Online Video Discussion
With close to 160 million US internet users watching 22 billion videos online per month, it's not just about skateboarding dogs anymore. From viral marketing to product demos, online video is now big business and those who do not have video fully integrated into their online strategies are missing huge opportunities. Panelists will explore the best ways to fully take advantage of the online video wave.
 Matt Berry
CTO & Co-Founder, DigitalSmiths
Matt Berry is a successful entrepreneur and senior technology executive. Matt has started and built several technology companies. In each instance, he was instrumental in not only the development of the company, but also the technical direction of the product. After exiting his last venture, Shortgrass Technologies, he took over a business development position at a publicly traded semiconductor engineering firm in Austin, Texas. As Digitalsmiths' CTO, Matt is responsible for leading the global development strategy for the company’s market-leading product, Digitalsmiths VideoSense®.
 Max Haot
CEO & Co-founder, Livestream
Based in New York, Max is co-founder and CEO of Livestream. Max is an expert in online video and live broadcast technologies. He previously founded ICF a media asset management platform which was sold to Verizon Business in 2005. He held positions as VP of Digital Media at Verizon Business and Senior Vice President at IMG Media - the television and interactive arm of the sport marketing giant (www.imgworld.com).
Max is a recognized digital content industry pioneer and is regularly invited to speak and contribute at industry events/forums for the broadcast, broadband and mobile industry.
 Josh Resnik
VP and General Manager, Gannett Digital Media Network
Josh Resnik is Vice President and General Manager of the Gannett Digital Media Network, Gannett's network of web sites attracting approximately 25 million monthly unique visitors. Josh oversees strategy, products, business development, marketing, and related aspects of the business operations of the network. Josh also serves on the Board of Directors of three companies in which Gannett has invested, including the Metromix local entertainment network and the Livestream.com (formerly Mogulus) live video streaming solution.
Josh has an extensive background spanning multiple media platforms. Prior to Gannett, Josh was Assistant General Counsel at AOL, where he was responsible for strategic alliances and partnerships for AOL Media Networks, an AOL business unit generating more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue from online advertising, search, and e-commerce. In that role, Josh was instrumental in establishing and sustaining relationships with some of the leading companies on the Internet, including strategic alliances with Google, eBay and Amazon.
 Wayne Sutton
OurHashtag
Wayne Sutton is an entrepreneur, strategist, and producer with a passion for video blogging and social media. For more than four years, he's provided counsel to business leaders ranging from founders of small start-ups and representatives of non-profit organizations to CEOs of large and small corporations. For some, understanding the social media landscape is difficult. Wayne enjoys helping industry leaders maneuver through the ever-changing Internet environment. Wayne has seen the web mature to allow video to become a popular medium to share information online. Wayne covers online technology, gadgets, industry news, conferences, product reviews, and the people behind them on his online video channel.
 Paul Jones (Moderator)
Director, ibiblio.org
Paul Jones is the director of ibiblio.org, a project that includes the Site Formerly Known as MetaLab and SunSITE, a large contributor run digital library and one of the first www sites to be created. Paul is co-author of The Web Server Book (rereleased as The Unix Web Server Book) and teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill including an advanced class on Virtual Communities and Vernacular Video. |
