meet some of our speakers, attendees and special musical guests
| Peter Liguori is the Chairman and CEO of the Fox Broadcasting Company – the #1 television network in the U.S. Responsible for all FOX program development and scheduling, as well as marketing, business affairs and promotions, Mr. Liguori has overseen FOX stunning success. Under his leadership, FOX has been the undisputed #1 network in primetime for 3 seasons straight. Prior to FOX, Mr. Liguori served as President and CEO of News Corp.’s FX Networks and under whose leadership FX rose from a nascent network to one of the top five basic cable networks with critically acclaimed programs like “Nip/Tuck,” “The Shield” and “Rescue Me”. Prior to joining Fox, Mr. Liguori was Vice President, Consumer Marketing at HBO among many other high profile positions and famously created the positioning, “It’s not TV, its HBO.” Before HBO, he worked in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi. |
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Peter Liguori Chairman & CEO, FOX Broadcasting Company |
| Pradeep Guha is one of the most successful and revered media executives in India most recently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Zee Telefilms, the broadcasting pioneer in India whose flagship channel Zee TV is consistently one of country’s top three broadcasters. Pradeep also served as President of Times of India, the leading Indian publisher of the Times of India, The Economic Times, Filmfare and Femina. The Times of India is the widest circulated English-language newspaper worldwide. Pradeep serves in several Board and Advisory capacities, recently serving as Non-Executive Director of Adlabs, one of the largest motion picture exhibition companies in India. He is a graduate in Arts from Mumbai University and is a Member of Asian Institute of Management Manila. |
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Pradeep Guha Former Chief Executive Officer, Zee Telefilms (Zee TV) & Former President, Times of India Group |
| In 2008, Mr. Masand was named SVP/Global Head - Innovation and Commercial Marketing for all of VISA worldwide. In this new role, Mr. Masan’s primary responsibility is to enable Visa's vision of becoming the Universal Currency of Life by positioning Visa as the global lighthouse brand that believes in the promise of "Better Money for Better Living". Through his new role, Mr. Masand’s aim is to make Visa the innovation hub of the west coast by leading the marketing agenda on applications like mobile, eCommerce, social networking and commercial. Prior to joining Visa, Deepak led new products at PepsiCo. During for 10+ years, he led highly successful launches of brands such as Sierra Mist, Pepsi Max and the new 7-Up. In his last role, Deepak was charged with helping America eat healthier being named as General Manager of Pepsi’s innovative new Food for Thought group which focused on natural, organic and functional foods and beverages. Prior to PepsiCo, Deepak served at Kraft Natural Foods leading new products. Deepak now resides in San Francisco. |
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Deepak Masand Senior Vice President & Global Head, Innovation and Commercial Marketing VISA International |
| In her 14th year with Starcom, Latha is the global account director of Starcom’s technology clients, managing global accounts such as Samsung, Oracle, and Sun. In her current role on Samsung, she oversees the client’s advertising approach in over 70 countries. Her Starcom experience covers communications strategy, media planning and buying, account management, production, and research. Latha’s work has led to several awards related to clients, including MediaWeek Plan of the Year Award, a 2004 Media magazine Creative Media Award, and a 2005 Jack Meyer’s Media Award. Latha herself was recognized by diversityinbusiness.com as part of “The Next Generation of Advertising Talent,” by MediaPost magazine as a “2004 Rising Star” in media, and by internationalist magazine as a 2007 Innovator. As a leader on Starcom’s Diversity Council, Latha launched Starcom’s employee affinity groups, a program that received a 2007 AAF Mosaic award. |
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Latha Sundaram SVP/Global Account Director, Starcom Worldwide |
| Michael Andreen serves as senior vice president, International Production, for Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production. Drawing on his extensive experience in acquiring, developing, and producing films and working with top industry talents, he is responsible for overseeing Disney’s international initiative in local language film production, and he is currently supervising productions for the Studio in India, China, Russia, and other territories. Prior to Disney, Andreen served as SVP, Feature Production, for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Films, and as a producer for his own company. Andreen joined Twentieth Century Fox Feature Production as a creative executive and eventually moved into a position as vice president, Feature Production for Warner Bros. where he was responsible for purchasing the spec script for the hit film, Space Cowboys and initiating the development of I Am Legend, which grossed over $250 Million in the domestic market. |
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Michael Andreen SVP, International Production, Disney |
| Rohan Oza currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for glaceau – makers of the hugely popular vitaminwater, smartwater and more recently, the Powerade brands. After joining Glaceau in 2002, Rohan took on a role as SVP of Marketing and helped lead vitaminwater to over 5 years of years of year-of-year gowth leading up the 2007 company buyout by Coca-Cola for a reported $4Billion. Over the past years, annual revenues have soared by more than 800% fueled in part by Mr. Oza's strong sports and celebrity strategy. He has amassed a group of 20 entertainers and athletes, including 50 Cent, David Wright and most recently, Carrie Underwood and Alicia Keys to endorse the electrolyte-infused bottled waters as well as invest in the company. Prior to glaceau, Mr. Oza was brand manager for the Atlanta company's Sprite division and for its sports drink Powerade, both of which grew significantly under his leadership. |
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Rohan Oza SVP Marketing, Glaceau |
| As founder and CEO of Sulekha.com - the world"s leading online Indian community – Satya Prabhakar helped pioneer the integration of social media and local commerce geared towards the Indian market and the over 20 million Indians residing all over the world. Sulekha.com connects Indians through blogs, classifieds, yellow pages and social networks. With over 20 years of experience in technical, business development, strategy and management roles, Satya has also written over 25 papers and articles on topics such as artificial intelligence and database design. |
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Satya Prabhakar CEO sulekha.com |
| Yuriy was recently named Director of International at DIRECTV with a mandate to drive growth of the WorldDirect platform that consists of over 65 international channels in 18 different languages, spanning the entire spectrum of consumers markets, from South Asian and Korean to Russian to Italian. Yuriy oversees all strategy and marketing of WorldDirect programming, bringing deep knowledge of ethnic markets to DirecTV having managed major clients such as Lufthansa Lufthansa, MoneyGram and Nissan as VP of Client Services at Global Advertising Strategies where he oversaw the agency's operations and business development. Yuriy has an MBA in Finance from Pace University and he speaks 5 languages. |
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Yuriy Boykiv Director, International DirectTV |
| Chitale is responsible for defining the strategy for future expansion of SOMEL, a publicly-traded company operating a network of television channels in the general entertainment and motion picture space. SOMEL is also one of the largest producers of motion pictures in India. Through several entrepreneurial ventures, Chitale has developed extensive cross-border media experience in print and radio as well. In 2000, he founded the first South Asian glossy lifestyle magazine "Mantram," which was then sold in 2003 to India's Television 18. In 2001, Chitale also acquired an all Indian-programming FM station in the US, which he sold in 2005 to private investors. |
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Sanjay Chitale COO, Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd (SOMEL) |
| Nusrat Durrani is General Manager/SVP of MTV World and has been with MTV Networks for 12 years in various positions in strategy, business development, e-commerce and digital media. He was part of the team that launched MTV.COM and initiated MTV’s push into new media. Most recently, he launched MTV Desi, MTV Chi and MTV K, the highly acclaimed channels super serving Asians in the U.S. He is currently strategizing a global, multi-platform pop culture project for MTV Networks. Nusrat is a pop culture innovator, photographer and writer who recently received the 2007 Pinnacle Achievement Award from the Asian American Business Development Center. |
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Nusrat Durrani Senior Vice President, MTV Networks & GM, MTV World |
| For Anjula, there are no limits. In one conversation, you'll know… this woman is on top of her game and determined to take Desi culture to the US and beyond. After emigrating from London to San Francisco, Anjula hit the ground running and co-founded a digital music and entertainment company, Desi Hits! While started as a blog, it has quickly evolved into a global multimedia website on which shows now rank #1 on iTunes in the “Desi” genre. Following in the footsteps of NBC, Bravo, Nike and Hot97, Desi Hits! launched of the first official Desi Hits! iTunes Storefront featuring Bollywood and mainstream artists and music from all over the world. Desi hits was just presented an award as "one of the top 100 digital media companies to watch for" by OnMedia 2008. Today, Anjula oversees all operations and strategy for the firm. |
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Anjula Acharia-Bath CEO, Desi Hits! |
| Markovic joined Jet Airways in January 2008 as Jet Airways expanded from the Indian market to the US, now operating premium airline services catering to a US audience. As their new VP Sales and Marketing North America, Markovic is responsible for corporate and leisure sales, marketing and pricing. Jet Airways is one of the first major Indian grown brands to launch in the US. Jet Airways advertising may be found across mainstream and south Asian-targeted US media. Markovic joined Jet after having spent 22 years at Lufthansa, where she served most recently as Director of Leisure Sales and Sales Services USA. |
Lisa Markovic VP Sales & Marketing North America Jet Airways |
| As Head of Consumer Banking of ICICI Bank in the US, Narayanan is responsible for driving the Bank's consumer initiatives, specifically targeting the large Indian Diaspora here in the US through structured business processes, products, channels and marketing strategies that meet their banking requirements in the US and in India. Narayanan is also responsible for the Bank's 'Strategic Banking Alliances' initiative on cross-border payments and ethnic banking. |
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Anand Narayanan Assistant General Manager and Head Consumer Banking ICICI Bank |
| Rohan Sippy is a critically acclaimed Indian director known for directing two popular films, Kuch Naa Kaho and Bluffmaster starring Abishek Bachan. Sippy is currently working on producing a film directed at a predominantly English audience titled, The President is Coming, which is based on a play by Kunal Roy Kapoor. This film is about the incidents which took place around the time when George Bush visited India and wanted to shake hands with a young Indian. The film looks at the how the search and selection of that young Indian took place. |
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Rohan Sippy Producer/Director - Kuch Naa Kaho & Bluffmaster |
| Rohit is author of the best selling new marketing book Personality Not Included, a guide to using your personality in marketing which is published internationally by Mcgraw-Hill in over 35 countries and 5 languages. He currently leads digital strategy in the 360 Digital Influence group at Ogilvy, a global consulting practice focused on social media and word of mouth marketing. Rohit's personal marketing blog (Influential Marketing) is currently ranked among the top 50 marketing blogs in the world, and he has been featured in the The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, AdAsia and MarketingChina as well as spoken at over 75 events across the world on digital marketing strategy. |
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Rohit Bhargava SVP, Ogilvy 360 Digital Influence & Author Personality Not Included |
| Ramu is the Founder and CEO of hi5, one of the largest social networking sites in the world. Since launching hi5 in 2003, Ramu has guided the evolution of the hi5 service to 60 million members across the globe bringing the service to profitability within the first year of operation. As CEO, Ramu oversees key partnerships, business and product strategy, and helps manage the overall growth of the organization. Ramu holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois – Urbana, Champaign. |
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Ramu Yalamanchi Founder Hi5 |
| Archana is viewed as a master of reinvention. In just two years, Archana has had a demonstrable impact on the agency's new business wins and the established client brands. Her insights into human behavior and diverse cultures have helped her guide BBDO's clients in adapting to ongoing changes in consumer demographics and the challenges of operating in a global marketplace. Having lived in seven different cities and across three continents, Archana's patience, wisdom and guidance have helped her son adjust and take on each unique set of challenges with the same aplomb. |
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Archana Kumar Senior Vice-President, Group Planning Director, BBDO New York |
| Appointed in July 2008 to serve as Bravo and Oxygen Media’s new VP, Licensing & Strategic Partnerships, Jennifer is responsible for extending the networks’ brands into the off-air arena and digital arena creating new revenue-generating businesses. Her mandate includes evaluating new investments and partnerships that further growth of Bravo and Oxygen and/or offer a financial return opportunity for both networks. She has been named one of Essence magazine’s “40 under 40” and was named one of Ebony magazine’s “Women to Watch” in Entertainment 2006. Prior to this role, Jennifer served as VP of NBC Universal’s Media Studios where she developed new drama series and held creative oversight and/or of production of critically-acclaimed drama series such as “Friday Night Lights”, “Crossing Jordan” and “The Black Donnellys”. Prior to joining UMS, Ms. Turner served multiple senior roles at ABC Entertainment and Daytime Director where she oversaw creative of hit shows including “Desperate Housewives”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, and “Lost”. Ms. Turner holds an MBA from Stanford University. |
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Jennifer Turner Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Licensing, Bravo & Oxygen |
| Rishi Malhotra is one of the leading thinkers in media, multiplatform programming and marketing having most recently served as Vice President of Multiplatform Program Marketing for HBO (Home Box Office Inc). He was responsible for managing the promotion of HBO programming across all platforms, including HBO On Demand, Apple iTunes, and HBO's branded YouTube channel. In his role, Rishi was responsible for overseeing product management, marketing strategy, and enhanced content development for HBO On Demand and iTV initiatives. Today he is supporting leading digital agencies and broadcast network clients on strategy, specializing in delivering 3 screen experiences through linear, VOD and broadband. |
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Rishi Malhotra Former Vice President, HBO On Demand, HBO, Inc. |
| Since founding ContentNext Media 2002, Ali has overseen the rollout to three new verticals and the expansion into revenue generating events. Before ContentNext, Rafat was managing editor of the Silicon Alley Reporter. Editor & Publisher has called Rafat “journalism’s poster boy for career independence from news companies,” and CBS MarketWatch has called him “a pioneer in using the Web for an almost real-time business news feed.” Rafat was the Knight Foundation Fellow at Indiana University, his alma mater, in 1999-2000. In July 2008, Rafat sold ContentNext Media to UK-based Guardian News & Media. Rafat and his executive team continue to run the company as a stand-alone business. |
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Rafat Ali Founder, Editor & Publisher paidContent.org |
| Krishnan Menon is one of the world's leading experts on digital and consumer marketing and currently serves as CEO of Phenomenon – one of the industry’s top branded entertainment and strategy firms which he co-founded in 2006. In two years, Phenomenon clients and partners have included top brands such as vitaminwater, smartwater, Crocs, Vera Wang, NBC Universal, 20th Century Fox, and Apple. Prior to launching Phenomenon, Mr. Menon held executive leadership positions at some of the world's leading marketing agencies: Chief Strategic Officer at DDB Worldwide, Executive VP of Global Business Development at Carlson Marketing Group, President, Western Region at Digitas (NASDAQ: DTAS), and Managing Partner at USWeb/CKS. |
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Krishnan Menon Chairman/CEO, PHENOMENON Marketing and Entertainment |
| Salil Dalvi serves as SVP of Mobile Platform Development for NBC Universal in the company’s fast growing Digital Distribution group – a position to which he was appointed to in 2008. In his role, Dalvi is now responsible for the overall growth strategy, product development and operations of NBC Universal’s overall mobile content efforts. He has been responsible for leading the NBCU TV Group's entry and growth in the mobile content market. Most recently, he led the launch of NBC Mobile, the industry's first made-for-mobile network news offering. He also led the launch of two new NBCU linear mobile channels which resulted in the launch of a broad slate of mobile and interactive content. |
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Salil Dalvi SVP Mobile Platform Development, NBC Universal |
| Aparna Pande is Vice President, General Manager of U.S. Consumer Magazines, Disney Publishing Worldwide, a position she assumed in July 2008. She oversees editorial, consumer marketing, production, advertising sales, and marketing efforts for the division’s three market leader parenting titles: FamilyFun, Wondertime, and Disney en Familia magazines. Prior to joining Disney, Aparna was General Manager, Parenthood Group at Meredith Corporation, in charge of Parents and American Baby magazines and associated brand extensions. Previously, she launched Meredith’s children’s books business as Brand Manager. Aparna also served as an Assistant Brand Manager at Mattel. |
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Aparna Pande Vice President, GM, U.S. Consumer Magazines Disney Publishing Worldwide |
| The Personal Care Products Council (formerly the Cosmetics Toiletry and Fragrance Association) is comprised of over 600 member companies including L'Oreal, Estee Lauder, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, and others. On behalf of Council members, Farah develops strategy and represents the industry on issues pertaining to the advertising and marketing of cosmetics in the U.S. and foreign markets. She leads the industry's Sunscreen, Anti-aging, Organic/Natural/Green, and Skin Bleaching Task Forces. Most recently, ISO (Organization for International Standardization) appointed Farah Gonvenor of the Cosmetic Labeling and Packaging Group. She is a recognized expert in the aforementioned matters and has been interviewed by a number of news sources including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Oprah Magazine, WebMD, CBS News, ABC News, and several cosmetic industry trade publications. Farah is a graduate of the University of Virginia, School of Law. Her favorite color is green. |
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Farah K. Ahmed Assistant General Counsel Personal Care Products Council (formerly CTFA) |
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Mohan Renganathan, named an OMMA Rising Star in 2007, oversees MediaVest’s Digital Connections' Multi-Client group, working with such brands as Continental Airlines, Samsung, UBS and Wendy’s across all different types of strategies including branding, direct marketing, Business-to-Business and customer acquisition. At MediaVest, Mo has led a number of notable online campaigns, including the development of Pedigree’s Dog Central on MSN, Continental Airlines’ custom micro-site within NYTimes.com, as well as innovative mobile and online radio executions. Mo’s work helped contribute to MediaVest Digital Connections' 2006 Digital Agency of the Year honor from Advertising Age. |
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Mo Renganathan VP, Digital Director, MediaVest USA |
| Mr. Sharad Devarajan was the Co-Founder, CEO & Publisher of Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation, a set of companies he founded with Sir Richard Branson, author Deepak Chopra and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. In 2008 Mr. Devarajan, alongside Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman completed a management buyout of Virgin Comics and renamed the Company, Liquid Comics. The Company uses the medium of comic books as its development vehicle to incubate IP for theatrical live-action films, animation, merchandise and gaming. Mr. Devarajan is also a Producer / Executive Producer on theatrical film projects based on Virgin’s properties including, The Sadhu. He is also a Creative Director on the upcoming MMO game being developed by Sony Online Entertainment based on Virgin’s hit comic series, Ramayan 3392 A.D. Prior to Virgin, Mr. Devarajan was Co-Founder & CEO of Gotham Entertainment Group, South Asia's leading comic publisher that pioneered the South Asian publishing activities for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and more. |
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Sharad Devarajan Chairman/CEO Gotham Entertainment and Liquid Comics |
| Padrai is the President of CinéMaya Media group and heads its Elephant Advertising division which services brands and services seeking to target the South Asian market. Under Nayan’s leadership, the agency has done substantive work for dozens of global brands. Over the past ten years, he has spearheaded projects in South Asian advertising, television, film, events and publishing that have broken the mold – such as launching one of the first US-based OOH campaigns for an Indian program. Nayan brings the insight of second and third generation Indian Americans to every aspect of creative, planning, production and delivery that is s pivotal to clients today. |
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Nayan Padrai President, CineMaya Media Group & Elephant Advertising |
| Bhasin founded ASB Communications --a multicultural communications agency specializing in the South Asian and Middle Eastern markets n North America. A TV personality and familiar face for the South Asian audiences in New York & New Jersey, Bhasin has received several awards commending her work in the South Asian community. By developing insights through her work and research in the South Asian market, she has build bridges between the South Asian community and the community at-large. | |  | Neeta Bhasin President & CEO ASB Communications Multicultural Marketing |
| Ashok Vasudevan is co-founder and Chief Executive of Preferred Brands International Food Company, the highly successful manufacturer and marketer of Tasty Bite, a leading brand of Indian and Thai ready-to-eat all natural foods that is now available in top US retailers across the country. Ashok is also Chairman of India-based the Tasty Bite Eatables (BSE: TBE.B), India’s largest manufacturer and exporter of prepared foods as well as CEO of a leading consulting firm helping US companies enter India. Prior to these roles, Ashok headed the India desk of Pepsi World Trade, was a member of Pepsi's start-up team in India as Vice President – Exports, spent 10+ years at Unilever, and recently co-authored “Drivers of Global Business Success - Lessons from Emerging Markets”. Ashok has business degrees from Bombay University and the Harvard Business School. |
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Ashok Vasudevan CEO & President, Preferred Brands/Tasty Bite |
| Shibani Joshi joined FOX Business Network (FBN) in September 2007 covering strategy, investment banking, and business development. Joshi began her career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and thereafter served as Senior Manager in Strategy and Business Development at Disney/ABC Media Networks from 2004 to 2006 where she worked on the launch of ABC News Now, helping develop the firm’s global digital media strategy. Joshi left the corporate world to pursue journalism as a producer in New York at Reuters Television and TIMES NOW, the joint venture news channel with The Times of India, where she was responsible for producing news packages and interviews broadcast all over India. She has served as the host of ImaginAsian TV’s The Pulse South Asian variety show and contributed to ABCNews.com and ABC News Now covering technology and business stories. Joshi holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma. |
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Shibani Joshi Reporter FOX Business Network |
| Tariq Khan is Senior Vice President, heading market development and multicultural initiatives for its U.S. Wealth Management Wholesale Distribution division of ING. In that role, Mr. Khan develops and implements ING's strategy to expand growing diverse markets, especially multicultural business in its corporate, fixed and variable annuity markets. Previously, Mr. Khan served as Vice President for Market Development and Diversity at Nationwide, where he was responsible for enhancing Nationwide's presence in the diverse markets including overseeing strategic planning, advertising and brand management, market development and recruiting efforts for all multi-channel retail distribution. |
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Tariq Khan SVP Head of Market Development & Consumer Segmentation, ING - North America |
| Innovating marketing technologies through three successful startups to date, Nihal Mehta, is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of wireless technologies for media properties and consumer brands. Named a BusinessWeek 'M-Commerce Baron' in 2006 and named one of AdAge's Top 20 Marketers in Their Twenties in 2005, Nihal is currently CEO and co-founder of mobile social networking buzzd. Prior to buzzd, Nihal co-founded ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies in 2001, which was sold to Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005. Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science. |
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Nihal Mehta CEO & Co-Founder, Buzzd Marketing |
| Raj Kamble is the Creative Director of Lowe New York. Raj has worked with a variety of agencies, including Enterprise Nexus (now Bates David Enterprise), Lowe, Mumbai, Lowe, New York, and Lowe, London. More than 150 awards old, including the Cannes Lions, One Show pencils, D&AD finalists and Clios, Kamble loves awards and makes no bones about it. Nevertheless, he says he is against the greed for awards getting in the way of good, effective advertising. Raj is a graduate of Sir J. J. School of Arts in Mumbai. |
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Raj Kamble Creative Director, Lowe Worldwide |
| Vin helped [212]MEDIA launch and manage its portfolio companies with a focus on its content distribution and social media ventures. Vin has unique expertise in content licensing, content distribution, business development, corporate development and capital raising. Vin currently serves as General Manager of Saavn, the largest digital distributor of Bollywood entertainment worldwide. Vin helped negotiate pioneering distribution deals with Amazon, Apple, Time Warner, Cox, Rogers, Verizon and Virgin Media for distribution of Bollywood content and negotiated the joint venture between [212]MEDIA and Hungama Mobile to create Saavn. Vin began his career within the media and technology investment banking group at esteemed Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he advised and financed the high-profile media units of corporations such as @Home and AT&T Broadband, raising over $2.0 billion of equity. Vin graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing and was an Echols Scholar. |
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Vin Bhat General Manager Saavn and Managing Partner, [212]MEDIA |
| An innovative and visionary media and marketing executive with a proven record of success, Barry Frey heads up Cablevision's Advanced Platforms Sales initiative. His division develops and launches Interactive (ITV) and video on demand (VOD) television, plus internet and branded content executions, as well as other digital services for the advertising community. Mr. Frey's unit utilizes Cablevision's advanced two-way fiber-rich network's ability to provide a robust interactive experience for both brands and consumers. Cablevision's cable service with the nation's highest digital penetration rate of 90%, and having received an unprecedented four interactive Emmy Awards has long been recognized as an industry pioneer and leader in cable service innovation. |
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Barry Frey President, Advanced Platforms, Cablevision Systems Corp. |
| Kenny Miller is Executive Vice President and Creative Director for MTV Networks Global Digital Media. He is responsible for MTV Networks’ digital platform development as well as the development of new programming models. From 1998 through 2006, Miller was Vice President of Production and Programming for Noggin and The N, overseeing all aspects of series and interactive production for the linear television networks, Video On Demand and The N’s digital platform, The-N.com. In 2006, Miller won an Emmy for the-n.com’s Video Mixer, and launched the Click, the N’s social media destination. |
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Kenny Miller Executive Vice President & Creative Director, Global Digital Media, MTV |
| Anadil Hossain is a New York-based film producer and founder of Dillywood, Inc., which develops and produces international film projects. Dillywood produced US segments of some of the most commercially successful Bollywood features for directors such as Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowariker, Rakeysh Mehra and Nikhil Advani. Anadil also worked with directors like Mira Nair, Wes Anderson, and Bart Freundlich on their international projects shooting on all continents. Anadil is a central liaison in growing India - U.S. entertainment collaborations. |
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Anadil Hossain Founder/President, Dillywood Productions |
| For Paul, it's not about ads. It's not about products. It's not about clever TV spots. The simple truth is the world runs on ideas. The good ones make it better. Born in Hyderabad, India Paul has risen to be one of the most talented Creative Directors in the advertising industry. Paul started his career at JWT and Ogilvy in India and eventually FCB and now Publicis Worldwide in the US. He has worked for top global brands such as Philips, Cadbury's, Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, UBS, Coke, BMW, and India's own Titan brand. Paul is currently based in NYC. |
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Paul Vinod Creative Director, Publicis |
| Geetanjali is responsible for social media marketing strategies for Jaman.com, a global community and online destination for quality entertainment. She specializes in identifying, packaging and driving small independent films to success using web 2.0 techniques. Geetanjali's recent projects include the launch the global premiere of HUGE, an original webisode series, which aired exclusively on Jaman to worldwide audiences. Additional initiatives include the online distribution of Mira Nair's AIDS Jaago - pivotal mini-movies about the AIDS epidemic reaching an audience in 127 countries, from Bangladesh to Mongolia and Mozambique. Geetanjali is a former civil rights attorney now using technology to amplify the power of film to make a difference in the world. |
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Geetanjali Dhillon Executive Producer, Jaman.com |
| Vipin Goyal is vice president of business development at Joost, where he is responsible for content acquisition, distribution partnerships, and international expansion. Before joining Joost, Vipin was director of strategy and business development at MTV Networks International, where he played a key role in driving the growth of MTV’s businesses across Europe, Asia and Latin America. He also led the strategy, business development and research functions at MTV Networks in India for two years. Vipin also served as a business analyst in the Chicago and Mumbai offices of McKinsey & Company, where he worked with companies in telecom, retail, manufacturing and financial services on issues related to strategy, M&A and operations. Vipin holds an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. |
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Vipin Goyal Vice President, Business Development, Joost |
| Pooja Makhijani, Educational Content Specialist in Sesame Workshop’s International Education, Research and Outreach department, oversees educational content across media in India, Tanzania, and other international projects in development. Prior to Sesame Workshop, she was Associate Editor at the Weekly Reader, a classroom news magazine reaching 11 million elementary schoolchildren in the United States, where she created and managed the production of educational materials for children and teachers. She has also worked in Children's and Educational Programming at Thirteen/WNET, as well as at HarperCollins and Hachette Book Group USA (formerly Time Warner Book Group). She is also a published author, an expert on South Asian children's literature, and fluent in Hindi and Sindhi. |
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Pooja Makhijani Educational Content Specialist, Sesame Workshop |
| Arne Rees oversees ESPN's international business development and also runs the international broadband and wireless business. Working out of ESPN's offices in New York City, Rees is responsible for strategic planning and development spanning five continents. Prior to joining ESPN in 2006, Rees spent five years as the head of strategy and business development for UEFA in Nyon, Switzerland. He garnered additional experience during stints at UBS Capital as an investment consultant and as the director of business development for I-D Media. A native of Heide, Germany, Rees holds a law degree from the University of Passau, a M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a masters of business administration from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausess, Paris, France. He is fluent in English and German. |
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Arne Rees Vice President, International Development, ESPN |
| Vijay Chattha has built two marketing agencies that are a mix of public relations , deal making and digital advertising. This hybrid approach has led the firm to 30% annual growth every year since 2002. EthnikPR is quickly becoming a the go-to PR and digital marketing boutique for major brands looking to connect South Asia and the U.S. The firm was recently tapped by India's largest brands, Reliance Big Entertainment's Jump Games to handle public relations in North America. Chattha's vision with the agency is to re-invent the way brands connect with multicultural audiences through measurable, creative and edgy campaigns that have won the firm six awards for its work with clients such as the Smithsonian Institution, NASABA, and Doubtsourcing-The Comic. EthnikPR is is sister agency to VSC Consulting, a San Francisco and London based digital marketing outfit that focuses on consumer technology, wireless, web 2.0 and advertising technology brands. |
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Vijay Chattha, Chief Talker and Founder of EthnikPR |
| Bamboo Shoots represents a new genre of alternative dance-rock band from New York City. Selected as mtvU's Artist of the Year for Best Music on Campus, the quintet was signed by Epic Records and performed on Late Night With Conan O'Brien in 2007. The band is known for its smart guitar hooks, heavy and danceable rhythm section, and its South Asian identity and influence. Most recently, Bamboo Shoots was a Featured Artist on Myspace Music. The 11-track debut album, titled "Armour", will be released early 2009 through Epic Records across the country as well as in India. |
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Bamboo Shoots MTVU Artist of the Year, Leaders of the growing South Asian/Indian influenced Rock movement |
| Described by Billboard Magazine as a "visionary composer and producer", Karsh Kale is an equally innovative multi-instrumentalist, DJ and remixer. Kale pioneered a sound that brings classical Indian music into the mainstream rock and electronic vernacular. In less than seven years, Kale released five acclaimed albums, scored three films, founded the super group Tabla Beat Science and collaborated with everyone from Zakir Hussain to Paul Oakenfold. |
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Karsh Kale Global Music Pioneer Percussionist/Songwriter Award Winning Composer |
| Often described, but seldom achieved, Sandeep has framed a genre with a single stroke. The debut album FROM THE OUTSIDE is a capsule of a generation's voice and a musical expression fit for the most elegant of seduction. As personal as it is voyeuristic, Sandeep has hand crafted the most imaginative outing of this decade. Indian Carnatic violins, exotic percussions, shamisen, hip hop break beats, powerful pianos; all belong so deservingly on this album. Sandeep's musicality stems from an uncanny ability to marry his vocal congeniality with a soundscape of Indian silk. |
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Sandeep Next Generation Fusion Vocalist melding East and West |
