HASSAN MIAH  Chairman & CEO  hmiah@vidomi.com

Hassan Miah is the CEO and Founder of Vidomi, Inc. (formerly SloMedia), a start-up focused on downloadable video. His latest venture is the next step in facilitating the transformation of media in the digital age.

As a proven winner in the burgeoning digital entertainment economy, Miah is a highly visible personality in both Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He made the keynote speech at the first MP3 Summit. He has spoken at numerous new media conferences around the world. As a visionary, he is much respected by other digital moguls and was the keynote speaker addressing the future of digital entertainment at mb5 2000, the Bay Area's largest conference on entertainment technologies.

In August of 1999, Miah, as President and CEO of Xing Technology Corporation, closed the sale of the company to RealNetworks. Xing was the leading provider of core MP3 technology and is the software used to produce the vast majority of consumer MP3 files. In turning around Xing and selling the company for more than $75 million (40 x sales), Miah was one of the first major entertainment executives to grasp and then build value out of the increasingly lucrative MP3 technology

Miah is well known in the movie business as the department head of New Media at Hollywood's leading literary and talent agency, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where he established the CAA/Intel Media Lab.

This lab was praised as a creative endeavor that succeeded in uniting the entertainment and computer industries. Additionally, while working closely with Michael Ovitz, Miah was part of the CAA team that created Tele-TV, the largest ever investment in Interactive TV started by three regional bell companies.

Prior to CAA, Miah was CFO of Pace Enterprises and a Management Consulting Partner at KPMG Peat Marwick. While at KPMG, Miah managed the acquisition of MCA/ Universal Studios by Matsushita, Polygram Records buyout of A&M Records, and MCA's acquisition of Geffen Records. While at CAA and KPMG, Miah was intimately involved in developing the business plans of major entertainment companies, music companies, and high profile actors, directors, writers and producers.

Born & raised in Detroit, Michigan, Miah is a CPA and received an undergraduate business degree from University of Michigan and a MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is married with one daughter. Interests include horseback riding & wine. He now lives just outside San Luis Obispo, California, in Edna Valley, where he enjoys the local wines and the equally abundant opportunities to exercise his horses.