HITS: Spring 2024

KICKOFF: Jamie Jones, All-4-One

Jamie Jones, Singer/Songwriter/Producer and Founder, All-4-One

KICKOFF: Matt Wong, Songwriter/Producer

Matt Wong, Songwriter/Producer

KEYNOTE: Aaron Levie, Box

HITS OPENING KEYNOTE: Aaron Levie, Chief Executive Officer, Box

KICKOFF: Elaine Low, The Ankler

Elaine Low, Reporter, The Ankler

KICKOFF: Sean McNulty, The WAKEUP

Sean McNulty, Creator & Writer, The WAKEUP, The Ankler

KEYNOTE: Nitin Chawla, Warner Bros. Discovery

EES OPENING KEYNOTE: Nitin Chawla, Head of Finance, Strategy, & Operations, Warner Bros. Discovery

KEYNOTE: Fay Kallel, Prime Video

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE: Fay Kallel, Director, Gen AI Innovation, Prime Video

KEYNOTE: Jen Hollingsworth, Flawless

CLOSING KEYNOTE: Jen Hollingsworth, Chief Commercial Officer, Flawless

Christina Aguilera, WiTH Foundation, Crunchyroll

Christina Aguilera, President, WiTH Foundation

James Altucher, Entrepreneur

James Altucher, Altucher Trader, Investor, Writer, Entrepreneur

Rosemary Ampuero-Jacobs, WiTH Foundation

Rosemary Ampuero-Jacobs, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, & Professional Development Alumni Advisor New York University

Manoj Asnani, Box

Manoj Asnani, Vice President, Product Management - Security & Compliance

Richard Atkinson, CDSA

Richard Atkinson, President, CDSA

Filiz Bahmanpour, WiTH Foundation

Filiz Bahmanpour, Board Member, WiTH Foundation

Caroline Baines, MESA

Caroline Baines, Senior Client Services Director, MESA

Hollie Choi, Entertainment ID Registry Association (EIDR)

Hollie Choi, Managing Director, Entertainment ID Registry Association (EIDR)

Terri Davies, Trusted Partner Network

Terri Davies, President, Trusted Partner Network

Jeanette DePatie, Professional Techsplainer, Propellerhead-Inc

Guy Finley, MESA

Guy Finley, President & Chief Executive Officer, MESA

Sealand Flynn, Fortinet

Sealand Flynn, Head of Media & Entertainment, Fortinet

Nelson Granados, PGBS

Nelson Granados, Executive Director, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Sports (IEMS)

Kartik Hosanagar, Wharton School & Jumpcut Media

Kartik Hosanagar, John C Hower Professor, Wharton School at Penn & Founder, Jumpcut Media

Luisa Huang, Toonstar

Luisa Huang, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, Toonstar

Chris Hutson, Brightspot

Chris Hutson, Principal Product Manager, Brightspot

Halleh Kianfar, Gracenote

Halleh Kianfar, Inclusive Analytics & Contextual Video Data, Gracenote

Nadya Ichinomiya, WiTH Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Nadya Ichinomiya, Chairwoman, WiTH Foundation and Vice President, Head of Agile Transformation, Enablement, & Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Eric Iverson, United Talent Agency

Eric Iverson, Chief Technology Officer, United Talent Agency

Iseabail Lane, WiTH Foundation

Iseabail Lane, Board Member, WiTH Foundation

Yonah Levenson, Language Metadata Table (LMT)

Yonah Levenson, Founder & Co-Chair, Language Metadata Table (LMT) Working Group, MESA

Ghen Laraya Long, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Ghen Laraya Long, International Lawyer, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Claudio Ludovisi, PGBS

Claudio Ludovisi, Assistant Dean, Marketing, Strategy, and Corporate Relations, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

Nicky McBride, Iyuno

Nicky McBride, Chief Revenue Officer, Iyuno & Vendor Chair, MESA Content Localisation Council

Alena Morris, PubMatic

Alena Morris, Senior Director Product Marketing, PubMatic

Erlan Nyssanov, United Talent Agency

Erlan Nyssanov, Innovations, United Talent Agency

Matt Panousis, Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ)

Matt Panousis, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ)

Daniel Pinar, Flawless

Daniel Pinar, Director of Business Development, Flawless

Scott Rose, VSI

Scott Rose, Chief Technology Officer, VSI & Technical Director, MESA's Content Localisation Council

Caesar Sedek, Grant Thornton

Caesar Sedek, Managing Director, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Grant Thornton

Chris Seven, MicroStrategy

Chris Seven, Senior Associate Sales Engineer, MicroStrategy

Seth Shapiro, Founder and Managing Partner, Digital Asset Advisors

Nina Skorus-Neely, WiTH Foundation, Microsoft

Nina Skorus-Neely, WiTH Foundation Secretary & Industry Advisor, Microsoft

Spencer Stephens, MovieLabs

Spencer Stephens, Senior Vice President Production Technology & Security, MovieLabs

David Thomson, Momentum Design Lab, an HTEC company

David Thomson, Executive Global Product & Design Leadership, Momentum Design Lab, an HTEC company

Frederick Vallaeys, Optmyzr

Frederick Vallaeys, Chief Executive Officer, Optmyzr

Doug Warner, PGBS

Doug Warner, Co-Director, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Sports (IEMS)

Carmi Zlotnik, Legendary Entertainment

Carmi Zlotnik, President of Television, Legendary Entertainment

Amy Zwagerman, PGBS

Amy Zwagerman, Program Manager, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Sports (IEMS)

WiTH ADVISOR: Ana Achaval, WiTH Foundation, AMD

Ana Miren Achaval, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Head of Localization, AMD

WiTH ADVISOR: Shelley Andagan, WiTH Foundation, Snapdragon Studios

Shelley Andagan, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Director of Game Studio Partnerships & Executive Producer, Snapdragon Studios

WiTH ADVISOR: Nancy Baca, WiTH Foundation, The Walt Disney Company

Nancy Baca, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Director, Licensing Financial Systems, The Walt Disney Company

WiTH ADVISOR: iAsia Brown, WiTH Foundation, Microsoft

iAsia Brown, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Program Manager II, FastTrack for Azure, Microsoft

WiTH ADVISOR: Annie Chang, WiTH Foundation, Universal Pictures/NBCUniversal

Annie Chang, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Vice President, Creative Technologies Universal Pictures/NBCUniversal

WiTH ADVISOR: Jaclyn Knag, WiTH Foundation, Paramount Pictures

Jaclyn Knag, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Vice President, Content Security, Paramount Pictures

WiTH ADVISOR: Dawn Martin, WiTH Foundation, Advantis Global

Dawn Martin, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Senior Product Manager, Advantis Global

WiTH ADVISOR: Cybill Miklaszewski, WiTH Foundation

Cybill Miklaszewski, WiTH Foundation

WiTH ADVISOR: Theresa Miller, WiTH Foundation, Lionsgate

Theresa Miller, WiTH Foundation Treasurer and Chief Information Officer, Lionsgate

WiTH ADVISOR: April Schneider, WiTH Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment

April Schneider, Board Member, WiTH Foundation, Vice President IT, IP Management & General Counsel, Sony Pictures Entertainment

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