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Club Penguin/Disney, MySpace/News Corp, UGO/Hearst, Sign-Storey/CBS, Grouper/Sony, Musicmatch/Yahoo, element5/DigitalRiver, Neven Vision/Google, Trymedia/Macrovision, iFilm/Viacom,xDrive/AOL and Rent.com/eBay. Montgomery has also raisedcapital for clients such as meebo, Realtime Worlds, Visible World,Vuze, WildTangent, Move Networks, LegalZoom.com, Reactrix andDivX. Mr. Covert was a founding member of Montgomery & Co.’sinvestment banking group.Bruce DamerExecutive DirectorContact Consortium - Virtual Worlds Roadmap SIGBruce Damer is one of the pioneers of the virtual worlds mediumhaving formed the fi rst organization dedicated to the medium (theContact Consortium), held the fi rst conferences, and authoredsome of the fi rst publications (the book Avatars, 1997, and others).Bruce has recently led open-source virtual worlds efforts in a numberof industries including the space program and NASA. He is alsoheading up a virtual worlds history project with Stanford Universityand leading the EvoGrid effort for Biota.org, a virtual worlds grid forartifi cial life experimentation.Erica DriverPrincipalThinkBalmErica Driver is a co-founder and principal at ThinkBalm. She is aleading industry analyst with 14 years of experience in IT. Prior toco-founding ThinkBalm, Erica was a Principal Analyst at ForresterResearch, where she launched the company’s Web3D coverageas part of her enterprise collaboration research. She was also theco-conspirator behind Forrester’s Information Workplace conceptsand research. While at Forrester Erica served as a strategic advisorto a wide range of clients including Alcoa, Bell Canada, DominionResources, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Marriott, Microsoft, Raytheon,Roche, the United Nations, and the U.S. General Services Administration.Malik DucardVP North American Digital DistributionParamount Digital EntertainmentMalik Ducard currently serves as Vice President of North AmericanDigital Distribution at Paramount Digital Entertainment. In this role,Ducard is responsible for driving revenue and profitability growth byenlisting third-party aggregators to distribute Paramount Pictures’content across alternative distribution channels. He also leads thedomestic team, and drives digital development and exploitation ofgrowing digital business such as Virtual Worlds, Content-loadedHardware and Devices, and Consumer-direct Distribution Efforts.Prior to joining Paramount, Ducard held VP positions at both Lionsgateand MGM Studios.Brian DunbarEVP Client ServicesMillions of UsBrian Dunbar is EVP Client Services and Millions of Us, which hasspearheaded a consortium of virtual world industry leaders in commissioninga report on ROI in virtual worlds from Forrester consulting.Brian Dunbar has spent most of his career working at someof the world’s most creative advertising agencies. Prior to joiningMillions of Us, he was an Associate Partner at Goodby Silverstein &Partners in San Francisco and, before that, a Group Account Directorand head of business development at DDB in Dallas. Brian’s careerencompasses two decades of award-winning advertising andmarketing experience across a variety of industries. Dunbar hasworked with many marquee brands including American Airlines,E*TRADE, eBay, Saturn, Adobe, Frito Lay, and Budweiser.Martin DunsbyCEOVolleeMartin Dunsby is President and CEO of Vollee, which enables aninteractive PC experience on mobile – including the recently debutedSecond Life application available for 3G handsets. Martin,a 17-year telecommunications veteran, works with operators andcontent publishers to create and launch innovative 3G services todrive business success. Martin was formerly GM/SVP at mobilesolutions provider Openwave Systems, responsible for Global Services,accounting for half the company’s revenue. Previously Martinwas VP of sales and operations for engineering consultancy,inCode Wireless.Brenda ElliotVice President, MarketingiToys, maker of Me2www.irwintoy.comBrenda Elliott, V.P. Marketing at iToys Inc, has over 20 years experiencein Marketing, Licensing and Product Development withAmerican Sensor ( Hi-tech carbon monoxide detection) , Irwin Toy,Spinmaster, and iToys inc. Brenda is recognized for Global StrategicMarketing, and New Product Trends.Adam FrisbyDirectorDeepThinkOpenSim DeveloperAdam Frisby is a founder and director of DeepThink labs, a companyspecializing in Virtual Worlds since early 2004. Adam is alsothe Chief Technical Architect for Another Dimension Media and isheavily involved in the development of the OpenSim platform andparticipates as a core developer.Robert GehorsamPresidentForterra SystemsRobert Gehorsam, President of Forterra Systems, Inc., has morethan 20 years of management experience in the online games andentertainment world. In recent years, he has applied that experienceto leveraging commercial game technology for national securityapplications. Robert has participated in several governmentstudies on this subject and speaks frequently on the topic. Beforejoining Forterra Systems he served as Senior Vice President, Programmingand Production at Viacom’s CBS Internet Group, wherehe was responsible for content, creative, production and operationsfor CBS.com, CBSnews.com and related wholly-owned CBS internetproperties.Barry GilbertVP & Research DirectorStrategy AnalyticsBarry Gilbert was among the original founding members of StrategyAnalytics. He rejoined the fi rm to lead the development of newprograms tracking emerging technologies and markets. Whileaway, Barry served as COO of Current Analysis, Inc., a competitiveintelligence fi rm based in Washington DC. Previously, Barry heldexecutive level positions with Giga Information Group where hewas Vice President of Quantitative Research and Vice President ofthe Market Strategies Division (formerly BIS Strategic Decisions).Barry’s involvement with high technology research, publishing, andconsulting spans over 25 years.Page 26Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo is a production of Virtual Worlds Management