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Our A Team @ Cabsat
Peyman Dadpanah
Business Director
Peyman is MediaCast’s Business Director. He ensures that everyone in MediaCast is always headed in the right direction by providing top-notch service and awesome solutions. A total cinephile in every sense of the word, he finds great bliss in watching movies by the greats. Whisper the word “Rosebud” and watch his eyes light up.
Ramuel Derige
Marketing Manager | Video
Ram is our go-to guy for all things video marketing and training. Versatile and always ready to take one for the team, he once played as a weatherman in one of MediaCast-hosted events. Ram is a globetrotter in the true sense of the word. He enjoys visiting new places and occasionally documents and shares them to those who care to listen.
Balachandra Menon
Sales Director
Bala is MediaCast’s Sales Director and is responsible for overseeing MediaCast’s overall sales in the region. With a ready smile and a firm handshake, he will engage with you and make sure that you are updated with the ongoing trends within the industry.
Mohammad Siam
Territory Sales Manager | Video
Mohammad Siam takes care of Sales in the following territories: Bahrain, KSA, Egypt and Jordan. Similar with the rest of our team, he takes pride in understanding customer requirements and providing the exact solution needed. Despite being a health nut, he will not refuse a good offer for a bit of Mansaf every now and then.
Riad Obaid
Regional Sales Manager
Riad Obaid is our Sales go-to guy in the UAE for all things Blackmagic Design. He is in touch with growing our Sales channel here and is ready to offer assistance to clients and partners whenever needed. Ask him about good places for late night Shisha and he will oblige and share to you his personal favorites.
Ranjeev Gunalan
Netgear (AV Line) Sales Specialist
Ranjeev is our NETGEAR (AV Line) Sales Specialist. Specifically focused on growing the brand, he is the first person to speak to when planning your AV Over IP Workflow! He will not stop until he ensures that you have the best switch that you need for the job. Try it out! Don’t ask him about cricket though, as that can lead you to a longer conversation with him!
Jacob Inasu
Marketing Manager 
Jacob Inasu with 7+ of serving within Netgear, started his journey as India Marketing manager. Today leads Marketing strategies for 3 regions, which includes India, Middle East and SAARC regions. He is an enthusiastic biker with a passion for high quality audio video solutions. Catch up with Jacob at CABSAT 2023.
Manab Mallick
Technical Head
Manab Mallick is currently employed with NETGEAR Inc as Technical Head – India, SAARC & MENA. In this capacity Manab is responsible to drive the business in the region along with Sales team vis a vis make sure customers are served with Presales solution, excellent customer support and after sales services. Manab has total of 24 years of experience in Presales, Customer Support, Solution Design, Service Delivery and Regulatory needs of multiple countries to ship networking products.
Richard Jonker
Vice President, Business Development AV-over-IP
APAC & EMEA
Richard joined NETGEAR in 2007 as Country Manager Benelux. In 2010 he assumed a new role within NETGEAR as Managing Director and in 2011 as Vice President, Emerging Markets. In 2015 Jonker transferred to NETGEAR’s headquarters in San Jose, Silicon Valley and assumed the role of VP Product Line Management for commercial products. In 2021, Richard joined the effort of NETGEAR to grow in AV-over-IP, in his current role he is focusing on vendor relations and business development in Europe.
Our Featured Stars
Ready to connect with the future of video?
Mediacast is partnering up with NDI for CABSAT 2023.
Meet the NDI team and experience an NDI-enabled workflow at our stand (N° AR-F30).
Network Device Interface is used by millions of customers worldwide and has been adopted by more media organizations than any other IP standard, creating the industry's largest ecosystem of products connecting video over IP.
Learn more at ndi.video
Discover local success stories, get educated with NDI experts and connect with thought leaders in real-time.
Use case - Connecting the first digital native storytelling hub in MENA, with Fadi Radi (CCO).
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NDI in the Middle East - discussion about use cases and Q&A with Kiloview and NETGEAR.
Wednesday
May 17 - 2 PM
Dubai World Trade Center
Our A to Z Team @ Cabsat
Lawrence Mallari
Technical Sales Specialist Manager
Lawrence Mallari is MediaCast’s pre-eminent expert on all things video. Ask him anything - be it about the requirements to build a complete studio running completely via NDI, or even how the sensor of a particular camera is constructed - and watch his eyes light up as he eagerly imparts insightful feedback to you.
He also enjoys taking his friends and colleagues on tours around his favorite foodie haunts.
Joel Manarang
Senior Technical Product Specialist | Audio
Joel Manarang lives and breathes Audio. His expertise is a product of both passion and experience. Listen to him talk about DANTE, ask him the importance and applications of noise suppression, and engage him about the nitty gritty of sound recording, and we are completely certain you’ll have a very productive time.
In his spare time, he enjoys long walks and pinacolada - not necessarily in that order. He also thinks Victor Bailey is the most underated artist of all time.
Albert Lumague
Senior Technical Support Specialist
Albert knows the ins and outs of Video Production. He can design solutions just as quickly as you draw the requirements up. He is always available, and is ready to impart his know-how and experience whenever and wherever it is needed. A true geek, he finds joy in bringing dead gadgets back to life with his mad engineering skills.
Abigail Taguilid
DaVinci Resolve Specialist
Abigail Taguilid is our resident Da Vinci Resolve Specialist. A certified Da Vinci Resolve Trainer, she is very adept and comfortable in providing full demonstrations and trainings of Da Vinci Resolve and is also very capable in providing answers to your technical queries. For her, one of the greatest superhero movies ever is Wonder Woman, which coincidentally, is color graded in Da Vinci Resolve.
Tips to Cabsat
Avoid paid parking
Sure, there are lots of paid parking in Dubai World Trade Centre. But if you get up and arrive at the venue early, you can snag yourself one of the premium (Read: FREE) parking slots at the DWTC Car Park (https://goo.gl/maps/Nj5BNeWjaP42). Just make sure you head there early as it gets filled up pretty quickly. Think about it - one whole day’s parking fee is worth a week’s worth of coffee. Manage your priorities well and get your caffeine fix.
Other ways to avoid paid parking is to take public transportation. Taxis, Uber and Careem are plentiful. And of course, you can always take the Red Line of Dubai Metro and get off at the "World Trade Centre Station”.
After reaching the World Trade Centre safely, the first thing you should do is head to Hall 2, Stand B2-10 and meet with us. We promise we’ll be there for your first thing in the morning.
Time to Visit
The Show is open to visitors anytime between 10:00 and 18:00. I have observed that if you wish to avoid the crowds, it is best to arrive first thing in the morning at 10:00, before the crowd starts surging in from around 11:30 onwards. Crowds once again taper off in the afternoon, but I still think visiting in the morning is the best option.
Having said that, our team at our stand in Hall 2, Stand B2-10 is available to engage with you any time of the day. You can even book an exclusive session with us by registering below.
Food
As there are a lot of things to see and potentially a large number of people to meet, we recommend heading to the show on a full stomach. However, there is nothing to worry about as the venue is surrounded by restaurants and cafes. The variety is good. Salads Station offers some healthy options, Azzurro Pizzeria serves up some delicious pizzzas, Burger Fuel definitely produces quality burgers, and the roving cafeterias, as we call it, makes coffee, tea and sandwiches accessible from inside the exhibition area.
However, if you are looking for something to break the monotony of gourmet, don’t mind eating something less fancy, and is ok with a brief walk, you may find the Zoom convenience store at the ground level of the nearby Dubai World Trade Metro Station appealing every now and then. Try their well-priced tasty hotdogs and use the spare change to get donuts for dessert.
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