Balaji Gopinath is currently the Vice President of Emerging Technology with the Audience & Multi-Platform Technologies (AMPT) group for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.).

Over the last twenty years, Balaji has worked with leading media and entertainment companies leading their digital initiatives, has held global roles as a GM, SVP of Product and Consumer Experience at both private and public companies; and has previously worked at CTP, Scient, NCR, Delivery Agent, and Nike and was instrumental in helping launch Hotwire.com and Sephora.com among others.

He is a startup junkie, has been a founding member of several companies, is an angel investor, and guided the creation of Turner’s Media Camp to help media oriented startups accelerate what entertainment will look like in 20 years.

Balaji earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Life Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and works/lives in both San Francisco, CA, and Atlanta, GA.

David Austin has over 28 years of extensive product and corporate development experience in bringing a multitude of amazing products to consumer markets as well as identifying, acquiring and integrating a wealth of intellectual property, products and teams.

Prior to coming to Turner to help shape the future of media he was a Senior Director at Apple Inc for two stints totaling over 17 years. During his time there, David delivered a broad swath of consumer products working extensively with Senior Executive Management (including working directly with the late Steve Jobs on the original Keynote and iWork products).

In between stints at Apple he co-founded a startup and worked for a boutique venture capital firm. Since leaving Apple in 2009 he has had the privilege of being an investor, advisor, and board member to many angel and venture-backed startups.

David has a BS in Math and Computer Science and holds three patents.

Ethan is an Executive Director at Warner Bros. within the Warner Bros. Technical Operations division and leads Technology and Business Strategy within the Worldwide Corporate Anti-Piracy group. Ethan spearheads several internal- and external-facing innovation initiatives within Warner Bros., focusing on ways to fast-track new and disruptive business models and technologies to prototyping and implementation.

In his Anti-Piracy role, Ethan oversees Warner Bros.’ efforts examining user behaviors online, particularly as they relate to the consumption of Warner Bros.’ content outside of legitimate channels.

Ethan has nearly 20 years of experience in the technology and entertainment space, having worked at multiple start-ups including imeem, Realtor.com, and The Lightspan Partnership, as well as at Fox and Touchstone Television.

Ethan earned a BA in Economics from SDSU and an MBA from USC.

As Director of Business Development for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Daniel focuses on vetting and implementing new business models and integrating new technologies. He also manages many of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution’s R&D initiatives and works to ensure that R&D informs long-term business strategy.

Prior to joining Warner Bros. in 2011, Daniel served as an advisor to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, where he worked on a range of policy matters.

Daniel started his career at a startup technology company that was acquired by Cisco in 2007.

As the R&D Director at Warner Bros. Advanced Digital Services, Kim leads the team that explores emerging technologies, analyzes key trends, and develops innovative solutions to drive growth and opportunities for the Studio.

Kim works with strategic technology partners to identify services for integration into WB’s D2C and B2B products. Part of her role involves working with the tech industry and universities on several key initiatives, including researching and developing prototypes for the advancement of the digital landscape – everything from content discovery and ownership to building a more “connected living room.”

Kim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

Amalia Miller runs marketing and project management for all initiatives related to the Media Camp accelerator program.

Before joining Turner Broadcasting in 2012, Amalia led N. America/APAC marketing for SaaS security startup ScanSafe (acquired by Cisco Systems in 2009), driving digital marketing programs, lead generation, channel marketing with VARs and white label partners AT&T, Sprint and Google, and hundreds of events.

Previously, she managed multiple accounts at boutique PR/advertising agencies serving big brands such as Dolby and PerriconeMD as well as early-stage technology startups including SoonR, Appistry and Aster Data Systems. With nearly a decade of experience working in technology, her passion lies in helping early stage companies.

Amalia has a BS in Cognitive Science with Computing specialization and BA in Musicology from UCLA.

Sandy Khaund came to Turner from Irynsoft, a mobile education company he founded in 2009 to bring collaborative video-based learning software to mobile devices. In 2011, Irynsoft was named among the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Fast Company, named a finalist for a World Technology Award, and selected for a Kauffman Foundation fellowship.

Before Irynsoft, Sandy was COO of Piczo, a teen social network that was acquired by Stardoll in February 2009. He also spent six years at Microsoft, where he helped implement .NET design patterns, co-founded CodePlex (Microsoft’s open source collaborative development site), and owned Microsoft’s employee blogging platform (at the time, the largest in the world). Prior to Microsoft, Sandy held various engineering and technical positions at Intel, Boston Consulting Group, and Lockheed Martin. Sandy holds three patents and has published several papers.

Sandy has a BS & M.Eng in Electrical Engineering from Cornell, a BA in Physics from Ithaca College, and an MBA from Wharton.

Jeff Eddings is a product strategy and development leader with over fifteen years experience building Internet software and companies. He has a broad range of experience from product management and software development to business development, consulting, and people management at companies from four-person startups to Fortune 500 organizations. His role at Turner is as Senior Director of the Emerging Technologies group, focused on identifying, building, and launching social products and growing partnerships with small and large social platforms. In addition, he’s a director of Media Camp, an accelerator for media startups as part of Turner and Warner Bros.

Before Turner, Jeff ran business products at StumbleUpon, a social discovery platform helping users find great content on the web. In his time there, he launched several major cornerstone products, and quadrupled revenue in two years. Prior to StumbleUpon, Jeff spent seven years at Google, building and working across different products in advertising, search, social and developer products. Prior to his time at Google, Jeff spent a decade in Silicon Valley and Boston starting and building online businesses in areas like software-as-a-service, online merchandising and e-commerce, and web strategy consulting.

Jeff studied mathematics, computer science, linguistics, and music at the University of Florida and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mathematics with Computer Science and Pure Mathematics concentrations.

Brian Sathianathan is an experienced entrepreneur and digital media executive with experience in products, technology and startups. Over the last fifteen years Brian has been working in startups and Fortune 500 companies to bring innovative consumer and enterprise products to market. At Turner, Brian is a part of the emerging technology team looking for startups in the Advanced TV, Advertising & Recommendation space.

Prior to Turner he was the head of Smith Micro’s video business and was responsible for strategy, vision and integration of the acquired video platform from Avot Media (a company co-founded by Brian). Prior to Avot, Brian held management positions at Apple Inc for 8 years leading iPhone and Intel Mac initiatives. He was part of the core group that designed the security and activation platform for the iPhone and holds patents in this area.

Brian is passionate about startups and new products, and his mission is to impart this knowledge to the entrepreneurial community. He is an active advisor and an investor to several Valley startups.

Brian has an MBA & MS degree in Computer Science.

Maria Sarkisyan oversees marketing and project management for Media Camp at Warner Bros. In addition to her role, she supports other R&D and business development projects. She came to Warner Bros. from UPP Entertainment Marketing, where she spearheaded public relations efforts for multiple accounts including developing communications strategies, pitching and securing press and planning and implementing events.

Maria has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with a minor in Psychology from Woodbury University.