Brian Mahony is the CEO of Trender Research Inc. and President of the OTT Executive Community, where he leads a 50,000+ member executive-level community. Brian's consulting services include market-making product strategies, meter-moving marketing programs, thought leadership content creation, influencer-level business development, interim management for technology companies, and expert witness services for IP disputes. His over 70 clients have included both start-ups and some of the biggest brands in the industry, including Amazon Web Services, NBCUniversal, Verizon, Xumo, Amagi, Intel, Level3, Linode, Recurly, Siemens, Ericsson, Telestream, Tru Optik, Limelight Networks, GustoTV, SeaChange, Intelsat, Endavo Media, GeoGuard, 24i, Neustar, Zype, Vindicia, Robosoft, Whip Media, Synamedia, Mediagenix, Akamai, and Nextel. Brian has over 25 years of experience leading strategy, marketing, sales, business development, and product management teams. He has launched over 20 technology-based products or services, several of which have received “product of the year” awards by various media. Brian's experience spans streaming/OTT video, SaaS/cloud software, broadband, telecom/mobile, and location-based services. Brian has contributed to the successful exit of three companies in his career: the IPO of IPTV middleware provider Espial (on the Toronto Stock Exchange) where he was Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, and the acquisitions of both Netcentrex (by Comverse) and Unisphere Networks (by Siemens and Juniper Networks) where he was Vice President of Marketing and Director of Strategy and Business Development, respectively.Brian was named “The Decade's Top 100 Voices of IP Communications” by Internet Telephony and a finalist for "Best Marketing by a Private Company" by Light Reading. His web site projects have earned Webby Award and Summit Award honors, and he is an expert in Salesforce.com, social media, and digital marketing. He has been quoted in various media including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Gizmodo, Light Reading, Telephony, and Telecommunications. Brian has also presented at major industry events including IBC, OTT Executive Summit, StreamTV, Digital Hollywood, CONNECTIONS, NECTA, IPTV World Forum, Internet Telephony, TelcoTV, FTTH Expo, VON, and SUPERCOMM. He is currently the host of "OTT Executive Podcast".Brian holds an MBA in marketing and business strategy from UNC-Chapel Hill, a BA in Philosophy from Boston College (Honors Program), and is Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) by APICS.