Solving problems often require a multiple disciplinary approach
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Larry is up at the University of Colorado, in the Wolf Law building, to meet with long time favorites Phil Weiser (Dean of the Law School) and the enigmatic Dale Hatfield. We're talking about some acknowledgement coming up for Mr. Hatfield. It's all about the spirit of giving. That philosophy is what Phil Weiser associates with Dale Hatfield. And, one he feels he has learned a lot about from Dale who is, as Phil tells us, incredibly generous. Being such a humble man, it took cunning and skill to bring Dale here to share with us what motivates him and how he operates. To begin with Dale says, "It makes me feel good... when you're helping people - especially when there are challenges and people are dealing with difficult policy issues." The second thing Phil associates with Dale, after his spirit of generosity and giving is inter disciplinary analysis. Earlier Larry jokingly referred to Dale as a lawyer, and Phil points out, Dale knows more about telecom than the lawyers he work with... "Your career as an engineer and telecom technologist have added a lot to the world of telecommunication policy and business. When did you get this appreciation for inter disciplinary problem solving and what would you share with people about why that matters so much." (If you know Dr. Weiser, you recognize how he pulls information to help teach the rest of us, from the wise and experienced souls he regularly brings to his students and community, people like Dale Hatfield.) Dale said, "I began to learn fairly early in life that solving problems often required a multiple disciplinary approach. Decisions are just better when you have people from different backgrounds contributing to it. Especially in today's world where so many issues are not just technical but they have privacy implications, all these other things, economic implications for our economy..." Phil pointed out, "We are now receiving a very generous gift from Dale - the Hatfield Professorship, to someone who will teach, in the spirit that you embody of public service. This is going to be another legacy of what Dale has helped us build here at the University of Colorado. We also have a Hatfield Scholars and Research program that helps students do stints in public service as an intern. That is a program that Dale has shaped and just underscores his spirit of generosity. In the process of making this very generous gift Dale has alluded to what his next gift is going to be in supporting international education and engagement." There's more...
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Dan Caruso: Support the growing needs of consumers
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We are here with one of the most explosive companies around! Of course, I meant that in a good way - we're talking with Dan Caruso about his company, Zayo. Dan actually said explosive was a good word to describe what Zayo does... because Zayo is in the bandwidth business and the need for bandwidth is exploding. As people use wireless devices, such as droids, iPhones, iPads or watch video over the Internet, there's an infrastructure behind that, that is necessary to support all that explosion. That's basically what Zayo does. Zayo builds fiber net ropes and turns that into raw bandwidth capacity in support of large carriers and content companies as well as hospitals and educational institutions so that they can provide the Internet and data capacity to support the growing needs of consumers. Larry said, "We've been following you since 2007. You've done a number of very interesting things, and you've gone through some challenging times in terms of the business environment during that time frame. What are the biggest challenges today for entrepreneurs in business?" Dan replied, "So I was around in the earlier days of telecom and it was boom days in the late 90s and then we went through our own meltdown in the early 2000s. We had to learn what to do when our entire industry just shuts down, how to survive and how to revive. In the broader economy today that very challenge is affecting most businesses. From a Zayo perspective, fortunately our business is driven less by the macroeconomic environment and more by just the fundamental need for bandwidth. So we are somewhat protected from the very difficult economic times that we're in. When I think more generally with my entrepreneurs, other businesses that I'm involved with, and the entrepreneurial community, the biggest issue is funding. There's lots less funding available for companies built on ideas and future passion. The economic climate, there's a lot of unrest, issues unsettled, a lot of uncertainty. So whether you're you looking for equity or debt funding, if you are a newer company or a fast growing company that needs to consume capital, it's very difficult to raise money and get that support. Larry then asked, "What are some of the biggest and best opportunities for business today?" Dan then said... Listen to what he has to say... Related Links: Zayo || || Communication Technologies || Rockies Venture Club || Keywords: Dan Caruso, Zayo, , CTP, Bandwidth, Fiber, Telecom, Wireless Devices, Droids, iPhones, iPads, Economic Climate, Capital - 8/15/11 bytes=6844816 Listen to: Dan Caruso, Zayo
Highest standard of leadership, vision and social responsibility 992_ 3/28/11 - John Malone, Chairman of Liberty Global said, "I have worked closely with Mike for over a decade and was involved in many of the international operations he helped start and manage long before this. I continue to be impressed by his energy, drive and his leadership as CEO of Liberty Global, and proud of the contributions he's made to Colorado... This award is well deserved." The CEY award recognizes the Colorado communication executive that demonstrates the highest standard of leadership, vision and social responsibility. Mike Fries will be honored at the CTP annual awards dinner on April 7th at the Brown Palace. Larry asked for an overview of Liberty Global. Mike replied, "...80% of our revenue comes out of Europe. In the last ten years, we've actually re balanced the business pretty considerably. Ten years ago, if we were doing this interview, we would have been in 26 countries with about $11.3 Billion in revenue. Today we're in 14 countries with $9 Billion in revenue. We've focused on markets and on regions where we could achieve great scale, and that's typically for us been in Europe. A year ago we exited Japan, that was a very substantial and long term investment for us. We redeployed that money into our own stock but also into Germany early in 2010 and then we just announced yesterday another acquisition in Germany. So we spent $9 billion buying German cable operations in the last 12 months. But that's because we see great potential in that part of the world and for us concentrating in that part of the world brings lots of benefits. So hopefully being in Denver is the center of our world, we are in four or five continents and Denver is the center of anything, but more and more a corporate focus in Europe. I've been doing this for over 20 years. I was founding equity partner with Gene Schneider when we founded UIH, shortly after United Cable was sold to TCI. So I've essentially been doing this type of job, international cable, for 20+ years. I've been CEO of Liberty Global for six years, as part of a merger between UGC, a company we had formed and Liberty Media International. Mike went onto 'lessons learned' and info on new innovations being released this year. Listen for more... Related Links: Liberty Global, Inc || CTP's 11th Annual Communications Executive of the
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1049_ 7/18/11 - "I am glad to let you all know that my plan for a two year leave of absence-and no more than that-is coming true. Starting this July 1st, I will assume the role as Dean of the Law School, as well as taking back the reigns from Dale Hatfield as Executive Director at Silicon Flatirons," wrote Phil Weiser to his friends. "I am delighted about the prospect of rejoining the Law School and Silicon Flatirons community. I look forward to working with you as we write the next chapter of Silicon Flatirons initiatives and projects. Dale Hatfield's service to our country, our community, and Silicon Flatirons are far beyond any words I can offer. He remains a true friend, role model, and mentor. Additionally, the Silicon Flatirons leadership team-Brad Bernthal's vision and top flight execution of the Entrepreneurial Initiative, Paul Ohm's path breaking insights and thought-provoking programming as part of the Information Technology/Intellectual Property Initiative, and Anna Noschese's stellar work as the Center's Program Director-all stepped up in my absence. Our Executive and Advisory Board members surrounded our team with superb insight, direction, and support. And with my responsibilities as Dean, I will depend on them all continuing that leadership, along with Dale Hatfield's continued support and that of our newest addition as a resident Senior Fellow, Preston Padden. I am also glad to announce that, two years after Dale was handed the baton I take it back, at an event to honor Dale's service taking place on Thursday, July 7th at 7 pm at the University of Colorado Law School." Silicon Flatirons pursues three basic goals: to elevate the debate around technology policy issues; to facilitate networking, the development of "human capital" and the promotion of entrepreneurship in the Colorado technology community; and to inspire student interest in technology law and entrepreneurship." LISTEN and WATCH this very interesting and informative video series. Related Links: About Silicon Flatirons || Ray Gifford || Brad Bernthal || Paul Ohm || Bryan Tramont || Keywords: Silicon Flatirons, Phil Weiser, Dale Hatfield, Ray Gifford, Brad Bernthal,
Anna Noschese, Paul Ohm Entrepreneurs, Technology, Law, University of Colorado, Dean CU Law School, David Getches - 7/18/11
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Passing the Baton, Ray Gifford and Bryan Tramont
1046_ 7/18/11.
Interdisciplinary Approach to Policy Research & Growth
1053_ 7/25/11 - “I did not expect that, at this point in my career, I would be taking on new responsibilities. But when Phil Weiser was called to service in Washington, D.C., I viewed the opportunity to step in as Executive Director of Silicon Flatirons as too important and too interesting to pass up. Phil has, in characteristic fashion, worked diligently with myself, Anna Noschese, Paul Ohm, Brad Bernthal, and the other members of the Executive Committee (Ray Gifford, our chair, Sue Wyman, Dick Green, and Tom Lookabaugh) to ensure a smooth and effective transition. I share his confidence and enthusiasm about the program's future, even though I know that I, like all of us, will miss his vision, energy, and leadership. Washington's gain is our loss,” a quote from Dale Hatfield. Phil Weiser recently said, “I am also glad to announce that, two years after Dale accepted the baton from me, I will take it back, with an event to honor Dale's service.”
Winners in the communications industry 968_ 2/14/11 - The (CTP) are gearing up for their annual Communications Executive of the Year Awardceremonies April 7, 2011. Board member Tim Sisneros (United Communications Specialist - POLYCOM), joins us to 'circle around' for an update with last year's winner David Leonard. This is such a high honor, Larry asked for a little background from Dave, leading up to his selection last year. Of course, you'll want to hear Dave in his own words, but here, a little summary. "I spent the bulk of his career in the communications industry. Initially with United Cable Television Corp. based here in Denver. As you know Denver was the capital of the cable industry back in the 80's and 90's. Companies like United Cable, TCI, Daniels, Jones Inter Cable, ATC and so forth, so it was very much of a hub for that industry." In 1989 United Cable was acquired by TCI and at that time Dave went abroad and joined United International Holdings and managed their operations in Sweden where they were building cable systems all over the country. From there Dave started and then managed their operations in Latin America, with operations in six countries throughout the region. From there to Brazil in 1998 which was great timing... and then the telecom meltdown occurred. "We exited that investment in 2001 and I joined Liberty Media and oversaw their interests in Latin America for the next several years. I joined Wild Blue Communications which provides broadband communications through satellite to rural areas of North America. I was with Wild Blue until 2009 when we sold the company on 12/15/2009 to ViaSat in Carlsbad California." Dave went on to talking about this year's award winner. "First let me congratulate CTP for a fine selection. Mike is a brilliant executive, I know him well. Actually our paths crossed in United International Holdings, where we both managed separate regions of the company, I was in Latin America, he was in Asia Pacific. He went on to become CEO of Liberty Global. So I think that's a wonderful choice. I think Liberty Global is extremely dynamic and they do the right things all over world. I think their strategy and infrastructure and content based services is brilliant."...Listen for more... Related Links: || Communication Technologies || Liberty Global || Polycom || Podcasting Directory || Keywords: David Leonard, , CTP, Communications
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From MULTICAST to Video-anywhere UNICAST 908_ 10/11/10- The program held at the Cable Center was called, 'From Broadcast (MULTICAST) to Video-anywhere (UNICAST)'. The Closing Keynote Address was Michael T. Fries, President and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Global, Inc. And isn't technology great, especially when you're giving the closing keynote address at a high powered industry conference and the A/V equipment decides to be difficult. Well it was good for us, We got an impromptu delivery from our local global seer. He was funny, direct, poignant and just plain fun. Giving us a view of who Liberty Global is; How they fit in Malone's eco system; Their business in Europe; What's driving their business and Mike put it, "the meat of it, Liberty's view as to how they see this industry evolving... In particular television and Liberty Global's role in television space - the whole down pipe theory. Couple of facts many of you may not know: Liberty Global is the second largest operator in the business today, after Comcast. We've been in this business for 20 years, I (Mike) was the fifth employee back in 1990. We had $20 million and the vague notion that people outside of the U.S. might actually want to watch CNN and MTV and stuff like that. That's pretty much how we got started. Over that period, our industry has reinvented itself, and we had something to do with that. We were one of the first companies on the planet to launch voice and data services over video network. We actually coined the phrase 'triple play' back in 1997; we were taking our European subsidiary public, in the good old days, as you'll remember. Michael also pointed out, "We're helping people fall back in love with television. There's a lot to be proud of in this industry and it's our opinion with this kind of initiative that we can actually get to the point where consumers love us." He also shared some interesting and some startling information about 'From Broadcast (MULTICAST) to Video-anywhere (UNICAST)'. It's information that is interesting to us at a personal level and has a great impact on business as a whole. There's much more... Related Links: Liberty Global || Silicon Flatirons || Cable Center || Communication Technologies || Keywords: Mike Fries, Liberty Global, Silicon Flatirons, , Cable Center, From Broadcast (MULTICAST) to Video-Anywhere (UNICAST), John Malone - 10/11/10 bytes: 20512394
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846_ 5/24/10 - Transformation in the telecommunication industry "The landscape in the telecommunications world is changing so rapidly that it's often difficult to keep up with it." Larry sat down with Jeffrey Pearl and John Scarborough, cofounders of IP 5280, VOIP Specialists. John went onto explain, "The traditional telephone companies are really changing primarily because of two key drivers. One is the change of technology and the second is the change in the cost of infrastructure, of running those types of traditional networks. Jeffrey and I have been in the industry for 20 years, we grew up in these traditional telecommunication networks. It's incredible how much, literally billions and billions of dollars to build these networks out over the last several decades. The reality is though, technology has brought on board so much new capability. Now, most recently the ability for voice transmission to be processed over the Internet..." Jeffery said, "People have been messing around with VOIP for a long time, it was peer to peer on a laptop where they were calling someone overseas for free. It has evolved into a real fun service that people use out of their homes, people use for business. I think the biggest changes really are the high definition voice, just like high definition TV. When you run our phones and our service next to a traditional phone line, there's a huge difference, a huge difference, it's jaw dropping. You've actually got to hear that. We go out and plug in, do test calls and our customers are amazed. the big mover right now is video. We call it the Jetson phone, like the old cartoon. You're going to be talking to a person and looking at them on the video screen - we have that service today." ...Listen for more... Related Links: IP 5280 || || Communication Technologies || Communications Exec of Year & Ascent Awards Dinner Photos || Keywords: Jeffrey Pearl, John Scarborough, IP 5280, VOIP, Telecommunication,
Cellular Networks, Phones, High Definition, Video, IP Services, Cloud 5/24/10 Chnl: CTP bytes: 8020012 LISTEN to Jeff Pearl, John Scarbough-IP5280
Digital Hygiene: Critical in today's environment 800_3/1/10 - At the Digital Broadband Migration 2010 Conference: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem, Larry interviewed Michael Powell Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Sr. Advisor, Providence Equity. Michael participated in many ways including being on a panel that offered varied controversial discussion points on The Internet Ecosystem in Perspective. Looking back at his days with the FCC, Michael Powell says he is blessed. He always told everyone that he had a front seat at the revolution. Everything we increasingly take for granted today, the rise of the Internet. Michael was at the FCC in the late 90's, early 2000, the Internet had only been commercial a handful of years. The ecstatic way we talked about it was really melodramatic, but no one fully appreciated the transformational nature of it. Michael talks about some specific lessons shared by his father, Colin Powell, an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. Listen there are some great points. During his panel discussion, Michael mentioned, "digital hygiene". Larry asked him to explain what he meant. "It comes from being a parent and from having an appreciable understanding of how powerful technology is in the lives of our children. Their world is permanently interactive, it's anytime anywhere and it's very pervasive. But at the same time it's a world in which they can put much at risk in terms of their own privacy, their own behavior, we read these stories everyday where kids are getting in trouble doing things inappropriately whether texting or accidents they have using technology while driving a car." Michael offers some specific advice for parents, teachers, in fact all adults. Listen... Related Links: Providence Equity || Silicon Flatirons Program || SF Home || Communication Technologies || Event photos link || Keywords: Michael Powell, Digital Broadband Migration, Silicon Flatirons, Internet's
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810_ 3/22/10 - Cell phone: It's really a little computer The organization (CTP) is doing something new. For the first time this year, they are presenting the Ascent Award, honoring and recognizing an emerging new kind of company in Colorado. "It's called the Ascent award because we want to identify a company that's bringing something new to the communications industry, that's changing how we look at technology and communications in Colorado, that's a Colorado based company with a strong base in Colorado - and we have three finalists - we'll be announcing the winner on that award evening of April 8th", said Stephanie Burnham, Vice President of CTP. Dave Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of SimpleSignal is one of the finalists. Simple Signal puts together business telephone systems that change the way businesses do business and the way in which they interact with their communications overall. Dave said, "UC, Unified Communications as a Service works differently than maybe what people are used to in terms of communications being delivered to them over the wires. So, SaaS in general comes from software as a service - the way that works, instead of buying shrink wrapped software and plugging it into your computer, somebody has built the technology and then hosts that in a data center where many, many people can access it from anywhere, anytime." There's much more... Related Links: SimpleSignal || Communications Exec of Year & Ascent Awards Dinner || || Communication Technologies || Keywords: Dave Gilbert, SimpleSignal, , CTP,
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784_ Future of the broadband stimulus program 2/1/2010 The future of rural broadband, opinions on broadband stimulus program, including the new “satellite project” fund, and satellite services industry in Colorado was the focus of an interview with Lisa Scalpone Vice President and General Counsel for WildBlue Communications, now a ViaSat company. Larry went onto explore what’s new and different in next 18 months for satellite broadband. Lisa oversees the legal and government affairs for WildBlue, a Colorado-based satellite broadband provider. Prior to her position as General Counsel, she held other functional positions within the company, including VP of Business Development. She was responsible for handling the company’s stimulus applications under the Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Larry also asked, "What changes do you expect as a result of WildBlue’s merger with ViaSat? What is the roadmap for satellite broadband? How does it keep up with wireline? What are the biggest challenges in serving rural America? Listen to this interview and you'll have a better understanding of what issues face us in getting broadband to rural US and what economic impact satellite broadband has on both local and national economies. Did you know that Colorado continues to lead the nation in communications innovation, especially in Broadband? Lisa is on a high-profile panel at the Broadband Now - the Future of Communications program on February 3, 2010 hosted by the. The future of communications is dependent on the evolution and availability of broadband. You'll hear what industry experts are saying about latest trends in broadband, see exciting applications only made possible through broadband proliferation, and weigh in on where the broadband evolution will lead the communications industry. Related Links: WildBlue Communications || ViaSat || Communication Technologies and Archives || Keywords: Lisa Scalpone, WildBlue Communications, Satellite Broadband, Stimulus
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781_ Broadband and the future of communications 2/1/2010 The Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) serves as the oversight body of the Colorado.gov portal. The Colorado.gov portal is the gateway to Colorado government, and it is intended to be Colorado's single most comprehensive delivery channel for eGovernment services. John Conley, executive director of SIPA was interviewed by Larry to specifically address the issue of broadband in Colorado. John said, "The federal government and specifically the FCC and the NTIA have started to play a large role in wanting the nation to deploy more broadband throughout the rural and even into the metropolitan areas. In February of 2009, about a year ago, they released through what is commonly referred to as the Recovery Act, $7.2 Billion available through competitive grants, to be released to the private sector and the public sector, to deploy broadband technology. Before 2009, broadband was viewed very much as a utility, a commodity, but also as a cusp priority, for a lot of states it was viewed as something if there was time left over to do, state governments would get involved. Colorado had a different approach early on, but as time went on we forgot we had to keep deploying more and more broadband and upgrading our technologies. The federal government has put a spotlight back on it and that's good for Colorado." Larry asked, "What will the impacts of increased broadband be in Colorado?" John replied, "Economic development, is sometimes over hyped, but it will allow small businesses to expand their store front hours. People can continue to purchase and do transactions during off hours - that's a good thing for our lifestyle in Colorado. Also the nation is moving toward telemedicine, transportation, education, we're going to need high speed connectivity throughout all parts of the nation for our citizens to be able to interact and benefit from those initiatives." John is the keynote speaker at at the Broadband Now - the Future of Communications program on February 3, 2010 hosted by the ....there's more... Related Links: SIPA || Future of Communications || || Communication Technologies and Archives || Change || Keywords: John Conley, Statewide Internet Portal Authority, SIPA, Broadband, FCC,
NTIA, , CTP, Future of Communications Channel: CTP 7953802 bytes - 2/1/10 LISTEN to John D. Conley, Executive Director, Sipa
772_ Internet change is dramatic Sue Wyman joins Larry in this interview with Liberty Media, Sr. Vice President, Michael Zeisser. Michael is European, half French and half German. He has spent the last 23 years here in the US, most of his professional career. He came to Liberty Media six years ago and is responsible for Liberty's Internet, digital media, ecommerce companies and initiatives. Michael was asked, "What do you consider the most far reaching technological innovation today?" He has much to point out, but here is part of it. "I think the biggest innovation is the Internet itself. I think is very important for people building businesses on the Internet to recognize that in spite of its frankly short life, it has gone through three or four dramatic shifts itself, and I think it is very important to be mindful of the degree and the ferociousness with which these innovation shifts occur on the Internet because they have tended to destroy businesses that haven't been able to adapt to them. And they've created opportunities for others to come into the market. There is a lot of discussion about what the Internet companies are doing to newspapers or the music industry - yet one that is discussed less frequently is the change that occurs within the Internet industry itself. The second shift occurs a few years later when we went from directory based navigation to search based navigation. If you recall, big portals like Excite and Yahoo were primarily directory based. Then Google emerged. The rate of change in the Internet environment is so much higher and for this reason Internet companies need to be organized differently." There's much more... Related Links: Liberty Media || || Communication Technologies || Mastering Change || Silicon Flatirons || Keywords: Michael Zeisser, Liberty Media, CTP, , Sue Wyman, Digital Media, Ecommerce Companies, Internet, Innovation > Channel: CTP 13283932 bytes 1/11/10 LISTEN to Michael Zeisser
776_ Biggest social and cultural change on the Internet Part 2 of 2 "What the Internet has done at a very fundamental level and it's doing this in so many areas, including of course for society and democracy, is it creates transparency and it fundamentally makes more information available to more people. In enabling those forces it gives more power to the end user for whatever purpose that might be," said Liberty Media, Sr. Vice President, Michael Zeisser. Sue Wyman joins Larry in this interview with Michael Zeisser. He continuous, "So the Internet is, I believe, fundamentally important for democracy, I think it's changing nations, it's giving people more power because they have more information. I am really excited to live right now because I equate what's happening with the Internet to the invention of the printing press." Larry asked, "Many have concerns about transparency, with your background at Mackenzie, what are some of the things the Internet has changed fundamentally as it relates to business?' Michael points out, "The Internet creates markets where there were no markets. If you have a business that is built on scarcity or inefficiencies then the Internet is very bad news for you because the Internet is going to create efficiency where there was none or transparency where there was none. The music industry, for a long time, music companies were able to force the buyer to buy 12 songs at a time on this format called a DVD. If you only liked three of the twelve songs, too bad. The Internet created the opportunity for single songs, the Internet created the opportunity for people to buy the one song that they wanted, that's been a transformational change for the music industry. The biggest threat in my mind is that the Internet becomes a cesspool as we've already experienced, there is a lot of bad stuff on the Internet. For some people it brings out really bad human traits." There's much more... Related Links: Liberty Media || || Communication Technologies || Mastering Change || Silicon Flatirons|| Keywords: Michael Zeisser, Liberty Media, CTP, , Sue Wyman, Digital Media, Ecommerce Companies, Internet,
Innovation > Channel: Comm Technologies Bytes: 13960028 - 1/18/10 LISTEN to Michael Zeisser
Digital Broadband Migration: Ecosystem 786_ FEB 1/2010 The Digital Broadband Migration 2010: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem. Dale Hatfield kicked off the early Sunday morning conference introducing Phil Weiser... who is currently on leave from the Law School here at CU, and he currently holds the position of Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Anti-Trust Division at the Department of Justice. Phil Weiser introduces the topic of discussion lending background for understanding. Innovation is critical to our economic future and the tools we talk about today, entrepreneurship and the role of competition policy are critical ingredients. Part of the reason why this is so, is when you have established firms they may not be as inclined to experiment with disruptive technologies, deploy them, and they may even see them as a threat and try to stop them. This creates a real challenge...Join us next week as Phil Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice moderates the panel with Meredith Attwell Baker, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group; Dale Hatfield, Exec. Dir., Silicon Flatirons Center, Former Chief Engineer, Federal Communications Commission; Larissa Herda, Chairman, President and CEO, tw telecom, inc.; Michael Powell Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Sr. Advisor, Providence Equity; Lisa Tanzi, VP and Deputy General Counsel for the Business Division, Microsoft Corporation. See the Event Photos Related Links: Silicon Flatirons Program || SF Home || Communication Technologies || Change || Keywords: Dale Hatfield, Phil Weiser, Digital Broadband Migration, Silicon Flatirons,
Internet's Ecosystem, Innovation, Competition Policy CTP, > Chnl: CTP bytes: 24942043 - 2/8/10 LISTEN to Dale Hatfield, Exec. Director, Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Law School and Phil Weiser,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
789_ 2/15/10Digital Broadband Migration: Ecosystem Each panelist had their own take at The Digital Broadband Migration 2010 Conference: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem. Read a few excerpts and then listen to the panel discussion. Phil Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice moderates the panel ("What frightens me, makes me nervous - from the U.S. perspective losing our engineering talent, the Internet no longer being U.S. centric, patent litigation, a lack of cooperation among key players"); Meredith Baker, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission ("We have is a pretty good broadband environment out there - it needs to be better, it needs to cover all of America, but we have an adoption problem and we need to figure out..."); Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group ("It's nice to hear that Microsoft has adopted a term that is popular, and constructs that have been around for about 15 years...") ; Dale Hatfield, Exec. Dir., Silicon Flatirons Center, Former Chief Engineer, Federal Communications Commission ("So I get a little suspicious of re centralization and I get suspicious of cloud computing if it infringes on my freedom in terms of this is what I need to do to turn a job around."); Larissa Herda, Chairman, President and CEO, tw telecom, inc. ("We are affected by all of these things and the growth of the Internet Ecosystem has been quite staggering...") ; Michael Powell Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Sr. Advisor, Providence Equity ("Why is it not done, because I don't know if it will ever be done. When you say what is driving it, absolutely technology first and foremost. Biggest concern is security and privacy.") ; Lisa Tanzi, VP and Deputy General Counsel for the Business Division, Microsoft Corporation ("Many people are referring to Cloud computing as the next frontier in technology and I think it's going to play an increasing important role over time".) Much more to listen to... Related Links: Silicon Flatirons Program || Silicon Flatirons Center || Communication Technoloies Channel || Change || Keywords: Dale Hatfield, Phil Weiser, Brad Feld, Lisa Tanzi, Michael Powell, Larissa Herda, Meredith Baker, Digital Broadband Migration, Silicon Flatirons, Internet's Ecosystem, Cloud Computing, CTP, bytes: 75084878 Chnl: CTP - 2/15/10 LISTEN to Digital Broadband Migration Panel Discussion
The communications landscape is changing forever 787_ FEB 8/2010 Larry asked Jeff Tench, President of the business Market Group at Level 3 asked how the business landscape had changed over that time. The division Jeff runs and is responsible for selling to and handling the requirements of enterprise customers across the U.S. So, the retail arm of Level 3. Jeff replied, "One of the biggest changes we've seen is the use of video to the desktop and the amount of bandwidth that's required in order to deliver a high quality video experience. That's not just folks at work downloading YouTube, it's also using video as an important business tool. That has far reaching implications in how you handle a network to support the requirements of an IT perspective of any enterprise. It has gone beyond some people's expectations, from Level 3's perspective we're just at the beginning. . If you think about the way multimedia is being used in the enterprise, if you think of that trend along with some of the other trends that are very popular right now, the term 'cloud computing' for example is one that is in popular use today. For Level 3 what that really means is that IT processes..." Jeff was a guest panelist at a popular Communications Technology Professional (CTP) event. Listen to this interview and you'll learn how the communications landscape is changing for small and medium-sized businesses; what Cloud Computing really is and what it means to enterprises; how increased demand for video on wireless devices is being addressed by landline providers; and what impact federal broadband stimulus is set to have on rural America Listen for more... Related Links: Level (3) Communications || Future of Communications Event || Communication Technologies || Keywords: John Tench, Level 3, Future of Communications, Broadband Now, , CTP, Conm Tech Pros Chnl: CTP bytes: 8298362 - 2/8/10 LISTEN to Jeff Tench, Level 3
Bill Soards, Public policy initiatives and wireless radio spectrum
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Wireless radio spectrum is probably the hottest topic in the industry today!
Twelve years ago Bill Soards began working with Indiana Bell... aka, Ameritech, SBC and became AT&T over the course of time. But the company has been around over 100 years and Bill has had the opportunity of being in a couple different places. He's been here in Colorado just over three years now, and is the president of AT&T Colorado. As we learned last week, he is also the chairman of the board of the Colorado Technology Association. "A fabulous organization that advocates for all the various software, hardware, IT companies all across the state - it's a great organization to be a part of." he said. The state legislature is wrapping up their activities for the year. Bill said, “AT&T and a number of communications companies and stakeholders across the state were heavily involved this year. They worked to support a piece of legislation called, Senate Bill 157, a kind of telecommunications modernization act of 2012 - but it failed, unfortunately. For the last number of years there's been a lot of conversation about the telecom regulatory environment in Colorado. Most states update their definitions and telecom laws about every two or three years. Unfortunately in Colorado, it's been nearly two decades. That's been the subject of debate for the last two years. There's a lot at stake here, technology and communications are at the heart of our economic engine. Whether it's physical infrastructure or wireless infrastructure, we just need to update our state statutes to recognize that traditional telephone service isn't what it used to be. We need to clean those things up to encourage investment and jobs, and deployment of technology across Colorado. It's a competitive market place and as states and countries all across the world are doing everything possible to try to get infrastructure and broadband dollars into their various locations - we need Colorado to pay more attention to this. Nationally most of the conversation is about wireless. The CDC estimates that nearly 1/3 of Americans no longer have a traditional telephone in their home. We're seeing just amazing growth in wireless. It's not just telephones, it's tablets and GPS devices, it's gaming systems - there's just a massive explosion of all of these new devices that utilize the wireless network and that's causing quite a bit of congestion. Wireless radio spectrum is probably the hottest topic in the industry today.” ...listen now...
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Looking for ways to adapt the use of the cell phone 1173_ 3/5/12 - We've corralled a very important person, as it relates to the meeting tonight, here at the Rockies Venture Club - we're talking to Rebecca Woulfe, President and CEO of Acadium. Acadium is focusing on cellular technology, looking for ways to adapt the use of the cell phone to encourage people to use it for education, for conferences, for meetings like this evening's. So we are really taking advantage of what the cell phone has to offer. Her companies first solution that they've come to market with is a product called mClick. We put audience response functionality onto the cell phone. So, people don't have to have hand held devices or remotes to respond. You don't have to purchase clickers/remotes or hand them out and deal with all of that, everyone simply pulls out their cell phones. Larry asked Rebecca to share some of her thoughts about wireless and the marketplace today. Rebecca shared some interesting statistics "One of the facts is how the younger generation has adopted the cell phone and driven the technology. As of Q4 2008, as a country, we actually send more text messages than we do voice calls with our cell phones. In fact there are over 150 million text messages in the United States every single month. The average 17 year old is going to send over 2000 text messages. We are really seeing a shift in how we communicate. It is one of the more surprising trends and it is why mClick uses SMS for text messaging because any phone can be used - you don't have to have a smart phone or data plan, it's all SMS or text messaging based. We are also seeing a fast adoption of smart phones; really people are turning their phones into their computer. Rebecca said, "I believe it's 56% of all executives do most of their computing work on their phone vs. laptop." Related Links: Acadium, Mobile Feedback and Data Collection || Rockies Venture Club || Communication Technologies Channel || Blog || Keywords: Rebecca Woulfe, Acadium, Cell Phone, Mobile Feedback, Data Collection, Rockies
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1075_ 9/12/11 - Silicon Flatirons had a super event in the Wolf Law Building. It was the turnabout Feld-Weiser event. Phil Weiser will begin with a brief presentation about his reflections on technology policy while serving as the Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation at the White House. Phil Weiser is the Dean and Thompson Professor at the University of Colorado Law School. Prior to re-joining Colorado Law, he served as the Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council Director at the White House. Prior to that post...(more on the link below). This is a 2 part video - Click here for part 2 of Phil Weiser's Address: Reflections on Serving in the White House.
Next week, Brad Feld will moderate a question and answer session and welcomed questions from the audience. Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over twenty years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies...(more on the link below). If you missed the CNN coverage click on the links below... Related Links: Selling Spectrum || Event Info || Silicon Flatirons Home || Foundry Group || Communication Technologies Channel || Keywords: Silicon Flatirons, Phil Weiser, President Obama, Entrepreneurs, Technology, Law,
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Brad Feld corners Phil Weiser about technology - Video
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PW: "The one challenge anyone serving government has is how do you make sure, the information and perspective you're getting are wide ranging."
BF: "From here it looks like the policy makers and legislators are making decisions on tech issues they don't understand. Do you find this to be true?" Phil replied,
PW:
"No. I think generally there is a reasonable humility and caution about technology policy. It is very hard because it is moving quickly and complex."
BF: "There are concerns about the patent laws... is congress really doing something substantial here?
PW: "The first question and a core problem is, can we enable our patent system in the office to operate more effectively. The written description and enablement requirement - So you're not supposed to be able to file a patent that is a prospect for something that might be invented some day. That's not what a patent system..." There's much more in this Silicon Flatirons discussion... Related Links: Selling Spectrum || Event Info || Silicon Flatirons Home || Foundry Group || Communication Technologies Channel || Keywords: Silicon Flatirons, Phil Weiser, President Obama, Entrepreneurs, Technology,
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You can't let the failures define the whole program
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White House, Selling Spectrum, Feld and Weiser 1066_ 8/22/11 - Well, we're here at the Law School, and I want you to know there's no problem, nothing criminal going on here, it's strictly an interview with Phil Weiser, Dean of the University of Colorado Law School and the Founder and Executive Director of the Silicon Flatirons Center. You have a very interesting program coming up on September 7th, "Reflections On Serving in the White House, Brad Feld and Phil Weiser, one-on-one". Serving in the White House is very hard for the average person to imagine. Phil said he couldn't imagine it either, "...my image of White House was people, kind of like chickens with their heads cut off. That was my image and I was surprised. The quality of people I worked with, the ability to help influence public policy, it was an experience of a lifetime!" Brad Feld will be interviewing Phil after his presentation. There were a lot of issues Phil worked on ranging from patent reform to wireless, to broadband to upgrading the smart grid. "It was like drinking from a fire hose experience." Earlier in the day when Larry spoke with Brad Feld, who is in Italy at the moment, Brad said he was looking forward to this program. Larry expects some curve balls - Phil said they could be high, hard ones, knuckle balls, but it promises to be entertaining, exciting and filled with great information. Of all the issues Phil dealt with in Washington, the one that stands out is Broadband Spectrum. About three years ago Phil wrote a paper talking about the amount of spectrum we had that the broadcast TV folks were holding onto. We as a country have the challenge of how do we transition to wireless broadband. We need to get more spectrum for that purpose, and we need to frame laws that would allow that. So Phil worked on an idea called the "Incentive Auction" allowing a TV Broadcast company to sell spectrum. That proposal is now being seriously talked about in the super committee and debt limit negotiations because spectrum is one of the few things that you could raise money for the treasury and you help the economy. Most things that have been talked about, cutting spending or raising taxes are not going to be good for the economy. Listen for more exciting ideas... Related Links: About Silicon Flatirons || Silicon Flatirons Events || Feld-Weiser One-on-One || Silicon Flatirons Conferences || || Communication Technologies || Keywords: Silicon Flatirons, Phil Weiser, Entrepreneurs, Technology, Law,
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Convergence of telecommunications along with the smart grid 1054_ 8/01/11 - "Two main initiatives come to mind", said Debora Langer. "One is the convergence of telecommunications along with the smart grid. The other emerging technology that we're seeing involves getting broadband out to the rural communities with 4G and LTE solutions." Debora Langer serves on the board of CTP, the , for the second year now. A favorite organization for w3w3®, which we've covered for many years, going back to when it was called Denver Telecommunication Professionals. They've been through a great deal, the telecommunications industry was hit so hard a number of years ago - and this organization not only survived but in fact has really grown. Debora tells us that Colorado is really embracing the progressive technologies and CTP is working hard to keep their programs current and consistent with what is being implemented in Colorado. Larry pointed out, "When some people first heard the tech/grid relationship with telecommunications there was some confusion." Debora said, "They didn't really understand it, you're absolutely right. And, that's part of CTP's mission is to educate the community and highlight what's going on in Colorado. With the rural broadband initiative, we're going to have an event in September. What we're seeing there, we've got EagleNet that was just awarded $100 million, and we've got Open Range Communications that got $257 million... so the State of Colorado is embracing the need to get rural broadband out to communities and then all the applications and all the community services that go along with that. Healthcare, education and public safety are part of why you have a broadband network." Listen for more... Related Links: || Communication Technologies || Gorilla Logic || Silicon Flatirons || Rockies Venture Club || Keywords: Debora Langer, , CTP, Gorilla Logic, Smart Grid, 4G, LTE solutions, Convergence, Telecommunications, Broadband, Rockies Venture Club, Silicon Flatirons - 8/01/11 Bytes: 4478749
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The most important differentiator is that they are free 1056_ 8/01/11 - We're here to talk about a very interesting topic that is important to all businesses, whether they're techies or not. And we're here with Stu Stern who is the CEO of Gorilla Logic and the creator of a couple of programs, FoneMonkey and FlexMonkey. You know, there are a lot of people who love 'open source' and there are people who don't know anything about open source and don't use it. Larry asked Stu, “How are open source tools different than the other things out in the market place?” Listen to this interview and you will learn about the importance of functional testing tools, and how they can not only help your engineering teams with automated testing, but can be expanded to help with a companies unit testing and continuous integration environments. This interview discusses the importance of functional testing tools and how making these tools being free and open source can benefit an entire ecosystem of developers, Development Managers and CTO’s looking for ways to make their applications better for the companies they work for. Stu said, "Next week Gorilla Logic is releasing a new version of FlexMonkey. Stu explains their two tools are each for automated testing of Rich Internet Applications (RIA). FoneMonkey is for IOS applications, those are iPhone and iPad applications. And FlexMonkey is for the Adobe Flex Platform which runs any Flash player. Essentially they replace manual testers with automated testing, making the testing process much faster and more reliable." There's much more... Related Links: Gorilla Logic || FlexMonkey || FoneMonkey || || PodCast Directory || Keywords: Stu Stern, Gorilla Logic, FlexMonkey, FoneMonkey, Open Source, Rich
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Smart grids, renewables and alternative fuels 976_ 2/28/11 - Speaking of the future, the future is now, and we're going to be talking about grid based communications and energy informatics. Larry sat down with John LoPorto, President & CEO, Power Tagging Technologies (big CTP supporter) to talk about a very exciting and emerging area. With John's experience, Larry asked John, "What are the challenges facing entrepreneurs today?" John replied, "it's very difficult to get access to capital. Not impossible. We've actually been very fortunate in raising growth capital. We've raised most of it through strategic investors; we're in the midst of raising another round right now. But something I think has changed over the last number of years is we've got to be able to demonstrate a very solid, very quantifiable business plan. It's all based on economic return. No one is investing in technology for technology's sake any more. Larry asked, "Take out your crystal ball, what opportunities are coming for entrepreneurs in the next decade?" John's insight, "I think this green sector, whether we're talking about smart grids, renewables or alternative fuels, will continue to be an exciting opportunity to generate value and also accomplish something good for humanity. If I were looking forward and advising our grandchildren's generation, I think the major advances to be made are in biotechnology and genetic engineering, things of that sort." John went onto explain the Power Tagging focus. "We developed as a core technology, a technology that allows us to tag or fingerprint power, electrical energy which is something that's never been accomplished before. This really provides a framework to provide data communications directly over the high voltage power grid. This is really the most ubiquitous network on the planet that reaches into every room and every building on the face of the earth with multiple transit access. Most of the promise has been that we're going to make things more efficient and make power more useful to people, that people are going to interact (I don't know that consumers have really demonstrated an interest in interacting with the power grid - they don't want to change their behavior, they don't want to start doing their laundry early in the morning just because the power is cheaper then.)...listen now there's much more... Related Links: Power Tagging Home || Executive of the Year and Ascent Award || Communication Technologies || Entrepreneurs Channel || Keywords: John LoPorto, Power Tagging Technologies, Communication Technology
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Entrepreneurs and large organizations
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Silicon Flatirons, ATLAS, and ITP present Greg Maffei and Michael Zeisser as the featured entrepreneurs with moderators Brad Feld, Foundry Group and Brad Bernthal, Clinical Law Professor and Director, Silicon Flatirons. Both Brads asked some intriguing questions and dug deep into the entrepreneurial realm and their relationship with big organizations. Gregory Maffei is President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation. He leads the team transforming this diversified company with interests in media, technology, and telecom into a more focused operating company to maximize shareholder value and compete in the digital age. Liberty's assets include some of the world's most respected media companies including DIRECTV, QVC, Starz, Overture Films, SIRIUS XM, GSN, Expedia, and the Atlanta Braves. Mr. Maffei became CEO of Liberty in March 2006. Previously, Mr. Maffei has served as president and CFO of Oracle, CEO of 360networks Corporation (a regional broadband carrier), CFO of Microsoft, and chairman of Expedia. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and an AB from Dartmouth College. Mr. Maffei serves as a director of DIRECTV, Electronic Arts, SIRIUS XM, Zillow.com, and 360networks. Michael Zeisseris Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corporation, a leading media holding company. Michael oversees Liberty Media's activities in eCommerce, interactive gaming and digital media. At Liberty Media, Michael has led numerous M&A transactions and oversees Liberty's eCommerce Group of companies. Michael has served on the boards of IAC/InterActiveCorp.(Nasdaq:IACI), Fun Technologies (TSX:FUN), OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV), QVC Inc., Provide Commerce, BuySeasons Inc., Backcountry.com, BodyBuilding.com, CommerceHub, GSN/The Network for Games, GoPets Ltd, and SlingMedia. Prior to joining Liberty Media in 2003, Michael was a partner at McKinsey & Company in New York, where he co-founded McKinsey's Internet Practice, and was a member of McKinsey's Media & Entertainment and Private Equity practices. Fascinating discussion about entrepreneurs and large companies...Listen now... Related Links: Liberty Media Corporation || Silicon Flatirons || ATLAS at CU || FeldThoughts || Podcast Directory || Entrepreneurs Unplugged Event Photos Keywords: Greg Maffei, Michael Zeisser, Liberty Media Corporation, Entrepreneurs Unplugged,
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866_ 7/12/10 - Talking about the changes in the communication industry Larry interviewed Josh Holmberg, president of (CTP) and is Regional Vice President of Sales for BroadSoft and represents ten states in the western region icluding companies like Qwest, Level 3, tw telecom, IP5280 and others. Josh pointed out, "The communications industry is changing so rapidly on a number of different levels. Consolidation being one of them and probably getting the most press these days, specifically here in Colorado and how it affects us in relation to CTP as well as software vendors. So Qwest, obviously being in the throes of a merger with Century Link is making a lot of people on the Front Range a little nervous. But, Level 3 seems to be riding the shift and doing some good things up in Broomfield and around the rest of the country, so they seem to be the table stakes now for communications here in Colorado. I think you'll continue to see a lot of consolidation, there have been several others announced recently, they're a little smaller and don't get the press. Another aspect of communications constant change is technology. One of the things in the industry, that's been changing rapidly over the last couple years is the proliferation and availability of broadband. Qwest has put a lot of money into higher speeds to the home, and now we're starting to see higher speeds on wireless devices, whether that's from AT&T or Verizon, some of the wireless providers, or other people like Open Range and WildBlue doing wimax and satellite based broadband access." Larry asked, "Voice Over IP (VoIP), could you define it?" "I like to relate it to the old way of doing things. Where Qwest would come and tear up the ground, put some twisted lines of copper to your house and deliver you 64k of..." Listen for details... Related Links: BroadSoft || || Communication Technologies || Podcast Directory || Keywords: Josh Holmberg, , CTP, BroadSoft,
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860_ 6/21/10 - Convergence and shift in the communications industry Larry sat down with Stephanie Burnham, Vice President of CTP (Communication Technology Professionals) and Josh Holmberg, President of CTP - the , to discuss how the 'Communication' industry has morphed over these past years. "Well, the initial thought is that it has contracted, that it's smaller, it's not as hot, it's not the cool place to be. But really we have a different view of it at CTP. And it's because of what we're seeing from all the players that are actually working with and needing to be with the communications industry. So what used to be the telco industry were the big telcos, the Qwests, U.S.West, the 'Ma Bell' and all of those, and Denver certainly was the center for all those types of telco professionals. What we've seen is the industry change so that the pipe, the broadband, the delivery of connectivity has become so much more critical and has become available from so many providers, it's no longer a monopoly. In some ways you don't have as big a players, in terms of name recognition, but you have a lot more players that are making more inroads into how we as consumers and businesses use that connectivity." They also talked about about the resurgence of CTP. "Re branding the organization was important. We wanted the group to be more encompassing and more representative of the industry and how the industry was evolving. I've been around and involved, on the board of DTP, for six or seven years at this point, and everything reflects what the market is doing. Whether it's an organization like ours, kind of a general feeling about the industry when you're in meetings or talking to people over 'happy hour'. We wanted to make sure everyone understood that the communications industry in Colorado, and not exclusive to Denver necessarily, is alive and thriving." There's much more ...listen now... Related Links: || Communication Technologies || BroadSoft || Blog || Keywords: Josh Holmberg, Stephanie Burnham, Communication Technology Professionals,
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Liberty Global - Leading-Edge Coupled with Ultimate Integrity
Michael Fries, CEO and President of Liberty Global grew up with a large family, 7 brothers and sisters. Mike said, “In many ways I think my skills perhaps in listening to people, managing people and having a pretty good EQ or a sense of where people are coming from is partially related to the fact that I grew up in a big family." Mike reflected on his early work career, "I’ve only had two jobs. I’ve been lucky to work for, at least in my cable career, two really fantastic entrepreneurs and business people. The first was Gene Schneider, really one of the pioneers in the cable industry – just a fantastic individual. A great leader of men but more than anything has great integrity. And of course, John Malone, our current chairman, and I don’t think you could have a better partner or individual to be working with, who is far-and-away one of the smartest business people I’ve ever come across. But on top of that is a great human being, a really nice individual, loyal and generous and really loves and is excited by this business. It’s kind of TCI-2. So I’ve been lucky to work for some really great individuals. Sue Wyman and Larry did some more probing. Related Links:
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815_ 3/29/10 - Building a multi-million dollar business The youngest of nine siblings, a father who died of polio and a mother who was extremely influential in shaping his values and outlook on the world was the beginning pathway to national and international business success. Sue Wyman and Larry interviewed David Leonard for the w3w3.com Profile of a Leader series. Dave is also CTP's 2009 Executive of the Year. Recently David negotiated the sale of WildBlue to ViaSat, but we wanted to learn about the experiences that created the fiber in this winner (no pun intended). Dave said, “From a career perspective, I've had the great fortune to work with many brilliant people. Among them was Gene Schneider at United Cable Television, certainly John Malone, Liberty Global and Liberty Media, and really in Europe and Latin America, I've had the good fortune to meet many dynamic entrepreneurs and leaders of organizations who've all influenced me. There comes a time in every executive's life when you have to assess whether you are in the right position and able to overcome an obstacle and are willing to make the personal commitment in terms of time and energy to do that, in order to lead people and have them follow you. That's harder than you may think. And sometimes organizations outgrow executives and it's time for them to move on. We all have to face the fact that there are limitations to our abilities. . I would say do a careful self-assessment and if your are willing and able to make the time and have the skill set to overcome the challenges that face you, then do that. If not, be dispassionate and impartial and say, 'you need to bring in someone else." Dave went onto discussing the turning point in his career along with some other great business advice. Listen for more... Related Links: Communications Executive of the Year || || Communication Technologies || PodCast Directory || Profile of a Leader Series || Keywords: David Leonard, WildBlue, ViaSat, CTP, Executive of the Year, John Malone,
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804_ 3/8/10 - We're looking at an environment of chaos today Learn some insights from a seasoned-pro. Stephanie Burnham, Vice President, CTP () joins Larry in this pre-award interview with David Leonard, CTPs 2009 Executive of the Year. This is the tenth annual CEY celebration and Stephanie is anxious to share David Leonard's exemplary career accomplishments with our listeners and the many reasons he has been selected to receive this prestigious award. Recently David negotiated the sale of WildBlue to ViaSat. Stephanie asked, "Can you give us an understanding of some of the factors that impact the network infrastructure business today and in the future?" Dave's reply really made us take another look. "There are a whole host of factors that impact the network infrastructure business. We're looking at an environment of chaos today - in terms of Internet evolution and development. Compounding that is the evolution of broadband consumption on the Internet which is growing at an annual compound rate of - blended over all formats of use, is about 35% per year. But when you look at the individual components, video for example is growing at over 100% per year. I think a real challenge in that environment is how do you build a robust network infrastructure that will be there for the long term. The long term being from 5 to 25 years down the road. Added to that would be the developments we see in computing power, storage. Bill Gates likes to use the analogy, 'If you applied the same cost curves to the airline industry that you see in the storage industry, you'd be able to buy a 747 for the price of a pizza'. And this is true." Listen for more... Related Links: Communications Executive of the Year || || Communication Technologies || Find It || Keywords: David Leonard, WildBlue, ViaSat, CTP, Executive of the Year, John Malone,
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ceremonies April 7, 2011. Board member Tim Sisneros (United Communications Specialist - POLYCOM), joins us to 'circle around' for an update with last year's winner David Leonard. This is such a high honor, Larry asked for a little background from Dave, leading up to his selection last year. Of course, you'll want to hear Dave in his own words, but here, a little summary. "I spent the bulk of his career in the communications industry. Initially with United Cable Television Corp. based here in Denver. As you know Denver was the capital of the cable industry back in the 80's and 90's. Companies like United Cable, TCI, Daniels, Jones Inter Cable, ATC and so forth, so it was very much of a hub for that industry." In 1989 United Cable was acquired by TCI and at that time Dave went abroad and joined United International Holdings and managed their operations in Sweden where they were building cable systems all over the country. From there Dave started and then managed their operations in Latin America, with operations in six countries throughout the region. From there to Brazil in 1998 which was great timing... and then the telecom meltdown occurred. "We exited that investment in 2001 and I joined Liberty Media and oversaw their interests in Latin America for the next several years. I joined Wild Blue Communications which provides broadband communications through satellite to rural areas of North America. I was with Wild Blue until 2009 when we sold the company on 12/15/2009 to ViaSat in Carlsbad California." Dave went on to talking about this year's award winner. "First let me congratulate CTP for a fine selection. Mike is a brilliant executive, I know him well. Actually our paths crossed in United International Holdings, where we both managed separate regions of the company, I was in Latin America, he was in Asia Pacific. He went on to become CEO of Liberty Global. So I think that's a wonderful choice. I think Liberty Global is extremely dynamic and they do the right things all over world. I think their strategy and infrastructure and content based services is brilliant."...Listen for more...
Officer and Founder of SimpleSignal is one of the finalists. Simple Signal puts together business telephone systems that change the way businesses do business and the way in which they interact with their communications overall. Dave said, "UC, Unified Communications as a Service works differently than maybe what people are used to in terms of communications being delivered to them over the wires. So, SaaS in general comes from software as a service - the way that works, instead of buying shrink wrapped software and plugging it into your computer, somebody has built the technology and then hosts that in a data center where many, many people can access it from anywhere, anytime." There's much more...
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is Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corporation, a leading media holding company. Michael oversees Liberty Media's activities in eCommerce, interactive gaming and digital media. At Liberty Media, Michael has led numerous M&A transactions and oversees Liberty's eCommerce Group of companies. Michael has served on the boards of IAC/InterActiveCorp.(Nasdaq:IACI), Fun Technologies (TSX:FUN), OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV), QVC Inc., Provide Commerce, BuySeasons Inc., Backcountry.com, BodyBuilding.com, CommerceHub, GSN/The Network for Games, GoPets Ltd, and SlingMedia. Prior to joining Liberty Media in 2003, Michael was a partner at McKinsey & Company in New York, where he co-founded McKinsey's Internet Practice, and was a member of McKinsey's Media & Entertainment and Private Equity practices. Fascinating discussion about entrepreneurs and large companies...Listen now...
and business people. The first was Gene Schneider, really one of the pioneers in the cable industry – just a fantastic individual. A great leader of men but more than anything has great integrity. And of course, John Malone, our current chairman, and I don’t think you could have a better partner or individual to be working with, who is far-and-away one of the smartest business people I’ve ever come across. But on top of that is a great human being, a really nice individual, loyal and generous and really loves and is excited by this business. It’s kind of TCI-2. So I’ve been lucky to work for some really great individuals. Sue Wyman and Larry did some more probing.
