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Dan Holden is a Comcast Fellow and Chief Scientist for Denver-based Comcast Media Center (CMC). In this position, Holden is responsible for leading the Advanced Engineering department and providing technical and strategic leadership for the CMC.

Holden, a 16-year veteran of television, joined the Comcast Media Center in 2002 as a Video of IP Engineer. Since then, he has led the engineering efforts for the CMC’s content distribution platforms, including advanced advertising, video on demand, broadband television, and user generated content. Holden’s current focus at the CMC includes defining its strategic direction with concentration on advanced advertising, video compression, metadata and content delivery.

Prior to joining the CMC, Holden served as the architect for AT&T Broadband’s telephony provisioning systems. Beforehand, Holden served on the engineering team at CableLabs as a senior consultant for Go2Broadband, Holden also served as the CIO of Weather+ and led the Transmission Manager efforts for Encoda systems.

Holden holds a M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from Regis University, and is working on a M.B.A Degree from the University of Denver. He is actively involved in the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and the Society of Cable and Television Engineers.

Dan Holden is Participating in the following:

SESSION SPEAKER:  3D01: 3D Contribution and Distribution: From Venue to Viewer

SESSION SPEAKER:  3D01B: 3D Contribution and Distribution: From Venue to Viewer