Brian Mahony is the CEO of Trender Research Inc. and President of the OTT Executive Community, where he leads a 50,000+ member executive-level community engaging in research, consulting, events, webinars, white papers, and expert witness services. Brian has 30 years of experience leading strategy, product management, business development, sales and marketing teams. Over the years, he has launched over 20 technology-based products or services, several of which have received “product of the year” awards by various media. Brian has contributed to the successful exit of three companies in his career: the IPO of IPTV middleware provider Espial (on the Toronto Stock Exchange) where he was Vice President of Marketing, and the acquisitions of both Netcentrex (by Comverse) and Unisphere Networks (by Siemens and Juniper Networks) where he was Vice President of Marketing and Director of Strategy and Business Development, respectively.
Brian is the host of “OTT Executive Podcast” and he has been quoted in various media including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Gizmodo, Light Reading, Telephony, Telecommunications, and Digital Trends. Brian has also presented at major industry events including IBC, OTT Executive Summit, StreamTV, Digital Hollywood, CONNECTIONS, IPTV World Forum, Internet Telephony, TelcoTV, FTTH Expo, VON, and SUPERCOMM.
Brian holds an MBA in marketing and business strategy from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill, a BA in Philosophy from the Boston College Honors Program, and is Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) by APICS.