Dan Rayburn is Executive Vice President for StreamingMedia.com and is recognized by many as the voice for the streaming and online video industry. He is also a Principal Analyst with Frost & Sullivan working in their Digital Media group. Dan is a sought after speaker, writer, publisher and consultant and his work has been featured in print and online by nearly every major media outlet over the past 14 years. He co-founded one of the industry's first webcasting production companies successfully acquired by Digital Island for $70M. He has his own line of books for Focal Press with eight titles available in print. Regularly consulted by the media, he has been featured in hundreds of print and on-line articles and is a sought after expert in patent cases involving IP based video. He is a regular analyst to the investment community and his BusinessOfVideo.com blog is one of the most widely read sites for analysts, venture capitalists and money managers who cover companies in the online video sector.