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1 TODAY S SPEAKERS MARNI BECK PEDORELLA Mrni Beck Pedorell is Vice President, Intellectul Property Counsel t NBCUniversl Medi, LLC. Mrni counsels the compny on ll spects of television nd new medi production, including development, production, distribution, licensing, rights, nd clernces for NBCUniversl s entertinment, news, nd sports content. She works closely with the mrketing groups on promotionl mtters, with prticulr focus on socil medi issues. She lso provides dvice relting to consumer privcy, music, nd other copyright nd trdemrk questions. Mrni ws the production lwyer for Will & Grce, Bttlestr Glctic, Smsh, nd 30 Rock. Prior to joining NBC in 2000, she worked t Ky & Boose nd Rogers & Wells. She ttended University of Pennsylvni Lw School nd Wesleyn University. REBECCA BORDEN STEVE CALDWELL Steve Cldwell is Senior Counsel t The Procter & Gmble Compny. He supports P&G corporte units nd business groups on wide vriety of privcy, digitl, socil medi, IP, nd trnsctionl mtters. A proudly reformed ptent ttorney, Steve s prctice is diverse, extending to privcy issues, including behviorl trgeted mrking, dt protection, big dt nd mobile mrketing, socil medi inititives, nd trdemrk, copyright, publicity, nd medi/ entertinment lw counseling. Steve received his J.D., cum lude, from Syrcuse University College of Lw nd his B.S. from the University of Kentucky (nd of course bleeds blue!). He lives in Cincinnti with his wife, Yen, nd their children Mtthew nd Juli (nd Golden-Lb mix Sm). TODAY S SPEAKERS digitl.dwt

2 BRUCE CAMPBELL Bruce Cmpbell is Chief Development Officer nd Generl Counsel for Discovery Communictions, the world s #1 nonfiction medi compny. Cmpbell leds the following business res: globl corporte development, including strtegic plnning nd ll M&A ctivity; ll legl ffirs, serving s the chief legl dvisor to the compny s mngement nd bord of directors; nd globl production mngement nd business ffirs. Cmpbell hs led the origintion nd execution of some of the compny s most significnt trnsctions, including the $1.7B cquisition of SBS Nordic, nd Europen-wide strtegic venture with Eurosport nd TF1. In ddition, he negotited Discovery s network joint ventures with Oprh Winfrey nd Hsbro. Cmpbell holds degrees from Princeton University s Woodrow Wilson School of Public & Interntionl Affirs nd Hrvrd Lw School. AMY COLANDO Amy Colndo is Assistnt Generl Counsel in Microsoft Corportion s Applictions nd Services & Dynmics Group, where she hs supported Microsoft Advertising since As prt of her job responsibilities, Amy hs worked closely with internl nd externl stkeholders on privcy nd dt use issues, from W3C to IAB Dt Council, nd hs spoken publicly on issues such s children s online privcy. Before supporting Microsoft Advertising, Amy supported Microsoft tems negotiting specilized greements with silicon chip prtners. Amy strted her legl creer in Atlnt, where she supported U.S. sles nd mrketing tems t The Coc-Col Compny. She ttended University of Michign Lw School, grduting mgn cum lude. JAY DIAMONON Jy Dimonon is Senior Vice President of Sles for Adyen Globl Pyments Services. Bsed in Sn Frncisco, he is globl pyments solution vetern hving ccumulted welth of experience t Vis, First Dt, nd GloblCollect. Jy entered e-commerce in 1999 s Director of Business Development for the originl luxury e-tiler, Ashford.com. Prior to tht, Jy spent his time in corporte finnce most notbly for Continentl Airlines. A ntive Houstonin, he erned bchelor s degree in economics from The University of Virgini. MARK EGERMAN Mrk Egermn is founder of Cover, mobile pyments compny tht llows resturnt diners to py without witing for the check. Previously, he ws one of the founding members of the Consumer Finncil Protection Bureu. A member of the Crds nd Pyments tem in the division of Reserch, Mrkets, nd Regultion, he ws the bureuwide led on mobile pyments. He hs J.D. from Hrvrd Lw School nd B.S. from the School of Computer Science t Crnegie Mellon University.

3 TIM GIBSON Tim Gibson is senior director for the Digitl Entertinment Products Group (DEPG) for DIRECTV. He is responsible for sourcing nd executing third-prty prtnerships helping to drive DIRECTV s digitl products nd compny strtegy. He is lso responsible for executing nd mnging the compny s venture investment portfolio, nd he helps support DIRECTV S digitl strtegy tem. Tim begn his tenure t DIRECTV in 2005 in Finnce nd Corporte Development where he helped oversee the compny s trnsition to n investment grde credit with the issunce of over $12 billion in bond finncings, nd where he completed over $20 billion of shre repurchses. BARBARA KOLSUN Brbr Kolsun is Executive Vice President nd Generl Counsel of Sturt Weitzmn, LLC, luxury shoe design, mnufcturing, nd retil compny bsed in New York. Prior to Sturt Weitzmn, Brbr served s Senior Vice President nd Generl Counsel of Seven For All Mnkind, LLC, nd of Kte Spde, LLC, s well s Assistnt Generl Counsel of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., nd of Clvin Klein Jenswer Co. Prior to her time working in-house, she prcticed litigtion for 12 yers t vrious New York lw firms. She lso clerked for the U.S. Court of Appels, 2nd Circuit. Brbr co-conceived, co-edited, nd co-uthored with FIT professor Guillermo Jimenez Fshion Lw A Guide for Designers, Fshion Executives, nd Attorneys (Firchild Books), the first textbook on fshion lw. Brbr hs served s Chirmn of the Bord of the Interntionl AntiCounterfeiting Colition (IACC), nd she speks frequently on the topics of counterfeiting nd trdemrk infringement. Brbr is lso n Adjunct Professor of Fshion Lw t New York University nd Benjmin N. Crdozo Schools of Lw. JOSHUA KUZON Josh Kuzon is member of the Pyment Strtegy Group t JP Morgn Chse. In this role he supports enterprise strtegy, corporte development ctivities, nd cross line of business projects s they relte to the firm s pyment businesses. Prior to joining JP Morgn Chse, Josh worked t First Annpolis, consulting nd M&A dvisory firm focused on the pyments industry. He sits on the Bord of Engineers for Blue Engine, n orgniztion tht prtners with public high schools serving low income communities to increse cdemic rigor nd college prepredness. He received his bchelor s degree from Lehigh University. TODAY S SPEAKERS digitl.dwt

4 GERARD J. LEWIS, JR. Gerrd Lewis is Senior Vice President, Deputy Generl Counsel & Chief Privcy Officer for Comcst where he dvises compny mngement nd business units on intellectul property, technology, e-commerce, Internet, privcy, nd security lw mtters. He leds the group within the Comcst Cble Lw Deprtment responsible for technology, licensing, non-ptent intellectul property, nd business informtion nd privcy mtters. He lso oversees nd supports privcy inititives nd complince for Comcst Corportion. Gerrd previously served s Acting Generl Counsel for Hlf.com, Inc., n eby Inc. compny, nd Vice President & Generl Counsel for Infonutics, Inc. Gerrd begn his legl creer t Reed Smith. MATTHEW LIPTON Mtt Lipton is prtner t Autonomous Reserch where he is n equity reserch nlyst following pyment nd processing compnies. Prior to joining Autonomous, Mtt ws reserch ssocite covering pyment, processing, nd IT services compnies t Morgn Stnley. Mtt strted his creer in corporte strtegy t BlckRock. He is grdute of Trinity College in Hrtford, Conn. nd is CFA chrterholder. DAVID G. MALLEN Dvid G. Mllen is the Deputy Director of the Ntionl Advertising Division (NAD), the investigtive rm of the dvertising industry s self-regultory orgniztion (ASRC), dministered by the Council of Better Business Bureus, nd is responsible for the review of brod rnge of ntionl dvertising cmpigns in trditionl nd new medi. Dvid hs resolved hundreds of legl disputes nd provided legl guidnce to industry on dvertising of food nd drug products, consumer household products, telecommuniction services, Internet technology, nd environmentl clims. Dvid is populr public speker nd frequently lectures on dvertising self-regultion, green mrketing, scientific clim substntition, interntionl dvertising, digitl dvertising, nd socil medi. Before joining NAD, Dvid prcticed lw t Kensington & Ressler in New York, specilizing in litigtion. He grduted from Cornell University, where he mjored in Biology nd Society, nd Albny Lw School.

5 JENNIFER MEEKER Jennifer joined J.Crew in November 2010, just prior to the compny s going privte trnsction with TPG Cpitl, L.P., nd Leonrd Green & Prtners L.P. She previously hd been the senior vice president, generl counsel, corporte secretry, nd chief ethics nd complince officer t Puget Sound Energy, Wshington stte s lrgest electric nd gs utility. While t PSE, the compny ws tken privte by consortium of pension nd infrstructure funds led by Mcqurie bnk in $9 billion trnsction. Prior to PSE, she held series of positions in the office of the generl counsel t Strbucks Corportion, including deprtment mngement s SVP nd deputy generl counsel s well s serving s interim generl counsel. Her first in-house position ws t Hond of Americ Mfg. Inc. She ws in privte prctice t Squire Snders & Dempsey nd Tobin & Tobin prior to going in-house. Jennifer is grdute of UCLA nd University of Cliforni Hstings College of Lw. MICHAEL MELLIS Michel J. Mellis is Senior Vice President nd Generl Counsel of MLB Advnced Medi, L.P. (MLBAM). MLBAM is Mjor Legue Bsebll s Internet nd interctive medi compny. Michel hs been the Generl Counsel of MLBAM since it ws founded in Prior to the cretion of MLBAM in 2000, Michel ws Deputy Generl Counsel, Mjor Legue Bsebll Enterprises, Inc. Before joining Mjor Legue Bsebll in 1998, Michel ws n ssocite t the lw firm of Ptterson Belknp Webb & Tyler LLP, where he prcticed in the firm s Corporte nd Litigtion Deprtments. Before joining Ptterson Belknp, he clerked for the Hon. John R. Brtels, U.S. District Court, Estern District of New York. Michel is grdute of Hrvrd Lw School nd Willims College. Michel is recognized for his work to combt Internet pircy of live sports telecsts nd other television progrmming. He hs testified bout this subject before the U.S. House of Representtives, Committee on the Judiciry, nd the Office of the U.S. Trde Representtive. In 2006, he helped strt the Colition Aginst Online Video Pircy, group of representtives of worldwide sports orgniztions, entertinment compnies, telecsters, nd trde ssocitions concerned bout online video pircy (covp.com). Michel hs been guest speker on Internet, intellectul property, technology, sports, medi, nd mrketing lw issues t venues including: Americn Br Assocition; New York Br Assocition; Prctising Lw Institute; Promotion Mrketing Assocition; Sports Lwyers Assocition; nd Ntionl Sports Lw Institute. TODAY S SPEAKERS digitl.dwt

6 ROBERT PELKOWSKI Rob Pelkowski is Vice President & Senior Counsel in the Generl Counsel s Office of Americn Express Compny where he provides legl support to the Enterprise Growth Group, Pyment Options unit. In this cpcity, Rob focuses on legl mtters relting to online nd mobile pyments, digitl commerce, prepid nd P2P cpbilities, in prticulr supporting Americn Express Serve, Americn Express next-genertion digitl pyment nd commerce pltform. Rob is lso primrily responsible for negotiting strtegic prtnership greements for Americn Express Serve. Prior to joining Americn Express, Rob ws n Associte t the New York office of Chdbourne & Prke LLP, where he ws member of the Emerging Compnies/Venture Cpitl prctice group. Rob s prctice focused on venture cpitl, privte equity, intellectul property nd technology licensing, nd generl corporte counseling for emerging nd lter-stge compnies in wide rnge of industries, including softwre, phrmceuticls, consumer products, mobile, Internet, nd gming. Prior to Chdbourne, Rob ws n Associte t the New York office of Fish & Richrdson P.C. Rob holds Bchelor of Science in Business Administrtion from Towson University nd Juris Doctorte from Hofstr University School of Lw. CHRISTINE POULON Christine Poulon is Director, Legl Counsel for PyPl, Inc., nd is bsed out of Mrylnd. She joined PyPl through the cquisition of Bill Me Lter, Inc., in 2008 nd hs been with the compny since She is the led counsel for the compny s consumer credit products, nd dvises the business on mtters involving credit, pyments, mrketing, opertions, nd product development. Prior to joining PyPl, she spent six yers in lw firms, most recently in the D.C. office of Myer, Brown. Christine received her J.D. from the Wshington College of Lw t Americn University, nd her B.A. from Vssr College. She hs one husbnd, four stepchildren, two cts, nd one dog. She speks Greek fluently (in ddition to English) nd loves to grden, cook, nd ply volleybll. JOHN ROEDIGER John Roediger hs more thn 20 yers of investment bnking experience, providing strtegic dvice to globl growth compnies. Prior to joining Signl Hill, John ws Prtner t Montgomery & Co., JP Morgn, nd Hmbrecht nd Quist. John received degree in Biomedicl Engineering from the University of Southern Cliforni nd served in the U.S. Nvy. John is on the bord of Hedgefort Cpitl, U.S.-bsed investment fund focused on Brzilin investing, nd the dvisory bord for the Injured Mrine Semper Fi Fund. Recent trnsctions include: Crowd Science, Job App, Decision View, Switch Fly, Open Lne, On Deck Cpitl, Lern.com, Coupon Cbin, Thought Equity, Legl Zoom, Cenge, Lnguge Wever, Drivecm, Convercent, My Web Grocer, nd Awreness Technologies.

7 HEIDI YOUNG Heidi Young serves dul roles s both the Executive Vice President nd Generl Counsel for dvertising gency Stchi & Stchi, position she hs held since 1999, nd s Executive Vice President nd Deputy Generl Counsel for Advertising for Re:Sources USA, division of Publicis Groupe, the third-lrgest communictions group worldwide, position she hs held since She ws previously Associte Generl Counsel for dvertising nd mrketing gency JWT. She hs served s Chir of the Americn Assocition of Advertising Agencies 4As Legl Affirs Committee from 2009 to the present. GERSON A. ZWEIFACH Gerson A. Zweifch is Senior Executive Vice President nd Group Generl Counsel of 21st Century Fox, one of the world s lrgest medi nd entertinment compnies, s well s Generl Counsel of News Corp, the world s lrgest publishing compny. Gerson ws previously prtner t Willims & Connolly LLP. In his more thn three decdes t Willims & Connolly, Gerson s litigtion prctice covered wide vriety of substntive res including medi nd First Amendment cses, s well s ptent, ntitrust nd securities mtters, with n emphsis on tril work. He hndled number of high-profile cses, including representing newsppers, book publishers, nd film nd television producers cross the United Sttes. He successfully defended Richrd A. Grsso in Spitzer v. Grsso in the New York stte courts. Gerson is grdute of Brown University, where he grduted mgn cum lude nd ws elected to Phi Bet Kpp, nd Yle Lw School, where he ws Note Editor for the Lw Journl. He ws lw clerk to the Hon. Pierre N. Levl nd the Hon. Dvid L. Bzelon. TODAY S SPEAKERS digitl.dwt

8 DWT SPEAKERS KRAIG L. MARINI BAKER PARTNER SEATTLE Chir, Technology, Advertising, Trdemrk, & Entertinment Co-chir, Gmes Krig Bker focuses on dvising clients nd providing ssistnce with licensing trnsctions cross the full rnge of issues in medi, entertinment, technology, dvertising, privcy, nd Internet mtters, with prticulr emphsis on digitl medi nd entertinment. He is lso n djunct professor to the Msters in Digitl Medi Progrm in the School of Communictions t the University of Wshington, where he hs tught clsses on Digitl Medi Lw nd Policy since 2001 nd teches the lw section of the Advnced Interctive Mrketing nd Digitl Publishing certificte progrms t the University of Wshington. THOMAS R. BURKE PARTNER SAN FRANCISCO thomsburke@dwt.com Tom Burke hs over 23 yers of experience involving the defense of content in ll forms of medi including the defense of libel, invsion of privcy, right of publicity, nd trdemrk libility litigtion mtters, nd counsels on entertinment production mtters. Tom regulrly represents Internet publishers, networks, studios, journlists, uthors, nd nontrditionl publishers in Cliforni s tril nd ppellte courts. He is the uthor of Anti-SLAPP Litigtion (2013 The Rutter Group) nd is regulr lecturer on medi lw t the Grdute School of Journlism t the University of Cliforni, Berkeley since G. ROXANNE ELINGS PARTNER NEW YORK roxnneelings@dwt.com Roxnne Elings is recognized s one of the ntion s leding trdemrk nd brnd mngement ttorneys, concentrting on protecting brnds on worldwide bsis, including creting, mnging, nd enforcing trdemrk portfolios, nd possessing significnt experience in nticounterfeiting nd trdemrk infringement.

9 NANCY J. FELSTEN PARTNER NEW YORK Nncy Felsten dvises dvertising gencies nd corporte clients on dvertising, mrketing, nd promotionl mtters. Her clients include brod crosssection of industry rnging from ll mnner of consumer products to clients involved more specificlly in medi, telecommunictions, retil, consumer electronics, FDA-regulted OTC products, phrmceuticls, bnking, medicl devices, nd oil nd gs products. She lso ddresses copyright, trdemrk, privcy, First Amendment, nd trde secret nd trde regultion issues. Nncy frequently represents clients in flse dvertising chllenges before the Ntionl Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureus, the television networks, the Federl Trde Commission, nd stte ttorneys generl. JANET GRUMER PARTNER LOS ANGELES Jnet represents employers in wide rnge of disputes before stte nd federl courts nd gencies, including disputes involving clims of hrssment, discrimintion, nd retlition, wge nd hour clss ctions, nd dministrtive proceedings before the Employment Development Deprtment, Division of Lbor Stndrds Enforcement, Deprtment of Fir Employment nd Housing, nd Equl Employment Opportunity Commission. WENDY KEARNS Prtner SEATTLE Wendy Kerns represents wide vriety of technology clients, including softwre, softwre services, technology entertinment, wireless, nd semiconductor compnies, in trnsctionl nd intellectul property mtters. She hs extensive experience in trnsctions of ll kinds involving softwre nd hrdwre products nd technology-relted content, nd hs represented both cquirers nd sellers in mergers nd cquisitions. Wendy lso counsels on licensing, distribution, resle, retil, mrketing, nd dvertising mtters. She hs lifelong bckground in technology, hving begun computer progrmming t young ge. Wendy hs worked s softwre developer, softwre product mnger, nd business development mnger, in ddition to prcticing lw. DWT SPEAKERS digitl.dwt

10 MARC KENNY PARTNER LOS ANGELES Mrc Kenny is corporte prtner with extensive experience counseling clients in brod rnge of domestic nd cross-border privte equity, M&A, securities, nd corporte finnce trnsctions with prticulr emphsis on the communictions, medi, technology, entertinment, helth cre, nd energy industries. LYNN J. LOACKER PARTNER NEW YORK Lynn Locker hs over 30 yers of experience representing compnies, finncil institutions nd privte equity nd strtegic investors in wide rry of M&A, privte equity, nd corporte finnce trnsctions in mny different industries. For investors nd emerging nd growth compnies in the finncil technology nd digitl medi sectors, Lynn coordintes DWT s industry tems, bringing together the firm s ntionlly recognized experts in those fields to offer complete solution of services tht meets the prticulr industry s needs. JAMES H. MANN PARTNER NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C. jmesmnn@dwt.com Jmes Mnn s prctice focuses on consumer pyment devices, pyment systems, nd loylty progrms. Jmes represents prties to greements for the issunce of mny types of consumer pyment devices, notbly debit crds s well s generl purpose, privte lbel nd gent bnk credit crds. He lso dvises on the design of online commerce pltforms nd represents prties to greements regrding pyment processing; the outsourcing of issuing nd processing functions nd the procurement of the relted technology; the sle of issuing or processing businesses nd the ssocited receivbles; nd network brnding, pricing, nd mrketing. In recent yers, mny such greements hve involved mobile pyments, utilizing vriety of networks nd technologies. Jmes trnsctionl prctice remins centered on the United Sttes, but in recent yers hs lso embrced the Cribben, Ltin Americ, Europe, nd other foreign mrkets.

11 CHRISTIN S. MCMELEY PARTNER WASHINGTON, D.C. Co-chir, Privcy nd Security Christin McMeley dvises compnies in vrious industries in privcy complince, informtion governnce, dt security, public policy, nd regultory mtters. Christin routinely dvoctes on behlf of clients before governmentl gencies, legisltive members, nd stff. She lso represents telecom, cble, nd wireless providers in regultory proceedings before the FCC nd counsels clients on regultory policy nd complince. ELIZABETH A. MCNAMARA PARTNER NEW YORK Elizbeth McNmr hs more thn 25 yers of litigtion nd counseling experience in medi nd intellectul property lw, representing publishers (books, mgzines, newsppers, nd websites), television nd rdio brodcsters, cble compnies, nd motion picture producers nd distributors. JAMES D. NGUYEN PARTNER LOS ANGELES Jimmy Nguyen is 360 degree lwyer who hndles complex litigtion, trnsctions, nd counseling work involving intellectul property, digitl medi, entertinment, technology, dvertising, privcy, nd sports. He hs prticulr focus on issues triggered by the Internet, socil medi, mobile devices, nd other evolving medi technologies. Jimmy lso hs unique expertise with online gmbling nd other digitl gming. He is former chir of the Stte Br of Cliforni s IP Lw Section, nd formerly co-chired the Cliforni Minority Counsel Progrm. DWT SPEAKERS digitl.dwt

12 ALEXANDRA NICHOLSON PARTNER NEW YORK Chir, Intellectul Property Allie Nicholson focuses her prctice on trdemrk, copyright, nd other intellectul property issues for mny of the country s leding entertinment nd medi compnies. Her trdemrk prctice centers on worldwide brnd mngement protection nd enforcement, litigtion, trnsctions, nd strtegic plnning. She hndles the mngement nd enforcement of mny worldwide intellectul property portfolios, including providing generl counsel on full rnge of trdemrk, copyright, content review, nd dvertising issues. KAREN A. ROSS ASSOCIATE WASHINGTON, D.C. krenross@dwt.com Kren Ross mintins trnsctionl prctice representing clients in the finncil services nd technology industries. She counsels clients on rnge of trnsctionl issues relted to pyment products nd systems, with n emphsis on emerging pyment systems. Kren hs extensive experience drfting nd negotiting vrious commercil greements, including greements for mobile wllet technologies, privte lbel nd co-brnded credit crds, sle of crd portfolios nd ssocited receivbles, nd complex collbortion nd services greements for finncil institutions. ROBERT STANKEY PARTNER WASHINGTON, D.C. bobstnkey@dwt.com Bob Stnkey provides counseling nd trnsction dvice on globl privcy, technology, nd communictions lw for U.S. nd Europen clients. As former senior in-house lwyer with leding Europen ISP nd former generl counsel for n interntionl telecommunictions provider, he hs extensive prcticl experience with commercil nd regultory legl issues nd EU policymking in Brussels. Bob prcticed in London for 10 yers nd is n English solicitor.

13 ERIC S. WALTERS PARTNER SAN FRANCISCO Eric Wlters focuses his prctice on intellectul property disputes nd strtegic dvice involving ptents, trde secrets, copyrights, trdemrks, nd licensing. He represents clients in the softwre, biotechnology, semiconductor, medicl device, energy, nd consumer products industries, mong others. ERICA WILSON PARTNER SAN FRANCISCO Eric Wilson focuses her prctice on ptent litigtion nd strtegic dvice involving ptents, trde secrets, nd licensing. She prctices ntionwide nd represents clients in mtters involving complex technology in the computer softwre/hrdwre, computer networking nd security, semiconductor, biometrics, biotechnology, nd consumer products industries. DWT SPEAKERS digitl.dwt