Alex Moukas Velti, CEO
Anand Iyer Microsoft, Technology Evangelist
Andrew Lacy Tapulous, Co-founder, COO
Brian Cowley Velti North America, General Manager
Chetan Sharma Chetan Sharma Consulting, President
Christy Wyatt Motorola, Vice President, Software Applications and Ecosystem
Dave Katz Yahoo Mobile, VP
David Marcus Zong, CEOSpeakers
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Aditya Khurjekar, Verizon, Director, New Business Development
Aditya Khurjekar is Director, New Business Development at Verizon, responsible for identifying and incubating innovations to generate new revenue opportunities from adjacent and new ecosystems. Aditya previously established and managed two other new functions at Verizon: strategic portfolio management and wireless device strategy. Over the last 15 years, Aditya has been an internal entrepreneur in large global technology companies, where he has conceived, built and led new organizations to address complex corporate challenges. Aditya holds an MBA in Finance & Management from the Stern School of Business at NYU, and an MS in Electrical Engineering. -
AJ Rhodes, Disney Online, Director, Mobile Marketing
Rhodes is director of mobile marketing for Disney Online, a unit of the Disney Interactive Media Group, where he leads all marketing and integrated content promotions for Disney branded mobile platforms. Rhodes works closely with all other Disney business units to extend their campaigns to mobile, creating and executing relevant mobile experiences that both support marketing initiatives and engagement with Disney brands and characters in the wireless environment. Rhodes is the Disney representative to the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) and provides recommendations for marketing guidelines to tweens/teens. Prior, Rhodes oversaw marketing for interactive games, including mobile, along with consumer products and location based entertainment at MGM Studios. Rhodes holds a bachelor of arts degree from Colorado State University – Pueblo. -
Alex Moukas, Velti, CEO
Alex is a co-founder of Velti and, as CEO of the world’s leading mobile marketing and advertising company, is responsible for its strategic direction, global development and execution of its strategy. Previously Alex co-founded, and was Chief Scientist, of U.S. strategic sourcing software provider FCI. He holds a M.Sc. supervised from MIT Media Lab and MIT Sloan School of Management, a M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh and a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the American College of Greece. -
Anand Iyer, Microsoft, Technology Evangelist
Anand is a technology evangelist with excellent communication skills and broad experience in the software industry. He currently serves as Microsoft’s ambassador to the Silicon Valley developing strategies to better engage with the technical community, emerging businesses and startups. His specialties lie in communication, public speaking, program management, technology evangelism, marketing, social media strategy, empowering startups and new business ventures. Anand holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Purdue University. -
Andrew Lacy, Tapulous, Co-founder, COO
Andrew is an Austrailian alumni of Stanford Business School with hands on experience in business building of several internet and enterprise start-ups in Austrailia, India and the United States online and in bioscience. In January 2008, Andrew joined Bart Decrem (Flock, Firefox, Easel) to found Tapulous, the first company created on the emerging iPhone platform. In just 12 months they have grow Tapulous to be a market leader in the space and are responsible for the hit gaming franchise, Tap Tap Revenge. Andrew has previously worked as both a consultant with McKinsey & Company and in business development and commercialization for CSIRO, and Australia government scientific research organization. -
Anil Dharni, Storm8, Co-Founder
Anil Dharni is the Co-Founder of Storm8, the #1 MMO iPhone company. Storm8 has 7 titles on the App Store with each title reaching top 10. Prior to Storm8, Anil was the VP of Products and UED at hi5 Networks, Inc., where he drove the product roadmap and key product initiatives like hi5 coins (virtual currency), games, and platform. He has served in product management roles at Yahoo! and held consulting and engineering roles at Wipro, Ariba, and Engineering Animation. Anil holds a B.E. in aeronautical engineering from Punjab University and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management. -
Ben Piilani, Zer01 Mobile, CEO
Ben Piilani is is currently CEO of Zer01 Mobile, one of the newest major players in the mobile market in North America. He is also the former president & founder of I-Net, a large-scale IT & networking corporation, Ben is also presently chairman & CEO of the Unified Technologies Group, Inc., a global technology development corporation and parent company of Zer01 Mobile. He is active as a board member at a variety of organizations and corporations including the National Energy Marketers Association and the United Nations Global Pact. -
Bob Borcher, Opus Capital, Partner
A mobile and consumer marketing veteran with more than 20 years operating experience, Bob Borchers comes to Opus Capital from Apple, Inc where he served as Sr. Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for the iPhone. At Opus Borchers is focused on investments in mobile applications and services as well as adjacent opportunities in both hardware and software. As part of the original iPhone team, Borchers was instrumental in the development, launch and global expansion of the revolutionary iPhone, iPhone OS, App Store and the recent launch of the iPhone 3GS. Prior to Apple, Borchers was VP of marketing at FusionOne. Borchers also spent six years at Nokia where he co-founded and served as VP of sales and marketing for the Vertu business unit. Borchers holds a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Masters Degree from a joint program between MIT and the Harvard Medical School in Health Sciences and Technology. -
Brian Cowley, Velti North America, General Manager
As the former President & CEO of mobile advertising company AdInfuse, Brian has over twenty-five years of experience in the mobile, internet and direct marketing industries. Prior to Ad Infuse, Brian was Vice President of Mobile Advertising at InfoSpace. Brian was co-founder and Senior Vice President of Sales & Business Development at LookSmart, a company he helped grow from a start up to a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company. Brian is a graduate of Bryant University with a B.S. in Business Administration. -
Brian Huey, Sprint, Manager of Open Strategy
An experienced thought leader with 14 years experience in telecommunications. His knowledge spans wireless and wireline services. Brian has held various roles encompassing strategic planning, product, ecommerce, sales, support, engineering and financial analysis. Most recently, he has been a key contributor to Sprint’s approach to open ecosystems. He led strategies contributing to industry leading data adoption, content and furthering Sprint’s machine to machine. He is recognized as a deeply knowledged individual who can bridge complex topics with real-world business models. Lastly, Brian understands the intricate carrier business model, handset trends and subsidy economics. He was educated in an accredited Executive MBA program and holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering. -
Chetan Sharma, Chetan Sharma Consulting, President
Chetan Sharma is President of Chetan Sharma Consulting and is one of the leading strategists in the mobile industry. He has served as an advisor to several Fortune100 companies in the wireless space and is probably the only industry strategist who has advised each of the top 6 global mobile data operators. His client list includes NTT DoCoMo, China Mobile, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, KDDI, Reliance, Sony, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, Qualcomm, and Disney. Chetan is also a leading authority and IP expert in the wireless industry, testifying in cases such as ITC – Qualcomm vs. Broadcom as well as the author of 5 best-selling books on wireless. He has MSEE from KSU and BS from IIT, Roorkee. -
Christy Wyatt, Motorola, Vice President, Software Applications and Ecosystem
As VP of Ecosystem and Market Development for Motorola’s Mobile Devices business, Christy Wyatt is responsible for building a healthy software economy around Motorola’s handset platforms and taking Motorola’s platform strategy to its carrier partners. Christy leads the carrier market development and software alliance teams along with the MOTODEV developer program to deliver a vibrant solutions economy for customers. Prior to joining Motorola, Christy served as Worldwide Developer Relations Director at Apple Computer where she was responsible for partners, global alliances and evangelism; Christy has also spent time as Senior Director at Palmsource Inc. where she was responsible for licensing and developer relations teams. -
Dave Katz, Yahoo Mobile, VP
Dave is the VP of mobile advertising and publishing for Yahoo!, Inc., where he has responsibility for the company’s mobile advertising and publishing strategies. Prior to his currenty role, Dave served as Yahoo!’s VP of corporate strategey and head of strategy for Yahoo! Mobile. He was also charged with advising on top strategic priorities for Yahoo! Mobile, including Yahoo!’s industry leading mobile advertising partnership with Vodafone UK. Before joining Yahoo!, Dave was a consultant with McKinsey & Company’s West Coast TTM practise with clients in software, interactive TV and wireless industries. Dave holds a BA and and MBA from UC Berkeley. -
David Marcus, Zong, CEO
David Marcus is the founder and CEO of Zong, a leading mobile payment service for monetizing web audiences in social media, gaming and virtual worlds. He also serves as CEO of Zong parent company Echovox, a pioneer in transaction-enabled mobile services. An experienced entrepreneur, David has created a number of successful venture-backed businesses, including GTN telecom, the first alternative telecom carrier in Switzerland, VOX TELECOM, a leading VoIP and wholesale carrier, echo6, a joint venture between Echovox and M6 (Metropole Television), and Twitterfone, the popular and free service that converts a voice message into Twitter updates from any mobile phone. -
David Smith, Mediasmith, Founder, CEO
David is an expert in new media application, strategy, planning and metrics. As a veteran in advertising media management, his experience is drawn from the creation of first-generation advertising technology to dealing with issues surrounding metrics in the digital marketplace. At the forefront of new metrics applications, David’s advisory board and industry committee involvement has included the AAAAs, ARF, comScore Media Metrix, Quantcast, IAB and Online Publishers Association, where he works to establish and refine standards in metrics, business practices and financial issues for interactive advertising. With a number of awards to his name, including an Effie, David was most recently awarded the first-ever ad:tech Industry Achievement Award. David has a BA from the University of Washington. -
Donald Pitt, Samsung, Senior Director- Business Development
Don Pitt is a Sr. Director at Samsung responsible for finding new technologies, apps, and services that have a positive impact on Samsung’s mobile devices business. Don has extensive experience defining mobile products and services; prior to Samsung, Don led a product management team defining a high-end line of mobile internet focused devices and services at Motorola. Before Motorola, he led a product marketing team at Nokia focused on Java, BREW, and location-based services. Don has also raised venture funding and founded a network hardware start-up called SpectraLane. Don has an MBA and Masters in Engineering from Stanford and a B.S. in Engineering from Rutgers University -
Dr. Tero Ojanperä, Nokia, Executive Vice President Services
Tero Ojanperä serves as Executive VP, Services and since 2005, is a member of the Nokia Group Executive Board. Tero has played a defining role in the research and development work of Nokia’s business groups since joining the company in 1990 including previous roles as Executive Vice President, Entertainment and Communities; Chief Technology Officer; and Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. During 2003-2004 he headed Nokia Research Center, a corporate research unit driving Nokia’s technological competitiveness and renewal. He as also held senior management positions in the former Nokia Networks. He holds a masters of science degree from University of Oulu, Finland and a Ph.D degree from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. -
Eric Chu, Google, Head of Android App Store
Eric Chu is responsible for driving the Android ecosystem at Google. In addition to working with members of the Open Handset Alliance, Eric also leads various Android developer initiatives within Google, including content recruitment and Android Market. Prior to joining Google, Eric was the CMO for Aplix, a leading supplier of mobile middleware in handsets. Eric also spent 10 years at Sun, driving Java ME business and marketing as one of the key contributors that grew the Java mobile ecosystem to over 1 billion devices. -
Ethan Lowry, Urbanspoon, CEO, Founder
Ethan Lowry is co-founder of the award-winning restaurant guide Urbanspoon, where he is responsible for the user experience of both the web site and the popular iPhone application. Prior to Urbanspoon Ethan helped start a number successful web companies. Most recently he was the VP of Product for Jobster, a recruiting site. Before that he led the design team at the mobile start-up Avogadro which was later acquired by mobile-web pioneer Openwave. He also helped start Drugstore.com. Ethan has a bachelor’s degree in Product Design from Stanford University. -
Greg Tarr, Cross Pacific Capital,
Greg Tarr is Founding Partner Cross Pacfic Capital & Active Board Member to CEO’s across the value chain of Mobile, Wireless, Internet, Digital Media Eco-System &Top Tier VC’s- Silicon Valley, Japan, China. He is Senior Advisor to Many LP’s+ Top 20 Telco’s including Globe Telecom-Singtel, Vodafone, Sumitomo, CDP Capital. Board, Consulting, VP Operational roles include 20+ Silicon Valley/Asian startups working with Partners of Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill, Blue Run. He was recruited by Kleiner Perkins to Pelago & IP Unity/Movius Advisory Board and as Kodiak Networks VP/GM Asia/Japan. He Serves the Advisory Board of Networks in Motion and Board Observer/Catalyst in the formation of Jibe Mobile. Greg holds a B.A.- University of Colorado-Boulder and MBA- Pepperdine University. He has lived in Asia/Japan for 12 years and is based in Palo Alto. -
Gregory Gorman, Tertius Advisory Services, Principal
Gregory is a consultant with more than two decades of experience in mobile (including at HP and Bell Atlantic). Among his clients is Soonr, a MobileBeat best company nominee that lets you read documents on the go. Gregory is a founding partner of Tertius Advisory Services, a San Francisco based wireless consulting firm. His firm advises startups on business strategy, building mobile ecosystem partnerships and fund raising. Prior to founding Tertius Advisory Services, Gregory held management roles at HP and Bell Atlantic where he ensured that complex infrastructure solutions in the OSS/BSS telecommunications market segment met business requirements . Gregory holds Juris Doctor degree frm Columbus School of Law in Washington, DC and Masters in Advanced European Studies from College of Europe in Belgium. -
Henri Moissinac, Facebook Mobile,
Henri Moissinac is the Director, Mobile, at Facebook and oversees the company’s mobile strategy and operations and specializes in consumer mobile, internet and e-commerce, entrepreneurship and venture capitalism. Henri joined Facebook from eBay, where he led mobile and product strategy. Before eBay, he was the co-founder and CTO of iBazar, a leading online auction company which was acquired by eBay. Henri worked in venture capital with Atlas Venture as a principal dealing with Partners on portfolio and seeding new deals; he began his career at Orange. Henri graduated from Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris, PhD in Computer Science. -
Ilja Laurs, GetJar, CEO
Ilja Laurs is Founder and CEO of GetJar, the world’s largest independent mobile application store providing global distribution and monetization services to 350,000 developers, including brands like Google, Microsoft and Facebook. Every month, 35,000,000 downloads are served from GetJar site and its network of OEM and carrier partners that include Vodafone, Sony Ericsson, Blackberry and others. Serial enterpreneur since 1999, Ilja’s launched over 20 successfull projects, as diverse as hotel reservation system LithuanianHotels, mobile payments service MicroPay and games studio Gaxo. Fluent in Lithuanian, Russian and English, he holds a keen interest in Basketball, Tennis and Chess, and enjoys traveling. -
Jake Seid, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Managing Director
Jake has over nine years of venture capital experience and has helped complete more than 20 investments at Lightspeed. In addition to his US focus, Jake also co-leads Lightspeed’s India initiative. Prior to Lightspeed, Jake was a product line manager for Cisco Systems. He was responsible for launching and managing the industry’s first DOCSIS-based cable modems and routers, which won “Best of Show” and “Best Networking Hardware” at Comdex ‘99. Jake serves on the Board of the MIT-Stanford Venture Lab and the Advisory Board of Nexus India Capital, an India-focused venture capital firm. He holds a BS and MEng in Electrical Engineering from MIT. -
Jason Devitt, Skydeck, CEO
Jason developed the idea for Skydeck while an entrepreneur-in-residence at iHatch, a venture capital firm that focuses on the mobile market. Previously Jason co-founded Vindigo, one of the first companies to publish content and applications for mobile phones in the US. Products included Mapquest Mobile, MovieGoer, and the Vindigo City Guide. Jason led the company from inception in 1999 to over $10 million in revenue and profitability in 2005. An advocate for open networks, open devices, and open development platforms, Jason has testified on these issues before Congress and the FCC. He holds a US patent related to location-based services. -
Jason Spero, AdMob, GM North America
Jason is responsible for global marketing activities in AdMob’s more than 160 country markets. Jason brings more than 7 years of experience in the mobile space in Product, Marketing and General Management functions. Before joining AdMob, Jason was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Redpoint Ventures where he focused on mobile applications, services and infrastructure. Prior to Redpoint, Jason was SVP Marketing at Digital Chocolate where he was responsible for worldwide product, marketing and distribution. Jason launched some of DChoc’s most successful products including its Social Applications line. Jason holds a BA from Amherst College and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. -
Jeff Sellinger, CBS,
Jeff Sellinger is responsible for CBS Mobile business across News, Sports and Entertainment including their 24 hour television network CBS Mobile, mobile video services, in-show interactivity, content, mobile web and mobile advertising. Prior to joining CBS, Jeff was a founder of GoldPocket Wireless and led the company’s operations. The company’s clients included NBC, FOX, Bravo, MGM, Clear Channel, TV Guide, The Food Network, GSN, VH1, Fuse, The History Channel and CBS amongst others. Before GoldPocket Wireless, Jeff served as Vice President for the parent company, GoldPocket Interactive. While there, amongst other highlights, Jeff produced GoldPocket’s Emmy Award winning application for DIRECTV’s NFL GAMETRACKER. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in General Management from Boston College. -
Joe Greenstein, Flixster, Co-Founder, CEO
Joe Greenstein a co-founder and CEO of Flixter. Before Flixster, Joe was part of the startup team and head of product management at Edusoft - the leading provider of assessment management software to public school districts. Edusoft was bought by Houghton-Mifflin in 2003. While still in college, Joe was part of the founding team at CoreMetrics - now one of the leading providers of web analytics for online retailers. Joe graduated with a degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelors in economics from the Wharton School of Business. -
Jon Zweig, Jirbo/Epic Tilt, CEO
Jonathan Zweig is the CEO and President of Jirbo, Inc. Jirbo leads the mobile entertainment industry in innovation with its award-winning Jirbo Gaming Community. Jonathan is responsible for all aspects of the company’s direction and has been featured in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal for his work with Jirbo. Previously Jonathan designed and implemented breakthrough medical software for UCLA Radiology. He grew up in the Boston area, then found his way to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of creating a revolutionary software company. He is a graduate of the UCLA Computer Science Department, the birthplace of the Internet. -
Keith Kressin, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Senior Director of Product Management
Kressin has worked in a number of engineering, marketing, and strategic planning roles within semiconductor companies for more than 15 years. Before joining Qualcomm he worked in a marketing and strategic planning role in the nascent industry of wireless power transmission. Prior to that, he worked at Intel, leading marketing and planning teams within Intel’s chipset group, WLAN group, and mobile platforms group. Kressin was responsible for leading a number of efforts that included the launch of the Intel Centrino and Centrino Duo Platforms, the company’s first Wi-Fi products, and its first chipsets with integrated graphics. During his tenure at Intel, he worked extensively with PC OEMs and ODMs throughout the world. -
Lars Albright, Quattro Wireless, SVP of Business Development
Lars leads Business Development and Publisher Sales. Prior to joining Quattro as a member of the founding team, Lars’ previous positions include VP of Media Account Management & Business Development at m-Qube. During his time at m-Qube/VeriSign, Lars focused on helping leading media companies create and implement successful mobile content initiatives, working with clients such as CBS, Viacom, Yahoo, Fox Entertainment, and the National Basketball Association, among others. Prior to m-Qube, Lars was co-founder and VP of Business Development of a San Francisco-based digital media software company. Lars received a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. -
Lee Williams, Symbian Foundation, Executive Director
Lee Williams is the Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, a non-profit organization that works with a large global community to develop an open source software platform based on Symbian OS, the most widely used mobile operating system for mobile products and services. Prior to this role, Lee led the S60 Software organization in Nokia’s Devices business and was responsible for managing and delivering key software assets for the companies’ products. Prior to Nokia, Lee was the Head of Engineering and Product Development for Be, Inc. After Be was acquired by Palm Computing, Lee became Palm’s Head of Product Development and Delivery. -
Luke (Shanquan) Bao, China Mobile USA Research Center, Director of IC technology and Handset
Luke(Shanquan) Bao is the Director of IC Technology and Terminal of China Mobile Communication Corporation USA Research Center. Luke severed as Sr. Strategic Product and Program manager of UTStarcom on mobile terminal solutions. Before joining UTStarcom, Luke worked in Conexant, Skyworks and Enqsemiconductor in various product development roles. Luke holds 11 US patents and applications in the area of mobile handset and applications. -
Marc Faucher, Blackberry Partners Fund, Partner
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Mark Donovan, Comscore, SVP of Mobile
Mark Donovan serves as SVP of Mobile Products and senior analyst at comScore. Donovan served as CMO of M:Metrics prior to the company’s acquisition by comScore in May 2008. Previously, he held the position of SVP, products for M:Metrics and led the team that launched the company’s first services in 2005. Before joining M:Metrics, Donovan worked for RealNetworks, as director of mobile strategy and later director of mobile services. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington, a master’s degree in public policy from San Diego State University, and a bachelor’s degree in business and entrepreneurship from Loyola Marymount University. -
Mark Himmelsbach, PHD, Vice President, Director
Mark’s role in the Activation group is to connect client’s business and brand strategies with existing and new media platforms to develop creative, innovative and actionable media partnerships. Mark began his career with PHD in the Strategic Planning group and continues to provide insights on consumers’ use of emerging media and training on new platforms to both internal and external stakeholders. Mark works with a variety of clients across the PHD network including HBO, American Legacy Foundation, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Hyatt, New Balance, and Hormel. Mark earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA in government and economics from Georgetown University. -
Mark Jacobstein, iSkoot, Chief Executive
Mark most recently served as the EVP at Silicon Valley-based Loopt, a ground-breaking social mapping startup. Before joining Loopt, Jacobstein was the founding President for Digital Chocolate, one of the world’s largest publishers of mobile games. Mark was also the CEO and founder of Small World Sports, the world’s first online fantasy sports business, where he raised more than $20M before selling to The Sporting News. Jacobstein co-founded Small World Software, an Internet technology consultancy, which he sold to iXL in 1998. Jacobstein studied Computer Science at Harvard University and began his career as a software developer at Bloomberg L.P. -
Mark Pincus, Zynga, CEO
Mark Pincus is the frenetic visionary and CEO of Zynga, an online social gaming network. Mark founded Tribe.net (www.tribe.net), one of the first social networks in 2003. Prior to Tribe, he was the founder and CEO of SupportSoft (Nasdaq: SPRT), the world’s leading provider of support automation software. Prior to SupportSoft, Mark co-founded Freeloader, the first consumer push information service. Pincus holds a Bachelors of Science in Economics from the Wharton School and an MBA from Harard Business School. -
Matt Murphy, Kleiner Perkins iFund,
Matt Murphy is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers where he manages the iFund at KPCB, an initiative with Apple and the iPhone platform, that focuses on defining applications for the mobile internet. Previously, Matt was a board observer at Google and a Director at Peakstream and Dash Navigation. Matt has also worked at Sun Microsystems as a business development leader for the Network Systems Group and Product Line Manager for networking platforms. He also has experience in strategic and technical consulting with Booz Allen & Hamilton and Accenture. Matt holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. -
Michael Abbott, Palm, SVP Application Software & Services
Michael leads the application platform and services development for the company’s next-generation Palm web OS platform with his extensive experience in building technically challenging web-based applications and services. Before joining Palm, Michael was the general manager of .NET Online Services at Microsoft, where he led efforts to deliver a services platform that enabled the development of large-scale Internet-based services. Prior to Microsoft, he co-founded Passenger Inc., and served as chairman and led the development of the company’s consumer marketing SAAS platform. Michael also founded Composite Software, creator of industry-leading enterprise information integration software, where he served as the CEO/CTO. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from California Polytechnic State University, and has completed coursework toward a Ph.D. at the University of Washington. -
Michael Rayfield, Nvidia, General Manager, Mobile Business Unit
Michael Rayfield has served as the general manager for NVIDIA’s mobile business unit since 2005. Michael brings a wealth of experience to his position after having led teams for more than 25 years in the semiconductor industry. At Texas Instruments, he was responsible for sales and business development in North and South America for the communications market segment and ultimately led TI’s global go-to-market strategy for this segment. Michael has also served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Growth Networks. Post-acquisition, he was named Director of Business Development for Cisco. He has also held executive board positions with several start-ups in the semiconductor business. Rayfield holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont. -
Nagraj Kashyap, Qualcomm, VP
Nagraj Kashyap is a Vice President at Qualcomm and heads up worldwide activities for Qualcomm Ventures. Mr. Kashyap has over 14 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to his current role, Nagraj worked in various engineering and management capacities at Nortel, 3COM, Motorola, PRTM and Qualcomm. He currently actively manages and serves as a board member or observer for Qualcomm Ventures investments in Zeebo, Obopay, WaveMarket, Triage Wireless, and Novarra. Mr. Kashyap also led Qualcomm Ventures investments in Airvana (AIRV) and Bitfone (acquired by HP in 2007). Mr. Kashyap has an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin. -
Natali Del Conte, CNET TV, Host
Natali is a correspondent for The CBS Early Show and WCBS and a host on CNET TV. Her daily newscast on CNET TV is called Loaded and she is a co-host of the daily podcast Buzz Out Loud. CNET is owned and operated by CBS Interactive. Natali is also a regular contributor on national and local news shows and networks including The Today Show, CNBC, MSNBC, BBC, ABC, The CW, WNBC, Fox News, Fox Business News, G4TV, and Univision (Spanish-language reporting). Prior to joining CNET, Natali wrote, produced, and hosted a show called TeXtra on the Podshow network. As a writer, Natali has written for WIRED, Variety Magazine, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, The San Francisco Examiner, AppScout, PC Magazine, ELLEgirl, Aware Magazine, The Oakland Tribune, Hispanic Magazine, Hispanic Trends, and The Santa Cruz Sentinel. Natali holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Hayward and a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Southern California. -
Patrick Mork, GetJar, Vice President of Marketing
Patrick joined GetJar in 2008 as VP marketing and member of the executive team. His primary role at GetJar is to develop the company’s overall marketing, branding, content and communications strategy. Prior to joining GetJar, Patrick was Marketing Director Europe at glu where he built up the company’s marketing team and was a key part of the European management team that helped take the company public on the NASDAQ in March 2007. With 15 years of marketing experience at leading companies such as PepsiCo and Diamondcluster, Patrick has worked in large multinationals and venture-backed start-ups in marketing, sales and general management. Patrick holds on MBA from INSEAD and a BS from Georgetown University. -
Peter Barry, Vodafone Ventures, Partner
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Quinn Li, Qualcomm Ventures, Director
Quinn Li is Director, Qualcomm Ventures. Quinn has over ten years of experience in the telecommunications and semiconductor industry and has worked in various engineering and management capacities at Lucent, Broadcom and IBM. Prior to joining Qualcomm Ventures, he spent several years in product management at IBM, responsible for ASIC offerings and business development activities in China. Quinn currently manages and actively serves as a board observer for Qualcomm Ventures investments in A123 Systems, AMEC, Digit Wireless, Discera, InvenSense and Siimpel. Quinn holds an MBA from Cornell University, a Ph.D. and BS in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. -
Richard Wong, Accel Partners, Partner
Richard joined Accel in 2006 and currently serves on the board of AdMob, the largest mobile advertising player and Parature. Rich also works closely with the management team of Getjar Networks. Through pre-Accel associations, Rich also serves as a board advisor to Plaxo, Sana Security, and Simplicita. Prior to Accel, Rich was SVP/GM of Products at Openwave and Chief Marketing Officer and EVP/GM of Value-Added Services at Covad Communications. Preceding Covad, he was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, focusing on software and consumer technology. Mr. Wong holds a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT and received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. -
Russ McGuire, Sprint Nextel, VP Corporate Strategy
Russ is a leading strategist and visionary in the telecom industry. As VP of strategy for Sprint, he is responsible for developing the strategic vision and framework for the $40B+ telecommunications giant. Prior to joining Sprint, Russ was Chief Strategy Officer for TeleChoice. In this role he guided top executives from established and start-up telecom companies in developing core business and market strategies to leverage their capabilities into sustainable market positions. Additionally, he has been a regular columnist for Network World, Business Reform, and Success magazines. He is also the author of The Power of Mobility, a book about how businesses can prosper in the next technology revolution. -
Sam Altman, Loopt, CEO
Sam co-founded Loopt, a location-based social networking mobile application that allows users to see where their friends are, to improve the way friends communicate. His primary responsibility within Loopt is driving the product vision, assembling a passionate team to realize that vision and making sure people have fun while they’re at it. Sam studied computer science at Stanford University, focusing on security and machine learning. He also helped build an autonomous helicopter navigation system during his time in school. -
Scott Jampol, OpenTable, Sr. Director of Consumer Marketing
Scott Jampol is the Sr. Director of Consumer Marketing for OpenTable, responsible for diner acquisition and engagement. He is responsible for marketing the emerging mobile products for OpenTable, including its successful iPhone application and mobile-optimized web site, m.opentable.com. Prior to OpenTable, Scott was the Director of Marketing for Yahoo! Travel. Before that, he was a senior associate with Prophet Brand Strategy in both San Francisco and New York, advising startups and Fortune 500 companies on their brand-driven business strategies. Scott holds a BS from Bucknell University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. -
Scott Raney, Redpoint,
Scott Raney is a Partner with Redpoint Ventures focusing on information and consumer technology with a particular emphasis on enterprise software and infrastructure, mobile technology and services, and social gaming. Scott serves on the board of directors of adap.tv, JumpTap, mig33, Heroku and LetsTalk, and is involved with Redpoint’s investments in Gaia Online, Sparkplay Media, Scribd, Cortina Systems, MobiTV, Kodiak Networks and VMOps. Prior to Redpoint, Scott worked at NorthPoint Communications, Bain & Company, and VideoPort Technologies. Scott holds a B.S.E.E., with high distinction, from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. -
Shervin Pishevar, Social Gaming Network (SGN), CEO
Shervin Pishevar is a visionary technology entrepreneur and published researcher as well as CEO of SGN which has grown to tens of millions of users on Facebook and over 17 million users on the iPhone with games such as iBowl and 3D jet game F.A.S.T. Shervin was the founding President/COO of Webs.com and helped scale Webs.com to over 30 million users and the visionary behind the first web operating system with his first startup, WebOS, for which the Financial Times called him “Bill Gates’ Worst Nightmare.” Shervin has a BA from UC Berkeley where he founded the award winning Berkeley Scientific Journal and received his first of 4 patents based on his independent research.
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Stephan Noll, T-Mobile Ventures,
Stephan joined T-Venture in 2000 and was a founding team member of the T-Mobile Venture Fund. In 2004, Stephan became Managing Director of T-Venture’s U.S. business. Since 2009 he manages the T-Mobile Venture Fund worldwide. Stephan has held board observer positions at Starent Networks and Oz Communications. He currently is a director at Pelago and holds observer roles at BelAir Networks, Telecom Transport Management and two other companies. Prior to joining T-Venture, he worked for Deutsche Bank. Stephan holds a masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim, Germany. -
Stephen Saltzman, Intel Capital, Head of Mobile Investment, Director of Strategic Investments
Saltzman’s focus is on mobility (including wireless networking, fixed-mobile convergence, and building out the ecosystem for Intel’s Mobile Internet Device platform) and cleantech (primarily in clean transportation) and his current portfolio investments include AeroScout, AirMagnet, Jajah, Ozmo Devices, Soonr and Vocera. Prior to joining Intel Capital, Saltzman was the founder and general manager of Intel’s Wireless LAN Operation. Saltzman also founded and served as CEO of Now Software, which became the largest Macintosh-only software publisher in the world in 1994. Saltzman is a former Inc. Magazine-Ernst & Young Software Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and a former Oregon High-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. -
Steve Boom, Mig33, CEO
A veteran of both the Internet and mobile industries, Steve brings to mig33 more than a decade of experience in building global businesses and teams. Prior to joining mig33, Steve Boom enjoyed a successful 10-years at Yahoo! Inc. Most recently, he was Senior VP of the Connected Life division, with global responsibility for the company’s mobile business. Under Steve’s leadership, Yahoo! established itself as an early leader in the mobile Internet with award-winning products. Steve began his career as an attorney with Venture Law Group in Silicon Valley and holds Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School. -
Thomas Ellsworth, GoTV Networks, CEO
Thomas brings over 20 years of strategic experience, knowledge and insight of the wireless industry to GoTV Networks as its CEO. Before joining GoTV, Ellsworth served as EVP, Marketing and Corporate Development at JAMDAT Mobile. Inc. Prior to JAMDAT he was VP of Incubator Development and Senior Director of Business Development in the wireless division of Sprint. Ellsworth received his B.S. in Business Administration - Marketing from California State University, Northridge and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. Ellsworth is active in the wireless industry and currently serves as a senior advisor to GOGII, Flexilis and Digital Sidebar. -
Tim Chang, Northwest Venture Partners, Principal
Tim brings a combination of operational, technical and international business experience to Norwest Venture Partners. Tim focuses on investments in wireless and digital media as well as business development initiatives in Asia-Pacific. Tim led NVP’s investments in and joined the boards of directors of 3Jam, Brite Semiconductor, Lumos Labs and ngmoco. Tim also led NVP’s investment in PCH International, a turnkey global supply chain services firm based in Shenzhen. Tim works with the boards of deCarta, Double Fusion and Veveo. Tim holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and an MS in electrical engineering/system engineering as well as a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. -
Tom Conrad, Pandora, CTO
CTO for Pandora, Conrad is equally obsessed with technology and music and has led numerous engineering and product design teams across a wide range of applications from operating systems and enterprise software to video games and consumer web sites. Before joining Pandora, he was the VP of Engineering at Kenamea, Inc. where he led the teams responsible for the design and development of an award-winning Internet-scale messaging system. Conrad previously served as Technical Director for the successful video game series “You Don’t Know Jack.” Conrad has also held engineering management positions at Berkeley Systems, Relevance Technologies, Documentum, and Pets.com. He began his career at Apple Computer developing user interface elements for the Mac OS. Conrad holds three U.S. patents and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. -
Venetia Espinoza, T-Mobile, Director of Product Development, Mobile Applications & Partner Programs
Espinoza leads the Mobile Applications and Partner Program at T-Mobile USA and is responsible for building and fostering the growth of this rapidly-growing mobile application space. Espinoza also manages T-Mobile’s Direct-to-Consumer business and focuses on strategic relationships with device manufacturers and platform providers. Espinoza has more than 10 years of experience in the wireless industry, focusing on business development and product management in wireless data and wireless internet applications. She has served as senior director of business development for Nextel Wireless Internet Services and started her career with GTE International. Espinoza earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University. -
Vic Gundotra, Google, Vice President of Strategy
Vic joined Google in 2007 as a Vice President of Engineering, responsible for mobile applications and developer evangelism. In addition, he is responsible for product management and marketing for mobile products at Google. Previously, Vic spent 15 years at Microsoft, where he worked on a variety of products and operating systems, including Windows 3.0, NT, Windows XP, and Vista. He was recognized by MIT as a “Young Innovator under 35″ for his work in sparking the Microsoft’s change from Win32 to the .NET programming model. Most recently, Vic was General Manager of Microsoft’s developer outreach efforts worldwide, including evangelism and strategy for products like Windows Vista, Visual Studio, Microsoft Office, Microsoft CRM, and Windows Mobile. Vic holds two patents in the area of distributed computing and identity-based access to cloud resources. -
Will Lowry, AT&T Mobility, Director
Will Lowry is a Director at AT&T responsible for IT Innovation and Solution Design for Mobility and Consumer products. He has deep knowledge and expertise in mobile product technologies with a focus on interoperability and the customer experience. His team partners with numerous technology providers to discover and evaluate new technologies and their potential application in product innovation. Currently, Will’s efforts focus on realizing mobile and converged products and services to take advantage of AT&T’s multiple consumer facing platforms. Additionally, Will works with Atlanta start-ups and universities including Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, and Emory University. Will has an MBA from SMU, MS in Engineering from MUSC, and a BA in English and Communications from the College of Charleston.
