Dr. Phillip Alvelda is the Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of MobiTV, Inc., the leading provider and platform for content delivery over mobile and broadband networks, and the Co-Founder of the Westminster Institute for Science Education.

As MobiTV�s founding CEO and Chairman, Dr. Alvelda led the team that took the idea of rich media delivery over wireless networks from concept to market leadership with the world's first live television experience over mobile phones. Under Dr. Alvelda�s leadership from November 1999 through April 2007, the Company created an entirely new media distribution channel, now called mobile television. Since MobiTV's debut on Sprint in November 2003, Dr. Alvelda grew the Emmy� Award winning service to more than two million paying subscribers throughout several international markets, and launched a broadband PC version of the service in partnership with AT&T. Placing MobiTV at the center of converged media delivery services, Dr. Alvelda and his team have been celebrated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, AlwaysOn, CNET, Fast Company, Fierce-Wireless, Frost & Sullivan, Mobile Entertainment, Red Herring and other influencers for innovation and market leadership.

Previously, Dr. Alvelda was the founding CEO and CTO of The MicroDisplay Corporation, a manufacturer of ultra-high resolution miniature displays for portable systems and low cost HDTVs. Prior to MicroDisplay, Dr. Alvelda was a developer of spacecraft hardware and software systems, and new computing architectures at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Alvelda holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Cornell University and received a Masters and PhD in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).