KenCast

Selected by movie industry consortium for secure delivery of first release films & live sports events. Cut cost & piracy. US Govt., BankAmerica, JCP & others.

  • Stage $5M in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Software
  • Location Norwalk, CT, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded December 1993
  • Employees 17
  • Website kencast.com

Company Summary

The movie industry consortium selected KenCast to securely deliver first release movies & live sporting events, cut costs 40%, cut piracy & enable opening a movie everywhere in the world on the same day. Previously after 2 years testing all the candidate solutions the U.S. Defense Information System Agency chose KenCast for reliable satellite delivery for its $6.5B Global Broadcast System. BankAmerica, Macy's, JC Penny, many other customers.

Team

  • Acting CFO

    A founder of the preeminent tech private placement business at Deutsche Bank. Lead Robertson Stephens' tech private placement business to number one. Recently completed an Acting CFO project with an edtech start up.

  • Dr. William Steele
    Chairman & CEO

    14 years with GTE Corporation; 5 of those years as General Manager of the ImageSpan division of GTE Spacenet. Vast experience in the satellite and telecommunications industry including as Vice President of Marketing at the Microband subsidiary of McDonnell- Douglas & Sales Manager at the American Satellite Corporation division of Fairchild. Was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Villanova. Holds Ph.D. in Economics from New York University.

  • Dr. H. Lewis Wolfgang III
    President & CTO & Board Member

    Lewis has special interests in combinatorics and algorithms and is responsible for much of the innovative technology introduced by KenCast since he joined the team in September, 1997. Lewis received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds an AM and AB (Summa Cum Laude) in Mathematics, Harvard University.

  • Dr. Eric C. Reed
    Chief Operating Officer & Board Member

    11 years at Harmonic, most recently as Manager, NY Video Algorithms Group & responsible for software development of a video transcoder for broadcast & broadband applications.
    Ph.D., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, concentration in image & video signal processing, MIT.
    M.S., Electrical Engineering, MIT.
    B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering, Drexel.
    Recipient of a National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship.

  • G. Jim Carroccia
    VP - Operations

    Prior to taking this position in January 2007, Jim spent 12 years with PanAmSat in various roles in Sales & Marketing, Product Management, Network Engineering and Operations. His extensive background includes Business Development, Product Development, and Product Management. He received his M.B.A. from Sacred Heart University and received his B.S. in Communications/Media from State University of New York.

  • Dr. Henrik Axelsson
    Vice President, Engineering

    Henrik joined KenCast in 2005 and is the lead on KenCast digital signage products and services. He also heads up KenCast customer support and QA teams. Henrik received his Ph.D and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology with a concentration in optimization and control theory. He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden..

  • Oriel Newman
    Director, Business Affairs & Communications

    Several years working for a Tokyo law firm.
    Earned an MBA in strategy & finance.
    Spent several successful years in Silicon Valley in business development.
    Worked at Ford Motors Japan, Sony Corporation & Applied Materials & co-founded two tech-media start ups.
    At KenCast, Oriel is primarily responsible for licensing, project management and communications.
    BA, Brandeis University.
    Juris Doctorate, Cardozo School of Law.
    MBA, University of Chicago.

Advisors

  • Professor Michael J. Fischer
    A co-founder of KenCast, part owner and advisor to the company. A Professor of Computer Science at Yale University since 1983.
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Raymond Steele
    Unconfirmed
    Kevin Koons
    Unconfirmed
    Herbert Smilowitz
    Unconfirmed

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