{"51765":{"#nid":"51765","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Computing Alumnus Appointed To Kasenna Board of Directors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATLANTA (MAY 24, 2006)\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Dr. Satish Menon, College of Computing Alumnus and co-founder and former chief technology officer of Kasenna, has been appointed to the company\u0027s board of directors. Kasenna, The IPTV Company\u2122, is a leading provider of video-on-demand (VOD) content and MPEG-4 ready IPTV applications for Triple Play services over broadband networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Menon will spearhead the Technical Advisory Board to further expand the company\u2019s technology leadership position in the IPTV middleware applications and video server space. \u201cThe industry is seeing a rapidly growing demand for MPEG-4-based Triple Play IPTV services from global Telecom Service Providers and Cable Operators,\u201d said Menon. \u201cI look forward to continuing to drive the vision for Kasenna\u2019s technology development to build future generations of advanced video entertainment applications that will offer broadband carriers revolutionary and innovative ways to generate revenue.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Broadband Service Provider market is experiencing a dramatic shift toward the delivery of advanced television and video entertainment services across all global regions,\u201d said Mark Gray, chairman and chief executive officer of Kasenna. \u201cI\u2019m very pleased that Kasenna has assembled such a strong Board of Directors. With Satish heading up our Technical Advisory Board, Kasenna is poised to continue delivering the leading-edge IPTV applications, content and services that have made us a valued partner to major service providers across the globe.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs one of the industry\u0027s highly regarded technologists, Satish Menon has a track record of technical innovation and a long history with broadband media technologies. He pioneered IPTV and VOD server and distribution technologies and holds three patents with several pending. In January 2000, Menon engineered the spin-off of SGI\u0027s Broadband Media Division as a separate venture-funded software company. In his role as CTO at Kasenna, he oversaw the technology evolution of the company\u0027s ubiquitous video delivery platform and Kasenna\u2019s PortalTV IPTV solution.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to the formation of Kasenna, Menon was the Director of Engineering of SGI\u0027s Software Technology Group. He is a co-founder of Kasenna and a former board member of the Internet Streaming Media Alliance. Satish Menon earned his doctorate in computer science from the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.\u00a0His appointment to Kasenna\u2019s Board of Directors follow a successful year of major growth and customer wins, and a recently completed funding round lead by Intel Capital.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Kasenna, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.kasenna.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing Alum and renowned IPTV Technologist\u00a0Satish Menon will help build future generations of advanced video entertainment applications.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:46:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:16","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}