Jon Cave, Senior Product Manager, Product Strategy & Management, Home Entertainment Initiatives, Subscriber Networks, Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

Jon Cave currently serves as Senior Product Manager within the Home Entertainment Initiatives Division of the Product Strategy & Management Group at Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company. In this role, Jon is responsible for developing and driving business and product strategy for Scientific Atlanta's next generation set-top box platforms, including the role of multimedia services and IP services gateways and their roles in a service provider connected home invironment.

Jon has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry encompassing development engineering and product management of data, voice, and video networking products. Prior to joining Scientific Atlanta, Jon was Director of Product Management for Intellon Corporation, a market leader in power line communications semiconductors for digital home networking. Jon also has entrepreneurial experience at companies developing solutions for WiFi as well as VoIP products.

Jon earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1987 and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1992 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Georgia State University 1999.

Jeff Dean, Senior Manager, Service Provider Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Jeff Dean is global practice lead for rich media services in the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG). In that capacity, he has worked with the world’s leading service providers to create service roadmaps, rationalize portfolios, and optimize business models. 

Dean brings strong high-technology experience to his role, having worked both in the industry and as a management consultant for leading global technology and service providers. Prior to joining Cisco, he held a variety of senior product marketing and strategy positions at Level 3 Communications, Genuity, and GTE. During this time, he led a global VoIP termination business from launch through becoming the first service provider to serve one billion MoUs, and managed the development of converged enterprise services. Dean has also worked as a management consultant for Applied Value Corporation in its strategy and operations practice, and at Digital Equipment Corporation in a variety of financial/business analyst roles.

Dean holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bryant University and an MBA from Babson College.
 

Tracy Dobesh, Senior Research Consultant, Zanthus
Tracy Dobesh is a senior research consultant with Zanthus, a market research-based
consulting firm in Portland, Oregon. Since 2001, Zanthus has conducted more than 30 Connected Home studies for the Internet Home Alliance, now CABA's Internet Home
Alliance Research Council. Most recently, Ms. Dobesh has authored research on digital
personal health monitoring solutions, consumer needs and wants for digital entertainment, and family dynamics at work in the choice, purchase, and use of consumer technology items. mpleting a multimillion-dollar sale of the company to ESS Technology. Before that, Mr. Henry was CEO of LinCom Wireless, a chip company focused on 802.11 wireless LAN products. Mr. Henry also served as a vice president and general manager at LSI Logic, and was a senior vice president at C-Cube Microsystems, a pioneer in the development of digital video ICs. Mr. Henry has also held sales and marketing management positions at Hyundai Electronics America (now Hynix) and AMD. Mr. Henry has his MBA from the University of Southern California, and holds a Bachelor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, with high honors, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Ronald J. Zimmer, President & CEO, CABA
Ron Zimmer is President & CEO of the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA), a non-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and intelligent building technologies in North America. Mr. Zimmer is a Certified Association Executive with over 20 years of association management experience.