IPTV World Forum Latin America 2009

Juan Vasquez has more than 14 years of experience in the Telecommunications sector. He has been in his current position in VTR since May, 2002.

Alejandra Rico is the IPTV Project Manager at Telecom Argentina. She is responsible for the end-to-end project coordination throughout the different activities and teams involved in the design and implementation; including technology and network infrastructure evaluation, operational processes and OSS/BSS impact evaluation, media and product - market definitions.

In his current position Mr. Sanchez is responsible for developing the digital media distribution business for Warner Bros. in Latin America. Mr. Sanchez oversees the licensing and marketing of Warner Bros. content among various digital lines of business including electronic sell-through (download-to-own) and transactional video-on-demand.  He is charged with placing WB content on various platforms that provide consumers with a satisfactory exerience in terms of flexibility and portablity.

Sergio Sevileanu is a network solution manager at Nokia Siemens Networks in Brazil and a specialist in TV applications and deployment scenarios. He is responsible for translating customer market strategies into tangible network solutions, including 3^rd party elements and integration.

Alberto Luchetti Neto is a journalist for 34 years. He worked 30 years in one of the main Brazilian newspaper, the Estado de São Paulo, as a reporter, an editor and a politics correspondent.

Len Feldman, Director of IPTV Analysis for Multimedia Research Group, Inc. (MRG) in San Jose, California, writes the company’s biannual IPTV Market Leader Reports and IPTV Global Forecasts, as well as Market/Technology reports such as Internet Video for IPTV Service Providers, all part of MRG’s IPTV Tracking Service. He also contributes to MRG’s ongoing series of reports on Advanced Advertising.

Laerte Davi Cleto is Electronic and Telecommunications Engineer and Master in Computer Science/Microelectronics.

Based in São Paulo, Milton Neto is the manager of New Business Development for Turner Latin America. Milton is responsible for developing projects related to video-on-demand, broadband, mobile and websites for all Turner’s networks - CNN, TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Woohoo.

Rodrigo Modesto Duclos graduated in Electric Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and holds an MBA from the same university where he developed a structural analysis of the Brazilian Cable industry in 1999.

Co-founder of Grupo Convergencia (news firm and consultancy specialized in the telecommunications sector since 1995) and Convergencialatina.

He is a Certified Public Accountant (UBA –Argentina), MBA (UTDT –Argentina) and WHU (Germany).

Alvaro Paes de Barros, Vice President of Distribution, MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA). He’s responsible for furthering the company’s content distribution strategy in the region.

Mr Betancur is currently Manager of the IPTV project in the Vice Presidency of Information Technology and Communications (ICT), planning, monitoring and control for the technical and commercial implementation of an IPTV service for EPM Telecomunicaciones.

Director of TVTelco Latam, the first media specialized on IPTV & Mobile TV in Latin America. Journalist and analyst with more than 10 years at the forefront of media and telecommunications business in Latin America.

An University Teacher with a degree and an MS in Economics by the “Faculté de Droit et Sciences Économiques” of “Université de Paris” – France – and post-graduate studies in Agricultural Economics in the University of Oxford – England.

Mario Nakaharada is an executive consultant in IPTV business in NEC do Brasil. His main activities are solution development and system design, where he coordinates teams and works together with customers and suppliers, aiming the best solution.

Taras Bugir is a seasoned media technology executive, with over 20 years of proven success managing and developing media and broadcasting systems both domestically and internationally. Currently, he is engaged with Sun as Business Development Executive, Media & Communications. In this role he is focused on senior level client engagements, developing media partnerships and establishing a channel strategy for London, New York and Los Angeles to ensure Sun shares global media best practices.

Steve Oetegenn's career in the Information Technology industry spans 25 years. He has a wide range of experience in international business, having launched numerous high tech products to the global marketplace.

Felipe Luna is the Regional Director of CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) South for Harris Broadcast Communications Division.

Stephen Cooper has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in the areas of order management, service provisioning, inventory management and test and verification. He has held leadership positions in product line management, product marketing, and product development.

Tim leads the IPTV and Multi-Play product and partnership initiatives for the Converged IP Communications division of Comverse Americas in the IPTV and Telco TV markets. Previously, Tim founded and ran several start-up companies including Xalted Networks, Force Communications and Global Broadcasting Corporation.

Mr. Stevens serves as the Vice President, Systems Engineering, Americas, at Juniper Networks, leading the technical team that supports Juniper Networks customers throughout North and South America. Prior to this, Scott served as Vice President and Strategic Advisor, Worldwide Systems Engineering, for Juniper Networks. In this capacity, he worked closely with Juniper's largest carrier customers to deliver new, revenue-generating services over an IP infrastructure.

Arturo Pereyra leads marketing and business development for Oracle's BSS and OSS solutions.  Mr. Pereyra has over 15 years of experience in the hi-technology and telecommunications industries.

Hector Prieto is the CEO and founder partner of HyC. He has 15 years experience in the telecommunications and media sector, focused mainly in the business of TV operators: Cable, Satellite, Terrestrial, ADSL (IPTV) and Mobile TV.