Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM

Opening Keynote: Scott Teissler, EVP, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Digital Technology Strategist, Turner Broadcasting and CNN

Scott Teissler is executive vice president, chief technology officer and chief digital strategist for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.).  In this capacity, he oversees technology groups supporting the TBS, Inc. entertainment and news networks; is instrumental in the company’s technology strategy and policy development and implementation; and represents Turner Broadcasting in technology matters involving parent company Time Warner and other Time Warner companies.  He serves on the TBS, Inc. executive committee chaired by Chairman and CEO Phil Kent.  Teissler is based in Atlanta and reports to Jim McCaffrey, executive vice president of strategy & operations for TBS, Inc.         

Previously, Teissler was senior vice president of new media strategy and chief technology officer for CNN and vice president of information technology infrastructure for TBS, Inc.  He joined the company in 1993 from the University of Chicago, where since 1990 he had served as vice provost and the institution’s chief technology strategist, also overseeing applications development, communications, computer retailing, research and instructional computing.

Earlier in his career, Teissler was responsible for engineering and management systems for PacTel Spectrum Services, a West Coast company specializing in wide-area network management.  He also was the assistant dean and director of computing services at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Teissler is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming to the basic cable industry.