As CEO of TechWeb, Tony Uphoff leads United Business Media’s (UBM) group of global business technology brands. Tony Uphoff is a media thought leader and executive with over 20 years of experience in building, growing and leading B2B media businesses in highly competitive markets. Uphoff has the distinction of having run three of the top five B2B brands in history all at the peak of their reach, revenues and profits: InformationWeek, The Hollywood Reporter and PC Week. He served as the original CEO of the internet media company Beliefnet, which was recently sold to News Corp, and has been at the forefront of online and integrated media over the last decade. Named one of the top 100 business media executives by B2B Magazine's "Who's Who in Business Media" in 2006 and 2007, Uphoff is a regular speaker and panelist on media and technology at industry and association conferences.

Ken Seiff is Founder and CEO of DietTV.com, the leading online social network for dieters who want to lose weight on any diet. The site is revolutionizing the weight loss industry by offering dieters sophisticated web and mobile tools, impartial expert and user-generated content, and online support groups—all for FREE. DietTV.com launched in June 2007.

From 2004 to 2006, Seiff was Chief Executive Officer of Glowcast Ventures, a privately held entity that incubated 3 start ups in the media and technology industries and consulted and/or partnered with a number of leading brands including Amazon, Tribeca Films, Lacoste and American Idol. Prior to that, Seiff was Founder and CEO of Bluefly.com, the leading internet retailer selling designer clothing at discounted prices.

Adam Holzer was named senior vice president, integration and emerging media, Fox Cable Networks, in November 2006. He is based in Fox’s New York City headquarters and reports directly to Guy Sousa, executive vice president, ad sales, Fox Cable Networks.

Holzer is responsible for all cross-platform sales, promotions, product integration, content tie-ins, and other brand relationships for Fox Cable Networks. His day-to-day duties include coordinating and developing all integrated and multi-platform programs on behalf of FX, Fox Sports Net, SPEED, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel HD, Fox Reality, Fox Movie Channel, FUEL TV, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, Fox College Sports, and still other linear services. In 2006, Holzer’s influence in his field was recognized by Sports Business Journal, which named him to its prestigious 40 Under 40 list.

As Friendster's Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, Aaron manages all sales, business development, and advertising operations for the company.

Aaron brings over 16 years of experience in sales, marketing and operations with an impressive track record in online advertising sales, business development and subscriptions. Aaron has held senior sales, marketing and business development roles at Sequoia Capital backed Quote.com (Lycos Finance), Trident Capital backed WhenU, Inc., and publicly traded Looksmart (NASDAQ: LOOK). Aaron negotiated and executed the 2007 global premium partnership between Friendster and Google. During his time with the company, his sales strategies and tactics have resulted in Friendster scaling revenue to new highs while in parallel maximizing efficiencies of new and existing strategic business alliances.

Stephen McKenna brings 25-years experience in strategic planning, market analysis, operations management, and mergers and acquisitions to his position of Vice-President, Media & Entertainment in HP’s Communications, Media, and Entertainment business.

Prior to joining HP, Mr. McKenna was Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, for Ascent Media where he was responsible for strategic marketing and product development across the company, collaborating closely with the three major operating groups, Creative Services, Media Management Services and Network Services, as well as the newly formed Digital Services Group to develop targeted, branded, customized applications for the company’s clients.

As vice president of marketing for The Independent Film Channel (IFC), Kent Rees oversees all trade and consumer marketing initiatives for the network. He also serves as the key architect for further developing the network's brand identity as "tv, uncut."

Prior to his current role at IFC, Mr. Rees served for two years as the network’s creative director as part of parent company Rainbow Media Holdings LLC’s creative services department. In that role, he was a chief contributor to the development of the re-energized on-air look and feel of IFC to the current “tv, uncut” branding, which earned IFC the distinction as a Brand Builder by BrandWeek.

Suzanne McDonnell is Vice President, Client Services, Digital Fusion for MTV Networks. In this role, McDonnell is responsible for executing on MTVN’s digital ad sales strategy and developing marketing solutions that encompass the company’s portfolio of multi-platform brands, including MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Shockwave, Gametrailers, CMT, Spike and Logo.

McDonnell began her career at Leo Burnett in Chicago, where she led brand building efforts for a range of Fortune 500 companies.
In her most recent roles as Group Account Director at Berlin Cameron and Managing Director at Saatchi & Saatchi, McDonnell managed marketing campaigns for a host of clients in industries ranging from food and beverage to healthcare to media.
McDonnell has a B.S. in Economics from Colgate University. She lives in Manhattan.

Michael Silberman joined nymag.com, the Website of New York magazine, as general manager in May 2007. He is responsible for strategic planning for nymag.com on both the business and editorial sides and oversees a growing staff of more than 45.

Silberman came to nymag.com from Rodale, where he was vice president and editorial director for Rodale Interactive. He joined Rodale in April 2005, where he managed a 35-person team responsible for editorial, design, production and product development for the online editions of Rodale's magazines. During his time at Rodale, he launched the Website for Women's Health magazine and redesigned and relaunched the Websites for Men's Health, Runner's World, and Bicycling magazines, resulting in significant growth of Web traffic for each of those sites.

Mr. Petrovic is an industry veteran, having started his career in the digital media arena in the late 90’s. He has held executive management positions in a variety of corporate settings, from start-ups to publicly traded companies to venture capital firms. Through his diverse career paths, he has developed deep capabilities in marketing, sales, business development, strategy and international business.

Petrovic currently serves as Vice President of Digital Media for Playboy Enterprises. In this role, he is responsible for developing and managing digital-focused strategic and business development initiatives for all divisions the company, including digital, television, radio and publishing. In this role, his responsibilities include finding the next generation products and services and developing launch strategies for their successful global execution. This position places him at the leading-edge of new and future ideas and technologies as well as and new-media business models.

Albhy Galuten is Vice President of Digital Media Technology Strategy for Sony Corporation of America (SCA). In addition to his technological achievements, Mr. Galuten is a Grammy award-winning record producer, songwriter and arranger.

Mr. Galuten joined SCA in March 2005. His responsibilities include work on technology strategy and due diligence, research & development, relationships with the content industry and the development of standards. Before coming to Sony, Mr. Galuten was Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology, Universal Music Group. Under Mr. Galuten, eLabs and Universal’s Advanced Technology group provided: strategic advice to senior management in the technology space, performed technical due diligence of software, hardware and business systems, invented technology and filed patents. Under Mr. Galuten, the group also managed standards participation, negotiated technology licenses and provided technical support for lobbying efforts and trade organizations.

With over 15 years of experience in brand development, marketing and sales management, Scott Kelliher joined Virgin Mobile USA in June 2006 and oversees the various advertising programs available to Virgin Mobile’s media partners. That focus includes Sugar Mama, Virgin Mobile’s innovative mobile advertising platform that allows customers to interact with different brands in exchange for free airtime.

Prior to becoming a member of the VMU team, Kelliher was national director of sales and production for The Lodge in NYC which provides original music compositions for television and radio advertising; he was responsible for development, creation and implementation of national sales and marketing strategies. Before The Lodge, he was the national director of sales for Elias Arts and the director of marketing and strategic ventures for BLADES Board & Skate.