2026 Devoncroft Executive Summit | Amsterdam
Thursday | September 10, 2026
12PM – 6PM
Tuschinski Theatre | Amsterdam
Initial speakers listed below. Please check back for updates.
Allen Broome
Chief Executive Officer
Allen Broome, CEO, is a visionary leader with a unique blend of technical acumen, industry knowledge, and progressive leadership. Having served as MediaKind’s Chief Technology Officer, he deeply understands technical infrastructure and product development, allowing him to align leading innovation to maximize MediaKind’s business objectives.
Known for his collaborative leadership style, Allen has built and led teams to successfully deliver advanced and scalable products and services throughout his 25-year career. He has been at the forefront of transformative technology initiatives such as VoIP, IP Video, streaming media, and cloud technologies, solidifying himself as an industry pioneer. With a deep understanding of emerging tech trends, Allen remains at the forefront of today’s ever-changing business landscape to drive sustainable growth for MediaKind.
Allen’s academic achievements include a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of South Carolina and an Executive Leadership program at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. He is an inventor with 20 patents and was recognized with the CED Multi-Screen Pacesetter Award in 2014. His leadership style focuses on people, passion, team agility, and sustainable growth, ensuring that MediaKind remains at the forefront of the dynamic business and technology landscape.
When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family BBQing, hiking, traveling, and generally exploring to learn more about the world.
Gianluca D’Aniello
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
Gianluca D’Aniello is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at The Associated Press, where he oversees technology supporting the organization’s global news operations. Before joining AP in 2015, he held technology leadership roles at News Corp, Sky Italia, and Deloitte. He is a graduate of Politecnico di Milano.
Rig Hehenkamp
Editorial Innovation & Transformation Lead
Rig Hehenkamp is Editorial Innovation & Transformation Lead at RTL Nieuws, where she leads newsroom transformation initiatives focused on editorial workflows, technology, and organizational change. She has held several leadership roles at RTL Nieuws, including Creative Director and Head of Graphics, and previously served as Art Director at De Telegraaf.
Fintan Mc Kiernan
Chief Executive Officer
Fintan joined Ideal Systems Group in 2011 to establish their Southeast Asia (SEA) business which now has offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta. Subsequently Ideal have built studios, facilities and systems for RTM, SingTel, MediaCorp, Sony Pictures, Fox Sports, Astro, Globecast, Encompass Digital Media, CNN, Metro TV, CNBC, SUKE.TV, iFAST.TV, Football Association of Malaysia and Football Association of Singapore (FIFA Certified), META and many others. In 2027 Fintan extended Ideal Systems SEA into Pro-AV. Now Ideal Systems SEA is one of the leading regional systems integrators for Pro-AV and Broadcast. Fintan is a member AVIXA’s Asia advisory board, a founder member and board member of AVLIAS the AV Association of Singapore, A member of the ABU’s Engineering Excellence Awards panel of judges. Prior to joining Ideal, Fintan established OmniBus Systems office in Malaysia (Now Grass Valley) and has over 25 years in broadcast technology roles in Asia, US and Europe.
Sotiris Salamouris
Chief Technology Officer
Since 2008, Sotiris Salamouris has been leading OBS’s engineering and technical operations, overseeing the planning group responsible for the design and delivery of the technical facilities and services of the host broadcasting operations for the Olympic Games, as well as other select broadcast activities. In the lead-up to and during the Games, Sotiris manages an international team of engineers and operational personnel that install and operate the broadcast technical facilities at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and all competition venues.
Sotiris is also responsible for defining the technological roadmap and mid- to long-term strategy for OBS, in particular the adoption of new technology to improve the host broadcasting operation.
Prior to joining OBS in Madrid, Sotiris was the Director of Broadcast Telecommunications for the host broadcasting of the Olympic Games Athens 2004 and the Head of Engineering at Beijing Olympic Broadcasting, the host broadcaster of the 2008 Olympic Games, a joint venture between OBS and the Chinese Organising Committee.
Sotiris has accumulated work and leadership experience from 11 Olympic Games. In 2015, Sotiris was named CTO of Olympic Channel Service (OCS), overseeing the Olympic Channel’s technical plans for content creation and digital delivery across all platforms and future developments.
Josh Stinehour
Principal Analyst
Josh Stinehour is a principal analyst with Devoncroft Partners, a provider of market research and strategic consulting services to a wide range of digital media clients and institutional investors. He is a frequent presenter at conferences and trade shows in the media technology sector.
Prior to joining Devoncroft, Mr. Stinehour was a managing director at Silverwood Partners in the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications group. While at Silverwood, Mr. Stinehour executed a range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, valuations, and private placements.
Before joining Silverwood, Mr. Stinehour worked in various positions at EMC Corporation including as a software programmer and later as an analyst on integration teams for EMC’s acquisitions of Documentum, Legato, and VMWare.
Josh loves (and has an encyclopedic knowledge of) college football and NBA basketball (although he thinks college basketball is an inferior product). His hobbies include monetary policy, civic planning, and adventure travel.
He holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, an MS in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BS in computer science from Union College. Mr. Stinehour is a CFA charterholder.
Joe Zaller
Founder & President
Joe is the founder of Devoncroft Partners, a leading provider of market intelligence in the media technology sector.
Devoncroft provides market research and strategic consulting services to a wide range of clients in the media technology sector. The company publishes a variety of syndicated market research reports, including the annual Devoncroft Media Technology Survey, the largest and most comprehensive study of the professional audio and video market, and comprehensive market sizing and forecasting reports of the media technology sector.
In addition to syndicated research reports, Devoncroft is frequently retained for custom projects by some of the world’s leading brands including broadcasters and media companies. technology suppliers, large consulting firms, educational establishments, private equity firms, investment banks, and other financial institutions.
Devoncroft also produces a series of executive summits that bring together thought-leading speakers from across the media technology ecosystem. Since the initial conference in 2012, Devoncroft Executive Summits have grown to be one of the must-attend events in the media technology calendar.
Joe has a BSc in Business Administration and BA in Philosophy from Villanova University, where he developed a lifelong love of college basketball, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine. He also completed various executive courses at Stanford University and the Richard Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario.
Joe, his long-suffering wife, and their three daughters live in San Diego, CA.
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