In addition to overseeing My Damn Channel’s operations, Chao is responsible for managing the Company’s strategic alliances and partnerships, including syndication relationships with major portals to distribute My Damn Channel’s professionally-produced original entertainment content. Chao most recently served as vice president of business development and strategic planning for Gemstar-TV Guide International (NASDAQ: GMST), where he launched and managed new initiatives across the company’s various business units as part of a cross-platform strategy that combined the audience reach of TV Guide Magazine, the TV Guide Channel and www.tvguide.com. Chao was also part of Gemstar-TV Guide corporate mergers and acquisitions team responsible for acquiring new companies and technologies. Previously, Chao worked as a venture capitalist at DynaFund Ventures, in Los Angeles, and as an attorney at Intel Capital in Silicon Valley. He began his career as a corporate and licensing attorney at the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California.

Peter Clem  is responsible for the development, creation and distribution of video content for Scripps Networks popular Web destinations including HGTV.com, FoodNetwork.com, DIYnetwork.com, FineLiving.com, and the Emmy Award-wining site Living.com. Clem was instrumental in the development and launch of the broadband channel HGTV KitchenDesign. This new destination, accessible at HGTVKitchenDesign.com, takes full advantage of the rich video library Scripps has built over the past 11 years, as well as “fat pipe” interactive capabilities including customizable design tools and personalized portfolios.  Clem joined Scripps Networks in 1998 as executive producer for HGTV Productions.  Prior to joining Scripps, Clem was a supervising producer for Northwest Teleproductions in Minneapolis and a staff producer for The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago.

Peter Csathy is a digital media veteran and is the CEO of SightSpeed Inc., widely recognized as being the leader and innovator in “Personal Video Services”, including video and voice over IP communications.  Csathy previously served as president and COO of Musicmatch, Inc., the pioneering digital media company acquired by Yahoo!.  He also previously served as COO of eNow, Inc. (now Relegence Corp.), another innovative company acquired by AOL.  Previously, Csathy served nearly a decade in senior management roles in traditional media companies, including Universal Studios and New Line Cinema.  Csathy is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Minnesota.  He currently also serves on the Boards of Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMGI) and the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County.

Jon Gibs is Vice President, Media Analytics for Nielsen Online.  He specializes in research methodology design and development using their wide array of media measurement and market research products. With 10 years of market research experience, Mr. Gibs previously managed the U.S. based survey group for Nielsen Online. Using their suite of MegaPanel products, he has in-depth experience in helping clients develop surveys and methodologies to meet their strategic and tactical needs. Prior to Nielsen Online, Mr. Gibs was an analyst and analytics director at Jupiter Research.  During his time there he developed numerous client reports based on primary survey analysis.  He specialized in developing analyses merging behavioral and survey analysis to develop further insight into a wide array of online consumer markets.  Mr. Gibs received a Master’s Degree in Geography, specializing in spatial statistics, from the State University of New York at Buffalo.  His Bachelor’s Degree is from Clark University in Geography.

Mike Gordon is responsible for ensuring that Limelight's technologies and services support the emerging digital media strategies and business models of today's media companies. Prior to Limelight, Mike co–founded Axient Communications, which built a nationwide next–generation Internet network; co–founded Cyclone Commerce, an enterprise software company that provides cross–enterprise collaboration solutions; and co–founded Gateway Data Sciences Corporation, a software and services company. Mike has also held marketing and management positions at IBM and National City Bank.

Eyal Hertzog his a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Metacafe, a place where artists create, consumers interact and technology enables communication. Prior to co-founding Metacafe, where he drives product innovation and content strategy, Mr. Hertzog co-founded Contact Networks in 1998, one of the first interpersonal, professional online networks. At Contact Networks, he was responsible for overall product strategy and overall technical architecture, and managed strategic relationships with Nokia, GemPlus, Comverse and other large partners. He has also advised US and Israeli high-tech startups on strategy, product roadmaps and technology architecture, and worked with Israeli venture capital firm Millennium Capital Venture as an investment advisor. Mr. Hertzog got his start in the technology industry in the Israeli army, where he served four years as an IT department manager for the Intelligence Core. After leaving the military in 1997, he joined serial networking startup Class Data Systems as an application marketing engineer. The company was later sold to Cisco for $50 million, and Mr. Hertzog invested his windfall from the deal into his first startup, Contact Networks.

Mike Hudack is a co-founder of blip.tv and serves as the company's president and CEO. Prior to blip.tv, Mike worked as a developer and administrator for the National Hockey League, where he managed the team responsible for one of the biggest IT projects in the history of the League — consolidating and re-developing the NHL's internal applications, which serve hundreds of employees using dozens of technologies. Mike also developed the content management system for NHL.com and redesigned the software used to bring scores and statistics from dozens of simulraneous hockey games to fans in real-time.  He has created and maintained more than a half dozen independent media projects, including warstories:CC, warblogs:CC and the Index of Evil. His independent projects have been covered by the Washington Post, USA Today, the PBS Newshour, NPR and Forbes, among others. 

Lora Kratchounova is the VP, Marketing for OurStage (www.ourstage.com), a fast-growing, 100% democratic, fan-powered platform for discovering new video, film and music talent.  The OurStage mission is to help talented artists achieve critical exposure by solving the greatest challenge on the Internet today: sorting quality content from the sea of mediocrity online. Prior to joining OurStage, Lora was part of American Express Canada, growing the corporate premium Platinum and Gold card portfolio, as well as leading an international consumer card initiative for Amex’s key markets outside of the US.  Lora was also closely engaged with the Web 1.0 wave, heading up the marketing for VacationCoach in Boston, which provided both travelers and online travel services providers such as Travelocity and Cendant with online travel planning tools, powered by the knowledge of seasoned travel professionals. Lora has over 15 years of strategic marketing, branding and online experience working for a variety of businesses and markets, spanning from entertainment, music, technology, to loyalty, financial, and travel services.

Daphne Kwon co-founded ExpoTV, www.expotv.com, which is distributed through partnerships with the world’s largest portals including Yahoo!, AOL, Google and YouTube; to leading ecommerce destinations like Smarter.com and Buy.com; and to more than 25 million digital cable homes through VOD partnerships with Comcast, Time Warner, Charter, Verizon and other cable operators.  Prior to founding ExpoTV, Kwon served as Chief Financial Officer and a founding employee of Oxygen Media, overseeing finance, business development, and technology. Prior to joining Oxygen, Kwon reported to the President of the Disney/ABC Cable Networks as Director of Business Planning, which resulted in the successful launches of Toon Disney, SoapNet, and the Lifetime Movie Network. Prior to moving to ABC, Kwon worked in Disney’s Corporate Strategic Planning Department, where she was responsible for business planning of the media company’s television, film and recorded music divisions. Daphne holds business degrees from Harvard Business School and the University of Michigan.

Tara Maitra serves as Vice President, General Manager of Programming for TiVo. In this role, Maitra is responsible for cultivating relationships with content companies and unique content offerings for delivery via broadband. Previously, Maitra served as Senior Director of content development at Comcast, where she was responsible for day-to-day operations of Select on Demand, a collection of new niche non-linear networks delivered via video on-demand and broadband. Maitra helped to create new channels through partnerships, acquisitions and original programming. Prior to Comcast, Maitra was Executive Vice President, General Manager of Primedia Digital Video, where she developed on-demand and broadband video businesses for Primedia's established print franchises. Her accomplishments include launching video services on Comcast and Real Networks. Ms. Maitra also held a series of editorial and management positions at NBC, including Vice President, General Manager of CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video, a joint venture of NBC, Microsoft and Dow Jones. There she led the development and managed one of the first profitable streaming video web sites to offer financial content thru both subscription and syndication models. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia, Ms. Maitra holds a B.A. in Journalism and Psychology.

As VP of product marketing, Ted is responsible for the creation and execution of the overall product and service strategy for Sling Media, Inc. Prior to Sling Media, Ted served as VP of Corporate Strategy & Marketing for Digital Deck where he was responsible for the creation of the overall product and service strategy for the company as well as corporate marketing activities.  Prior to Digital Deck, Ted was the Senior Director of Product Marketing at TiVo.  Prior to joining TiVo, Ted was a senior engineering manager at Alias/Wavefront, where he developed the product requirements, and managed the development team, for the creation of two versions of the Zap!iT digital video software line. Before that, he led the studio production group of Silicon Graphic’s Silicon Studio division, designing and building the Silicon Graphics Entertainment Technology Center and managing a team through the creation of animation, video and performance animation projects. Ted has also been an instructor at the Academy of Art College, teaching various courses on special effects for film and video. Ted holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University.

Dennis Miller is a General Partner at Spark Capital. Mr. Miller has led Spark's investments in Twistbox Entertainment, Xoova, and Next New Networks. Mr. Miller was most recently a Managing Director of Constellation Ventures, the venture investment arm of Bear Stearns in New York. Prior to Constellation Ventures, Mr. Miller served in a number of high level executive positions at leading media companies. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President of Lions Gate Entertainment. Prior to joining Lions Gate, Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). From 1990-1995, Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President of Turner Network Television, with responsibility for production, business affairs and original programming for the TNT Network. Mr. Miller began his career as an attorney with Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg and Phillips in Los Angeles. Mr. Miller holds a Juris Doctorate from Boalt Law School at the University of California at Berkeley and a BA in Political Science from the University of California at San Diego.

As Senior Vice President of Digital Media Sales for NBC Universal, Peter Naylor drives advertising sales for all of the company’s digital properties, including NBC.com, NBCSports.com, CNBC.com, SciFi.com, Bravotv.com, USANetwork.com, AccessHollywood.com, DOTCOMEDY.com, FIRSTLOOK.com and iVillage and its affiliated businesses such as Healthology, Gardenweb and Astrology.com.  Prior to his post at NBC Universal, Naylor headed advertising sales for the iVillage Properties, which was acquired by NBC Universal in May 2006. At iVillage, he was responsible for overseeing the activities of the iVillage sales team and driving new partnerships and advertising revenue opportunities for the company. Before joining iVillage in April 2002, he served as Vice President of Sales, Eastern Region/National Agency Relations for Terra Lycos, which is a leading portal.  Previously, Naylor served as Eastern Sales Director for Wired Digital Interactive, an online pioneer of commercial publishing on the Web. He has also held advertising sales positions with Vanity Fair and Spin magazines and at radio stations WSSH in Boston and WSRO in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and English from Denison University in Ohio.

Herb Scannell was most recently Vice Chairman of MTV Networks and President of Nickelodeon Networks. Mr. Scannell oversaw all creative and business operations for a portfolio of brands and businesses for MTV Networks including: Nickelodeon, the #1 rated network in cable TV for 10 years running; TV Land, the cable home of classic TV; and Spike TV, the first network for men. Additionally, Mr. Scannell was responsible for Nickelodeon's digital cable TV networks (including Noggin/the N), its robust online offerings, and its successful feature film division. Mr. Scannell also led the Consumer Products division of Nickelodeon and Viacom, which under his watch grew into the third largest licensing business in the world. Mr. Scannell first began his career at MTV Networks as Director of Programming, Nickelodeon in 1988. During the early years, Mr. Scannell was instrumental in turning Nickelodeon into a production powerhouse with the birth of Nicktoons (Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Doug) and innovative live action shows such as Clarissa Explains It All and the Secret World of Alex Mack. Prior to joining Nickelodeon and MTV Networks, Mr. Scannell held various marketing and promotional positions in pay TV at The Movie Channel and Showtime. At Showtime as Director of Program Promotion, he created the award winning The Honeymooners: The Lost Episodes campaign named Campaign of the Year by CTAM, cable's highest marketing honor.