Agency Council Speakers' Bureau

Luis Avila 
Director, Strategic Marketing & Corporate Development
Scientific Atlanta
Lawrenceville, GA

• Broadband
• Competitive Strategy
• Consumer/Research Trends
• Creative Strategy & Execution
• Digital Services
• Interactive Services
• Launching/Developing New Services
• New Media Marketing Strategies

Bernice Mar 
Principal
Bmar Associates
Englewood, CO

• Database Marketing

Pam Bertino 
VP & GM 
The Weather Channel
Atlanta, GA

• Digital Services
• Launching/Developing New Services

Bob Bradley 
VP, Regional Sales 
ABC Cable Networks 
Burbank, CA 

• Digital Programming Nets
• Launching New Services for Affiliate Sales & Marketing
• Value-Based Propositions to Operators

Tully Bragg 
Consultant 
Denver, CO 

• Affiliate Sales/Marketing
• Bandwidth Management
• Programming Strategy

Sherry Brennan 
VP, PPV & VOD 
Cablevision 
Bethpage, NY 

• General Product Management
• Marketing for PPV & VOD
• Programming Strategies
• Video on Demand

Daniel Casciato 
Regional VP
USA Networks
Chicago, IL

• Chapter Success

John Cimperman 
Regional VP, Sales & Marketing
Adelphia 
EVP
Buffalo Sabres 
Buffalo, NY

• Competitive Marketing
• Interactive Services
• Loyalty Programs
• New Media Marketing Strategies

Erica Conaty 
Director of Marketing & Communications 
NBC Cable Networks
Fort Lee, NJ

• Creative Strategy & Execution
• Launching/Developing New Services
• New Media Marketing Strategies

Kelvin Fee 
SVP AT&T Broadband Customer Service
Plantation, FL

• Broadband
• Competitive Strategy

Randy Fisher 
VP & General Counsel 
Adelphia
Coudersport, PA

• Competitive Strategies
• Operations

Kevin Gardner 
VP, Marketing 
Comcast 
Southfield, MI 

• Competitive Strategies
• Integration of Cultures
• Managing Multiple Projects
• Personnel/Organizational Structures

Leslie Howard 
SVP 
Starz Encore 
Englewood, CO

• Competitive Strategy 
• New Media Digital Services
• Programming Strategies

Jeff Huppertz 
VP, Marketing 
Clearband LLC 
Schaumburg, IL

• Broadband
• Competitive Strategy
• Digital Services
• Interactive Services
• Launching/Developing New Services
• New Media Marketing

Richard Jennings 
VP & GM 
Time Warner Cable 
Milwaukee, WI

• Broadband
• Competitive Strategy
• Creative Strategy & Execution
• Customer Service
• Launching/Developing New Services
• Operations

Doug Jost 
VP & GM
Showtime
Addison, TX

• Programming Strategies

Robert Leighton 
President 
Starz Encore
Englewood, CO

• Consumer Research
• Programming Strategies

Susan Lewis 
Division VP 
Starz Encore
Philadelphia, PA

• Digital Services
• Programming Sales

William Mitchell 
VP 
MTV Networks 
Santa Monica, CA 

• Competitive Strategy
• Digital Services
• Programming Sales & Marketing Trends

Lee Schlazer 
Account VP 
Showtime Networks 
Addison, TX 

• Competitive Strategy – from a premium providers’ view 
• Digital Services – importance of creative price value relationships
• Programming Strategies

Vipan Seth 
Director Marketing & Sales 
Cox Communications 
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 

• Broadband
• Consumer Research 
• Database Marketing
• Digital 
• Launching New Services
• Multicultural

Stephen Shelanski 
SVP Program Acquisition 
Starz Encore 
Englewood, CO

• Acquisitions
• Network Programming
• Scheduling

John Vorbeck 
Director Database Marketing
Charter Communications
Saint Louis, MO

• Database Marketing

Steve White 
SVP 
AT&T Broadband 
Norcross, GA 

• Broadband
• Customer Service
• Multicultural
• Operations

Tricia Wilber 
VP Business Development
ABC Cable Networks
Bristol, CT

• TV Strategies
• Launching/Developing New Services

Tad Yo 
VP Broadband & Interactive 
Time Warner Cable 
Orange, CA 

• Broadband
• Competitive Strategy
• Customer Loyalty
• Digital Services
• Launching/Developing New Services
• Multicultural Marketing Operations