Peter oversees mobile product development for ABC News, including iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows 8 apps and mobile web sites, and plays a leadership role in digital advertising across ABC and its cable and local station properties. Recent product launches include an iPad app that features a multi-stream live video experience with social media integrated onto the video canvas. Previously he was head of product strategy at Yahoo! News, led development of its news video products and was part of the team that transformed the site into the sustained No. 1 online news property. Peter began his career on the content side at Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C., where he launched four publications and oversaw a 20 person web newsroom.

Scott Michaels is the Executive Vice President and Partner of Atimi Software, one of the largest independent mobile app development firms in North America. Scott focuses his insight on the quickly changing mobile market and has worked with many top-tier brands to not just bring them to the mobile space but to be seen as leaders with each release. He is a vital force behind the team that has developed apps for brands such as the New York Stock Exchange, the New York Times, Best Buy, HBO, ESPN, Warner Bros., the Chicago Blackhawks, and more. Having worked on the front lines of software development for over a decade, Scott champions the need for innovative strategy in bringing products to the mobile space. He is also recognized for intimately knowing the ever-changing and “grey” rules that developers must abide by when creating an app. His leadership has meant that over 70% of the apps Atimi has built have been promoted by Apple.