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• John Donovan, AT&T, Chief Technology Officer

  

  Mr. Donovan is chief technology officer for AT&T. In this role, he oversees the company’s global technology direction and innovation road map, including product development, network and engineering operations, AT&T Labs and the security and intellectual property organizations. Mr. Donovan previously was executive vice president of product, sales, marketing and operations at Verisign Inc., a technology company that provides Internet infrastructure services. At VeriSign, Mr. Donovan was responsible for leading VeriSign’s global sales organization, driving the expansion of broad solutions offerings, and integrating a global professional services capability. Before that, he was chairman and CEO of inCode Telecom Group Inc., where he helped shape strategic direction and positioning for wireless network operators around the globe. Previously, Mr. Donovan was a partner with Deloitte Consulting, where he was the Americas Industry Practice director for telecom. He is a director of the board of 2Wire and services as chairman of the board of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). He has authored two books, The Value Enterprise, published in January 1998, and Value Creating Growth, published in 1999. Mr. Donovan received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Notre Dame and earned an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Minnesota.

• Erick Tseng, Facebook, Head of Mobile Products

  Erick joined Facebook in May 2010 as the company’s Head of Mobile Products. Previously, he had worked at Google for nearly 4 years, where he helped launch and grow Android, Google’s open source mobile operating system, as the group’s Lead Product Manager. Erick began at Google as a Product Manager for Mobile Search. He then joined the Android team, where he proceeded to launch Android 1.0, as well as subsequent platform releases. Most recently, he led the overall development and launch of Google’s Nexus One phone. Before joining Google, Erick was an Associate at McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. He has also held various product management and engineering positions at Microsoft, Yahoo!, and the MIT Media Lab. Erick received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering from MIT, as well as an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated with top honors as an Arjay Miller Scholar.

• Phil McKinney, HP Personal Systems Group, VP and CTO

  Phil McKinney is the VP and CTO of HP Personal Systems Group. He is responsible for long-range strategic planning and research and development for the company’s PC product lines, including displays, mobile devices, notebooks, desktops and workstations. A leading authority on innovation and its impact on business, the economy and culture, McKinney speaks to worldwide audiences at conferences and through his blog (www.philmckinney.com) and weekly podcast (www.killerinnovations.com). Dubbed “chief seer” by the The San Jose Mercury News, McKinney is a contributing columnist for Forbes, writes the column “The Objective” for Forbes.com, and has been quoted in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Financial Times, Fortune and others.

• Jason Spero, Google, Director, Mobile

  Jason is the Director of Mobile at Google. Formerly, he was 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.

• Omar Hamoui, Google, VP Mobile Ads

  Omar Hamoui is Vice President of Mobile Ads at Google.  Formerly, he was Founder and CEO of AdMob, and member of the company’s board of directors. He founded AdMob in January 2006 while in the MBA program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Omar started and ran several companies in the mobile, Internet, and computer software industries including Vertical Blue, GoPix and fotochatter, a mobile to mobile image sharing network. Omar holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and is on leave from The Wharton School.

• Omar Khan, Samsung, Chief Strategy Officer & SVP of Products & Services

  Omar Khan is Chief Strategy Officer & SVP of Products and Services for Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile). Khan is responsible for developing Samsung Mobile’s business strategies for wireless handsets, infrastructure and business communications systems. Additionally, Khan has oversight of technology, content & services and products. Prior to joining Samsung, Khan spent eight years at Motorola, where he most recently held the role of Vice President, Global Supply Chain for the Mobile Devices Business. In this role, he managed business operations in 36 countries. Khan has been recognized by Crain’s Business Magazine as a “40 under 40”. This award recognizes 40 talented leaders under the age of 40 in various industries and professions including technology, financial services, politics, entertainment, etc. Khan holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Khan completed his graduate work at the Sloan School of Management in the field of System Dynamics.

• Humphrey Chen, Verizon Wireless, Executive Director of New Product Technologies

  Humphrey D. Chen is Executive Director of New Technologies Development for Verizon Wireless and is focused on accelerating the commercialization of innovative Venture-backed technologies amidst the increasingly competitive market dynamics within the wireless world. Prior to joining Verizon Wireless, Humphrey was responsible for driving the Google and Microsoft strategy for Avaya in the area of Enterprise Unified Communication

• Alan Brenner, RIM, SVP, Blackberry Platform

  As Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Platform, at Research In Motion Limited (RIM), Alan Brenner is responsible for RIM’s Enterprise Software and Consumer Services businesses. Alan’s business and development responsibilities also include BlackBerry App World as well as the BlackBerry Development Platform and Tool chain. Alan joined RIM in April of 2007. Prior to joining RIM, Alan was a Senior VP at Sun Microsystems responsible for the Java ME Platform, Java Card, Open Office, iPlanet Email and several other Sun software businesses. Alan holds a Master of Communication and Information Studies Degree from Cleveland State University and a BA with Honors from York University.

• David Ko, Yahoo!, SVP, Americas Region, Audience, Mobile and Local

  David Ko is senior vice president of Yahoo!’s Americas Region – overseeing the company’s Audience, Mobile and Local businesses. In this role, he is responsible for the vision, strategy and continued innovation of Yahoo!’s industry leading media properties, including Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo!’s entertainment properties and more. Prior to that, Ko served as vice president for Yahoo!’s mobile business in Asia Pacific. He joined the company in April 2000, and was a key contributor to the distribution strategy of Yahoo! products such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and other services. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Ko served as a senior associate for Equity Capital Markets at Salomon Smith Barney, and a financial analyst for the Investment Banking Division in Global Energy. Ko is a graduate of New York University, Stern School of Business.

• Oliver Gunasekara, Symbian Foundation, Head of North America, Global Alliances

  Oliver Gunasekara, Symbian Foundation’s Head of North America, Global Alliances, has 15 years of mobile experience, having been responsible for ARM’s mobile activities starting in 1995. He spent 12 years with ARM, living in Europe, Asia and the US, serving as the VP for corporate BusDev and M&A. Oliver joined Symbian in May 2009, he is responsible for encouraging adoption and contribution of the Symbian OS across strategic manufacturers, semiconductors and operators.

• Todd A. Rowley, Sprint, Vice President of 4G

  Todd Rowley, vice president of 4G, has responsibilities for leading Sprint’s strategic relationships and partnering efforts with 4G. He has helped lead the 4G business unit - developing, implementing and driving execution of Sprint’s go-to-market plans with 4G, in conjunction with the Sprint/Clearwire venture. Todd has 20+ years in the wireless and cable industries and has been with Sprint for the past ten years. He was recently vice president of corporate development, but has held various positions at Sprint, including responsibility for Corporate Development, Strategy, Roaming, Spectrum Management and Fixed Wireless Broadband operations. Prior to Sprint, Todd worked in various positions for wireless start-ups and cable companies, including senior vice president of development for People’s Choice TV. In addition, he has served on several industry boards, including the Wireless Communications Association, the National ITFS Association, and chairman of the WCA’s government relations committee. Rowley received his Bachelor’s in Business Administration in finance and marketing from the University of Iowa.

• Laura Chambers, PayPal Mobile, Senior Director

  As Senior Director of PayPal Mobile, Chambers’ overall responsibilities are focused on “mobilizing PayPal” and bringing outstanding PayPal applications and features onto the mobile platform. Throughout her five year career at PayPal and eBay, Chambers has held numerous strategic roles in PayPal, Marketplaces, Skype and eBay Inc. Most recently, as the chief of staff at eBay Inc., and prior to PayPal, Chambers worked for McKinsey & Company, focusing on strategy, financial performance improvement and organizational design/governance for the telecommunications/technology, financial services, airlines and retail industries. Chambers received a master’s degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in arts and commerce from the University of Melbourne.

• Kara Swisher, D: All Things Digital, Co-Producer & Co-Host

  Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau in 1997. Her column BoomTown originally appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section and also online at WSJ.com. Previously, Ms. Swisher covered breaking news about the Web’s major players and Internet policy issues and also wrote feature articles on technology for the paper. She has also written a weekly column for the Personal Journal on home gadget issues called Home Economics. She currently co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech conference with interviewees such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and many other leading players in the tech and media industries. Previously, Ms. Swisher worked as a reporter at the Washington Post. She is also the author of “aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web,” published by Times Business Books in July 1998. The sequel, “There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future,” was published in the fall of 2003 by Crown Business Books. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

• Asokan Thiyagarajan, Samsung Telecommunications America, Director of Platforms & Technology Strategy

  Asokan Thiyagarajan serves as the Director of Platforms and Technology Strategy at Samsung Telecommunications America, responsible for recommending strategies to address technology and market trends as well as strategic alliances. He is a respected speaker at international conferences on technology. He authors technology and visionary articles for leading magazines around the world. Highly analytical and an industry visionary, Asokan is a sought after global high-tech industry thought leader and trusted strategic advisor by companies. Prior to Samsung, Asokan held a variety of senior technology management positions in brand name high-tech companies like Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson, Compaq (HP) and some for start-ups as well. Asokan holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, from Madurai University, India.

• Laura Merling, Alcatel-Lucent, VP Developer Platform

  Laura Merling, VP of Alcatel-Lucent’s Developer Platform, currently leads strategy and execution for Alcatel-Lucent’s company-wide push to transform the network into a powerful platform for service providers, enterprises and developers to deliver applications. She was most recently VP of Sales and Marketing at Mashery, one of the earliest entrants in the API management infrastructure industry. Over a more than 20 year career in high tech marketing and business development, Laura also served as Executive Director at SDForum, where she managed the largest non-profit developer community in the U.S. and established key relationships with organizations such as eBay that built successful, global businesses by opening up their APIs to third-party partners and developers. At Krugle, Laura drove deals with some of the world’s largest and most active developer networks, including IBM developerWorks, Amazon Web Services, and SourceForge.net, establishing Krugle as the leader in code search for open source and the enterprise.

• Anup Murarka, Adobe Systems, Director of Technical Marketing, Mobile & Devices

  Anup Murarka, Director, Technical Marketing, Mobile and Devices at Adobe Systems Inc. and is responsible for defining strategy and direction for Adobe’s mobile agenda. Murarka comes to Adobe from its acquisition of Macromedia, where he was responsible for marketing in the Mobile and Devices group. Prior to Macromedia, Murarka worked at OpenTV, where he was involved in all aspects of developing OpenTV’s solution offering. He was an active spokesperson for the company with customers, technology and financial analysts and industry events. Prior to OpenTV, Murarka was vice president at Spyglass, Inc., holding management roles in engineering, professional services and sales. Murarka has also held engineering and management positions at technology companies including Apple Computer, The 3DO Company and SurfWatch. During his time at Macromedia, Anup spoke at a number of key industry events - both as a presenter and panel participant. Anup has presented at wireless shows including CES Game Power, MAX, DigitalHollywood and the SmartPhone Summit. Murarka has spent a number of years developing video games and marketing embedded software to consumer electronics manufacturers. His professed affinity for shiny new gadgets keeps him on the hunt for new toys during monthly trips to Tokyo’s electronic district, Akihabara.

• 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.

• John Ellis, Motorola , Director of Software & Services, the Americas

  John has over 18 years of experience throughout the telecommunications industry in both the infrastructure and handset businesses. He has held numerous leadership positions in Motorola with multiple international experiences including expatriate positions in both Europe and Asia. He is Motorola’s Executive Council member to the LiMo Foundation and Co-Chair of the Mobile Linux Initiative, formerly in OSDL and now part of the Linux Foundation. John has undergraduate degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Spanish from Valparaiso University, an MS in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

• Othman Laraki, Twitter, Director of Geo

  Othman Laraki is Director of Geo at Twitter (@othman). Prior to Twitter, he was the co-founder & President of Mixer Labs (GeoAPI.com/TownMe), which Twitter acquired. Before Mixer Labs, Othman was at Google, where he managed a number of products including the Google Toolbar, Google Gears (which initiated and/or impacted a number of additions and contributions to the HTML5 spec), early Firefox extensions, as well FastNet (real-time fetching and caching infrastructure). Prior to Google, Othman was at ACCESS Systems, where he ran server-side engineering. Othman currently serves on the board of directors of ESI Group, a publicly traded French software company. Othman has an MBAfrom MIT and a BS + MS in Computer Science & Industrial Engineering from Stanford.

• Jerrlyn Iwata, Verizon, Director of Mobile Content Strategy & Acquisition

  Jerrlyn Iwata currently serves as Director, Mobile Content Strategy & Acquisition, with primary responsibility for video content acquisition for V CAST, Mobile Web and the Hub. Ms. Iwata has been on the FiOS TV Programming team for three years, working primarily in content acquisition for sports and international premium programming. She is a communications professional with broad experience in managing multiplatform distribution, including live, linear and on-demand content acquisition across television, mobile and broadband platforms. Her experience spans strategic planning, product marketing, finance and content acquisition across both media and technology sectors. Ms. Iwata holds an M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley.

• Paran Johar, JumpTap, CMO

  Paran Johar is JumpTap’s Chief Marketing Officer. Before joining JumpTap, Paran was EVP of Digital Marketing for North America and Managing Director of MRM’s Los Angeles office. Prior to MRM, Paran was GM of the Los Angeles office for Tribal DDB where he was responsible for all online media, SEM, and SEO activities. 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, Paran brings to JumpTap a diverse background in online branding and marketing communication work from other leading agencies such as iXL, Poppe Tyson, Bates USA, Saatchi and Saatchi and BBDO Worldwide. His client roster has spanned a broad range of work with media & brands such as Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Wells Fargo, Abbott Labs, Microsoft, GM, Toyota, and KFC among others.

• Caleb Elston, Justin.tv, VP of Products

  Caleb Elston is the Vice President of Products at Justin.tv. He’s responsible for everything that users see, click and touch, from features on the website to UI in iPhone and Android applications. Within 6 months of joining Justin.tv, Caleb increased new broadcasters by 700% and released the best live video app on the iPhone, which has been downloaded over 2 million times. Before Justin.tv, he was the Director of Product at Scrapblog.com and hopelessly in love with The West Wing. Since Caleb was 10, all he’s really wanted to be was an interior designer.

• David Marcus, Zong, Founder & CEO

  David Marcus is the founder and CEO of Zong, the leading mobile payment service used by online gaming and social networking web sites. Zong is the mobile payment provider Facebook Credits and also works with hundreds of leading destination sites, such as Gaia Online, IMVU and Aeria Games. An experienced entrepreneur, David has created a number of successful venture-backed businesses. In 1996 in Geneva, Switzerland, David started his first company, GTN telecom, which became one of the top three alternative carriers in Switzerland and was acquired by World Access in 2000. That year, David went on to found Echovox, a leading mobile media monetization company that helps large media companies connect with their mobile audiences. In developing Echovox, David built a wide network of direct relationships and connections with mobile operators around the world. This formed the foundation for Zong, which was spun out of Echovox in 2010.  David is based out of Silicon Valley.

• Lior Ron, Google, Product Manager

  Lior Ron is the lead for Google’s products in the local space including Place Page, Google Map Maker, My Maps and others. He has spent the last 12 years innovating in the geo industry where he was the CTO of the Israeli Intelligence mapping and search efforts, product manager at Yahoo, founder of a local search startup and in the last 4 years part of the Google geo leadership team. He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB, BSc and MS from the Technion - the Israeli institute for technology. He’s also an amateur space traveler (in the future) and launched Google Sky and other space related efforts while in Google.

• Ian McKerlich, T-Mobile, Director of Mobile Content

  Ian McKerlich joined T-Mobile USA in 2006 and leads the product management and product marketing teams focused on the mobile web and media businesses. businesses. Ian is responsible for T-Mobile’s mobile web portal — known as web2go^TM — as well as music, apps and entertainment services offered directly to consumers as well as through partners. Ian’s leadership has helped create several important T-Mobile partnerships – including the T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android phone. McKerlich worked at RealNetworks from 1998 to 2006 and held the position of General Manager for Broadband as well as variety of marketing and business development positions. He served as a consultant and engagement leader for four years with McKinsey and Company. McKerlich earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of British Columbia.

• Steen Andersson, 5th Finger, VP of Marketing

  Fifth Finger is a mobile marketing agency with 9 years of global client experience. Steen founded the mobile marketing industry in Australia back in 2000 and after selling 5th Finger Australia to Microsoft, he migrated to the US in 2007 to bring his team’s experience to bear with global brands based out of the USA. Steen’s team of mobility experts drive innovative mobile marketing strategy, creative and execution for top tier brands and enterprises. 

Fifth Finger is Steen’s 4th company, and continues his passion of growing new opportunities in digital marketing, 5th Finger being the natural evolution into mobile. Steen has now been on the forefront of mobile for over 9 years and works with the worlds largest brands and publishers to ensure their mobile marketing strategies deliver compelling experiences to consumers which maximize utility, value, entertainment and of course, ROI.

Steen has a B.Engineering (Elec) from UNSW (Australia).

• Weili Dai, Marvell, Co-Founder, VP and GM of Communications and Computing Business Unit

  Weili Dai has been a cornerstone of Marvell’s success since she co-founded the company in 1995. Ms. Dai’s business acumen, strategic thinking, leadership and endless passion, have contributed greatly to Marvell’s fast rise to success.  One of Silicon Valley’s leading women executives, Ms. Dai has held a number of significant positions within Marvell since she co-founded the Company: she has served as COO, EVP, and GM of the Communications Business Group. She has also been a Director of Marvell Technology
  Group Ltd. and Corporate Secretary of the Board. Prior to co-founding Marvell, Ms. Dai was involved in software development and project management at Canon Research Center America, Inc. Ms. Dai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

• Eric Chu, Google, Group Manager for Android Platform

  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.

• Kevin Thau, Twitter, Director of Mobile

  Thau is director of mobile at Twitter and is responsible for Twitter’s mobile strategy, products, and partnerships focused on making the service an essential part of everyday communication. Prior to Twitter, he worked on introducing the world to Internet email, picture messaging, the first mobile Web browser, SMS shortcodes, and version 1.0 of mobile app stores at Software.com, Openwave, and Qpass, where he worked in sales, product, and corporate development roles. He is just happy that all those years of telling people that they will use their cell phones for something other than talking on them is finally here.

• Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures, President & Founder

  Aydin Senkut is the founder and president of Felicis Ventures. He has been named one of the top 25 tech angels by Businessweek recently. Aydin’s been an angel investor in promising start-ups since 2006. His portfolio encompasses over 50 companies including Aardvark (acquired by Google), Mint (acquired by Intuit), and Mixer Labs (acquired by Twitter). Prior to starting Felicis Ventures, Aydin joined Google in 1999 as its first Product Manager to launch its first 10 international sites. He then became the first International Sales Manager at Google, responsible for world-wide licensing deals. Before joining Google, Aydin was a Product Manager at SGI. He has a BS in Business Administration with Honors from Boston University. He also earned an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from the School of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Si Shen, PapayaMobile, Co-Founder & CEO

  Si Shen is Co-Founder and CEO of PapayaMobile Inc. which is one of the biggest mobile social networks and mobile social game developers on Android. Papaya has 3.5 million registered users in the US and Europe although the company is based in Beijing. Papaya has recently opened its platform for third-party developers to develop their applications through Papaya’s SDKs and open APIs. PapayaMobile was invested by DCM. Before starting PapayaMobile, Si was the product lead for mobile in Google Beijing. She used to be a product manager for search and mobile advertising in Google Mountain View. Si got her master’s degrees in Computer Science and Manage Science and Engineering from Stanford, and her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University.

• Ilja Lars, GetJar, Founder & CEO

  Ilja Laurs is Founder and CEO of GetJar, the world’s largest open mobile application store. In 2009, Informa Telecoms & Media included Ilja in the “Top 40 most influential people in mobile communications.” Since 2005, GetJar provides global distribution and monetisation services to 350,000 developers, from one-man shops to established brands like Google, Microsoft and Facebook. Serial enterpreneur since 1999, Ilja’s launched over 20 successfull projects, as diverse as Lithuania’s largest hotel reservation system LithuanianHotels.com, mobile payments system MicroPay.lt and mobile games studio Gaxo Interactive. Fluent in Lithuanian, Russian and English, he holds a keen interest in Basketball, Tennis, Chess and Watches, and enjoys traveling.

• Anand Iyer, Microsoft, Senior Project Manager, Windows Phone 7 Team

  Anand is a Senior Product Manager on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 team. He works on the Application Developer Experience of the platform and is responsible in productizing the platform for consumption by Startups, Students and Hobbyists. Anand joined Microsoft in January 2005 as an Evangelist, Microsoft’s ambassador to the Silicon Valley. During his tenure there, he has been in the midst of several launches, such as Visual Studio, SQL Server, Vista, Office and many others. Anand is actively involved in the startup community in the Silicon Valley and liaises with Microsoft corporate development teams and startup companies. Before joining Microsoft, Anand worked for Cisco Systems’ New Business Ventures team, pioneering XML-based manageability solutions. Anand has extensive experience software methodologies, and has worked on several development platforms. Anand has also earned two patent awards related to manageability solutions on networking platforms. Anand has a degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue University.

• Jörg Brakensiek, Nokia, Principle Member of Research Staff

  Jörg Brakensiek is a Principle Member of Research Staff and Research Leader in Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, California. His work focuses on ubiquitous mobile device interoperability with a specific focus on the automotive domain. He is currently heading a team in this area, working closely with multiple external partners around the globe. Jörg received his PhD in engineering from the University of Dortmund, Germany in 1999. He then joined Nokia Research Center, where he worked on Computing Architecture projects, including SoC architectures, reconfigurable accelerators, multi-processors and mobile virtualization. As part of his research, Jörg has been involved in the definition and execution of multiple national and European funded research projects in this domain.

• Alan Warms, Appolicious, Founder & CEO

  Alan Warms founded Appolicious Inc. in May, 2009 to help consumers find iPhone apps they’ll love, and to help corporations drive adoption of their mobile apps. Prior to founding Appolicious, Alan worked at Yahoo! as Vice President, General Manager Yahoo! News, Tech, and Education following the sale of BuzzTracker to Yahoo. Before that, Warms led an investment and served as publisher for RealClearPolitics.com prior to a successful exit in 2006. Alan was also founder and CEO of Participate Systems, Inc., a provider of enterprise software and online community management services that was sold to OutStart (http://www.outstart.com/), an eLearning enterprise software company, in November, 2004. Prior to founding Participate Systems, Alan worked at eShare and FreeLoader in senior executive positions. He also worked as a case leader and management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group.

• Dieter Bohn, Smartphoneexperts.com, Editor-in-Chief & VP of Communities

  Dieter Bohn started participating in the TreoCentral community way back in the VisorCentral days, writing his first review for TreoCentral in 2002. He joined Smartphone Experts full time in 2006, and was promoted to Vice President of Communities in 2007. Dieter oversees the community editors and writers who produce the journalistic content for Smartphone Expert’s Communities, as well as shepherding their growing online communities of readers, users, and forum members. He is also responsible for exploring and developing new community site niches. Dieter’s aim in the company is to foster conversations between online communities and technology journalism. An avid reader and writer of blogs, he believes that just as the people who buy gadgets are more than just consumers, visitors to the SPE Communities of sites are more than just readers. Since his early days at TreoCentral he has received a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of St. Thomas.

• Ben Galbraith, Palm, Director of Developer Relations

  Ben Galbraith is the Director of developer relations at Palm and the co-founder of Ajaxian.com. Ben has long juggled interests in both business and tech, having written his first computer program at six years old, started his first business at ten, and entered the IT workforce at twelve. He has delivered hundreds of technical presentations world-wide, produced several technical conferences, and co-authored over a half-dozen books. He has enjoyed a variety of business and technical roles throughout his career, including CEO, CIO, CTO, and Chief Software Architect roles in medical publishing, media, manufacturing, advertising, software and internet industries. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife and five children.

• Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC, Founder & Managing Partner

  Jean-Francois “Jeff” Clavier is the founder and managing partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0 startups. In 2007, Jeff was recognized as one of the 13 “Web 2.0 King Makers” by (late) Business 2.0, and in 2008, BusinessWeek named him one of “The 25 Most Influential People on the Web”. Since 2004, Jeff has invested in more than 70 consumer Internet companies in areas like social media, communities, search, gaming or consumer infrastructure, almost exclusively in Silicon Valley. Jeff started Software Only in 2004, one of the early venture capital blogs where he primarily covered social media, search, online communities and investing. In 2000, Jeff became President of RVC Capital, the firm managing the Reuters Greenhouse Fund. He has a MS in Computer Science and a research degree in Distributed Computing.

• Rob Glaser, Accel/RealNetworks, Venture Partner

  Rob Glaser has been active in the software industry as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor for nearly 30 years. At Accel Partners he focuses on digital media technology, social media, and mobile services. Rob is currently Chairman of RealNetworks, which he founded in 1994. In addition to his role as Chairman, Rob served as Real’s CEO from February 1994 until January 2010, leading the company from scratch to over $500 Million in revenue. Prior to founding RealNetworks, Rob worked for Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems. Before joining Microsoft, Rob founded his first company, Ivy Research, in 1981 to make games for the newly launched IBM PC. Mr. Glaser is a 1983 graduate of Yale University, with a B.A. and M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Computer Science.

• Paul Bernard, Nokia, Head of Business Development

  Paul is the head of business development for Nokia’s Services business unit. Paul has been at Nokia since 2000 where he has held a number of leadership positions including heading market development for Nokia’ Enterprise Solutions business unit and leading its mobile payments business program. Prior to joining Nokia, Paul worked for Goldman Sachs in the corporate finance group in New York focusing on acquistions and financing. Before to moving to the US for business school Paul was a corporate and securities lawyer for canadian law firm Blake, Cassels and Graydon in Toronto. Paul has an MBA from Kellogg and Bachelor of Laws degree (summa cum laude) for the University of Ottawa.

• Juggs Ravalia, SPB Software, VP of Strategic Alliances

  Juggs collaborates with both the financial and technical communities, developing strategic partnerships to stay abreast of market trends and technical advancements. Juggs brings over 8 years of experience in mobility to SPB Software. He worked for the Windows Mobile and the Windows CE divisions at Microsoft and was an active contributor in global technical standards forums like ETSI and USB. In his free time, Juggs partakes in health related technical projects like the Health Impact Fund. Recently, he worked on an IFC (a subsidiary of the World Bank) funding proposal to finance the development of diagnostic assays. Juggs is a DFID and a Gates Cambridge Scholar, holding an MBA and MPhil in Computer Sciences from Trinity College, Cambridge University.

• Navin Chaddha, Mayfield Fund, Managing Director

  Navin Chaddha is Managing Director at The Mayfield Fund, and is a proven serial entrepreneur and venture investor. Navin was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009, ranked on the Forbes Midas List of top 100 dealmakers as #11 in 2009, #10 in 2008 and #58 in 2007. He invests in the enterprise, energytech, internet and telecom sectors in the U.S. and is the founder of Mayfield’s dedicated India Fund, which he oversees. Navin has made over 30 investments in the past, of which 10 have had IPOs and another 9 have been acquired. Prior to joining Mayfield, Navin was a Partner at Gabriel Venture Partners and EIR at Mobius Venture Capital. As an entrepreneur, he was founder and CTO of VXtreme, a streaming media software company that was acquired by Microsoft and became Windows Media. He served in various management roles at Microsoft after that. Navin was also the co-founder of iBeam Broadcasting (NASDAQ IPO) and CEO and founder of Rivio (acquired by CPA2Biz). Navin holds an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University (received the Stanford and IBM Graduate Fellowships) and a B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi (received the Director’s Medal for being first in his class) and was honored with the prestigious distinguished IIT Alumni Award in 2006. Navin is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs and holds over 35 patents.

• Alan Brenner, RIM, SVP, BlackBerry Platform

  As Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Platform, at Research In Motion Limited (RIM), Alan Brenner is responsible for RIM’s Enterprise Software and Consumer Services businesses. Alan’s business and development responsibilities also include BlackBerry App World as well as the BlackBerry Development Platform and Tool chain. Alan joined RIM in April of 2007. Prior to joining RIM, Alan was a Senior VP at Sun Microsystems responsible for the Java ME Platform, Java Card, Open Office, iPlanet Email and several other Sun software businesses. Alan holds a Master of Communication and Information Studies Degree from Cleveland State University and a BA with Honors from York University.

• Carleton (Mickey) Miller, Blinq, President & CEO

  Mickey Miller has over twenty years of experience and leadership in creating and building growth businesses in the communications industry. He is currently the President & CEO of BLINQ Networks, a leading developer of non-line of sight backhaul products for mobile networks, a recent spin-out from Nortel. Prior to BLINQ, he was President, Wireless Network Solutions Group of Andrew Corporation where he was responsible for the profit and loss of a portfolio of wireless technology business units with $800 million in sales and 3,000 employees. In this capacity, Mickey created and built two new businesses resulting in $150 million incremental revenue while improving group financial performance. During his tenure, Andrew Corporation sales grew from $1.4 billion to $2.2 billion culminating in the sale of the company for $2.6 billion. Mickey joined Andrew in 2004 as Group President, Base Station Subsystems Group prior to being promoted to President, WNS. Mickey joined Andrew from Tyco Electronics where he was Vice President and General Manager Power Systems Business (formerly Lucent Technologies Power) responsible for profit and loss of a $550 million Electronic Power and Energy Systems Business. Prior to joining Tyco, he was vice president of telecom sales for Alpha Technologies, vice president of OEM sales for General Signal, and held various leadership positions at AT&T Microelectronics. He holds an MBA in finance and marketing from Rockhurst College, studied finance at the London Business School, and holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri.

• Raj Singh, YumYum Labs, Co-Founder

  Raj Singh is a mobile industry veteran having worked in all aspects of mobile over the past 11 years. Currently, Raj is the Co-Founder of YumYum Labs developing applications in mobile health. Most recently, Raj was the Vice President of Business Development for Skyfire, a mobile browser that supports full Flash rendering. Previously, Raj was consulting with Dell Mobile assisting them with their global SMS and WAP strategy. Prior to Dell, Raj co-founded venture-funded Veeker, NBC’s mobile video citizen journalism service and boot strapped ToneThis, CNET’s top downloaded ringtone creation product. Raj has also worked in product management, engineering, strategy and consulting roles for Kodak Mobile, Cellmania, MobiTV, PlayPhone, Tellme, Samsung, Hungama Mobile and Antenna Software. Raj’s personal projects include GameChalk, an SMS multi-player game service and Pubwalk, an LBS bar-hopping service. Raj is also a mobile advisor to numerous companies including Movoxx, Nearverse, Buzzd, Textopoly and several VCs within the valley. Raj is a regular mobile writer and speaker including formal and guest blogging for GotoMobile, O’reilly Emerging Telephony and VisionMobile.

• Glenda Dorchak, VirtualLogix, CEO

  Glenda Dorchak is a thirty year technology industry veteran who joined VirtualLogix as CEO in January, 2009. Most recently, she was the chairman and CEO of Intrinsyc Software, a publically traded Wireless software and engineering services business. Glenda was an executive with Intel Corporation from 2001 to 2006 including Vice President and COO of Intel Communications Group; Vice President & General Manager of Intel’s Consumer Electronics Group and Vice President and General Manager Broadband Products Group. Prior to her tenure at Intel, she served as chairman and CEO of Value America, Inc. In 1999, Ms. Dorchak was named one of the “Top 25 Executives of the New Millennium” by Computer Reseller News, for growing Value America to a position of acknowledged industry leadership in online merchandising in the technology sector. The majority of Ms. Dorchak’s career was spent with IBM, both in IBM Canada and later with IBM Corporation based in Raleigh NC, where she held executive positions with the IBM Personal Systems Group including directorships with the Ambra Systems group and IBM PC Direct North America.

• Randy Breen, SGN, COO

  Randy Breen, a game industry veteran, has joined SGN as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), to provide leadership in all aspects of corporate operations, including game production, business development, strategy and executive management. Randy joined EA pre-IPO in 1986 when it was less than 100 people and where he spent fourteen years in production roles culminating in a five year term as Executive Producer and Creative Director. He created the multimillion unit selling Road Rash franchise and managed over two dozen titles for PC and console on all platforms and in Simulation, Sports, Action, Shooter, and RPG categories. After EA, Randy joined LucasArts Entertainment, a subsidiary of LucasFilm, as Vice President of Product Development. After five years at LucasArts Randy joined Emotiv Systems as the Chief Product Officer, responsible for the company’s research and development as well as its business development activities. Randy is a former non-commissioned officer who spent six years in the Navy, four years serving on a nuclear submarine. He is also an avid marathon runner and triathlete and rides a Ducati to SGN everyday. Randy’s extensive range of direct involvement includes business planning, market analysis, forecasting, P&L management, conceptualization, product design, interdisciplinary team building, organizational management, contract negotiation, business development and fund raising. He has managed and worked closely with marketing, sales, legal, and finance teams in each of these areas.

• Adam Towvim, JumpTap, Sr. Director of Business Development

  Adam Towvim has over 17 years experience in mobile/internet markets, working on monetization strategies for top media properties, apps, and operators.  Adam currently serves as Jumptap’s Senior Director of Business Development, where he is responsible for the strategy and acquisition efforts behind Jumptap’s Publisher Network.  Prior to Jumptap,  Adam held business development roles at Radialpoint, where he helped lead Radialpoint’s entry into the US market working with Verizon, and at Lightbridge.  Adam joined Lightbridge after working for Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, a management consulting firm.  At Diamond, Adam was on the interim executive launch team of Switzerland’s first 3G operator and Europe’s first app marketplace.  Before Diamond, he worked at American Management Systems in the Mobile Telecom practice.   Adam holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School.

• Gene Keenan, Isobar, VP of Mobile Services

  Gene Keenan leads the cutting edge of marketing innovation as Isobar’s VP of Mobile Services. In this role, Gene has won numerous Aegis Globe awards for his innovation and has been the recipient of industry awards including an MSNEMMY for his work on Adidas. Gene is on the board of the Mobile Marketing Association who also counts as board members these major brands: P&G, VISA, AOL, CBS, ESPN, FOX, Microsoft, and every major carrier in the USA. He co-chairs the metrics committee of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and guided the creation, funding, and execution of the first marketing effectiveness study on behalf of the MMA. Gene works on the Adidas, Electronic Arts, Dolby, Tivo, Amp’d, New Line Cinema, and Motorola accounts. Before joining the interactive space Gene was a professional chef who toured with the Grateful Dead for eight years and owned an organic edible flower and herb farm.

• Michael Chang, Greystripe, CEO and Founder

  Michael is responsible for Greystripe’s market vision, and is Founder and CEO. He was most recently an Associate at Incubic Venture Capital and was responsible for reviewing investments in Internet and software companies. He has an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and five years of engineering and marketing product management with SAN pioneer Gadzoox Networks. At Gadzoox he was responsible for the Microsoft partnership strategy and was the project manager for the COMPAQ Fibre Channel Hub. Michael also has a BS in EE from Carnegie Mellon University.

• Kent Lindstom, PlacePop, Founder & CEO

  Kent Lindstrom is the founder and CEO of PlacePop, which offers a simple location-based social app for consumers, combined with a mobile loyalty card platform for brands and businesses. Previously, Kent was CEO of Friendster for 2 1/2 years, during which time the site rose to #7 in the world, with more than 600 MM daily page views, and was the #1 social network in Asia. Before that, Kent was CFO at Friendster, co-founder of NetRead, and a Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche where he ran the West Coast finance practice for the Technology sector. He is a CFA, and received a BA in Economics from Northwestern and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

• Bob Morris, ARM, Director of Mobile Computing

  Bob Morris is ARM’s director of mobile computing focusing on the expanding market of eReaders, smartbooks and tablet devices. Bob is responsible for market development and industry enablement, which involves working closely with carriers andoperators, OEM/ODMs, ARM semiconductor partners and the internal ARM engineering and software ecosystem. Before joining ARM, Bob spent more than 25 years in the semiconductor, EDA and test equipment industries working for HP, Mentor Graphics, Motorola, Alchemy and AMD, where he was a part of the mobile computing, computing, wireless Internet, multimedia and low-power SoC evolutions. Bob holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California.

• Jeff Sellinger, Shopkick,

  Jeff is co-founder and Chief Product Officer for shopkick, Inc. He is responsible for the entire consumer side of the business, and for long-term retail partnerships. Prior to shopkick, Jeff served as Executive Vice President & General Manager CBS Mobile for CBS Corporation. Highlights include winning two Emmy’s and the Global College Sports award for the 2009 CBS Sports NCAA March Madness On Demand application for iPhone which became the #1 ranked paid application in the app store and winning the Global Mobile Awards Best Mobile TV or Video Service for the TV.com mobile application. Jeff also created and executive produced multiple made for mobile shows including a 24 hour Victoria Secret channel, Danny Bonaduce Life Coach, Signal to Noise, Daily Delivery, Ridiculous Celebrity Stories, Comedy Cage Match and Farnsworth and the Fox amongst others. Prior to joining CBS, Jeff was a founder of GoldPocket Wireless and led the company’s operations. Before GoldPocket Wireless, Jeff lastly 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 from the Carol School of Management at Boston College.

• Gregg S. Colvin, Fox Digital Media, Vice President of Business Development

  Gregg Colvin heads up business development for Fox Digital Media (FDM), one of the nation’s major media companies. In this role, he oversees all deal related initiatives, strategic business planning, and research/analytics for the digital properties within the Fox Networks Group. At its core, this work focuses on distribution of broadband video, multi-platform monetization and strategic partnerships for the broadcast and cable networks. Prior to joining FDM, Gregg served as vice president of business development for entertainment at Fox Interactive Media (FIM). There he was responsible for business development and entertainment related initiatives for the world’s largest online media network. Gregg earned his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and is a graduate of the UCLA School of Film and Television.

• Navin Chaddha, Mayfield Fund, Managing Director

  Navin Chaddha is a proven serial entrepreneur and venture investor. Navin wasnamed a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009, rankedon the Forbes Midas List of top 100 dealmakers as #11 in 2009, #10 in 2008and #58 in 2007. He invests in the enterprise, energytech, internet and telecomsectors in the U.S. and is the founder of Mayfield’s dedicated India Fund, whichhe oversees. Navin has made over 30 investments in the past, of which 10 havehad IPOs and another 9 have been acquired.Prior to joining Mayfield, Navin was a Partner at Gabriel Venture Partners andEIR at Mobius Venture Capital. As an entrepreneur, he was founder and CTOof VXtreme, a streaming media software company that was acquired byMicrosoft and became Windows Media. He served in various managementroles at Microsoft after that. Navin was also the co-founder of iBeamBroadcasting (NASDAQ IPO) and CEO and founder of Rivio (acquired byCPA2Biz).Navin holds an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University(received the Stanford and IBM Graduate Fellowships) and a B.Tech. degreein electrical engineering from IIT Delhi (received the Director’s Medal forbeing first in his class) and was honored with the prestigious distinguished IITAlumni Award in 2006. Navin is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneursand holds over 35 patents..

• Mike Parker, DDB, Co-President of Tribal DDB

  Mike has recently re-joined the DDB family as Co-President of Tribal DDB for the US market. A 10 year veteran with the company, Mike got his start with DDB inCanada in account management and in 2000 Mike took over the leadership of Tribal DDB, the agency’s digital arm, and spent 7 years growing Tribal Canada into a national leader in the digital space. Mike left Tribal in 2007 and moved to San Francisco to head Digital Strategy  for Goodby, Silverstein and Partners. During the years of his tenure, Goodby was recognized as “Digital Agency of the Year.” Last year, Mike was briefly lured away from the agency business by the promise of start-up landhelping build Betawave, a digital media company focused on consumer attentionas its currency. However, he couldn’t resist the opportunity to get back into the agency game and have the chance to help address the significant change and opportunity in the business. A recognized leader in helping clients build their brands, Mike brings his integrated, multi-disciplinary background to the challenge of helping clients build their brands and engage their consumers in this new digital age.

• Mohammad Khan, ViVOtech, President & Founder

  Mohammad Khan is the president and founder of ViVOtech. Khan is a recognized leader in the emerging mobile payments and marketing industry with 27 years of experience in electronic payments and ecommerce.  Prior to starting ViVOtech in 2001, Khan spent 15 years at VeriFone starting in its early stage in 1983 when it had only 5 employees. Mr. Khan was also a co-founder of the Internet Commerce business for VeriFone - a leading reason for the acquisition of the company by HP in 1997 for $1.2 billion.  Mohammad Khan, sometimes referred as Mr. Contactless or Mobile Czar, has been recognized as a leader of the Electronic Payments Industry by the Transaction Trends Magazine and as a “Mover and Shaker” of the Electronic Payments Industry by the Transaction World magazine. Recently, Khan received 2010 Outstanding Contributor Award for his contributions to Contactless and Mobile Payments Council by Smart Card Alliance. Khan holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

• Steven Goh, Mig33, Co-Founder

  Steven was the principal founder and CEO of Sanford Securities Limited, Australia’s first online Stockbroker. From a start-up business in 1996, Steven steered Sanford through a growth cycle that saw it accomplish achievements like: A client base of 160,000 customers of which 50,000 were direct and 110,000 were sourced through wholesale relationships with two banks and 150 accounting and financial planning groups, $66 million of sales over six years and the hosting of $2.4 billion of customer assets, and several awards including Deloitte’s Fast 50, finalist in the Australian Financial Review Web Awards and a finalist in the AIIA Innovation Award. Prior to Sanford, Steven spent time in the stockbroking industry with Merrill Lynch (formerly McIntosh West) and Saw James Capel, as a management consultant with Steven Goh & Associates and in the accounting and audit industry with Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Anderson. Steven is recognised as an authority on contemporary IT issues within the financial services sector. He was a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (Western Region) and was awarded an inaugural WA Business News 40 under 40 Award.

• Keith Lee, Booyah, Co-Founder & CEO

  Keith Lee is Co-Founder and CEO of Booyah, a brand that is defining an exploding new market called Real-World Gaming — blending new forms of interactive entertainment by bringing together elements of the real world and the digital world. He co-founded Booyah to revolutionize the consumer experience, and is a veteran of the interactive entertainment industry with a proven track record of helping create best-selling video games, developing compelling experiences, and attracting broad audiences into the gaming space. Prior to founding Booyah, Keith was the Lead Producer for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo III franchise (creator of World of Warcraft). The Diablo series has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Before Blizzard, Keith’s time at Insomniac Games helped propel the Ratchet & Clank series to surpass 10 million units sold. Leading up to the games industry, Keith worked at several investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Keith graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Computer Science and a BA in International Relations and Economics.

• Jen Herman, FarmVille, Director of Mobile

  Jen oversees the development and innovation of Zynga’s #1 social game, FarmVille, on mobile. She brings over 15 years of digital entertainment and technology experience to her role. A mobile industry vet and entrepreneur, Jen most recently founded a consulting business, Lucky 29, with a focus on social gaming strategy and mobile development where she worked with top tier clients including Zynga, Rock You and OpenFeint. Prior to Lucky 29, Jen was VP Business Development and Marketing for Tapatap, an online mobile social gaming network. In her previous roles at mobile start-ups, Jen has overseen licensing relationships with brands including the NFL, NFL PA, Fox Sports and Pop Cap as well as distribution deals and
  partnerships with all the major North American carriers and manufacturers. Ms. Herman has held product development, sales, marketing, licensing and business development positions with AirPlay, I-Play, Glu, Electronic Arts, Hearst, Viacom and MTV. She holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

• Marc Leidenroth, Volkswagon Group of America, Senior Engineer, ElectronicResearch Laboratory (ERL)

  Marc Leidenroth works as a Senior Engineer in the Infotainment Team of the ElectronicResearch Laboratory (ERL), Volkswagen Group of America, Palo Alto, California. His workfocuses on vehicle connectivity and the integration of mobile devices.Marc graduated as Diploma Engineer in Communications Engineering at the Deutsche TelekomUniversity of Applied Sciences, Leipzig in 2001. He joined Volkswagen in 2003, where heworked on the design of vehicle systems and communications concepts. In 2008, he then joinedthe ERL on a temporary global assignment for the Volkswagen Group.

• Peter Vesterbacka, Some Bazaar, Founder

  Peter Vesterbacka is the founder of Some Bazaar and a parallel entrepreneur. Earlier Peter worked for HP in several communications industry related roles. While at HP Peter also founded the HP Mobile E-Services Bazaar, a global innovation & mobile services program that BoozAllenHamilton declared an industry benchmark. Peter is also co-founder and the original initiator of MobileMonday.

• Ron Hirson, BOKU, SVP of Marketing & Business Development

  Ron brings over fourteen years experience in product and general management in the consumer Internet space to the BOKU team. Most recently, Ron served as VP of Product at AT&T Interactive, which he joined through the acquisition of service marketplace and performance advertising company Ingenio. Ron spent 6 years at Ingenio, where he served as VP of Product Management. Prior to Ingenio, Ron was co-founder and CEO of The Digs Network, an early social network focused on Gen Y, which was bought by iDrive. Prior to his role at BOKU, Ron served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Khosla Ventures and actively advises several companies in the consumer Internet space.

• David Jones, Shazam, VP Marketing

  David brings to Shazam over 20 years experience in marketing, business development, and product and business strategy. Prior to joining Shazam, David held Vice President of Global Marketing and Global Product roles at Friendster. Previously, David was also the director of eBay’s media and entertainment businesses in North America and also held several marketing and general management roles at eBay Inc, including roles focused on scaling the number of active members of the eBay community. Prior to eBay, David was the Vice President of Business Development at Blue Wireless and an associate partner at the management and technology consulting firm of Arthur D. Little. David holds a B.A. from Stanford University in Quantitative Economics With Honors & Distinction, 1990.

• Nagraj Kashyap, Qualcomm Ventures, VP

  Nagraj Kashyap is a vice president at Qualcomm and heads up worldwide activities for Qualcomm Ventures. Mr. Kashyap has over 15 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, Sotera Wireless, Avaak 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.

• Evan Neufeld, Groundtruth, CMO

  Evan Neufeld is a well-respected analyst in the fields of mobile, new media and interactive marketing. Neufeld’s experience includes senior-level roles at comScore, M:Metrics, NPD Techworld and Jupiter Research, where he was a founding analyst of Jupiter’s well-known digital advertising research practice. Evan was most recently Vice President and Senior Analyst at comScore Mobile (formerly M:Metrics), where he oversaw comScore’s products and services focused on mobile advertising and marketing, including the areas of effectiveness, placement and planning. Earlier, Evan 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 Hewlett-Packard. Beginning in 1996, Neufeld was part of the research and management team at Jupiter Research, most recently as senior vice president of global research. In that role he managed Jupiter’s research charter for marketing and media, industries, international research and overseeing all research operations. Neufeld was a founding analyst of Jupiter’s well-known digital advertising research practice, where he was both a senior analyst and practice director. In this capacity, he developed the first online advertising forecasts and analysis anywhere. Before Jupiter, Evan was a principal analyst at WebTrack, covering the first developments in interactive advertising and marketing, as well as holding a variety of marketing positions in the publishing industry. He has been quoted in major media outlets such as The New York Times, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, Media Week and CNET, and has appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Week and ABC News. Evan is an active participant in industry associations such as the MMA and IAB, and is a member of ad:tech’s advisory board. Evan has a master’s degree in American studies from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Vassar College

• Dustin Jacobsen, Barkley, VP of Social Media & Technology

  Dustin Jacobsen, VP of Social Media and Technology at Barkley, leads the client technical services team working on interactive, mobile, social and emerging technology projects. He works on a variety of clients including Sonic Drive-In, Build-A-Bear Workshop, 24 Hour Fitness and Blue Bunny Ice Cream. Barkley is one of the top-ten independent advertising agencies in the US. Before Barkley, Dustin worked at several start-up technology and marketing companies, leading cross-functional business, software engineering and marketing teams. Dustin holds a BS from Iowa State University and an MBA, magna cum laude, from Baker University. He blogs about all things marketing and technology at shakegently.com and @dustinj.

• Brendon Kraham, Google, Sr. Director of Ad Sales

  Brendon Kraham is a team manager of mobile at Google where he is responsible for managing a sales organization to achieve revenue and margin goals. He joined Google as part of the company’s acquisition of AdMob in May 2010 where he served as a senior director of sales. Brendon has more than 10 years of experience in sales having previously lead teams at Google and LookSmart that helped key brand partners engage customers and drive sales through emerging media. Brendon is a graduate of Seton Hall University.

• Alistair Goodman, Placecast, CEO

  Alistair Goodman is CEO of Placecast, an advertising service of 1020, Inc. Formerly, Alistair was Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Exponential Interactive, an online media services and technology company whose flagship brand - the Tribal Fusion ad network - grew to be one of the largest privately-held digital media companies in the US during his time there. Prior to joining Exponential, he was a founder and Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Impli, a San Francisco-based digital media company which was acquired by PRN. Alistair holds a BA from Haverford College, an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management and was a Henry Luce scholar in Asia from 1993-94. He is a frequent speaker at online advertising industry conferences, and regularly teaches the basics of online advertising for Paragon Media.

• MG Siegler, TechCrunch, Writer

  MG Siegler is a writer for technology blog, TechCrunch. Previously, he’s covered the field for VentureBeat and his own blog, ParisLemon, personal take on tech, media, among many topics. Originally from Ohio, MG attended the University of Michigan where he studied film. He’s previously lived in Los Angeles where he worked in Hollywood and in San Diego where he worked in web development. He now lives in San Francisco.

• Tasso Roumeliotis, Location Labs, Founder & CEO

  Prior to founding Location Labs, Tasso was a Vice President at Claridge, a $3 billion fund operating wireless and media assets.Tasso also worked at Bain & Company where, at age 23, was the interim COO of a $600M industrial company. He also led the first location-based service/tracking deployment in the 90’s. He was the highest-ranked Associate in his Bain Class. Tasso co-founded a medical device startup, Coroneo, with products now deployed in hospitals including Stanford. He was also an associate in the merchant banking group at Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette. Tasso has an MBA from Harvard University. He holds a B.Sc. and a B.Comm. from McGill University with Joint Honors in Economics and Finance, where he ranked first in his class and graduated with Great Distinction. A proud East Bay resident, he lives in Orinda with his wife, Patrizia Salvati, who works in Pastry at Chez Panisse, and their 2 children, Alessandra and Luca.

• Robert Scoble, Rackspace, Chief Troublemaker of Building 43

  Since 1985 Robert Scoble has been building online communities. In 2000 he started a technology blog, http://scobleizer.com, and his life has been on a rocketship ever since. In 2003-2006 Robert worked at Microsoft as an evangelist and one of the five guys who started Microsoft’s famous Channel9 video community. He is now working at Rackspace to build a new community of people fanatical about tech startups called building43 at http://www.building43.com. Other companies Robert has worked at: NEC; PodTech; Fawcette Technical Publications; Mansueto Ventures; Winnov.

• Tarang Shah, Bank of America, Startup Analysis & Technology Innovation

  Tarang Shah is leading Startup Analysis practice at Bank of America and driving outside-in perspective on key tech innovation fronts including mobile payment. Prior to joining Bank of America, Tarang was mobile expert and venture professional at digital media and mobile venture fund, SoftBank Capital. At SoftBank, he led due diligences that resulted into eight startup investments totaling more than $50 millions. He has served as a board representative and CEO advisor for a dozen plus promising startups and helped them with fund raising, product & go-to-market strategy, and exit planning. At Ericsson, Tarang was lead product manager for their first 3G (CDMA2000) productline and also business responsible for CDMA450 productline. At Qualcomm Tarang was responsible for marketing CDMA technology in Asia Pacific and received several awards including Qualcomm Hall of Fame and Excellence in Product Marketing. He holds MBA from Thunderbird and MBA & BSEE from Gujarat University (India).

• Dana Jongewaard, IGN, Emerging Games Editor

  Dana Jongewaard has been writing about games and the gaming industry for nine years, working full-time for publications including Computer Gaming World, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, and Game Tap. She has also written for publications including CNN.com, Yahoo, MSN, Gamasutra, 1UP.com, Electronic Gaming Monthly, PSM, and PC Gamer, and she has been interviewed as an industry expert for outlets including USA Today, CNN Headline News, G4, MediaWeek, and Sirius Satellite Radio. Dana joined IGN two years ago to steer the company’s game coverage for expanded audiences, and has overseen the launch of several sites, including IGN’s social game initiative GameVille and MSN video game site Game On. She swears that the best training she had for this career was her two years of teaching junior high.

• Rich Wong, Accel, Partner

  Richard joined Accel in 2006, with a focus on mobile, software, and energy technologies. Rich currently serves on the board of AdMob, the mobile advertising player, Parature, a leader in SaaS based customer support, SunRun, the leading provider of residential solar power, and Getjar Networks, the largest mobile development community and open mobile app store. Prior to Accel, Rich was SVP/GM of Products at Openwave and previously GM of Messaging Products, and Chief Marketing Officer at Openwave. Previously Rich was EVP/GM at Covad Communications, the DSL provider. Preceding Covad, he was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company and started his career as a Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble Rich holds a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

• Darren Cross, Fandango & Movies.com,

  Darren Cross is Head of Business Development for Fandango and Movies.com, business units of Comcast Interactive Media. Based in Los Angeles, Darren focuses on developing strategic partnerships for Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, and Movies.com, one of the web’s top entertainment sites. Darren has been instrumental in extending the brands to new platforms, including mobile, set-top boxes, and other consumer electronics devices. Recently, he has been involved in developing Fandango’s mobile and mobile application strategy. Before joining Fandango, Darren was Vice President of Business Development at ClickStar, a joint venture between Intel and Morgan Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment, created to deliver first-run theatrical and home entertainment product to consumers via the open Internet. Prior to ClickStar, he was an associate equities analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, focusing on the internet and digital media sectors, including web retailers, video game publishers and digital marketing firms. Darren holds a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and a BA in Economics from CSU Northridge. Darren is a member of the State Bar of California.

• Elad Gil, Twitter, Director of GEO

  Elad is Director of Geo at Twitter. Prior to Twitter, he was the co-founder/CEO of Mixer Labs (GeoAPI.com/TownMe), which Twitter acquired. Prior to Mixer Labs, Elad started Google’s mobile wireless team. Elad was involved in all aspects of building the mobile group’s foundations including involvement in 3 acquisitions (including Android), multiple carrier deals (e.g T-Mobile and Vodafone), and managing some of the earliest Google Mobile Products (including mobile Gmail and an early incarnation of Google Mobile Maps). Elad also worked on Google’s AdSense advertising products where he managed AdSense for Content advertiser spend initiatives.

• Samir Agarwal, Nokia, Head of MeeGo Operations

  As the Head of MeeGo Software at Nokia’s Silicon Valley offices, Samir is constantly looking for ways to make mobile software platforms more attractive for collaborators and developers. He has worked on finding new ways to monetize technologies in different environments and building profitable ecosystems around middleware platforms in large and small companies. Samir has held multiple roles in architecture, engineering management, business development and strategic partnerships in the software and telecom industries. He also has extensive experience in areas of network management and Internet architectures. Samir holds a BS and MS in Computer Science.

• Dr. Tyler Bell, LikeList, Geotechnologist

  Dr. Tyler Bell is a geotechnologist with broad interests in open source and place-based information systems. He is currently managing Platform technologies at LikeList (http://likelist.com), a Sunnyvale-based Social/Local start-up, where he designs disambiguation systems, geo technology platforms, and mobile products. Until recently Tyler led the Geo Technologies product team at Yahoo!, conceiving and launching the Placemaker and GeoPlanet geo-enrichment platforms. A former archaeologist specializing in landscape analysis and the semantic integration of heterogeneous data, Tyler gained his doctorate at the University of Oxford before founding a technology spin-out company from the University in 2001.

• Matt Murphy, Kleiner Perkins iFund, Manager

  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.

• Sam Altman, Loopt, Founder

  Sam founded Loopt 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 while in school.

• Patrick Mork, GetJar, Chief Marketing Officer

  Patrick joined GetJar in 2008 as chief marketing officer and member of the executive team. His primary role at GetJar is to develop the company’s overall marketing, branding, content and communications strategy. Patrick has been in the mobile content space since 2004 first at mobile games publisher I-play then subsequently at glu mobile. 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.

• Simon Khalaf, Flurry, President & CEO

  Simon has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience bringing successful consumer and enterprise products to market. Prior to Flurry, Simon was President and CEO of Vernier Networks, a network security company; President and CEO of Volera, the leading content and video distribution company; VP and GM at Novell; Founder, President and CEO of JustOn, the leading Internet file-sharing service; and Founder, VP of Marketing at Worldtalk, an e-mail and content security company. Simon holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the American University of Beirut and a Master of Engineering from Syracuse University.

• Lee Linden, Tapjoy, Co-Founder

  Lee Linden is Co-Founder of Tapjoy, which provides a platform for developers to help improve their mobile apps and make them more profitable. Lee previously worked in product development at Microsoft, helping engineer both enterprise and consumer offerings. He also co-founded ContestMachine.com, a self-service online promotional marketing service with thousands of small business customers. Lee studied computer engineering at the University of Michigan and has an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

• Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat, Lead Writer for GamesBeat

  Dean Takahashi is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.

• Dinesh Moorjani, IAC Mobile, SVP

  Dinesh Moorjani is the Sr. Vice President of Mobile for IAC. Prior to starting the Mobile Business in 2007, Mr. Moorjani was the VP of Strategy & Corporate Development at Citysearch. Previously, Mr. Moorjani built Digital Media businesses as the Director of Emerging Business & Technologies in the New Business Development Group at Samsung Electronics America. While at Samsung Chairman’s Office Global Strategy Group in Korea, he managed cross-border teams making operating and investment decisions throughout the US-Asia corridor. He has worked in the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs, and held various strategy consulting positions at Arthur D. Little and IBM Global Services. Mr. Moorjani helped co-found Saffronart, one of the largest online platforms for South Asian art auctions. He serves on numerous advisory boards of mobile and internet companies. Mr. Moorjani earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

• Sayeed Choudhury, Qualcomm, Director of Product Management & Web Technologies

  

  Mr. Choudhury is responsible for web technologies software as it pertains to the company’s UMTS and CDMA2000 chipsets. He led the business team activities from inception through handset launches of Qualcomm’s partnerships with Microsoft on Windows Mobile, and Google on Android. His current responsibilities are focused on the implementation and optimization of all aspects of mobile web technologies such as web browsers, Ajax runtime environments, and driving key partnerships such as that with Adobe on Flash Player. Prior to Qualcomm, Mr. Choudhury led product management and business development activities for the Consumer Electronics & Wireless markets for Wind River Systems. He started his career as an embedded software and system-level hardware engineer, originally receiving his BSEE from the SUNY at Buffalo.

• Matthaus Krzykowski, VentureBeat, MobileBeat 2010 Co-Chair & Program Director

  Matthaus is Co-Chair and Program Director of MobileBeat 2010 and Manager of the MobileBeat startup competition for the third year running. He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Xyologic, a next generation market intelligence firm which services corporate clients. The company offers cutting edge business intelligence reports and developer programs in Europe, North America and Asia. Among Xyologic’s key advantages are its database of over 62,000 iPhone and Android developers from 26 national markets and its unique data and insights around the mobile industry. Matthaus is a leading commentator on tech, mobile, and innovation, and has broken key stories on MySpace/Facebook, Google Android, Google Chrome and mobile advertising.

• Jim Greenwell, Danal, President & CEO

  Jim Greenwell is Danal’s CEO and president, responsible for driving the growth and development of the company and its core product, BilltoMobile™. Jim joined Danal from ACE*COMM Corporation, and also served as ACE*COMM’s president and CEO. Prior to ACE*COMM, Jim was senior vice president at LCC International, and was responsible for the Americas and Asia Pacific Division. Prior to LCC, Jim was a managing director at Markowitz and McNaughton, a private consulting firm. Jim also served as a reengineering/change management consultant with Coopers and Lybrand. His career began as a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. Jim is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business, at the University of Virginia.

• Seth Priebatsch, SCVNGR, CEO/Chief Ninja

  Seth Priebatsch is CEO of SCVNGR, a mobile geo-gaming technology platform developer. Seth founded his first web start-up at age 12, then PostcardTech, and later moved on to form SCVNGR. After attending Princeton for a year, Seth decided to take a “leave-of-absence” to pursue SCVNGR, which allows users to form games that can range from purely for pleasure to team-building exercises for businesses.

• Anne Frisbie, InMobi, VP & Managing Director, North America

  Anne Frisbie joined InMobi in 2008 as Head of North America. She most recently served as Vice President of Category and Sales Intelligence at Yahoo! where she worked from 2003 to 2008. She helped found an online shopping service in 1996 that was ultimately funded by CMP Media, and then she focused on local search in 1997 at Zip2 Corporation where she served as a Director of Publisher Development. Zip2 was acquired by AltaVista in 1998. Anne worked at AltaVista as a Director of Strategic Alliances, and then later ran sales and business development for the company until it was sold to Overture in early 2003. Prior to her work in digital media, Anne was an investment analyst at Goldman Sachs. Anne holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Georgetown University.

• Neil Trevett, NVIDIA, VP of Mobile Content

  Neil Trevett is the VP of Mobile Content at NVIDIA. He has spent over twenty-five years in the 3D graphics industry and is responsible at NVIDIA for enabling and encouraging compelling applications on mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones. Previously, as Vice President of 3Dlabs, he was at the forefront of the silicon revolution bringing interactive 3D to the PC. Neil is currently the elected President of the Khronos Group, where he initiated the OpenGL ES and OpenKODE working groups and chairs the OpenCL and EGL working groups that are defining industry standards for advanced compute, graphics and media processing on a wide range of mobile, embedded and desktop systems. He was elected president for eight consecutive years of the Web3D Consortium, dedicated to creating open standards for communicating real-time 3D on the Internet.

• Tim Chang, Norwest 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.

• Walter Delph, News Corp Digital Media, VP Operations

  Walter Delph is Vice President, Operations for News Corp’s Digital Media Division. Previously he served as General Manager for Photobucket.com and Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development for Fox Interactive Media with a focus on gaming, mobile and social networking. Before FOX, he was on the founding team that launched Verizon’s Television and content business (FIOS TV and vCast.) Before that he held roles in both start-up companies and at large multi-national institutions (Time Warner and Goldman Sachs.) Mr. Delph holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Middlebury College.

• Lindsay Wong, Razorfish SF, Associate Media Director

  Lindsay is an associate media director at Razorfish SF. Lindsay has spoken at ad:tech SF as well as the annual Digital Place-based Advertising Association conference (formerly OVAB). She contributed to the 2009 Razorfish Digital Outlook Report and has also written for a number of agency blogs. Prior to Razorfish, Lindsay worked at Aviatech, a full-service agency based in San Diego. There she focused on lead generation for B2B direct response clients. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Arts Media from the University of California, San Diego.

• Chris Phenner, Thumbplay, EVP of Business Development

  Chris Phenner is EVP of Business Development at Thumbplay. Chris is responsible for driving new customers via Integrated Partnerships. Chris also leads content licensing, securing more than 8 million tracks from all four major labels, and more than 25,000 independent labels. Chris leads Thumbplay OPEN, enabling the self-service creation and promotion of mobile content by musicians, visual artists and site developers via APIs, feeds and widgets. 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. 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 authored the “business development” article on Wikipedia.

• Blair Swedeen, Placecast, VP of Market Development

  Blair Sweeden is VP of Market Development for Placecast, an advertising service of 1020, Inc. Blair is responsible for 1020’s marketing and business development activities with ISPs, web publishers, mobile application providers and other distribution partners. Prior to joining 1020, Blair founded Partenza Consulting, a strategy and business development consultancy advising leading players and investors in the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry. Previously, he had overall responsibility for the Internet/Wireless product line at NAVTEQ, the leading digital map content company, and launched the company’s mobile content product line. Before joining NAVTEQ, Blair was a Director and Quantitative Analyst at UBS Global Asset Management where he owned development and operations for the firm’s global equity valuation platform. Blair has more than eight years of experience across product strategy, product management and business development in LBS, digital content, applications and analytics. He is a regularly featured speaker and columnist who also serves on the advisory board for the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE). Blair holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

• Stewart Putney, Moblyng, Founder & CEO

  Stewart Putney is Founder and CEO of Moblyng, the leading developer and publisher of HTML5-based games for web and mobile devices. Prior to Moblyng, Stewart co-founded iPlayMusic, an internationally distributed line of music creation and education software. Before co-founding iPlayMusic, Stewart was a Business Manager at Knight-Ridder Digital managing their local shopping and coupon product lines. He also has management experience with Electronic Arts, FusionOne and Pointcast. Stewart holds a BA in History from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

• Greg Sterling, Sterling Market Intelligence (SMI), Founding Principal

  Greg Sterling is the founding principal of Sterling Market Intelligence (SMI), a consulting and research firm focused on the Internet’s influence on offline consumer purchase behavior. He also is a Senior Analyst for Internet2Go, an advisory service from Opus Research tracking the evolution of the mobile I nternet. Before SMI, Sterling ran The Kelsey Group’s Interactive Local Media program. Prior to The Kelsey Group, Sterling was at TechTV where he helped produce “Working the Web,” a national television show on e-business and the Internet. Before that he was a founding editor and executive producer at AllBusiness.com, and prior to joining AllBusiness, Sterling was a practicing attorney in San Francisco.

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