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Scott Wharton, founder and CEO of Vidtel, Inc. has been recognized as a leader in the VoIP and video industry for nearly two decades.

From 1999 to early 2008, he was the VP of Marketing at BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT), the leading developer and marketer of VoIP application servers, which also handle video IP calling. Scott made significant and enduring contributions leading to: the dominance of the BroadSoft brand in the voice application space, the company’s acquisition of 9 of the world’s 10 largest telecom service providers as customers, and the expansion of the company’s presence in over 60 countries. Scott also defined a new product category for the telecom industry, a next-generation
applications layer, establishing BroadSoft's global leadership in the VoIP applications market.

In 2003, Scott was honored with the Frost & Sullivan IP Telephony Executive of the Year Award. It is presented each year to the individual who has excelled in developing and executing a business strategy allowing his or her company to gain market leadership. Scott has also been recognized as a “Top 100 Voice” in the IP Communications Industry by Internet Telephony magazine.

Prior to BroadSoft, Scott was Vice President of Marketing at VocalTec Communications
(NASDAQ: CALL), the pioneer and a leading developer of VoIP software solutions. From 1995 to 1999, Scott spearheaded numerous groundbreaking initiatives, including the development of the first commercial VoIP product and the creation of the VoIP service provider industry. Scott holds an MBA from Yale University.

Ofer Shapiro, Vidyo’s co-founder and CEO, has been an innovative force at the heart of two major architectural transformations in the videoconferencing industry seen over the past two decades. Ofer was integrally involved in the development of the H.323 specification and the first IP based multi-point control unit architecture, which provided a platform for multi-point conferences that were unconstrained by bandwidth limitations of an externally programmable Gatekeeper, enabling the transition from ISDN to IP transport. The products introduced by Ofer during his tenure at RADVISION were adopted by Cisco, Tandberg and Polycom, and reached almost 100% market share. A decade later, he innovated the use of Scalable Video Coding for video conferencing and led the development of a new media relay based architecture designed for affordable scale and extended reach over unmanaged IP networks and general purpose computing devices. The Vidyo architecture has been hailed and accepted as the market shifting innovation necessary to address the burgeoning $19B personal telepresence market. Ofer is a named inventor on 20 issued and 19 pending patent families and has 14 years of experience in bringing innovations in this field to successful, wide-scale adoption.

John Antanaitis is the Vice President of Product Marketing at Polycom. With nearly 20 years in high-tech communications, he leads a global marketing team responsible for worldwide product positioning, messaging, new product launches and events for Polycom products, solutions and services. John joined Polycom in 2002 after spending five years in Marketing and General Management functions for Stanley Tool Works and Fortune Brands. Prior to that, John spent ten years with Motorola, working in various functional disciplines including Engineering, Operations and Marketing in the mobile phone industry. John has an MBA with majors in Marketing and Operations Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois and a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

As Lead Architect for Cisco, Mike Geller is responsible for developing, defining and executing: Security strategy, architecture and plan for Service Providers including the application of secure SDN and service delivery, Cloud, Mobility and Infrastructure; and the architecture and operational model for the delivery of immersive video services across an inter provider boundary. Mr. Geller also leads Cisco’s standards work in immersive video (TP) for the ATIS Cloud Services Forum, OVCC, and IETF; develops and maintains architecture which empowers SP’s to monetize their networks by offering managed and cloud services; is a recognized expert in the application of IP-SLA and other performance management technology in Service Provider and Enterprise Networks; and has published the ATIS CSF Standards & Book about the “Inter-Cloud.”

Mr. Geller has BS from Emory University, MS-MIS from University of Miami, and has Multiple Industry Certifications: CCIE # 5392, Microsoft Certified Engineer.

Mr. Michael Brandofino joined AVI-SPL in May 2009, driving the company’s initiatives for industry leadership in video and Unified Communications (UC) services.
Mr. Brandofino leads AVI-SPL’s managed services and Unified Communications strategy, providing direction for business development, product development and management,

professional services, global HelpDesk support services and video network operations center (VNOC) managed services. Under his leadership, AVI-SPL developed its video-focused

support program, Unify ME™ services portfolio, Digital Media solutions and the multifunction telepresence solution, Caméléon Telepresence®
Mr. Brandofino has over 20 years of experience in the video communications space, which started when he co-founded video equipment reseller Face to Face Communications in

1992. The organization was subsequently acquired by the Johns Brook Company in 1997. He was president of Johns Brook at the time it was acquired by Wire One, GlowPoint Inc.’s

predecessor company, in 2000. He went on to serve as CTO of Glowpoint, and subsequently was named CEO of the company in 2006.
Among his career highlights, Mr. Brandofino received Telespan’s PACE award in 2008 for his visionary contributions to the advancement of video communications.

Stephen Vobbe is the SVP of Business Development at Glowpoint, a leader in cloud and managed video services. He is responsible for Glowpoint’s go-to-market

strategy and for developing innovative cloud and managed video solutions with technology partners.

As a business development executive with over 20 years of experience developing innovative technology solutions, Stephen has spent the last 8 years developing visual collaboration solutions for enterprises and service providers.

Prior to joining Glowpoint, Stephen held a number of senior leadership roles at Tandberg and Cisco where he developed key technology solutions with companies such as Microsoft, HP, Barco, Broadsoft, IBM and Avaya. Stephen was also responsible for Tandberg’s entry into the service provider solutions market where he helped service providers around the globe develop managed services offerings for video conferencing.

David Danto has nearly 35 years of experience providing problem solving leadership and innovation in media and unified communications technologies for various firms in the corporate, broadcasting and academic worlds. This includes:
- The building and managing of the world’s largest commercial Cisco TelePresence ecosystem (other than within Cisco) for JP Morgan Chase.
- The design, implementation and operation of global video and audio conferencing facilities, television and audio/visual facilities and digital signage solutions for Lehman Brothers.
- The design of television and radio facilities for Bloomberg, including the development of their revolutionary multi-screen TV format and the design and construction of studios for The Charlie Rose Show.
- The development of the Television and Media Services department for NYU, including the design and implementation of America's first urban, self contained, multi-building university cable TV system using microwave links to cross public rights of way.
- The design and management of multimedia and/or TV broadcast facilities for many organizations, including AT&T, Financial News Network, MTV, NBC, Rutgers University, and many others. He has also acted as Engineer in Charge for countless commercial and industrial television productions.
David's efforts have been recognized by the premiere industry organizations in media technology. In early 2007 he was elected (and still serves) as the Director of Emerging Technologies for the non-profit Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance (www.imcca.org.) Additionally, InfoComm International has appointed him as Adjunct Faculty for their educational efforts every year since 2007 and has recently added him to their prestigious “InfoComm 100” key industry thought leaders. He has served as a National Association of Broadcasters conference “Pick-Hits” judge for Broadcast Engineering since 2001. The CEA - the industry authority on consumer electronics – appointed him to be a judge for the Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Design and Engineering Awards in 2011 and 2013. Enterprise Connect appointed him to be a judge for their Innovations Showcase in 2012.
David is a frequent contributor to and blogger for industry publications, and presenter at industry events. He is also the author of the popular “View From The Road” series of blogs. In addition, David has served on many manufacturer council and advisory boards for firms including Polycom, Plantronics, AVI-SPL & BlueJeansNet.
David is now working with Dimension Data, a global ICT services and solutions provider, to focus on Video, Multimedia and Collaboration Technology Architecture consulting services in the US.

Eric Kintz is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Logitech for Business, the group within Logitech focused on business productivity and collaboration solutions. In this role, he is responsible for business product research and development, as well as worldwide business marketing and sales. Mr. Kintz reports to Logitech’s president.
Previously, Eric Kintz was Vice President and General Manager of Logitech’s video business unit, responsible for Logitech’s award-winning line of high-definition webcams, the company’s Vid video calling service, as well as the Logitech Alert line of digital video security solutions for homes and small businesses.
Erik Kintz joined Logitech in 2009 as the Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development. He led the development of Logitech’s long-term strategy for future growth and spearheaded the $405 million acquisition of LifeSize Communications. He was also responsible for cementing deep partner relationships with companies such as Microsoft and Google.
Prior to joining Logitech in 2009, Eric Kintz was Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for Hewlett Packard's Web Services and Software division. Eric was previously Vice President of Global Marketing Strategy for HP and was recognized by Brandweek in 2007 as one of the top 10 marketers under 40.
Eric graduated from Essec Business School in Paris, France with an M.B.A. in marketing.

John Antanaitis is the Vice President of Product Marketing at Polycom. With nearly 20 years in high-tech communications, he leads a global marketing team responsible for worldwide product positioning, messaging, new product launches and events for Polycom products, solutions and services. John joined Polycom in 2002 after spending five years in Marketing and General Management functions for Stanley Tool Works and Fortune Brands. Prior to that, John spent ten years with Motorola, working in various functional disciplines including Engineering, Operations and Marketing in the mobile phone industry. John has an MBA with majors in Marketing and Operations Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois and a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Krish brings more than 20 years of successful leadership and innovation to Blue Jeans Network. A serial entrepreneur, Krish has been founder and CEO of several successful startup ventures. Prior to Blue Jeans, he was an Entrepeneur-In-Residence (EIR) at Accel Partners, where he was exploring HD video

technologies including the current idea behind Blue Jeans. Before that, Krish was the General Manager for the Server Virtualization business unit at Cisco Systems, responsible for architecting Cisco's datacenter and desktop virtualization solutions. Prior to his work at Cisco, Krish was the CEO of Topspin

Communications. Under his stewardship, the company re-invented itself as a datacenter virtualization player and executed strategic partnerships with IBM, Dell, HP, and Sun.
Topspin was acquired by Cisco in 2005. Before joining Topspin, Krish was the vice president and general manager for the Content Business Unit at Cisco Systems. Under his leadership, Cisco developed many industry-leading products including the L4-L7 load balancers, content caches, CDN, and micro-webservers. Krish joined Cisco in 1995 when his first startup, Internet Junction, was acquired by them. Earlier in his career, Krish worked for NET, PeerLogic, Bell Labs, and Perkin-Elmer. He has an MSCS from Monmouth University and a BS (Physics) from Madras University, India.

Andy Howard is Managing Director of Howard & Associates, a leading consulting firm focused on helping clients “improve communications with video.” Mr. Howard has helped hundreds of customers architect and implement enterprise-wide video deployments. Mr. Howard is a highly regarded IP video expert, industry veteran, and a frequent speaker at leading industry events.

Previously, Mr. Howard was an executive at VBrick Systems and was instrumental is building it from a startup to the worldwide market leader (Frost & Sullivan). Mr. Howard directed VBrick’s product strategy and strategic alliances, positioning it as the “go to” partner for companies such as Avaya, Microsoft, HP, and LifeSize.

Mr. Howard pioneered the first streaming media caching appliance in the late 1990's, while at CacheFlow (Blue Coat) and Novell. Mr. Howard received a bachelor's degree cum laude from Harvard University and an MBA with Distinction from the University of Michigan.

www.howard-associates.com

Bob Romano is the Vice President of Global Marketing at Radvision, an Avaya company. He is an industry veteran with more than 16 years of experience in the visual communications industry and as a daily user of online conferencing technologies; he is an expert in how to effectively meet over distance. Prior to assuming his current role at Radvision, Bob has held positions as president of VCON, Inc., a market leader in video over IP solutions and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at First Virtual Communications, an enterprise software conferencing company. Additionally, he has consulted in the conferencing industry to many of the market leading companies and was president and chief operating officer of an early stage web conferencing startup. Prior to his involvement in the conferencing industry, Bob spent 11 years with IBM in a variety of sales and finance positions both nationally and internationally. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Joan Vandermate is Vice President of Product Marketing at Vidyo and brings experience in sales, business development, product management and marketing leadership roles to her position at Vidyo. Most recently Joan lead product management for Avaya’s contact center solutions focused on delivering Avaya’s contact center portfolio to new and expanding markets including the software as a service (SaaS) and mid market segments. Previously Joan served as global Vice President of Marketing for Polycom, where she was responsible for marketing Polycom’s portfolio of video communications solutions. At Polycom Joan’s responsibilities included product marketing, competitive and go-to-market strategies for their video solutions to enterprises and service providers. She was previously the Vice President of Product Management at Siemens Communications, where she held P&L responsibility for a $300+ million telecommunications product portfolio.