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* DAVE KLEE, A+E Networks, VP, Strategic Media Solutions

Klee is the VP of strategic media solutions at A+E Networks, a global entertainment and media company with cable television channels including A&E, History, FYI, Viceland, and Lifetime. He is building a new technology team based focused on engineering and strategy for media supply chain systems, leveraging the cloud to drive agile transformations.

* JIM MILES, NBC Sports & Olympics, Senior Director, Live Event Workflows

Miles is responsible for the design and implementation of NBC Sports and Olympics systems for intake, postproduction, and asset management workflows for domestic and international sports coverage. He has spent the last 15 years with NBC modernizing post production workflows and implementing large scale editing, playback, and MAM systems.

LUKE NIHART, Quantum, VP, Global Accounts

Nihart and has been a sales leader in the global M&E storage space for over 13 years leading teams that have designed and deployed multiexabyte storage and compute solutions globally. Prior to Quantum, Nihart held management roles at Dell and Cisco.

* GRANT NODINE, NHL, SVP, Technology

Nodine arrived at the NHL over 20 years ago, and has been involved in building a technology infrastructure that supports NHL.com and all 30 of the team’s websites, numerous systems to produce and deliver streaming media, and many other large technology implementations.

KEIFER O’CONNOR, PGA TOUR, Director of Media Rights Management

O’Connor’s team supports the PGA TOUR’s media partnerships’ content use, providing strategic support to ensure the needs of partners and constituents are met while staying within the bounds of PGA TOUR content guidelines.

IAN OWEN, Riot Games, Manager, Media Asset Management, Esports

Owen started his career working in broadcasting for the Memphis Grizzlies and NBA Entertainment. He joined Riot Games late in 2022 as the global manager of media asset management for the esports pillar and now oversees a growing team in Dublin, Ireland and Seattle.

PHILIPPE PETITPONT, Newsbridge, CEO and Co-Founder

Petitpont co-founded Newsbridge to tackle the challenge of managing the overwhelming amount of video content generated by media rights holders. As CEO, he signed Newsbridge’s first customers in 2017 and grew the company in the broadcast and sports industries.

ANDREW REICH, AWS, Senior Consultant, Sports, Professional Services

Reich works with customers and partners on migrating their solutions to the cloud, in addition to driving technological innovation in sports. He has led major cloud adoption initiatives and projects involving live and post production, Visual Effects (VFX) rendering, content data and analytics, media pipeline, and services deployment.

* SCOTT RINEHART, University of Notre Dame, Director, Broadcast and Streaming Technologies

Rinehart is the director of broadcast and streaming technologies for the University of Notre Dame, responsible for providing technical direction and oversight of Notre Dame Studios’ production infrastructure. Prior to Notre Dame, Rinehart worked in a variety of roles at NASCAR Media Group and PGA Tour Productions.