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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Ndidi Massay
CBS Sports
VP of Workplace Culture and Diversity Initiatives
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Eli Velazquez
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Executive Vice President, Sports
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KEYNOTE
Ndidi Massay
CBS Sports
VP of Workplace Culture and Diversity Initiatives
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KEYNOTE
Eli Velazquez
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Executive Vice President, Sports
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Friday Abernethy
Monumental Sports & Entertainment
GM, Network
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Colby Adamson
Pixellot
COO
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Marwan Al-Habbal
Matrox Video
Senior Product Manager
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Brent Angle
CineSys
CTO
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Portia Archer
NBA G League
Chief Operating Officer
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Josh Arensberg
Verizon Business Group
CTO, Media & Entertainment
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Nick Ashwin
Imagen by Reuters
Senior Sales Director
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Garron Bateman
Veritone
Director, Sales Engineering and Live Events
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Brian Beckwith
Imagine Communications
Senior Solutions Architect
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Carol Bettencourt
Chyron
VP of Marketing
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Jason Black
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
Manager, Creative Automation and Studio Technology
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Andy Blondin
Epic Games
Product Management Director, Broadcast
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David Boland
Wasabi Technologies
VP of Cloud Strategy
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Eric Bolten
Zixi
VP, Business Development
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Paul Bonar
Game Creek Video
VP of Engineering
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Florian Brown
ESPN
Senior Audio Engineer and Audio Production Consultant
Colin Brown
Evertz
Senior Director, D2C Technology
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Bob Burkhardt
Fortinet
VP, System Engineering Enterprise, North & Global Financial Services
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Roy Burns
IMT
SVP, Media Solutions
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Mary Ellen Carlyle
Dome Productions
SVP and GM
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Robert Carzoli
Program Productions
Chairman
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Roger Charlesworth
DTV Audio Group
Executive Director
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Casper Choffat
NEP Group
SVP, Global Product
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Olivia Cianci
Imagen from Reuters
Senior Account Manager
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Jason Cohen
CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network
VP, Remote Technical Operations
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Mike Connelly
Bally Sports
Senior Vice President and Executive Producer
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Brandon Costa
SVG
Director of Digital
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James Cowdery
Dolby Laboratories
Senior Staff Architect
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Danielle Cranin
NBC Sports
Senior Director, Content Integration & Partnerships
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Chris Cruz
CBS Sports
Senior Director of Media Services
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Jason Dachman
SVG
Editorial Director, U.S.
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Mike Davies
Fox Sports
EVP, Technical and Field Operations; SVG Chairman
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Kate Davis
INDYCAR
Director of Communications
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Ken DeGennaro
NBA
SVP, Media Operations and Technology
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Amy DeLouise
#GALSNGEAR
Founder, and DeLouise Enterprises, Chief Creative Officer
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Pamela Duckworth
Fubo
Head of Fubo Studios
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Jason Dvorkin
AWS
Media & Entertainment Industry Specialist, BD Leader
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Kenny Elcock
NESN
VP of Engineering
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Robert Erickson
TAG Video Systems
VP, Live Production and Sports
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Daniel Evans
MagnifI
SVP of Sales, U.S.
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John J. Filippelli
The YES Network
President, Production & Programming; Executive Producer
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Melissa Forman
Impakt Partners
Co-Founder
Chris Foster
NHL
VP, Digital Business Development
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Hugo Gaggioni
Sony Electronics
Chief Technology Officer, Sony Imaging Products and Professional Solutions – Americas
Sara Gaiero
ESPN
VP, Production
Drew Gallagher
ESPN
Coordinating Producer
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Nick Garvin
Mobile TV Group
COO
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Dave Giancola
USGA
Director, Digital Strategy and Innovation
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Charles Gilbert
Atlanta Hawks & State Farm Arena
Manager, Digital Assets
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Kendall Ginsbach
Riot Games
Global Lead, Content Operations
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Ken Goss
NBC Sports
EVP, Studio & Remote Operations and Production Planning
Anne Graham
WBD Sports
Manager of Strategy and Planning, Sports Media Services; 2023 SVG Sports Content Management Committee Chair
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Rebecca Hanson
NABA
Director-General
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Erling Hedkvist
arkona
Sales and Business Development
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Kristian Hernández
SVG
Senior Editor
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Hieu Ho
Pac-12 Networks
Lead Broadcast Technology Engineer
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Amir Hochfeld
Zero Density
Chief Product Officer
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Jeff Jacobs
NEP Group
SVP, Production
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Nick Jameson
Vizrt
Senior Customer Success Manager
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Adam Japhet
Major League Baseball
Senior Director of IT Infrastructure
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Mike Johnson
Dome Productions
Director of Engineering
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Carlo Joseph
Paramount Global
SVP, Strategy and Governance
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Nematolah Kashanian
Multicasting.io
Founder and CIO
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Ken Kerschbaumer
SVG
Co-Executive Director, Editorial
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Dave Klee
A+E Networks
VP, Strategic Media Solutions
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Jon Klein
HANG Media
Co-Founder and CEO
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Jason Kornweiss
Diversified
VP, Strategic Solutions
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Will Kreth
HAND (Human & Digital)
CEO
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Nik Kumar
Advanced Systems Group (ASG)
Technology Specialist, Systems Integration
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John Lee
NABA Cybersecurity Sub-Committee
Chairman
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Josh Liemer
NEP VISTA Worldlink
President
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Marco Lopez
Clear-Com
VP of Engineering
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Sean Loughlin
PFL
SVP of Global Brand, Digital & Social
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Patricia Lowry
GameTime Productions
President
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Bruce MacCormack
Neural Transform
Principal
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John Mailhot
Imagine Communications
CTO, Networking and Infrastructure
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Nima Malekmanesh
Evertz
Director of Business Development – Live Media
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Karl Malone
NBC Sports and Olympics
Senior Director of Audio Engineering
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Adam Marshall
Grass Valley
Chief Product Officer
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Dan Marshall
Amagi
EVP, Sales (Global SaaS)
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Kristen Maynes
PwC
Cybersecurity Partner
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Cherylene McKinney
Dolby Laboratories
Director, Commercial Partnerships
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Joanna Merchie
SPORTEL
Conference Director
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Jim Miles
NBC Sports & Olympics
Senior Director, Live Event Workflows
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Colin Moran
LTN
VP of Production Products
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Dustin Myers
Fox Sports
SVP, Production Operations
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Charlie Myers
Monumental Sports and Entertainment
CTO
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John Naylor
Ross Video
VP of Products, Enterprise Management, and Director of Product Security
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Felix Nemirovsky
Dolby Laboratories
Solutions Architect
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Grant Nodine
NHL
SVP, Technology
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Rob Oldfield
Salsa Sound
Co-Founder & CEO
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Gary Olson
SVG Cybersecurity Work Group
Chair; GHO Group, Managing Director
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Ian Owen
Riot Games
Manager, Media Asset Management, Esports
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Patty Power
CBS Sports
EVP, Operations and Engineering
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Gio Punzo
Streann Media
CEO and Co-Founder
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Michael Raimondo
PGA TOUR Entertainment
VP, Broadcast Technology
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Alex Redfern
EVS
Chief Technology Officer
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Chad Reese
Savannah Bananas
Coordinating Producer
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Andrew Reich
AWS
Senior Consultant, Sports, Professional Services
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Alessandro Reitano
Sky Deutschland Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG
SVP, Continental Production Operations; SVG Europe Chairman
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Linda Rheinstein
Space Games Federation
Founder and CEO
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Scott Rinehart
Notre Dame Studios
Senior Director
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Peter Riordan
AWS
Broadcast Global Strategy Leader
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Neal Roberts
Warner Brothers Discovery
Senior Director of Live Experiences
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Ulrik Rohne
Net Insight
COO and CTO, Media Networks
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Kunal Sawarkar
IBM
Distinguished Engineer – Generative AI & Chief Data Scientist
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Chris Seeger
NBCUniversal
Director, Advanced Content Production Technology, Office of the CTO
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Emily Sisson
Octagon
SVP, Business Development
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Jon Slobotkin
NBC Sports Regional Networks
SVP, Content and Live Programming
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Julie Souza
AWS
Head of Sports, Global Professional Services
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Yolanda Starks White
YoSy Media
CEO and Co-Founder, HBCU Bridge
Jim Starzynski
NBC Universal
Director and Principal Audio Engineer; SVG Audio, Chairman
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Tim Stevens
Verizon Business Group
Global Leader, Strategic Innovation for Sports, Media & Entertainment
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Glenn Stilwell
Friday Night Baseball
Live Mixing Consultant, Sound Supervisor
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Josh Stinehour
Devoncroft Partners
Principal Analyst
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Susan Stone
MLB Network
SVP, Operations and Engineering
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Jeremy Strootman
Backlight
Director, Channel Sales
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Pat Sullivan
Game Creek Video
President
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Wim Sweldens
Kiswe
Co-Founder and CMO
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Curtis Symonds
HBCU GO
President and Co-Founder
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Michael “Spike” Szykowny
ESPN Creative Studio
Edit + Animation + Graphics Innovation + Production & Playout
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Jason Taubman
Game Creek Video
SVP, Technology
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Chris Thorman
Monumental Sports and Entertainment
SVP, Digital Media
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Tina Thornton
ESPN
EVP, Creative Studio and Marketing
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Dakota Timmons
Mobile TV Group
Cloud Control Engineer
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Dan Turk
NEP U.S. Broadcast Services
VP and Chief Engineer
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Kevin Varnell
IPV
Senior Solution Engineer
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Michael Vernick
JW Player
Senior Solutions Architect
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Jeff Volk
Alpha
EVP – Strategic Accounts, Sports & Live Events
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Andy Wagner
VITEC
Sales Manager, Sports & Entertainment
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Mike Werteen
NEP Broadcast Services
Global President
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Sybil Wilkes
YoSy Media
Co-Founder
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Steve Wind-Mozley
LiveU
CMO
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Brandon Wood
OpenDrives
Director, Global Accounts
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Melinda Wright
Mobile TV Group
Director of Operations
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Miguel Yabrudes
disguise
Chief Creative Officer, Broadcast
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Derik Yarnell
Comcast Cable
Principal Architect
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Howard Zalkowitz
NESN
Executive Producer
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Hossein ZiaShakeri
Spectra Logic
SVP, Business Development and Strategic Alliances
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