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My client Panopticon Software has launched version 5.9.3 of its data visualization software suite. This new version incorporates improved support for capital markets requirements, including enhanced visualization of real-time streaming feeds and analytics functions for time series historical data. I hosted a webinar explaining the benefits and functions of this new version as well as promoting it to our clients and partners around the world. Panopticon's specialized data visualization software is optimized for handling real-time streaming feeds, column-oriented databases, CEP engines, and traditional relational databases. Financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, telecoms firms, major consumer products manufacturers, and industrial companies use our tools to analyze real-time data. Clients include JP Morgan Chase, Thomson Reuters, Electrolux, Vodafone, and Citi. More about Panopticon.

I am hosting a series of webinars for my client THX Ltd on Color Science and other topical issues. The latest webinar focused on the nature of color gamuts supported by various professional and consumer displays, how Look Up Tables (LUTs) work and how to properly characterize and calibrate displays using THX cineSpace™ software. Watch the THX color science webinars here.

I spoke to three classes at Indiana University on a recent visit there. The main topic I addressed is the changing economics of the content creation and delivery business. It was a great experience for me and hopefully for the students as well. They had some excellent, insightful questions and I was quite impressed with their grasp of some of the major issues facing the studios and networks today. Thanks to Professors Rob Potter, Mike McGregor and David Waterman! More about Indiana University.

I completed a business development project for THX Ltd. THX was founded by George Lucas to ensure that theatergoers were able to enjoy the Star Wars films as they were intended to be seen and heard. Today, THX provides a wide variety of technology and services designed to enhance the quality of the media experience to consumer electronics manufacturers, cinema venues and automotive manufacturers. More about THX.

I completed a market research project for venture capital firm Investor Growth Capital, the VC arm of Investor. IGC invests in high-quality, growth-oriented companies, primarily in the information technology and healthcare industries, in North America, Northern Europe and Asia. More about Investor Growth Capital.

I launched a new website for Quantalyst, a management consulting firm based in Los Angeles. I developed a completely new site design and worked with the firm to generate new content. We also developed a series of short videos that explain the firm's basic approach to its cost and profit analytics work. More about Quantalyst.

Hugh Heinsohn accepted Edgeware's IMS Innovation Award at the IMS Conference in Beverly Hills, California. My client Edgeware won the IMS Innovation Award for their on-demand video solution. I was on hand at the ceremony in Beverly Hills, California to accept the award on behalf of Edgeware.

Major cable and telecommunications operators all over the world use Edgeware's flash memory-based, high capacity video servers to deliver movies, TV shows and other content as part of their Video On Demand systems. IMS Vice President, Ian Weightman, notes: " The goal of the Innovation Awards is to recognize the most forward thinking companies who are creating products and services that are driving the new television viewing paradigm, often referred to as TV 3.0. We received well over 100 entries for this year’s awards which were judged by an independent panel of 14 industry experts." More about Edgeware.

I worked with venture capital firm Creandum to evaluate the market potential for the specialized systems and products produced by one of its portfolio companies. Creandum is the fastest growing independent partnership of its kind in the Nordic region. They invest in innovative companies in high growth markets led by outstanding entrepreneurs. More about Creandum.

I researched business models for "Over The Top" content distribution, technology changes and preferences at the consumer level and identification of potential investors for a feature film distributor (client's identity is confidential).

I worked with Open, a creative services firm, to develop a new marketing profile, including a completely new website, for Net Insight. Net Insight builds telecommunications equipment used to transmit high quality video over IP and fiber networks with extraordinarily high efficiency. Their clients include the largest telecommunications service providers and television networks in the world. If you watched any major television broadcasts during the past year, it's a virtual certainty that the video was transported over Net Insight equipment at some point in the chain. More about Net Insight.

I developed a new website for PriceGain, one of the most experienced pricing specialist firms in the world. PriceGain helps companies improve profitability by developing and implementing innovative new pricing strategies and by optimizing prices across sales channels and product lines. PriceGain works with a wide range of B2B and B2C companies, including market-leaders in IT, temporary staffing, retail, beverages, industrial products, consumer goods, and software. More about PriceGain.

My client Image Systems won an Emmy Award for Engineering Excellence from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences! They won for their highly innovative and industry-changing work on image processing technology over the last 20 years. Björn Christensson, DV's Chief Scientist, Claes Westerlund, Director of Customer Support, and I accepted the award from actor Rob Morrow at the Creative Arts Emmy event at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. More about Image Systems.

I spoke as part of the Thunderbird School of Management Global Business Leadership Series on the topic of how high technology companies can adapt their pricing strategies to international markets without sacrificing profits in their home market. The presentation was held at January 20th on the Intel campus in Portland, Oregon. More about the Thunderbird School of Management.