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Jef Vandecruys – Managing Director – MEDIAGENIX

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Jef Vandecruys is MD EMEA at MEDIAGENIX. MEDIAGENIX provides solutions on the content supply chain for content providers. Before that Jef was COO at Zappware, a company providing applications and back-end solutions for Telco’s digital TV.

Jef is an experienced media executive passionate in bringing content to the consumers. With the mix of linear/VoD/OTT/platforms/etc. and the technology evolution challenges are always crossing his path. Prior to that, Jef has held senior leadership and management roles at Proximus and AB-Inbev.

John Illingworth – Sales Director – Bitmovin

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John Illingworth is Sales Director Middle East & Africa for Bitmovin, a company providing software products that solve complex video problems for leading media companies worldwide.

With career foundations at the highest level of aerospace electronic engineering, John switched over to the world of video under account management and sales in the UK CATV industry before moving to Dubai 10 years ago. Prior to Bitmovin, John has had extensive experience in various commercial roles at companies including Teleste, Technetix, Irdeto and Verimatrix. His work with industry’s leading broadcasters, system integrators, telcos and OTT platforms has led to world-class streaming solutions, enjoyed by millions of viewers in the Middle East and Africa. He has extensive knowledge on fiber optics, RF networks, and anti-piracy technologies.

Jonathan Powell – Manager of Sadeem – Al Jazeera Media Network

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Since joining Al Jazeera, Jonathan has been involved in numerous media projects including Al Jazeera Turk, Al Jazeera Balkans as well as Al Jazeera America. He helped establish the digital division and has since managed social media brands and launched digital series across all of Al Jazeera’s properties. Jonathan is responsible for the launch of Al Jazeera’s new multi-lingual OTT platform which will include content from all of their existing brands as well as additional exclusive digital content.

JP McKerlie – CCO – Intigral

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JP brings over 25 years of hands-on business experience including 7 years in executive level positions, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer at Intigral with general management and P&L focus. JP held multiple commercial roles with strong year on year growth within large international companies across financial services, telecommunications and media industries. Extensive strategic planning experience as well as tactical execution of annual operating plans to deliver financial targets and enhance organizational productivity. In addition to his international exposure and experience with over 10 years in the MENA and Asian region.

Kinda – Director Media Partnerships – Twitter

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Kinda Ibrahim is Twitter’s Director of Media Partnerships for the Middle East and Africa and Turkey . Her team focuses on accelerating Twitter’s push for content partnerships across the news, politics, sports, TV and entertainment verticals through working with key publishers to prioritize Twitter as their first and immediate platform to reach and engage with their audience across Twitter’s live, public platforms. Kinda has over 18 years of international experience in digital media, marketing and analytics acquired in both the Middle East and North America. She joins Twitter from Microsoft where she was the Editor-in-Chief responsible for English MSN Arabia. Prior to that she led the media operations division at Yahoo Maktoob. Previously, she played an instrumental role in shaping the digital and data strategy at companies such as EMAP Middle East, the Yellow Pages group and the National bank of Canada.

Laurent Di Pietro – CDN Product Manager – Orange

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Laurent has extensive experience in delivering value through infrastructures and services for content providers, both in the cloud computing and CDN area. He has worked on the strategy and marketing aspects of cloud, as well as on the operations side, managing production teams for international customers. Over the last few years, Laurent has been driving Orange International Carriers’ product strategy for Content Delivery Networks, with a strong emphasis on Africa and the Middle East, where connectivity and OTT adoption face very specific challenges. He is committed to developing the value of OTT through more fruitful collaboration with the whole ecosystem

Moon Baz – Head of Entertainment Partnerships, MENA and Turkey – Facebook

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Moon Baz is the Head of Entertainment Partnerships for MENA and Turkey at Facebook. Moon works closely with strategic media publishers supporting them to leverage the Facebook tools to maximize mutually beneficial objectives. Prior to joining Facebook, Moon was a freelance consultant supporting different strategic clients in the region including Deezer MENA, Vue International and GCAM Saudi Arabia. Moon was a Business Planning Manager at MBC group across the online platforms, VOD, mobile services and distribution. Before that, Moon was a management consultant with Booz & Co, where she supported projects for the firm across the Media industry. Moon holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Financial Economics from the American University of Beirut.