Phil Wiser

Vice president and chief technology officer of Hearst Corporation, one of the world's largest private diversified media and information companies. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, Internet businesses, television production, newspaper features distribution, business information and real estate.

Prior to Hearst, Wiser was chairman and president of Sezmi Corporation, a provider of broadband-broadcast hybrid TV solutions that he co-founded in 2006 and was then sold to Prague-based KIT Digital.

From 2004 to 2006, Wiser was CTO at Sony Corporation of America, responsible for growing digital businesses and maximizing the combined benefit of technology and content for the company including music, movies and games.

At Sony, he formed the Digital Business Group at Sony Music and served as its CTO and senior vice president from 2001 to 2004, overseeing all technology strategy and digital businesses.

Wiser also built the first online music distribution platform as a founder of Liquid Audio, an early pioneer in online music distribution, where he served as CTO and a director of its Board from 1996 to 2001.

Wiser graduated from Stanford University in 1993 with a master's in electrical engineering and from University of Maryland in 1990 with a bachelor's in the same field.