Keynote - Bob Hesskamp, CNN and Trish Jones, Turner | Georgia Tech People and Technology Forum

Keynote - Bob Hesskamp, CNN and Trish Jones, Turner

Date and time:

Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Keynote presentation from Bob Hesskamp, Senior Vice President of CNN Broadcast Engineering and Systems Technology and Trish Jones, Chief Emerging Technologies Officer at Turner Broadcasting System.

Speakers


	Bob Hesskamp Senior Vice President CNN Broadcast Engineering and Systems Technology Bob Hesskamp is senior vice president of CNN Broadcast Engineering and Systems Technology. Named to this position in 2004, Hesskamp’s duties include leadership of engineering and broadcasting-related IT resources, technology installations, support and maintenance, and engineering management development at CNN’s production centers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi. His scope extends to all nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; CNN Newsource, and TruTV’s Broadcast Engineering and Operations. In this role, Hesskamp directed the launch of CNN HD, the network’s first 24-hour news network in high definition. Hesskamp was previously senior vice president of technical operations for CNN Worldwide. His duties included technology changes and implementation, technical facility improvements, developing new business, operations projects and operations management development. He played a key role in the operational design and production migration of CNN’s New York production center. Previous to that he was vice president of operations, international where he was in charge of international new business ventures and oversaw operations for the Atlanta, London and Hong Kong bureaus as well as CNN en Espa
	Trish Jones Chief Emerging Technologies Officer Turner Broadcasting System Trish Jones is chief emerging technologies officer for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) responsible for leading the emerging platform, audience-facing technology, sales solutions and audience data teams for Turner worldwide. Ms. Jones first joined TBS, Inc. in 2000, her previous roles with the company include senior vice president of Strategic Audience Solutions for TBS, Inc., deputy general counsel for TBS, Inc. and executive vice president and general counsel for TBS International, Inc. Prior to joining Turner, Jones held business and legal positions with The Coca-Cola Company from 1996 to 2000 and served as senior intellectual property and international counsel for Anacomp, Inc. from 1992-1996. She began her career as a member of the Corporate & Technology Practice Group with the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy in Atlanta in 1989. Ms. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Spring Hill College, a juris doctor degree from the University of Richmond and an LL.M with a concentration in international law from Georgetown University Law Center. She chairs the advisory board of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy; is a member of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Women in Cable and Telecommunications and the National Center for Women in Technology; and is on the national board of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Bob Hesskamp

Senior Vice President

CNN Broadcast Engineering and Systems Technology

Bob Hesskamp is senior vice president of CNN Broadcast Engineering and Systems Technology. Named to this position in 2004, Hesskamp’s duties include leadership of engineering and broadcasting-related IT resources, technology installations, support and maintenance, and engineering management development at CNN’s production centers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi. His scope extends to all nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; CNN Newsource, and TruTV’s Broadcast Engineering and Operations. In this role, Hesskamp directed the launch of CNN HD, the network’s first 24-hour news network in high definition. Hesskamp was previously senior vice president of technical operations for CNN Worldwide. His duties included technology changes and implementation, technical facility improvements, developing new business, operations projects and operations management development. He played a key role in the operational design and production migration of CNN’s New York production center. Previous to that he was vice president of operations, international where he was in charge of international new business ventures and oversaw operations for the Atlanta, London and Hong Kong bureaus as well as CNN en Espa

Trish Jones

Chief Emerging Technologies Officer

Turner Broadcasting System

Trish Jones is chief emerging technologies officer for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) responsible for leading the emerging platform, audience-facing technology, sales solutions and audience data teams for Turner worldwide. Ms. Jones first joined TBS, Inc. in 2000, her previous roles with the company include senior vice president of Strategic Audience Solutions for TBS, Inc., deputy general counsel for TBS, Inc. and executive vice president and general counsel for TBS International, Inc. Prior to joining Turner, Jones held business and legal positions with The Coca-Cola Company from 1996 to 2000 and served as senior intellectual property and international counsel for Anacomp, Inc. from 1992-1996. She began her career as a member of the Corporate & Technology Practice Group with the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy in Atlanta in 1989. Ms. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Spring Hill College, a juris doctor degree from the University of Richmond and an LL.M with a concentration in international law from Georgetown University Law Center. She chairs the advisory board of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy; is a member of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Women in Cable and Telecommunications and the National Center for Women in Technology; and is on the national board of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.