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 Marko Ahtisaari CEO & Co-Founder Dopplr |
 Nancy Hill President-CEO 4A's |
 Ralph Simon Founder & Chairman Emeritus MEF |
 Salil Dalvi Senior VP, Mobile Platform Development NBC Universal |
 Jordan Berman Vice President Media Innovation AT&T Ad Solutions |
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Marko AhtisaariCEO and Co-founder
Dopplr
Marko Ahtisaari is CEO and co-founder of Dopplr, the online service for smarter travel. Ahtisaari serves on the Board of Directors of F-Secure and Artek Oy Ab, and is an advisor to FON, the largest WiFi community in the world. From October 2006 to December 2008 Mr Ahtisaari was Head of Brand & Design at Blyk, the free mobile service for young people, funded by advertising. From January 2005 to September 2006 Mr Ahtisaari worked as Director of Design Strategy at Nokia. He joined Nokia in 2002 and held management positions in corporate strategy and venturing, always with a focus on creating new growth through better user experience. From 1999 to 2001 Mr Ahtisaari built and led the mobile practice at digital services company Satama Interactive. From 1994 to 1997 he was a lecturer, Fellow of the Faculty of Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York. Marko Ahtisaari holds a BA degree summa cum laude in Economics and Philosophy and a MA degree in Philosophy from Columbia University in the City of New York.
Ray AndersonCEO
Bango
Ray is Chief Executive of Bango, the business that uniquely enables content providers to market, deliver and sell their products and services directly to mobile phone users on all networks world-wide. He co-founded Bango in 1999 after realizing that the convergence of the internet with the ubiquity of mobile phones could open up huge opportunities for content and service providers. In 1988, Ray established IXI which created the industry standard network GUI - X.desktop. In 1993 the company merged with SCO where he held senior executive roles. Ray is an entrepreneur, innovator and investor with 20 years experience. He was named "Technology Entrepreneur of the Year" in February 2006 and in September 2006 at the ME Awards was given a special award for outstanding contribution to the mobile entertainment industry. He holds a 1st Class Degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University. He is a keen pilot.
Jeff ArbourSVP of North America
The Hyperfactory
Jeff Arbour is SVP of North America for The Hyperfactory and a key driver behind the company's mobile integration efforts in North America in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. He has recently helped define domestic and global mobile strategies and executions for top brands such as Toyota, Blackberry, and Coke.
- Recently named the named the #1 direct and interactive marketers under 30 by DMNews
- Recently named Top 100 Most influential marketers of 2008 by invesp consulting The E-Commerce Experts
Jeff has been helping brands navigate the mobile channel since 2003. Prior to joining The Hyperfactory in 2006, Jeff worked at Juice Wireless where he built relationships with many leading brands and advertising agencies.
Rolf AssevChief Strategy Officer
Opera Software ASA
Rolf Assev began his post-secondary education at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, before taking his Master of Science degree from the Norwegian School of Business Administration in 1988. Rolf has his working experience from the Norwegian Trade Council in Stockholm, Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee, the Nordic PR company Geelmuyden. Kiese and Spaceworld AS. Rolf started in Opera in 1999 taking the responsibility of building up the sales and marketing department.
Eric BaderPartner & President
BrandInHand
Eric Bader is a partner in BrandInHand, a full-service mobile marketing and media company that serves global brand marketers, partners with agencies, and assists emerging media companies. BrandInHand's clients span the consumer goods, financial services, technology, and retail industries. Prior to forming BrandInHand, Bader served as managing director of digital at MediaVest Worldwide. A new media veteran, he was formerly the head of online enterprises at CSTV Networks (now CBS College Sports) and, prior to that, executive director of interactive marketing at Ogilvy.
Frank BarbieriCEO & Founder
Transpera
Frank founded Transpera with the vision of helping normal people enjoy new kinds of mobile video experiences. Frank formerly ran media products at InfoSpace and prior to that, ran the Windows Mobile Media Device and Services group at Microsoft. Frank also held a senior position at Onvia, a company he helped take public, and MSNBC where he drove the online video distribution business and interactive content division. He has most recently worked in the private equity industry doing mobile and entertainment strategy and portfolio company support. Frank started his career as a photojournalist documenting the plight of refugees globally.
Michael BayleSenior Director, Global Mobile Advertising
Yahoo!
Michael Bayle is the senior director of global mobile advertising at Yahoo!. He is responsible for leading the global monetization strategy for Connected Life products, including Mobile, PC Desktop clients, and TV. This effort includes leading a cross-company, cross-functional team to devise business, product and channel strategies to support indirect revenue initiatives. Bayle is a Board member of the Mobile Marketing Association and is the Board sponsor of the sub-committee on mobile advertising guidelines.
Bayle joined the organization in September 2002 to lead business development for some of Yahoo! Search Marketing's largest global partners including MSN and ESPN. He also played a key role in launching Yahoo! Search Marketing's mobile sponsored search trials in Japan in 2004, and in the US in 2005.
No stranger to the Internet, Bayle has been working in the sector for over 11 years. He began his career as Director of Business Development at IDG, creating one of the Internet's first affiliate programs and playing an instrumental role in the direction of the Webby Awards. Next, he became one of the earliest employees at LinkExchange before the company was acquired by Microsoft in 1998. At Microsoft, he was the International Business Development Manager, negotiating partnerships with large OEMs, telecommunications companies, and leading portals in overseas markets to distribute the bCentral brand and product offerings. Before coming to Yahoo!, he held a Senior Business Development Director position for a start-up company specializing in international e-commerce.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and his Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
David BearExecutive Director, Mobile and Social Media
AtmosphereBBDO
David Bear, Executive Director, Mobile NA David joined Atmosphere BBDO in 2007 with the focus of driving all of the agency's mobile marketing efforts in North America. Prior to Atmosphere BBDO, David served as Vice President, Business Development at ipsh! New York an Omnicom Groups mobile agency. At ipsh!, Bear managed the business development, strategy, planning, creative, and account management mobile initiatives for numerous Omnicom agency partners including BBDO, OMD, PHD, Tribal DDB, Targetbase, Javelin Direct and more. Currently David is responsible for developing and launching mobile programs ranging from standard SMS campaigns to fully integrated mobile marketing and advertising campaigns using bluecasting, near field communications, mobile video, interactive voice response (IVR) location-based services via GPS and mobile applications.
Michael BeckerVP Mobile Strategies
iLoop Mobile
Michael Becker is a leader in the mobile marketing industry, assuming the roles of industry entrepreneur, volunteer, and academic. Mr. Becker is the VP Mobile Strategies at iLoop Mobile, Inc. iLoop Mobile is the industry's leading mobile marketing solutions provider and was awarded the MMA Innovation of the Year Award (2007). Mr. Becker sits on the Mobile Marketing Association North American Board of Directors, founder and Co-chairs the award winning MMA's Academic Outreach Committee and founded and Co-edits the award winning MMA International Journal of Mobile Marketing. He is also a member of the dotMobi Mobile Advisory Group Steering Committee and member of the Direct Marketing Association's Mobile and Programming Advisory Council. In addition to his industry and volunteer roles, Mr. Becker is a contributing author to Mobile Internet for Dummies, co-author of Web Marketing All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (which includes a mini-book on mobile marketing); in addition, he has authored over 40 other articles on mobile marketing and is an accomplished public speaker on mobile marketing. In his spare time, Mr. Becker is pursing his doctorate on the topic of mobile enhanced customer managed interactions at Golden Gate University. Mr. Becker was award the MMA Individual Achievement Award (2007) for his contributions to the mobile marketing industry.
Matt BelkinSVP Emerging Business
Omniture
Matt Belkin is the Senior Vice President of Emerging Business for Omniture. His team is responsible for maximizing the success of Omniture customers. He is formerly the Director of Marketing Analytics at Macromedia. Under his leadership, Macromedia became a recognized leader in its usage of web and marketing analytics, and was featured prominently by multiple industry research firms. Prior to Macromedia, he was involved with multiple analytics implementations at Adobe Systems and Yahoo/eGroups. He also spent many years at JP Morgan, serving as an Equity Research Analyst covering the enterprise and technical software industries.
David BerkowitzDirector of Emerging Media & Client Strategy
360i
David Berkowitz is Director of Emerging Media & Client Strategy for 360i, an award-winning digital marketing agency whose clients include NBC Universal, JCPenney, Borders, Office Depot, MTV Networks and others. At 360i, David helps leading brands leverage marketing opportunities at the nexus of search engine marketing and social media.
Prior to 360i, Mr. Berkowitz served as Director of Marketing for Viewpoint's rich media advertising group, Unicast, and search engine marketing firm iCrossing. Previously, with research firm eMarketer, he interviewed 175 executives, authors, and analysts on the cutting edge of technology and business.
Mr. Berkowitz manages MarketersStudio.com, an Ad Age Power 150 media and marketing blog and writes regularly for 360i's blog, Digital Connections. He graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Jordan BermanVice President, Media Innovation
AT&T Ad Solutions
Jordan Berman is the Vice President of Media Innovation in the Advanced Ad Solutions group at AT&T, the world's leading telecommunications provider. He leads a team in New York responsible for building AT&T's advertising business to connect brands with AT&T's 150 million customers across the mobile, broadband, IPTV, and Yellow Pages local search platforms. Berman originally joined Cingular Wireless in 2006 to build their mobile video business, managing exclusive distribution relationships with HBO and WWE. Prior to AT&T/Cingular, Berman spent 6 years at Showtime Networks where he directed online marketing and advertising as well as promotions and partnership marketing for the premium cable network. His main focus was on building awareness and tune-in to Showtime's award winning original series like Weeds, Dexter and The L Word while bolstering subscriptions to the network via acquisition campaigns in collaboration with cable and satellite affiliates.
Berman started his career at Black & Decker with stints on the event marketing and Home Depot account sales teams. He then moved into the advertising agency business with account management positions at Lois USA on Minolta and at DDB where he helped to re-launch the fabled Atari brand after its acquisition by Hasbro. Berman followed his passion for interactive entertainment by founding Shorn.com, an award winning online entertainment destination that delivered original content for twenty something cubicle dwellers positioned as "entertainment for the ill-tempered." The dot com bust of 2000 led Berman to shutter Shorn.com and join Viacom's Showtime to lead their foray into new media. Jordan has a Bachelor of Science in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and an MBA in marketing from NYU's Stern School of Business. He currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two sons, Dean and Nate.
Hans Peter BrøndmoCEO
Plum
Hans Peter is passionate about inventing new applications and building companies that help people better communicate and connect. He is a successful serial entrepreneur who is at it again. Plum, his fourth start-up, makes websites social by powering social media sharing applications for groups of people with real-world relationships. Plum's white-label offering for the web and mobile is being used today by a range of companies in the travel, media, publishing, retail and education sectors. Hans Peter has been featured broadly in national media and has addressed more than 50 conferences in the past several years. He has testified at US Senate hearings and blogged extensively on topics ranging from the new models of sharing and social collaboration on the Internet, to privacy, to entrepreneurship, to the broader impact and influence of technology on individuals.
Thomas BucharVice-President/Business Development
Twittad
Mr. Thomas Buchar is a former DOD intelligence analyst and serial entrepreneur who has started and exited several successful global ventures which include: media properties (CGI, Inc. acquired by Castle Entertainment Ltd UK) , financial services , as well as professional services. Upon the 2001 acquisition of TechExec Resources, Inc., (a 'high growth' technology focused executive search firm) which he founded, Mr. Buchar began advising clients on Capital Structures, Sales Force Realignment, and Strategic Initiatives. He has lived in Europe and Central America and his experiences developed his passionate examination of anything economic, cultural, and geopolitical. Mr. Buchar is a President's Circle Member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, former board member of the Swiss American Business Council, member of the World Trade Center of Chicago, The Executives Club of Chicago, and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Buchar holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science with a concentration in Latin American Foreign Policy from the University of Texas at Austin.
Twittad was built and launched in August 2008. As of March 2009, over 3,100 Twitter marketers have signed up for the service with a reach of close to 2,000,000 consumers. Twittad.com allows advertisers and marketers to target specific Twitter users through background ad placement, as well as ad messages that reach 3rd party Twitter applications and mobile devices. Twittad is currently researching and developing ways to increase the mobile offering to include location based "tweets" either through direct messages on Twitter or SMS text.
Ryan BurkeManaging Director, Telecom and Media
TNS Compete
Over the past decade, Ryan has worked with telecommunications and media companies helping them optimize their customer acquisition, conversion and retention initiatives driven through the online channel. One of the founding members of the practice, Ryan builds and manages client relationships and partnerships with wireless and handset providers, MVNOs, online agents and companies offering bundled voice, wireless, data, internet and entertainment services. Prior to joining Compete, Ryan was a senior associate at the digital strategy consulting firm Mainspring, where he focused on developing business from technology and media companies seeking to leverage the online channel. Prior to Mainspring, Ryan worked for Goldman Sachs in their private client services group. Ryan holds a BA from Boston College
Learn more at http://blog.compete.com
John BurryFounder & CEO
Mobui
John Burry is a veteran mobile technology specialist, who has been actively involved in the development of mobile applications since 2003. As founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mobui, John leads an experienced team in rapidly creating beautiful mobile experiences for today's leading content companies. Prior to Mobui, John was the Senior Application Architect at Action Engine Corporation, which built a number of innovative mobile applications for companies such as Dow Jones, MTV, AOL, MSNBC, Sports Illustrated, and Golf.com. John also held positions at Microsoft where he was Group Program Manager of the Microsoft.com home page, Microsoft's Catalogs and Commerce infrastructure and Xbox.com. John is considered a subject matter expert on mobile applications and mobile advertising and has spoken at a number of mobile and technology conferences around the world. He resides in Seattle's Eastside with his family.
Michael ChangCEO and Founder
Greystripe
Michael is responsible for Greystripe's market vision and execution. Along with his cofounder, they were the first to conceive of the ad-supported mobile game business model and bring it to the mass market. He was most recently at Incubic Venture Capital and was responsible for investments in Internet and software companies. Michael has an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and has held engineering and marketing product management roles at SAN pioneer Gadzoox Networks. Michael has a BS in EE from Carnegie Mellon University.
Hayle ChunDirector, Digital Media
NBC Sports & Olympics
Hayle Chun is Director, Digital Media for NBC Sports & Olympics where he is responsible for business & product development, planning and operations for many of NBC Sports & Olympics' digital ventures. As part of his role, Hayle oversees mobile and emerging platforms, including NBC Sports Mobile & NBC Olympics Mobile. Most recently, he led NBC Olympics Mobile's coverage of the Beijing Games. Prior to joining NBC Universal, Hayle worked at MTV Networks in business development & operations. Hayle earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard and an MBA from NYU Stern.
Patricia ClarkVice President, Sales
4INFO
Patricia Clark is regional vice president of sales at 4INFO, a mobile media company. With over 15 years of experience in interactive media sales and digital marketing She is an expert at the requirements for and development of comprehensive, integrated mobile advertising programs. She previously served as Vice President of Digital Sales for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she led digital sales efforts with brands such as Colgate, Castrol, and Procter & Gamble. Patricia has a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and is an active member of numerous industry associations, including the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and the NY Ad Club.
Joel CommProducer
iFart mobile
Joel Comm is an Internet entrepreneur who has been online for over 20 years. He is the co-creator of ClassicGames.com, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 1997, and now goes by the name Yahoo! Games. Joel is the author of many popular books, including the NY Times Best-Seller, The AdSense Code. He is a social media expert and author of the book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time. As Executive Producer of The Next Internet Millionaire, Joel and his team broke new ground in producing an original serial reality series for the web. Joel's company has produced a number of iPhone applications, one which held the #1 position in the iTunes store for three weeks. His latest projects are designed to help entertainers, musicians, actors, celebrities, athletes and corporations enhance and expand their presence and brand in the marketplace. An in-demand speaker at Internet marketing, personal development and technology industry conferences, Joel's unique brand of speaking educates, entertains and inspires.
Salil DalviSenior Vice President, Mobile Platform Development
NBC Universal Digital Distribution
Salil Dalvi, Senior Vice President for Mobile Platform Development, is responsible for overseeing NBC Universal's mobile content growth strategy, product development and operations. He also helps lead the company's overall mobile strategy, helping expand its direct-to-consumer business, build its mobile advertising revenue stream, and identify and develop adjacent mobile businesses.
Additionally, Dalvi and his team have overseen the company's mobile growth strategy, including the launch of 24/7 mobile channels NBC2Go, CNBC and MSNBC channels available through MediaFLO. And, has led the development of mobile video offerings and ad-supported mobile websites (WAP) across NBC Universal's brands, including Bravo, USA Network, SCI FI Channel, NBC Sports, CNBC and MSNBC. He also managed NBC Universal's direct-to-consumer and mobile advertising strategy and development, including ad network deals with 4INFO and JumpTap. Working with NBC Universal's ad sales and business development teams, Dalvi's team has been instrumental in developing successful wireless campaigns with distribution and advertising partners, including Sprint, Verizon and AT&T.
Dalvi holds a Master of Business Administration from Emory University and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Vanderbilt University. He currently lives in South Orange, NJ with his wife and son, Lori and Luke.
Jackie DanickiDirector of Marketing
Qik
Jackie Danicki joined Qik as marketing director with more than a decade of experience in online communication and emerging internet technologies. Jackie was one of the world's first recognized leaders in the area of social media for business and non-profits, having joined the London-based Big Blog Company in early 2004. Later the head of marketing for Europe's largest search engine marketing agency, Latitude, Jackie's work has been highlighted by British Vogue, the New York Times, Allure, the Sunday Telegraph (London), the Sunday Times (London), Women's Wear Daily, and many others. She is a frequent presenter at events in the US and Europe.
Chris DeGraceFounding member
OnePIN
Chris has 15 years experience leading the development and growth of Internet and Wireless companies. DeGrace is a founding member of OnePIN's mobile business, responsible for defining and commercializing the launch of CallerXchange, the world's fastest growing mobile contact exchange service. With his expertise in Internet and GSM technologies, he has architected solutions that are available on a handset agnostic platform. He and his team are responsible for peer-to-peer mobile solutions that have reached 180 countries worldwide and are helping mobile operators like Orange, MTN, Cable and Wireless and America Movil deploy social address book solutions. He holds various patents and patents pending in the Internet and Mobile environments.
Walt DoyleCEO
uLocate Communications, Inc
Walt's passion for emerging technology has kept him on the leading edge of consumer media and technology for over 15 years. Prior to joining uLocate in 2005, Walt was a GM of MapQuest (TWX). His career began in Hong Kong with Dow Jones (DJ), then spanned executive level appointments with GameSpot (CNET), Net2Phone (IDT), and DialPad (YHOO). Walt's ability to identify emerging technology trends, create corporate strategy, and build winning teams puts him squarely at the helm of uLocate. He is a graduate of Emory University.
Jim EadieVice President, Digital Distribution
MTV Networks
Jim Eadie is Vice President of Digital Distribution for MTV Networks. In his role, Eadie is responsible for developing content distribution strategies across mobile platforms and cultivating distribution deals with mobile operators, aggregators and emerging media platforms across MTV Networks' diverse brands, including: CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, Logo, MTV, Nickelodeon, The N, Spike and VH1, among others. Based in the company's New York City headquarters, Eadie reports to Alice Kim, Senior Vice President of Digital Distribution & Partner Relations for MTV Networks.
Most recently, Eadie served as Director of Business Development and Strategy for the MTV Networks Entertainment Group, which includes Comedy Central, Spike, TV Land, Gametrailers and Atom Films. In that role, Eadie led the targeting and analysis of acquisition targets, managed long-term financial planning and drove strategic initiatives, such as the launch of Spike HD.
Prior to joining MTV Networks in 2006, Eadie served as an Associate in the Time Warner Corporate Strategic Planning Group and held a succession of Corporate Development and Corporate Strategy roles at AOL. He began his career as an investment banker at Alex.Brown as a financial analyst in the Technology Group.
Jim holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University.
Eric EllerSVP, Client Solutions
Millennial Media
Eric leads Client Solutions for Millennial Media and is responsible for developing successful mobile advertising programs for agencies and advertisers. In this role, he oversees client strategy, creative services, and concept implementation. Over the past decade, Eric has been an executive leading diverse advertising centric organizations and disciplines for Advertising.com and later AOL. His experience includes senior management roles in product marketing, European operations (and start-up), and he was the original technology chief at TeknoSurf which later became Advertising.com. Eric's teams delivered industry leading ad delivery, optimization, behavioral targeting and search management solutions for Advertising.com's advertiser clients. Prior to joining Advertising.com, Eric was a principal consultant with Syscom, Inc., where his clients included Citigroup, First Union and Royal Bank of Canada.
Igor FaletskiCo-Founder and CEO
Mobify.Me
Igor is co-founder and CEO of Mobify.Me - a new web-based service for rapidly creating "mobile projections" of existing websites. "Mobifying" a site in this fashion makes standalone mobile sites unnecessary, delivering outstanding results across all families of devices. Igor and his team come from a background of designing some of the most popular SMS and iPhone services in Canada.
Boris FridmanCEO
Crisp Wireless
Boris Fridman, Chief Executive Officer of Crisp Wireless, has a proven track record building and leading successful software companies in the wireless and mobile space. As Chief Operating Officer of SJ Labs, a developer of award-winning VoIP software products, he focused the company on providing VoIP solutions in the emerging voice over Wi-Fi market. As founder and CEO of Broadbeam Corporation, he led the company to become a premier supplier of wireless middleware products to enterprises worldwide. He co-authored the book Wireless Data for the Enterprise: Making Sense of Wireless Business published by McGraw-Hill and received a patent in the area of wireless access to the Internet. Fridman holds a Master's degree in physics.
Learn more at http://blog.crispwireless.com/
Jason J. FulminesMobile Product Manager
Gannett Digital
Jason is responsible for the strategy and development of mobile products across Gannett's 108 local newspaper and TV markets including USA TODAY. He also manages the day-to-day corporate relationship with multiple mobile providers and strategic partners. He evaluates emerging technologies and was a key member of the USA TODAY iPhone application development team.
Prior to joining Gannett's digital division, Jason worked for LM&O Advertising in Arlington, VA leading print and digital aspects of the Army National Guard's account. He also spent four years at USA TODAY in various advertising roles.
Jason is an active member of the Online Publishers Association and the Mobile Marketing Association and holds a BA in Journalism/Mass Communication from St. Bonaventure University.
Arthur GoikhmanCo-founder and COO
Cellufun, Inc
Arthur sets Cellufun's strategic directions and oversees business development initiatives. Arthur has 20 years experience running technology companies and shaping them into highly profitable businesses. Prior to Cellufun, Arthur led the turnaround of Spiderphone Conferencing, a dotcom era telecom startup, where he continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Arthur graduated from Brooklyn College with a BS in Computer Science.
Karl GoodTechnical Director
Truphone
Karl Good,Technical Director, Truphone As technical director, Karl Good is responsible for application development at Truphone. Most recently he has managed the delivery project for making Truphone the first VoIP application for the Apple iPhone. This was swiftly followed by applications for the Apple iPod and the Android platform. Karl brings more than 14 years of telecom experience, across both start-up and established companies including Vizzavi, O2 Global, Vodafone Group and most recently Symbian as head of delivery management. He has strong technical & management capabilities and is a practical hands on leader with a focus on technological innovation and delivery.
Jesse GoransonSVP, Mobile Media
Nielsen Online
Jesse Goranson is SVP Mobile Media for The Nielsen Company, based in Nielsen's San Francisco office. Jesse has been with Nielsen since early 2000, working with mobile clients. Previously, Jesse founded and ran the U.S. offices of Hypernix, an instant messaging startup. Jesse also spent eight years as a strategy consultant, first at Gemini Consulting, then at Ernst and Young, working with clients in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Jesse has a Masters in Operations Research from M.I.T's Sloan School, and a Bachelors of Management Science also from M.I.T.'s Sloan School.
Jack HallahanVP Advertising & Brand Partnerships
MobiTV
Jack brings to MobiTV twenty years of branding and marketing insight, offering senior level guidance in mobile advertising. Mixing traditional with new media experience and integrated marketing, Jack has helped build brands including Apple, Jeep, U.S. Navy, Paramount Pictures, Mattel, Coca-Cola, and Nike. An innovator in mobile marketing, Jack has been recognized by MediaWeek for 2007 Mobile Campaign of the Year, selected to MMA Board of Directors, and recently honored as MEA's 2009 Mobile Embassador. Jack lives in Orinda, CA with his wife Lisa, 3 children.
Tom HenrikssonHead of Nokia Interactive Advertising
Nokia
Tom Henriksson heads the Nokia Interactive Advertising business at Nokia. Nokia Interactive Advertising is building a global open marketplace for mobile advertising with the Nokia Media Network, a network of premium publishers, brands and mobile operators that reaches more than 100 million consumers worldwide. Prior to his current position, Tom built Nokia Ad Service at Nokia Emerging Business Unit and acquired Enpocket Inc. to form Nokia Interactive Advertising. He has also held roles in Strategy and New Business Development at Nokia Ventures Organization, managing the identification and starting of new business globally. Tom has a long background in setting-up and developing start-up technology businesses. He was the founder and managing partner of Holtron Ventures, a highly successful Finnish venture capital firm, a partner at a technology start-up advisory firm, and he held sales and marketing management roles in a Finnish radio-technology start-up business. Tom has also worked in an international management consulting firm. He is a board member/advisor of several start-up companies.
Nancy HillPresident - CEO
4 A's
Nancy Hill was named president and chief executive officer of the 4A's on February 1, 2008. Previously, she served as chief executive officer at Lowe New York.
A veteran of 4A's member agencies on both east and west coasts, Ms. Hill has served as executive vice president and managing director at BBDO New York, where she oversaw several of the agency's largest accounts. Ms. Hill joined BBDO from Hill | Holliday, where she was first president of its San Francisco office, and later served as executive vice president and managing director for New York. Her background is steeped in technology experience from clients such as Cisco, Microsoft, LucasArts, Sybase, Sony, and Verizon.
In San Francisco, she was named one of the "75 Most Influential Women in Business" in both 2001 and 2002 by the San Francisco Business Times. She was named a "Woman to Watch" by Advertising Age in 2008.
Ms. Hill has served on the Board of Directors of the Miami Ad School and led the launch of its New York campus. In addition to many teaching engagements throughout the country, she is actively involved in a community and education program in Ecuador where she has a home.
Kate ImbachDirector of Marketing and Developer Programs
Skyhook Wireless
Kate is head of marketing at Skyhook Wireless. She is responsible for all marketing and outreach efforts around Skyhook's Hybrid Positioning System, and manages Skyhook's developer program. Previously she worked at m-Qube, (acquired by VeriSign), an early leader in mobile marketing, where she managed the launch of hundreds of mobile marketing campaigns. Kate is a founder and organizer of Mobile Monday Boston, the industry organization for the 200+ mobile and wireless organizations in the Boston area. Kate holds a B.A from Skidmore College and a Masters in Public Administration from Suffolk University.
Paran JoharCMO
JumpTap
Paran Johar leads the teams responsible for JumpTap's global marketing activities. He is the driving force behind evangelizing the adoption of mobile advertising and supports the advertiser, publisher and carrier solution brands that serve thousands of partners. Before joining JumpTap, Mr. Johar was EVP of Digital Marketing for North America and Managing Director of MRM's Los Angeles office. Mr. Johar's responsibilities included overseeing all operations of the LA office and all digital marketing in North America including online media, search marketing, and mobile marketing. Prior to MRM, Mr. Johar was GM of the Los Angeles office for Tribal DDB where he was responsible for all online media, SEM, and SEO activities in North America. Under his leadership, the Los Angeles office grew from $0 to over $80MM in annual billings, winning numerous awards such as Adweek's Interactive Agency of the Year in 2005. A seasoned and accomplished marketer and entrepreneur, Mr. Johar brings to JumpTap a diverse background in online branding and marketing communication work from other leading agencies such as Saatchi and Saatchi, BBDO Worldwide iXL, Poppe Tyson, Bates USA.
Mickey Alam KhanEditor in Chief
Mobile Marketer
Mickey Alam Khan is editor in chief of Mobile Marketer, a trade news publication that covers mobile marketing, media and commerce at www.mobilemarketer.com and through its daily newsletter and blog. He was previously editor in chief of eMarketer and DM News. He lives in New York.
Ragnar KruseCEO & Co-Founder
Smaato Inc.
As a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years experience in IT, Ragnar Kruse understands the unique challenges in bringing new technologies to market. He has built up several companies from inception to market launch in both the US and Europe.
At Intershop Communications, a leader in E-Commerce software solutions, Ragnar was VP of Sales and Marketing in San Francisco. More recently, Ragnar held key management positions at high-tech companies in the U.S. and Europe including eCharge and Xtramind.
Ragnar started his career as an entrepreneur. In 1980, he founded IPT GmbH, a computer retail business that imported products into Germany from the USA and Taiwan. In 1987 he expanded his business by starting DTP Partner GmbH, a distribution company in Hamburg. DTP Partner was the exclusive distributor of several desktop publishing solutions such as Corel and was instrumental in establishing international distribution agreements with American and Taiwanese companies. Ragnar studied law at the universities of Hamburg and Munich, Germany.
Joseph LaszloDirector of Research
Interactive Advertising Bureau
As the IAB's director of research Joe Laszlo plays a key role in driving the IAB's thought leadership among members and across the industry at large. Laszlo manages most major IAB research initiatives, provides guidance and advice for IAB members with research questions, and oversees the IAB's Research Council. Laszlo's research projects have included writing an IAB white paper on the state of mobile interactive advertising and completing an IAB case study on online video ad effectiveness. Laszlo is currently overseeing the completion of major IAB guideline initiatives around click and audience measurement. Laszlo began his IAB career in September, 2007, following an eight-year tenure as analyst then research director at Jupiter Research. During his time at Jupiter, Laszlo was widely acknowledged as an authority on numerous aspects of the technology and business of interactive media.
Kelly LiangHead of YouTube Platform Syndication
YouTube
Kelly Liang Head of Syndication Partnerships, YouTube Kelly is responsible leading business development efforts for all syndication related opportunities at YouTube, including partnerships in the mobile, TV and CE verticals. Kelly has played an instrumental part in building YouTube's syndication business from its infancy since 2006. Prior to joining YouTube, Kelly was Vice President of corporate strategy at Visa. She also led business development efforts for the Finance business unit at Yahoo! as well as worked as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York and Hong Kong.
Phil LibinCEO
Evernote
Phil Libin is an entrepreneur and executive who has led two Internet companies from the very beginning to proven commercial success and helped three others through rapid growth. In 2007, Phil became the CEO of Evernote Corporation, a company split between Silicon Valley and Moscow that's working to build a universal memory extension — the company was recently voted the "Best Mobile Startup of 2008" at the Crunchies Awards in January 2009. Prior to Evernote, Phil founded CoreStreet, where he served as president and board member. He has also served as the Chief Technologist for Applications at Vignette, and founded Engine 5, Ltd.
Howard LindzonCo-Founder
StockTwits
Howard Lindzon has over twenty years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. Mr. Lindzon spent the last ten years managing his hedge fund, Lindzon Capital Partners, and is Partner and Principal of Knight's Bridge Capital, a private equity firm based in Toronto.
Mr. Lindzon has tremendous insight into new media and is a very active angel investor in the financial and internet business sectors, invested and involved with over 30 companies. He sold his startup videoblog Wallstrip to CBS Corp. and has made many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (sold to Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), and Internet Brands (NASDAQ).
Mr. Lindzon's new media and internet business investments include: MyTrade.com (purchased by Think or Swim in December 2008, NASD SWIM), Limos.com (sold December 2008), Covestor.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Foodzie, and Tweetdeck, to name a few. Mr. Lindzon is actively involved in his latest venture, Stocktwits, an open, community-powered investment idea and information service built on the twitter platform.
Mr. Lindzon received an MBA at Arizona State University and an MIM from The American Graduate School of International Management.
Eric LitmanChairman and CEO
Medialets
Eric Litman is Chairman and CEO of Medialets, a New York-based premium advertising network and analytics provider for mobile platforms such as iPhone and Android. Eric began his career with technical and software engineering positions at GEnie, a pre-Internet online service provider, and NeXT Computer. He is a pioneer of the Internet's commercialization, and as a co-founder of Proxicom, helped to build one of the first, largest, and most successful publicly traded interactive agencies. Eric most recently served as Managing Director of WashingtonVC, an early-stage fund and incubator. Previously, Eric held senior executive roles in high-growth Internet businesses, as founder and CEO of Viaduct Technologies, a global Internet and mobile interactive agency. Previously, he was instrumental in building digitalNATION, a world leading web hosting and services provider, from its launch through its $100m acquisition by Verio Internet/NTT (NYSE: NTT).
Jeffrey LitvackGeneral Manager, Mobile & Emerging Products
Associated Press
Jeffrey Litvack is the General Manager, Mobile & Emerging Products for the Associated Press. Jeff is responsible for identifying and assessing new market and product opportunities for the AP worldwide. Under Jeff's leadership, the AP introduced the award-winning AP Mobile News Network -- since its launch in May, the MNN was named the "Best in News" mobile application by The New York Times, the "Gold Standard for Mobile News" and Top 10 iPhone App for 2008 by Time Magazine, and was selected a finalist in the Blackberry Developer Awards. In addition, Jeff oversaw the development of AP's internet connected news applications for the Intel Widget Platform and Microsoft MediaRoom which will be installed in consumer electronic devices scheduled for consumer release in late-2009. These applications are breaking new ground in the digital home entertainment space and allow viewers to simultaneously access breaking news from across the nation without missing a second of their favorite television program, movie, live entertainment or sporting event. Jeff holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business where he graduated summa cum laude. He is the proud father of 1 year old Madison Litvack.
Cheryl LucanegroSVP, Advertising Sales
Pandora
Cheryl Lucanegro oversees Pandora's growing national ad sales team as well as the ad operations group. She is a media industry veteran with a reputation for building and growing new media outlets. Cheryl was part of the founding team of The Industry Standard, and has since worked for several entrepreneurial media ventures, from Salon.com, where she served as Senior Vice President of Integrated Sales, to Edutopia, a magazine and website aimed at teachers funded by the George Lucas Foundation, where she most recently served as Founding Publisher. Earlier in her career, she worked for Ziff-Davis Publishing and Upside Media. Cheryl has a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Florida.
Marc-Henri MagdelénatDirector, Mobile Advertising
Microsoft Advertising
Marc-Henri Magdelenat is one of the 3 founders of ScreenTonic, the mobile advertising pioneer acquired by Microsoft in July 2007. ScreenTonic created the first mobile advertising offer in Europe as of 2003. ScreenTonic developed the largest European mobile advertising network by partnering with Tier 1 carriers such as Orange in France, UK, Spain... ScreenTonic sold more than 2000 mobile advertising campaigns to 200+ advertisers such as Coca-Cola, Nike, Reebok, HP, and Peugeot and many others... Marc-Henri was ScreenTonic's Chief Marketing Officer. He is now based in New York, in charge of developing Microsoft Mobile Advertising presence in the US market and globally.
Previously he earned his experience in the fast-moving consumer goods market. He managed consumer product lines at Unilever, and then he became Head of operational marketing at Coca-Cola, notably during the FIFA World Cup in 1998. Marc-Henri also participated in developing a specific advertising offer of Le Figaro newspaper in the early 90s. Marc-Henri is a graduate of ESCP (Paris business school) and served 2 years as an Officer in the French Navy.
Laura MarriottStrategic Consultant, Director of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
President Emeritus, Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)
Most recently, at the MMA Marriott was responsible for leading the development of the global trade association to drive the adoption of mobile marketing as well as to establish guidelines and best practices to ensure consumer privacy and brand integrity. Under Marriott's leadership, the association established branches in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Middle East & Africa and grew its membership to more than 700 global member companies, representing the world's most recognized consumer and mobile brands.
Named one of the industry's Top 50 US Executives by Mobile Entertainment and Top 10 Women in Wireless by FierceMarkets, Marriott has a proven track record of leadership, business acumen and the ability to create and execute on programs with measurable results. Marriott is published in key industry publications and quoted in broadcast, print, and radio for her global voice and expertise on mobile marketing.
With nearly two decades of experience in the high-tech industry in the areas of business development, product management and marketing, Marriott has held leadership positions at Intrado, Cyneta Networks and Cell-Loc Inc/TimesThree. Marriott graduated from the University of Alberta.
Alexandre MarsCEO, Phonevalley
Head of Mobile, Publicis Groupe
Alexandre Mars is a born entrepreneur and an expert in new technologies and communication, with several companies to his credit in Europe as well as in the US within such sectors as venture capital, the web, the mobile and advertising.
Today, Alexandre Mars can draw on 15 years of experience in business creation and development to spearhead all the mobile activities pursued by Publicis Groupe around the world.
A track record reflecting a dedicated, audacious and committed personality
Music fan Alexandre Mars took his first creative steps while still in high school, organising concerts attracting thousands of students, before discovering business management and forming teams to support his project... and he realised that he enjoyed what he was doing.
Aged only 20 and bearing testament to his visionary outlook, he founded one of the very first web agencies in Europe with the proceeds from his first enterprise, while continuing his studies at the HEC Business School and Paris Dauphine University. Workaholic Alexandre Mars ventured into the world of new technologies and marketing, in the process becoming one of the trailblazers in an industry that he has never abandoned.
At 25, he embarked on a new venture and created his own investment fund. Alexandre was one of the youngest ever players in international venture capital - an audacious gamble that paid off: he came through the dot-com bubble unscathed and lent his support to 15 or so technological companies in Europe and the USA (leading to successful IPOs, M&As...).
In 2001, Alexandre Mars, a business director at heart, made another entrepreneurial gamble and set up Phonevalley to pave the way for the emerging market of mobile marketing. In just a few years, he propelled Phonevalley into pole position in the European market for mobile marketing.
In 2007, Publicis Groupe announced the acquisition of Phonevalley and turned it into its mobile advertising agency. Phonevalley is now a global player.
Alexandre Mars was appointed "Head of Mobile" at Publicis Groupe, thereby giving the world's third largest communications group a gateway to the power of mobile.
Alexandre Mars is regularly invited to speak on behalf of entrepreneurs and share his experience in the media and at international colloquia (MIT, European Media Leaders, Monaco Media Forum, Mobile World Congress, New York Summit, the French Senate, AdTech...).
Steven MasurManaging Director
MasurLaw
Steven Masur is the Managing Director of MasurLaw, a venture, technology and entertainment law firm with a global practice. Steve's practice focuses on business and legal strategy, content and technology contracts, corporate finance, M&A, and general counsel services. Steve is as passionate about new businesses as he is about artists. Mr. Masur has helped clients create and define a wide array of game-changing new business models and licensing schemes in music, film, video games, mobile, licensing, advertising, media delivery, software and hardware. Steve helps clients organize, write contracts, work out complicated legal and business problems and pursue strategic opportunities. Name just about any new idea and Steve can tell you what happened in similar earlier businesses. Prior to founding MasurLaw in 1994, Steve was an attorney at Sabin, Bermant & Gould in New York practicing in the cable TV and corporate areas. He served such clients as Advance Publications, Conde Nast Publications, Newhouse Broadcasting Corp. and Eastern Microwave. Mr. Masur graduated from Colby College in 1984, received his J.D. in 1993 from American University in Washington, DC. He is a member of the New York State and District of Columbia bar associations. Mr. Masur serves on a variety of industry associations and corporate boards and lectures regularly on entertainment and technology legal issues and business strategy.
Sam MathenyGeneral Manager
News Over Wireless
Sam Matheny is General Manager of News Over Wireless, which is part of CBC New Media Group, LLC. CBC New Media Group is a division of Capitol Broadcasting Company with three principle areas of operation: digital television, Internet, and mobile wireless. Sam's focus is on strategic media applications, where he is currently engaged with mobile wireless content delivery. News Over Wireless works with broadcasters and wireless phone carriers to provide news and information on mobile phones through video channels, downloadable applications, mobile web sites and SMS. News Over Wireless is partnered with over 120 television stations reaching approximately 80% of US television households and has on-deck relationships with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and other national and regional carriers. Sam is a member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers, the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Mobile Marketing Association, and the Open Mobile Video Coalition.
Kyle McDonielVP Business Development
FOX Interactive Media
Kyle McDoniel is vice president business develpment, strategy and operations for FOX Sports Interactive Media where he is responsible for partnership development and long term strategy and planning for FOXSports.com on MSN, Scout.com and What If Sports. Prior to joining FOX Sports Interactive, McDoniel was vice president for business development for National Geographic Digital Media and spent several years prior to that managing fantasy games and subscription products for ESPN.com as well as official site relationships with the NBA, NFL and NASCAR. McDoniel earned a bachelor's degree in English and Journalism from the University of Arkansas.
Nihal MehtaCEO
buzzd
With over 12 years experience in innovating marketing technologies through three successful startups to date, Nihal Mehta, is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of wireless technologies for media properties and consumer brands. Named one of twenty RCR Wireless News 'mobile movers and shakers' in 2008, a BusinessWeek 'M-Commerce Baron' in 2006 and named one of AdAge's 'top 20 marketers in their 20s' in 2005, Nihal is currently CEO and co-founder of the location-sensitive mobile cityguide, "buzzd". Prior to buzzd, Nihal founded ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies in 2001, which he sold to Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005. Nihal started his entrepreneurial career by founding Urbangroove, an online nightlife portal, in 1999. Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science.
Phil MianoNational Director, Mobile Advertising Sales
Platform-A
Phil Miano is the National Director for Platform-A Mobile Advertising which includes the AOL mobile properties, Third Screen Media network, and mobile carriers Verizon Wireless and Virgin Mobile. In this role, Phil leads a team of talented mobile specialists who teach brands how to be successful in their mobile advertising endeavors.
Prior to joining Platform-A, Phil was the first mobile advertising specialist in the US for Microsoft where he had previously helped launch the sales efforts for adCenter, Microsoft's paid search platform.
Phil has been involved with digital media since 1997. He has held senior sales positions with: Time Inc. New Media, The i-Turf Network, 360hiphop/Bet.com, and PRIMEDIA.
Phil is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the US Army's, John F Kennedy Center for special warfare.
Andy MillerCEO
Quattro Wireless
Andy Miller serves as CEO of Quattro Wireless, a Highland Capital-backed start-up at the forefront of mobile Web content adaptation and advertising. Prior to joining Quattro, Miller was a member of the senior management team at m-Qube, Inc. where he served as the senior vice president of business development and strategy. While at m-Qube, Miller was instrumental in setting strategy and driving revenue for what became North America's dominant mobile aggregator. m-Qube was acquired by VeriSign for $250 million in April of 2006. Miller was also previously the CEO of WatchPoint Media, an MIT Media Lab interactive TV spin-off that was sold to Goldpocket/Tandberg Television. Andy holds a JD from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from Union College.
Alan MooreFounder
SMLXL
Alan Moore is the co-author of Communities Dominate Brands: Business and Marketing Challenges for the 21st Century (2005), Social Media Marketing (2008), and The Glittering Allure of the Mobile Society (2008 - commissioned by Microsoft). He is the founder of the engagement communication consultancy SMLXL. Alan is the originator of the term, philosophy and principals of Engagement Marketing. His writing and work has provided an international platform for him to inspire radio, television, conference and digital audiences globally. He is currently working on his next book.
He is an executive director of Mass Niche Media, a board director of the social marketing intelligence company Xtract, he also sits on a number of advisory boards including; IPR and patent company CVON, and Mobile Monday. Alan has also lectured on the benefits of Engagement and the Mobile Society at MIT and the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education.
Brian MurphyEastern Regional Sales Director
AdMob
As AdMob's Eastern Regional Sales Director, Brian Murphy is responsible for the company's advertising sales operations working with clients and agency partners on the East Coast. Prior to joining AdMob, Brian spent five years at Yahoo! managing key accounts in New York and Boston. Prior to that, Brian also spent five years at DoubleClick where he launched the company's international advertising sales operation from posts in New York, London, and Dublin. Brian began his career in account services at McCann-Erickson working with brands such as AT&T and Coca-Cola. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. Lawrence University.
Mike NavarreGM Americas
Mobile Entertainment Forum
As GM Americas, Mike Navarre promotes the MEF charter to accelerate mobile entertainment adoption, shape regulation and deliver competitive advantage to its members. Working with MEF members, the MEF regional and global board of directors, and other industry leaders, he's delivering events and initiatives that support the opportunity for content to thrive in the mobile entertainment ecosystem.
Mike has 20 years experience in sales and marketing on behalf of companies that range from big media to trade media. He's helped launch dozens of mobile and digital entertainment industry events - both as standalone conferences or as collaborative events at CES, CTIA, NAB, and NATPE. In his previous role at ContentNext Media, he managed advertising and event marketing for clients making the transition from traditional to digital media. During his time from 2006 to 2008, ContentNext ramped from one sales person and no offices to a growing trade-media powerhouse (including the award-winning sites paidContent and mocoNews, and conferences such as EconSports, EconSocialMedia) and a buyout from UK's The Guardian Media Group in July 2008. Prior experience includes leading sales and marketing at iHollywoodForum where he launched conferences such as Mobile Entertainment Summit, Digital Media Summit, Music 2.0 and others. He was technology category manager at The Hollywood Reporter, account executive with Los Angeles Times, and manager of the technology/online category at newspaper rep firm Landon Media Group.
Evan NeufeldVice President of Advertising Solutions
comScore
Evan Neufeld currently oversees comScore's Ad Effectiveness Business, managing products and services to measure the impact of online ad campaigns across a host of measures, including brand awareness. A well-respected analyst in the fields of mobile, new media, advertising and interactive marketing, Neufeld's experience includes senior-level roles at M:Metrics, NPD Techworld and Jupiter Research, where he was a founding analyst of Jupiter's well-known digital advertising research practice.
Neufeld was most recently a vice president at M:Metrics, where he managed the company's consulting practice. Previous to that he was a principal at Storyline Development, an independent consultancy helping companies to develop, evolve and market products and services involving digital media and consumer interactivity.
Earlier, he was vice president of industry analysis at NPDTechworld. There he focused on developing advisory services analyzing technological convergence and its impact on key consumer and business sectors for clients such as AOL, SONY and HP.
Michael NevinsSenior Partner, Group Director Mobile Technologies, NA
GroupM (A WPP Company)
Michael works with GroupM media companies to develop integrated mobile strategies for clients, evolve internal process for mobile and grow the companies' mobile practices.
Most recently, Michael held the position of VP Sales at Crisp Wireless where he helped top-tier content publishers and category-leading brands to launch many of the mobile web's earliest significant properties and campaigns.
With more than 18 years' experience in technology, media and entertainment, Michael has focused on helping brands, agencies, content creators and publishers to engage audiences through creative application of emerging media platforms. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences and events that focus on mobile marketing, advertising and content.
Prior to Crisp Wireless, Michael was Director of Industry Relations at Muze Inc, where he managed relationships with senior executives at music labels, home video distributors and book publishers. Earlier at Muze, Michael established the operations of Muze's music preview technology and oversaw its wide deployment at retail compact disc and book chains.
As former principal of Traction Media Group, Michael launched innovative projects for marketers including V2 Records, Maxell, Subway and Nikon. Previously, Michael managed major label recording artists, was a key player in the development of two-time Grammy winning/RIAA Platinum recording artist, Living Colour and produced music and sound design for advertising and television
Lon OtrembaCEO
Access 360 Media
Lon Otremba is Chief Executive Officer of Access 360 Media, a premier multi-platform media network that reaches over 170 million young adults each month through over 14,000 retail locations. The company has executed campaigns for many of the world's leading retail brands and national advertisers to drive entertaining and engaging consumer experiences. Prior to joining Access 360 Media, Otremba was CEO of Muzak, LLC. Before that, he was executive vice president of America Online's Interactive Marketing Group. Many of his initiatives formed the foundation for AOL's reemergence as an interactive marketing leader. He was also part of the team that launched Mail.com, and was a founding member and executive vice president of CNET Networks. Previously, he was a senior executive at Ziff Davis Publishing and CMP Media. He is currently Co-Chair of Research and Standards at OVAB and is a frequent commentator on interactive marketing and operating strategies.
Rachel PasquaDirector, Mobile Marketing
iCrossing
As Director of Mobile Marketing, Rachel Pasqua has represented iCrossing to the MMA for two years. At iCrossing, she cultivates mobile and other emerging technologies for agency clients. A mobile industry veteran, she has worked in interactive since 1998 as a writer, producer and strategist and now advises iCrossing clients on successfully extending their online brand to the wireless web. She started her career in film development, producing shorts and featurettes for independent studios in and around New York before moving into online with the cinema-centric interactive shop, Reset. Prior to joining iCrossing, Pasqua served as Director of Strategy for the mobile media consultancy, Consect, guiding both domestic and international brands on creative mobile content development and marketing initiatives. As a private consultant, she has developed mobile products and strategies for numerous domestic and international brands and is a frequent speaker on mobile search at industry events. An active member of mobile interest groups within the IAB and the MMA and chairperson of the Emerging Technologies Committee of SEMPO, she blogs regularly about search, mobile and web 2.0 innovations at http://greatfinds.icrossing.com/.
Chris PhennerSVP Business Development
Thumbplay
Chris Phenner is SVP Business Development at Thumbplay, with over 12 years experience around software, digital media and online subscription services. Chris is responsible for driving new customer acquisition via Integrated Partnerships, including exclusive relationships Thumbplay has with AOL, Clear Channel, Comcast, MSN & iLike. Chris is also business lead for Thumbplay OPEN, enabling the self-service upload and sales of mobile content that's delivered over-the-air and billed to the consumer's wireless bill - opening up a marketplace of accessible to more than 230mm U.S. wireless subscribers.
Prior to Thumbplay, Chris was Director of Business Development at Audible, Inc., Business Development Manager at CNET Networks' Download.com and Director of Business Development at Napster (1.0). Chris was also business development manager at RollingStone.com and in marketing with Spyglass, Mosaic's original licensor.
Chris has a B.A. in Political Science from Miami University, and an MBA from a dual-degree program with U.C. Berkeley and Columbia University, and is the original author of the "business development" article on Wikipedia.
Aaron RadinEx-SVP
CBS Television Stations Digitial Media Group
Aaron Radin was most recently responsible for sales and business development for the CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group. He managed a multi-tiered digital sales effort across local and national sales teams including sales development and operations. His business development responsibilities consisted of syndicating video and text content to and from the CBS Television Station online properties as well as managing its wireless subscription and mobile web properties.
Aaron's specific accomplishments included developing the first exclusive local video syndication relationship with Yahoo! News, launching and managing the CBS Local Ad Network; distribution of local wireless video and content applications across Sprint, AT&T and Verizon; multiple transactional partnerships across auto, real estate, search, travel, shopping; institution of scalable integrated sales operations structure with core broadcast business; building national digital sales team; participating in the redesign and re-launch of 37 local media websites.
Aaron has played a key role in building three distinct digital media businesses into eight-figure revenue sources, each within short timeframes and different operational environments.
Jay RosenProfessor
NYU
Rosen is the author of PressThink, a weblog about journalism and its ordeals (www.pressthink.org), which he introduced in September 2003. In June 2005, PressThink won the Reporters Without Borders 2005 Freedom Blog award for outstanding defense of free expression. In April 2007 PressThink recorded its two millionth visit.
He also blogs at the Huffington Post. In July 2006 he announced the debut NewAssignment.Net, his experimental site for pro-am, open source reporting projects. The first one was called Assignment Zero, a collaboration with Wired.com. A second project is OfftheBus.Net with the Huffington Post.
Rosen is also a member of the Wikipedia Advisory Board.
In 1999, Yale University Press published his book, What Are Journalists For?, which is about the rise of the civic journalism movement. (sample chapter) Rosen wrote and spoke frequently about civic journalism (also called public journalism) over a ten-year period, 1989-99. From 1993 to 1997 he was the director of the Project on Public Life and the Press, funded by the Knight Foundation.
As a press critic and reviewer, he has published in The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and others. Online he has written for Salon.com, TomPaine.com and Poynter.org. In 1990 he and Neil Postman (friend, colleague, mentor) hosted a radio show on WBAI in New York called "The Zeitgeist Hour."
In 1994 he was a fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, and in 1990-91 he held a fellowship at the Gannett Center for Media Studies at Columbia University.
A native of Buffalo, NY, Rosen had a very brief career in journalism at the Buffalo Courier-Express before beginning graduate study. He has a Ph.D. from NYU in media studies (1986).
Bob RosenscheinCEO
Answers Corporation
Robert Rosenschein is the chairman and CEO of Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW). He was born in Harrisburg, PA, in 1953. He graduated from MIT with a B.Sc. in Computer Science in 1976. He has over thirty years of software development, marketing and management experience. He worked for Data General, American Management Systems and the World Bank before moving to Jerusalem, Israel. He founded Accent Software in 1988 and Answers Corp. (formerly GuruNet) in 1998. He consulted to Microsoft on the design and implementation of Middle Eastern (Hebrew, Arabic) Windows. Rosenschein is a recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister's Award for Software Achievement.
Steven RosenblattVice President of Advertising Sales
Quattro Wireless
As Vice President of Advertising Sales at Quattro Wireless, Steven Rosenblatt is responsible for driving sales, strategy and marketing for Quattro's mobile ad network. Quattro Wireless is North America's best performing mobile advertising network, specializing in taking wired assets to the wireless world. Under Rosenblatt's management, Quattro provides leading publishers and premium branded advertisers with turnkey solutions to extend their marketing from print and online to the mobile web Advertisers with Quattro can design, develop and serve targeted and interactive campaigns to the highly engaged Quattro Network audience.
Previously, Rosenblatt was vice president of sales for Maxim Digital, the Interactive Media, Mobile, and Broadband Division of Alpha Media Group Inc. He had been with Alpha Media (Formerly Dennis Publishing), publisher of Maxim and Blender magazines, since October 2003 where he helped build out the fast growing sales, operations and client services team. During Rosenblatt's tenure, Maxim Digital saw a four-fold increase in advertising revenue while working with companies such as Procter & Gamble, Verizon Wireless, and Anheuser Busch.
Rosenblatt began his online career in 1999, holding sales and management positions with MusicVision, Inc., an ad network representing some of the largest entertainment and youth-oriented sites on the Web. He went on to become a district sales manager at American Greetings Interactive before leaving in 2003 for Maxim Digital. During the last eight years, Rosenblatt has been influential in helping drive the growth of the online advertising business, specifically helping to drive innovative branding initiatives for large corporations.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan.
Christopher M. RotheyVice President, Market Development & Advertising
NAVTEQ
Chris Rothey is the Vice President, Market Development & Advertising for NAVTEQ. Chris is responsible for the strategic direction and expansion of NAVTEQ dynamic data services and interactive content solutions. He focuses on the implementation of breakthrough business models for cross-platform location-based advertising for GPS navigation, web, mobile, voice, digital tier and broadcast media. Chris is leading NAVTEQ Location Point™ Advertising, a powerful and unique mobile advertising service that - for the first time ever - combines precision proximity, contextual and demographic targeting, deep location-based advertising engagement, and the delivery of mobile coupons
Prior to the acquisition by NAVTEQ, Chris served as the Chief Operating Officer for Traffic.com where he led successful efforts to launch new products and synergistic revenue models for ad-based traffic media solutions and syndicated interactive consumer content. Chris created the original Traffic.com business plan and led the development of the products and innovative dynamic advertising models that continue to evolve today. As a founding executive of Traffic.com, his efforts have furthered the evolution of the location-based dynamic content industry. Highlights during his tenure as COO include his leadership in the successful Initial Public Offering for Traffic.com, Inc. in 2006, the NAVTEQ acquisition of Traffic.com in 2007, and the Nokia acquisition of NAVTEQ in 2008.
Chris served for five years in the United States Navy as a nuclear-trained submarine officer. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania as well as a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the Wharton School.
NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 4,000 employees located in 196 offices and in 36 countries.
Peggy Anne SalzFounder, Chief Analyst
MSearchGroove
Peggy Anne Salz is the founder and publisher of MSearchGroove (MSG), an online source of analysis and commentary on mobile search, mobile advertising, social media and all things digital at the intersection of content and context. Her report, Mobile Search & Content Discovery - the first of its kind - establishes Peggy as an authority on mobile search and content discovery technologies enabling media companies and mobile operators to monetize content and services. Her drive to spark debate about issues impacting the industry at all levels has won her international recognition as a brave new voice in the mobile content market. She has established a successful consulting career based on vision, insight, versatility, and over 15 years of industry experience. She has written over 300 articles and also comments on daily developments in mobile search and mobile advertising for magazines and online destinations such as MobiAd News, Mobile Entertainment, Mobile Media, and New Media Age.
Gary SchwartzPresident and CEO
Impact Mobile Inc.
Gary Schwartz founded Impact Mobile in 2002 having worked in the IT and telecommunications industry for over 20 years. Gary developed programming for the first satellite networks in Japan with Asahi and Dentsu broadcast and media divisions. Over the past six years, Gary has played a leadership role in the mobile industry, running the first cross-carrier short code campaign in North America, and founding the CWTA Mobile Content Committee to establish policies and increase awareness to promote standards and adoption. Gary is the founder and co-chair of the Mobile Marketing Committee for the US Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and is a director on the board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF).
Gary is an honors graduate from Columbia University and the Stanford University Center in Tokyo. He is the recipient of the Macromedia People Choice Award as well as the Dodge Foundation award for innovation.
Impact Mobile has been an industry leader in North America promoting mobile as a media channel. Impact Mobile provides carriers, global agencies and brands managed and self-service marketing platforms for any aspect of their mobile marketing needs. In addition to connecting through national carriers to all mobile subscribers, Impact Mobile activates mobile inventory and helps drive consumers to high ROI destinations such as retail point of sale, live event gate, lead generation engine, etc.
Bill ScottVP Sales & Business Development
GetJar Networks Ltd.
Bill Scott joined the mobile data industry in 2000, as VP Latin America for Infospace. There he launched the regions first mobile portals. Subsequently Bill held VP Latin America positions for Critical Path and Openwave.
In 2007, Bill became VP Sales & Business Development for GetJar Networks Ltd. With 22 million downloads per month, GetJar is the world's largest independent mobile app store and mobile developer ecosystem. Bill is responsible for all customer interface and partnerships.
Bill has a BA in Philosophy from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard.
Josh ShabtaiVP of Marketing
Vringo
Josh Shabtai is an unabashed media junkie: a creative interactive marketing specialist, podcaster, amateur videogame historian and even more amateur experimental musician. At Vringo, Josh turns these passions towards bringing the company's exciting, unconventional value proposition to consumers and business partners.
Prior to joining Vringo, Josh led Ketchum Public Relations Interactive Strategies Group, a marketing think tank that helps blue chip brands like Best Buy's Geek Squad, Nokia and Dr Pepper Snapple Group listen to, develop community engagement programming around and ultimately change as a result of interaction with the voices behind the Web.
Among his team's notable work was: using Google adwords to hijack news around the iPhone price drop with Nokia MOSH; creating one of 2008's most explosive guerrilla marketing campaigns with Dr Pepper by challenging legendary rock act Guns N' Roses to release its long-awaited opus Chinese Democracy; and helping Geek Squad upstage big-spending, "official" Star Wars: Episode III sponsors with an on- and off-line guerrilla campaign dedicated to helping millions of science-fiction fans call in sick on opening day.
Josh holds a B.S in Mass Communication from Boston University. In his off-hours, he writes for and appears on On Networks' Play Value, a podcast focusing on the history of videogames.
Justin SiegelCEO and Co-Founder
MocoSpace
An experienced mobile entertainment executive, Justin was most recently vice president of publishing for SkyZone Entertainment. He led the company's product strategy, and oversaw the production and development of SkyZone's products including Duke Nukem Mobile 3D, Brine Lacrosse, The Crocodile Hunter: Operation Rescue, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Donovan McNabb Street Action. Prior to working at SkyZone, he was chief executive officer and co-founder of JSmart Technologies, a leader in casual games and entertainment for mobile devices. JSmart was acquired by SkyZone in 2004. At JSmart, Justin developed and managed key relationships with wireless and entertainment industry leaders including AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Merriam-Webster, King Features, and TELUS Mobility. Justin has also worked as a television writer and producer at NBC News Channel's foreign desk, and an ABC News affiliate. Justin holds a BA in Sociology, and an MA in French Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Find him at MocoSpace/Justin Siegel
Learn more at http://blog.jnjmobile.com/main/
Ralph SimonFounder & Chairman Emeritus
MEF
Ralph Simon is regarded as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry. Over the last decade he has been a global trailblazer and innovator, growing the global mobile entertainment & content industry, and playing a central role in its growth and presence world-wide. Prominent internationally, he evangelized mobile operators, media & film companies, TV networks, brands, ad agency groups and platform providers on how to create and grow mobile revenues and content on mobile phones.
In the late 1990's he founded the influential Mobile Entertainment Forum — Americas (MEF), the industry voice of the global mobile entertainment industry. As Chairman Emeritus of the MEF, he acts as a high level adviser to the mobile operators, handset makers, and the cross-platform entertainment industry targeting the more than 3 billion mobile subscribers world-wide.
Simon heads the London-based Mobilium Advisory Group, providing high level strategic advice and guidance on how to create and grow revenues and impact from the usage and distribution of mobile entertainment content, mobile music, messaging, mobile media technology and applications.
Stephen SlezakMarketing Director
Digby
As the Marketing Director at Digby, Steve works with retailers on developing and launching their mobile channel initiatives including downloadable and mobile web storefronts as well as mobile marketing campaigns. Prior to joining Digby, Steve served in a variety of positions at Pervasive Software including Senior Director Marketing Worldwide and Director of Marketing EMEA. Steve holds a degree in Computer Science from Dawson College in Montreal, Canada.
Michael SlingerManager
Michael manages a team that focuses on helping clients maximize their return on advertising investment. Prior to joining Google, Michael worked as a lawyer, a banker, and a management consultant at Bain & Company.
Matthew SnyderFounder & CEO
ADObjects
Founder and CEO of ADObjects, Inc., Matthew Snyder is a seasoned technology and business leader with a 20 year+ track record that spans from developing award winning consumer electronic products and mobile devices to consumer services in mobile music, video, search, and location-based advertising. As part of ADOObjects Inc, he leads a strategic cross-media consultancy (ADOstrategies.com) with clients and partners such as CBSradio, Nokia, Xtract, Canadian Music Week, Mobility Ventures, IAB and several early-stage mobile start-ups. Recently, Matthew represented a Canadian Government Music Delegation to China leading with a keynote presentation around the monetization of mobile music services with advertising, and in July he was also the executive producer of the IAB's first mobile advertising event in New York. Prior to founding ADObjects, Matthew spent over a decade leading many company and market-changing initiatives at Nokia such as the first device development program in Japan, the first Global Music Program, Global Mobile Search, and Global Mobile Game Operations. Matthew was also the Head of Strategy and Business Development in Nokia's Multimedia Business Group that launched a new form of mobile advertising exchange called the Nokia Ad Connector.
Greg SterlingFounding Principal
Sterling Market Intelligence
Greg StuartFormer CEO of the IAB
Greg Stuart is the former CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade association for interactive media and advertising. He led the industry from $6 billion to $17 billion annually, serving Internet Media giants such as AOL, CNET, Google, MSN, Disney, Yahoo! & others. Currently Greg advises a number of early stage businesses in Mobile and digital media in NYC, SF & India. He has more than two decades of experience in Internet start-ups, digital media and traditional advertising and has served as CEO, VP Biz Dev, VP Ad Sales, and CMO. He's worked with Sony, AOL, Y&R, Flycast and Cars.com. His book, What Sticks was identified by Ad Age as "One of 10 books you should have read in 2006". He speaks around the world on issues in Advertising and Internet Marketing. Greg has a BA in Economics from the University of Washington and Advanced Management at Wharton.
Sophia StuartExecutive Director, mobile
Hearst Magazines Digital Media
Sophia Stuart joined Hearst Magazines Digital Media group in June 2006 and was promoted to Executive Director in Sept 2008. She is responsible for building mobile content and services across Hearst Magazines' brands in the USA and rejoins Hearst after leading digital media ventures for the company's UK operations (National Magazine Company) from 1999 to 2001.
Starting initially as a journalist in the UK, Ms. Stuart wrote about art, fashion, media and technology for The Independent newspaper (UK), The Guardian (UK), Time Out (London), Black + White (Studio Magazines in Australia), Out (NYC), International Broadcast and Screen International.
She created the first digital media team at Common Purpose, the international leadership organization that aims to improve the way towns and cities are run. After a brief consulting job at Condé Nast UK for the original British Vogue and GQ web sites, Ms. Stuart joined The National Magazine Company to launch more than 21 corporate and consumer-facing online ventures.
From 2001 to 2006, Ms. Stuart spent five years in California, directing a range of digital projects including online, 3D animation, motion capture and mobile applications for clients including New Line Cinema, 20th Century Fox and Neven Vision (now part of Google's mobile operations).
Isaias SuditFounder and Chief Executive Officer
LOC-AID Technologies Inc.
As a successful entrepreneur, Isaias Sudit has built three businesses, all within the wireless location based service industry. General Dynamics acquired the very first venture, Datumtech, in 1997. The second venture, Datumcom was founded in 1998 and became the leading international supplier of vehicle-based positioning services and infrastructures. Datumcom transitioned into the field of telematics (the intersection of communications, computing and vehicles) and recognized the symbiotic relationship between global positioning systems and cellular communication networks. As a result, the third venture came into existence with the decision to develop applications and end-to-end location services for the mobile user. LOC-AID® Technologies, Inc. was founded to focus solely on this developing LBS market. Isaias Sudit received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from Ohio State University.
Michael TerpinTerpin Communications
Michael Terpin founded SocialRadius in 2007 as a spin-off of his high-technology public relations firm, Terpin Communications, which specializes in emerging technologies. SocialRadius is a social media marketing company, focusing on thought leadership content creation and syndication, social media outreach and strategy. Success stories include the outreach for recording artist Will.i.am's "Yes We Can" video for the Obama campaign (which won 2008 Emmy, Global Media and Webby awards); the "Spirit of Exploration" blog and outreach for Bombay Sapphire gin; social media event marketing for Live8, social mobile marketing at LiveEarth, the Green Inaugural Ball and the David Lynch Foundation; and the social media launch of start-ups ranging from Software.com to Shapeways, a division of Philips.
Terpin also founded Marketwire, one of the world's largest international newswires. Originally known as Internet Wire, Market Wire was funded by Hummer-Winblad and Sequoia Capital in 2000 and was acquired in April 2006. It is now majority owned by OMERS Capital Partners, Toronto, and is the world's third largest distributor of press releases by revenues. Terpin has also been a pioneer in social mobile marketing, including Twitter marketing, and has spoken at CTIA, Mobile Mondays, MoMeMo, Mobility Expo, ITU, AdTech and the Mobile Entertainment Forum.
Robert Walczak Jr.Founder & CEO
Ringleader Digital
Bob Walczak serves as the CEO of Ringleader Digital, the next-generation mobile advertising network. He is responsible for closing more than $8 million in financing on Ringleader's behalf, as well as negotiating various strategic partnerships. Mr. Walczak also oversees the company's day-to-day operations, ensuring that Ringleader's products and services continue to meet the needs of publishers, agencies and carriers alike. Mr. Walczak founded the company in 2005, based on his idea to serve targeted ads during the lag time experienced while mobile sites load. He teamed up with Rick Landsman, inventor of online third-party ad serving, to develop Ringleader's mobile ad formats and technology platform that are now radically changing the way advertisements are served and viewed on mobile devices. Prior to Ringleader, Mr. Walczak most recently served as the Director of Client Services for Vertrax, a provider of location-based mapping, routing and logistics services for the energy supply industry. He graduated from the University of Denver with a BSBA in Finance & Marketing.
Learn more at http://www.ringleaderdigital.com/ringside/
Andrew WeinreichCEO
meetMoi
Andrew is the Founder and CEO of meetMoi, the first location based mobile dating company. Prior to meetMoi, Andrew founded a wide range of tech companies including I Stand For, a complete technology solutions for political campaigns, and Joltage, a business devoted to building out WiFi hotspots. In 1996, he founded sixdegrees.com which grew to become one of the largest community sites on the web and was later sold for $125 million in 2000. Andrew graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990 and earned a Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law in 1994. He has also run several marathons and triathlons, including the St-Croix half-ironman.
Jamie WellsMobile Director, Ignition Factory
OMD
Over the past decade Jamie Wells has built of wealth strategic marketing and business development expertise, holding key positions across wireless, interactive, experiential and media-based marketing disciplines. Currently Jamie heads up the OMD's full service mobile advertising and marketing practice, developing custom strategies and agency best practices that leverage mobile as a viable media platform for all of OMD's clients, while stewarding a culture of agency intelligence, innovation and best practices that keeps its clients on the bleeding edge of mobile creative, media and analytics. Immediately prior to joining Omnicom Media Group Wells served as the Vice President of Strategy and Client Services for MangoMOBILE, an Omnicom company, providing leadership in areas of strategic corporate development, account management, business development and emerging media. Before joining MangoMOBILE Wells served in senior Marketing and Management roles at Ringleader Digital, TCS Mobile and 4Kids Entertainment. Wells was the valedictorian of his Executive M.B.A. class at Montclair State University of NJ and earned a B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire.
Myk WillisFounder & CEO
Myxer
Myk Willis, Founder and Chief Executive Office of Myxer, is a successful technologist, author and evangelist with over a decade of experience in the industry. Since 2004, Myk has led a team of mobile technology addicts on a singular mission: simplify all aspects of mobile content access, sharing and delivery. Today, that focus and drive has turned Myxer into the nation's largest independent mobile entertainment provider. Prior to Myxer, Myk started Wanderlust Software, LLC, a software development firm, and he worked for Citrix leading the development of the company's flagship MetaFrame 2.0 product. Myk holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he also studied music theory and electronic music.
Matt WomerMobile Web Initiative Lead, Americas
W3C
Matt Womer is the W3C Mobile Web Initiative Lead for Americas. He oversees W3C activities in Device Description whose goal is to enable the development of globally accessible, sustainable data and services that provide device description information applicable to content adaptation. Under Matt's leadership the group has published three Working Group Notes describing the ecosystem surrounding creation, maintenance and use of device descriptions and a set of requirements for a reference repository of device descriptions. Matt also oversees the W3C POWDER WG, chartered to develop a mechanism through which structured metadata can be authenticated and applied to groups of Web resources. Matt Womer joined W3C in April 2007 as Mobile Web Initiative Lead for Americas. Matt previously worked on multi-modal and mobile Web applications at France Telecom/Orange. He wrote W3C documents for the Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Group. Matt was a co-founder of One World Interactive, and served as Principal Engineer at SnowShore, developing VoiceXML and media handling sub-systems.
Raven ZacharyiPhone Strategy & Product Development
raven.me
Raven Zachary helps people create, develop, and launch iPhone products and services. He also is a Contributing Analyst with The 451 Group, an IT industry analyst firm. Raven works with O'Reilly Media on iPhone and mobile technology related events, and is the founder of iPhoneDevCamp, a not-for-profit iPhone developer conference. He is currently advising a number of companies on iPhone strategy and product development. Raven has directed the launch of two Top 20 iPhone applications, Obama '08 for Obama for America and Nearby for Platial. He is regularly quoted by the press about the iPhone and is a frequent conference speaker on the topic. Raven's iPhone pursuits can be viewed at raven.me and he can be followed on Twitter, @ravenme.
John ZehrSenior Vice President, Product Development
ESPN
John Zehr was named Senior Vice President, Product Development in June 2008. He is responsible for developing the user experience, innovating new technology features, and driving content experiences across all of ESPN's digital media platforms. Previously he served as Vice President, Product Development where he drove the content and product experience behind Mobile ESPN.
Prior to focusing on ESPN mobile content, Zehr was the vice president, engineering for the Walt Disney Internet Group overseeing technology direction and core platform development for all WDIG supported Web sites, including consumer destinations ABCNEWS.com, ESPN.com and Disney.com. During his tenure, DIGSTREAM, the underlying technology behind ESPN Motion, was developed and delivered to the marketplace.
He has also served as Vice President, Technology for ESPN.com playing a key role in helping ESPN.com become the premiere internet sports property. Under his direction, ESPN.com has received critical and popular acclaim for pioneering technical features that deliver the best sports experience online. It was in this capacity that he was a contributing partner in the development of the patented three play technology.
Boaz ZilbermanFounder and Chief Architect
fring
Founder and Chief Architect Boaz Zilberman is responsible for product strategy at fring. An industry veteran with over 20 years experience in high-tech businesses, Zilberman's expertise includes launching high-tech start-up business through to market maturity, strategic and tactical creativity, business development and marketing of telecom technologies and strategic partner negotiations. Prior roles have included VP of Products at Telrad Connegy, the designer and manufacturer of PBX and VoIP solutions for enterprise customers worldwide; Director of Marketing at Radvision, a global market leader of video telephony solutions and converged communications tools for wireless carriers, vendors and international enterprises; founder and CEO of ExpertCall, a system providing complete, automated customer support for any website; and a series of computer-telephony marketing positions with EasyRun Ltd, providing software systems to the telecom market and Intel Semiconductors. Boaz holds an MSc in Computer Science from the City University of New York.
