to 1999. Prior to re-joining Gartner Mr. Weiner, launched a new publishing company, Convergence Publishing, in March
2002, and published its flagship product, Biotech Tech, a monthly trade magazine focusing on technology and its role in life sciences. Before
that, in March 1999, Mr. Weiner joined the startup team at NetRatings as vice president of analytical services, a position he held until February
2002. He was responsible for the build out of several vertical-based research services, based on the company’s proprietary audience measurement
data. In addition, he was a speaker worldwide at company and industry events. Mr. Weiner also wrote weekly columns for Forbes.Com,
ZDNet and MSNBC. Mr. Weiner joined Dataquest in November 1994 (prior to Gartner’s acquisition in December 1995) to develop and implement
the company’s Internet research strategy. |
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