Cerberus Corp.

About Us

Gregory W. Harper  President and Founder

 

Gregory W. Harper is President of Cerberus Corp.,  a firm dedicated to assisting businesses develop and implement new visual and aural communication technologies. Through Cerberus, Mr. Harper serves as Senior Strategic Advisor to the Chairman of Trans World Entertainment (TWE), the largest mall-based retailer of music and video in the United States.  For TWE, Mr. Harper has been a key player in the development of digital media strategy including developing systems and strategies for digital media downloading.  Mr. Harper was instrumental in the development and deployment of the Listening and Viewing System (LVS) that allows shoppers in FYE stores to sample both audio and video content as well as purchase and download tracks.  Mr. Harper is co founder of Gadgetoff  a unique annual event which gathers leading technologist and innovators in an exclusive gathering dedicated to new technologies. As designer of software systems ranging from distance learning systems to digital media production systems, Mr. Harper has been awarded nine U.S. patents in the area of interactive digital video, and has seven other patents currently pending. Mr. Harper is a recognized futurist who is currently focusing on digital distribution of media, home control/media servers, wireless personal information devices, mobile phones, Telepresence, digital signage  and rich media.  Mr. Harper has been a long time advisor to leading Wall Street investment banks, helping them deploy worldwide rich media systems as well as providing research information on cutting edge technologies.  Mr. Harper is also an advisor to various private equity funds, helping them evaluate potential investments as well as implement technology strategies for some of their portfolio companies.  Mr. Harper serves on the board of IEC, the International Education Corporation, he also serves on the Board of Mix and Burn LLC and on the advisory boards of a number of other corporations.  He is a frequent presenter of technical papers at industry conferences and guest speaker at academic and business organizations.

Mr. Harper has had a long and successful career not only in technology but also in television production.  Mr. Harper has served as president of MyPublisher, the leading publisher of custom photo books.  In August, 2000, Mr. Harper sold Next Venue, a company he co-founded, to IBeam Broadcasting.  Next Venue, a leader in the streaming media industry, was a spin-off of CNBC Dow Jones Business Video, a joint venture of NBC, Dow Jones and Microsoft.  Prior to the spin-off, Mr. Harper served as Chief Technologist to the NBC/Microsoft joint venture and was responsible for designing its innovative rich media website.  Mr. Harper’s prior endeavors include: Executive Vice President  of NBC Onsite, a pioneering in-store advertising system;  President of Technology for ACTV, a leader in interactive television; President and Founder of Com/Tech Communication Technologies, Inc., a video production and technology firm, which he sold in 1995;  extensive work as a producer of television shows, both in the US and abroad; development and deployment of technology in such areas as interactive cable, data broadcasting, and judicial video arraignment systems;  US representative to various ITU standards committees (CCITT and CCIR) as well as various EIA and ISO committees focusing on data broadcasting;  active involvement in the creation of the US NABTS teletext standard; assistance in the development of the world’s first interactive cable TV system, Warner’s Qube System; work for various television networks and stations including WGBY TV, Springfield, CBS (news division and technology), PBS (technology and program production), France Telecom – TDF (President of its US subsidiary, Antiope and Telematics) and NBC (long range planning and data broadcasting).  Mr. Harper is a graduate of Amherst College