2026 SILICON VALLEY VIDEOSPEAKERS Pete Abel CEO & Co-Founder AbelCine Aron Altmark Creative Director Visual Endeavors Inc Eli Ash Partner, Executive Producer Backhouse Kent Beichley Staff Media Systems Engineer LinkedIn Bob Bender Director of Global Studios LinkedIn Kacie Bluhm Senior Account Manager Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) David Bowles Regional Vice President West Region USA & Canada Audio Engineering Society Jonathan Brennan Technical Producer Meta Brittany Brown Director, Digital & Technology NASA+ Scott Brown CEO Second Rodeo Productions Paul Byrd Founder 13 Layers Kurt Campbell-Anderson Global Head of Studio Operations Yahoo Matthew Celia Co-Founder & Creative Director Light Sail VR John China Co-Head of Innovation Economy JP Morgan Chase Jacqueline Cooper Head of Marketing CG PRO Ludovic Copéré Senior Investment Director Sony Ventures Andrew Cross Industry Technologist & Inventor of NDI Nicholas Da Silva Multidisciplinary Artist & Musician ZOOLOOK LLC Mike Davies EVP, Technical and Field Operations Fox Sports Jim DeFilippis CEO Technology Made Simple Mike DesRoches National Account Manager - Sports West Sony Jason Diamond Partner / Director The Diamond Bros. Kara Dickerson Founder Content With Impact Ian Dokie CEO Open Sauce Michele Ferreira Vice President, Systems Integration and Support Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Danny Firpo CEO and Co-Founder All of it Now Veronica Flint Creative Technologist & Immersive Director Quixotical Hugh Forrest Co-Founder Gather & Grow Experiences Zachary Francis President, SMPTE Student Chapter De Anza College Laura Frank Executive Director frame:work Alex Gannon Director, AV Operations SF Giants Anthony Garcia Advisor AI Collective Ryan Gately Founder/General Partner ESPT Ventures BT Gibbs President, AES, Treasury Officer, Past Section Chair, San Francisco Skyline Entertainment Dan Goldstein Chief Marketing Officer AVIXA Jeff Griffith Production Specialist Van Wagner Jerry Guerrero Studio Lead GitHub Emily Haldeman Virtual Production Supervisor Synapse Virtual Production Seth Hallen Founder | Managing Partner Hallstone Ventures Nathaniel Hare Account Executive & Sound Designer Clair Global Scott Heitman Sr. Director, Scoreboard Operations Golden State Warriors Jeremy Hochman CEO/Co-Founder Megapixel Chuck Hull Tour Manager / Consultant Triumph & Disaster Sherry Huss Head of Community Freeman Brendan Ittelson Chief Ecosystem Officer Zoom Communications Eric Iverson Partner & Chief Technology Officer United Talent Agency Renard T. Jenkins President @I2A2 Technologies, Studios & Labs Jean-Marc Jot Founder & CEO Virtuel Works Noah Kadner Virtual Production Editor American Cinematographer Magazine Ash Kumra Leadership Team, SF Chapter Co-Lead AI Collective Dan Katz Senior Editor/AI Video Specialist Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Guy Kawasaki Chief Evangelist Canva Nik Kleverov Chief Creative Officer Native Foreign Saimon Kos CEO & Co-founder Hardpin Albert Lai Global Director Telco, Media & Technology Google Cloud Robert Legato Academy Award Winning Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato Jason Lemiere Former Head of Broadcast LA Clippers and Intuit Dome Paul Liszewski President Pure Music LIVE Kevin Little Senior AV Engineer SoFi Gil Lopez Principal, Technology Design Architect, UX, and ICT Shen Milsom & Wilke Adam Lopiccolo Producer and Studio Operations Lead Trilyon Inc Jim Louderback Editor and Founder Inside the Creator Economy Socrates Lozano VP of Solutions, Americas TVU Networks Michael Lydon Senior Director of Engineering LinkedIn Jonathan Lyth Product Director - Enterprise Media Grass Valley Jesse Maitland Cinema Live Broadcast Director House of Worship Allan McLennan Founder, CEO PADEM Media Group Gabe Michael SVP, Group Executive Producer - AI Edelman Morgan Miles Director of Enterprise, Sales Kaltura Andy Milkis Lead VFX Artist/Supervisor Tranquility Base & Logik.tv Will Moran Producer PeopleDev Studio Google Matt Morgan Business Development Manager, Corporate Ross Video Nik Nayar AI Software Investment Greycroft Andy Parsons Sr. Director, Content Authenticity, Adobe C2PA Steering Committee Martin Porter Director & Executive Producer Silicon Valley Video/SVG Jessica Powell Co-Founder & CEO AudioShake Christopher Probst, ASC Chief Innovation Officer Synapse Virtual Production Sandy Prudencio Sr Motion Graphics Designer Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Mark Ramberg VP, Media & Entertainment Product Management - OCI Media Services Oracle Robin Raskin Founder & CEO Virtual Events Group Dr. Mickaël Raulet CTO Ateme Barbara Robertson Former Senior Editor Computer Graphics World Lisa Rose Riday Director, Integrated Experiences Broadcast Salesforce Mitch Rosenthal Head of Business Development, Production and Enterprise TATA Communications Gary Schneider Lead Media Systems Architect LinkedIn Rick Seegull SVP Technology & Business Development, Americas Riedel Communications Deep Sen Distinguished Audio Architect Apple John Shike Key Account Manager Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Matty Shimura Creator Competitions ElevenLabs Adi Sideman CEO popcorn.co Matt Silverman Chief Creative Officer iBelieveInSwordfish Inc. Rebecca Sirmons NASA+ General Manager / Head Jan Skoglund Staff Software Engineer Google John Smart Account Executive Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Alvy Ray Smith Co-Founder Pixar Preston Smith Cinematographer Preston Smith Films Josemaria Soriano Product Lead- Media Sports & Entertainment Reka AI Claudia Souza Chief Innovation Officer Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Katia Stewart Sr. Strategy & Account Manager Linkedin Michel Suissa, ASC, DGA Marketing & Partnerships Consultant The Studio at B&H Kate Super Studio Lead, Executive Producer TeamPeople @ Novartis Unmesh Suryawanshi Streaming and Security Expert Visa Gretchen Taipale Vice President, Managed Services Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Peter Thordarson Principal Consultant, M&E M&E Dan Turk Chief Technology Officer NEP Americas David Unger AI Educator Group PMM Dave Van Hoy President Advanced Systems Group LLC (ASG) Jim Vastola AV & Events Production Sr Engineering Manager Robinhood Paula Vivas Head of US Marketing Freepik Steve Vonder Haar Senior Analyst IntelliVid Research Roy Wanguhu Co-Founder The VINE Erik Weaver Head of Virtual & Adaptive Production Entertainment Technology Center Brandon Whittaker AV Experience Manager Snap Inc. Jeff Wohlgemuth Creative Producer, Developer Go-To-Market Google Mike Wohlitz Senior Vice President, Design & Delivery Freeman Company Duane Yoslov Sr. Vice President Diversified Marc Zorn SMPTE Governor and Content Protection and Production Security Marvel Studios Cindy Zuelsdorf Director, Marketing and Membership AMWA