Mobile Entertainment Summit

KEYNOTE
	Mathew Oommen Vice President of Product and Technology Development Sprint With a strong network, technology and operations background and a proven track record in strategic planning, he is responsible for driving the architecture, device and technology development for Sprint. Oommen is helping to shape Sprint’s future ushering in a new era for the digital lifestyle by leading architecture, technology evaluation and exploring innovation through collaboration with partners. Prior to joining Sprint in the fall of 2008, Oommen was President of technology and services for the Reliance Industries Group in India. He also has served as executive vice president of Network at Reliance Infocomm/Communications and chief technology officer at Flag Telecom (a Reliance Company) leading product, technology development, planning, engineering and systems for the global business. While at Reliance, he was responsible for building and managing the network, supporting wireless, wireline, and digital media services including iPTV. He has also held executive positions at Optical Datacom, Williams Communications/Wiltel Group and MCI Worldcom. Mathew graduated from Oklahoma State University with a master’s degree in electrical engineering and telecommunications.

SPEAKERS

	Greg Ballard President and CEO Glu Mobile Over his distinguished career in the gaming, entertainment and multimedia industries, Greg Ballard has served as CEO at SONICblue, makers of ReplayTV and Rio digital music players; MyFamily.com, a successful subscription-based Internet service; and 3Dfx where, over a three-year period, he grew the company from $4 million to an annualized rate of more than $400 million. He previously served as CEO and COO for Warner Custom Music, a division of Time Warner, Inc. Ballard was also president of Capcom Software, the U.S. subsidiary known for hits such as Street Fighter, Mega-Man and Resident Evil, as well as COO and CFO of Digital Pictures, a leading video game developer for Sega CD. In recent years Ballard has served on the board of directors for xFire, an online gaming platform and community purchased by Viacom in April 2006, and on the public.

	Brandon Barber VP Marketing Zynga A lifelong gamer and social networking addict. His responsibilities include driving all marketing functions, product strategy, and turning Zynga into the biggest brand in gaming. Prior to joining Zynga, Barber served as senior director of global online marketing at Electronic Arts (EA). At EA he played a key role in developing the company’s global online presence and was responsible for the concept, design, deployment and profitability of EA’s web services based business model. During his seven years at EA, Barber also established the entertainment and music marketing functions there and created strategic content creation and distribution partnerships between EA and key partners in the music, television, video-on-demand, mobile, online and film industries. Prior to EA, Barber ran the product team at the original Napster, the pioneering digital music company. During his tenure, he helped the service increased from 100 thousand to 100 million users.

	Ivan Braiker CEO HipCricket Ivan is a co-founder of HipCricket, but he has been a force for change in the broadcast industry for decades. Ivan began his 30 years in broadcast media as an account executive with a CBS television affiliate in Las Vegas, but soon became co-owner and operator of a radio station there. In 1976, he took a position heading Belo Broadcasting’s radio division, where he was recognized as a successful major-market General Manager. He later co-founded and was president of Satellite Music Network, the first radio network to distribute live, 24-hour programming via satellite – an innovation that earned him Billboard Magazine’s “Trendsetter of the Year” award. In the interim, he built a series of radio networks, starting with Olympia Broadcasting, which became one of the first publicly-held radio groups.

	Tim Chang Principal Norwest Venture Partners 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 board of directors of 3Jam (a multiparty mobile text messaging platform and service), Brite Semiconductor (a fabless semiconductor design and production services firm based in Shanghai) and Lumos Labs (a web-based provider of scientifically-tested brain training games). Tim also led NVP’s investment in PCH International, a turnkey global supply chain services firm based in Shenzhen providing outsourced product design, manufacturing, and fulfillment. Tim also works with the boards of deCarta, Double Fusion and Veveo.

	Jim Eadie Vice President of Digital Distribution MTV Networks Jim Eadie is Vice President of Digital Distribution for MTV Networks. In his role, Eadie is responsible for developing content distribution strategies across mobile platforms and cultivating distribution deals with mobile operators, aggregators and emerging media platforms across MTV Networks’ diverse brands, including: CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, Logo, MTV, Nickelodeon, The N, Spike and VH1, among others. Based in the company’s New York City headquarters, Eadie reports to Alice Kim, Senior Vice President of Digital Distribution & Partner Relations for MTV Networks. Most recently, Eadie served as Director of Business Development and Strategy for the MTV Networks Entertainment Group, which includes Comedy Central, Spike, TV Land, Gametrailers and Atom Films.

	Greg Estes VP of Marketing Mozes Greg Estes is the Vice President of Marketing at Mozes. Greg's professional career includes more than 20 years working for technology- and entertainment-related businesses. Before joining Mozes, Greg served as the vice president and chief marketing officer at Avid Technology, Inc., responsible for the company's global brand and corporate marketing initiatives. Prior to Avid, he served as vice president of global marketing for Silicon Graphics, where he was instrumental in the company's development of animation, special effects, video serving, and digital asset management solutions, along with the implementation of the corporate brand, advertising, marketing programs, strategic partnerships and public relations worldwide. Greg is a musician himself, performing as a keyboardist and guitarist for several Bay Area bands.

	John Fletcher Analyst SNL Kagan With nearly a decade of experience in media and technology market research, John Fletcher has covered a number of sectors at SNL Kagan and is now focused full time on mobile entertainment. In addition to his experience at SNL Kagan, John covered portable media players and other consumer electronics products as an Analyst for Digital Tech Consulting. John has been quoted by numerous news outlets including AP, Media Post, Wireless Week, Financial Times and Investor’s Business Daily and he recently spoke at NAB 2008, MEFCON 2008 and TelcoTV 2008.

	Robin Flynn Senior Analyst SNL Kagan Robin Flynn manages SNL Kagan’s Cable TV and Broadcast divisions. Ms. Flynn has been analyzing and valuing companies and assets in the multichannel and radio/TV station fields for 20 years, since joining SNL Kagan in 1988. Her team of dedicated analysts and researchers monitor the cable television, broadcast television, radio and satellite sectors. With her guidance they produce a number of SNL Kagan newsletters, including Broadcast Investor: Deals & Finance, Cable TV Investor: Deals & Finance and Media Money. She also authors many of SNL Kagan’s industry-leading, reports: Telco TV Outlook, Broadband Cable Financial Databook, TV Station Deals & Finance and Radio Financial Databook. She is called upon regularly to provide independent fair-market-value appraisals, as well as testimony and exhibits in matters of litigation. Ms. Flynn is frequently quoted in national, business, and industry press. She also hosts several SNL Kagan events, such as the SNL Kagan Radio/TV Values & Finance Summit, and appears regularly as a panelist and speaker at leading industry conferences. [Education: B.A.,Duke University, Durham NC; M.B.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey CA].

	Jay Frank SVP of Music Strategy CMT Frank oversees CMT’s Music and Talent division, and all of the network’s on-air and digital music initiatives across multiple platforms, including CMT’s vast range of properties such as films, games, touring and other program enterprise businesses. Frank came to CMT from Yahoo! Music where he was Vice President of Music Programming and Label Relations. Prior to Yahoo, Frank was senior music director at The Box Music Network, managing all daily music activity on the music video network and coordinating programming efforts that resulted in the network’s first Emmy award.

	Greg Hallinan Vice President of Marketing and Operations Verve Wireless Greg has more than 10 years of experience in business and consumer-based marketing, including brand management, product marketing, and communications strategy. Greg started his career at Intel in strategic marketing, working on the Pentium® III and Xeon® product launches. He then went on to product management positions at Swell.com and, more recently, led the marketing efforts at the leading out-of-home interactive entertainment company - NTN Buzztime. Greg earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado-Boulder and went on to earn his MBA with honors from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

	Rebecca Hanson VP, Strategic Initiatives Sprint-Nextel Rebecca Hanson joined Sprint as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives in August 2007. In this capacity she works cross-functionally with Sprint’s operational teams on new media opportunities and new data-centric business models that support Sprint’s commitment to “openness” and increased focus on data applications. She also manages implementation of the commercial and strategic issues related to Sprint’s majority shareholding in Clearwire, the first 4G wireless broadband network in the US. Prior to joining Sprint, Ms. Hanson was Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at XM Satellite Radio, and an original member of XM’s executive management team that launched XM and grew it to over 170 channels and 7 million subscribers. There she led all new media business development and partnership negotiations in the areas of programming acquisition (including major league sports, syndicated talk, cable news, and music), alternative distribution (DirecTV, AOL, United Airlines, JetBlue, CBS Radio), mobile music commerce initiatives, strategic joint ventures, marketing alliances, and advanced applications for product development. Before her time with XM, Ms. Hanson was an attorney with the law firm of Shaw Pittman, where she practiced business law in the areas of debt finance and venture capital investment, as well as technology licensing, e-commerce and interactive marketing.

	Chandra Hill VP of Mobile Business Operations MySpace Chandra Hill is the Vice President of Business Operations for Fox Interactive Media’s Mobile division, a role in which she oversees the execution of mobile content distribution partnerships for one of the Web’s leading online networks. Hill joined FIM in 2007 and serves as a key player in extending the group’s leading Web properties to mobile devices – an effort that has landed FIM properties such as MySpace, FOXSports.com, IGN Entertainment and MySpace on many of the world’s leading mobile carriers. Before joining FIM, Chandra served as brand marketing director of AG Interactive’s Kiwee division, where she was responsible for the AGI-branded global mobile product line. Managing over 10 active mobile storefronts, Chandra was instrumental in helping to drive AGI’s leading presence in the marketplace. While at AGI, Chandra created and executed marketing strategies for brands such as Def Jam Mobile, Univision Movil and AGI’s organic brands MIDIRingTones. As a member of the Kiwee team, she helped define the product and programming requirements to meet consumer needs across a full range of wireless data products including personalization, entertainment, information and messaging products. Chandra was also responsible for all integrated marketing programs with major U.S. carriers, including Verizon, Sprint/Nextel, Cingular and T-Mobile. She also executed multi-channel marketing programs with partners including Coca Cola, McDonalds, and Bic. Prior to AGI, Chandra honed her marketing experience at Vivendi Universal Games as director of promotions.

	Jerrlyn Iwata Director, Programming Strategy Verizon 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.

	Brian Jurutka Vice President ComScore Brian Jurutka is responsible for helping clients better understand the mobile and online activity of U.S. consumers to inform strategic marketing, product development and competitive intelligence efforts. Previously, Jurutka was with Capital One’s Direct Banking organization where he helped expand Capital One’s online marketing in addition to overseeing various strategic partnerships. Prior to Capital One Savings, he served in Capital One’s credit card group, managing multi-channel credit card acquisition and account management campaigns.

	Ujjal Kohli Rhythm New Media CEO Ujjal, CEO of Rhythm NewMedia, is an entrepreneur in the mobile advertising industry with an extensive background in the wireless industry. Working with 60+ media companies and 50+ top name brand advertisers, Rhythm is number one in mobile video advertising. Ujjal brings a unique perspective from both the on and off deck worlds, recently launching vSNAX Videos, a free entertainment app for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch that showcases Rhythm’s services for media and operator partners including ad sales, ad serving, mobile site design, video serving, application development, and hosting & management. Previously, Ujjal was EVP of Marketing & Sales for AirTouch Cellular, a $3.5 Billion revenue wireless carrier. Ujjal holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi), an MS from the University of Rochester and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

	Robert Kramer VP Sales, Mobile Messaging, Media and Entertainment VeriSign Robert Kramer has over 16 years of media, sports and entertainment marketing experience and has worked with major brands and media companies such as Coca Cola, Starbucks ,Nike, Wal-Mart, Cadbury Schweppes, Allied Domecq, SONY, Cendant, CBS, NBC, ABC and The Recording Academy as well as sports leagues such as the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL and Tour de France. Prior to coming to VeriSign he was Vice President of Business Development for ASU International, a sweepstakes and promotional insurance company where he worked with Fortune 500 brands, professional sports leagues and teams, ad, event and promotion agencies. Kramer is also a member of the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) and PMA (Promotional Marketing Association) and the National Sports Marketing Network. He is a graduate of Boston University.

	Esteban Lopez Blanco Executive Director of Interactive Entravision Communications Corp. Esteban Lopez Blanco currently serves as Executive Director of Interactive at Entravision Communications, owner and operator of 51 television stations and 49 radio stations in growing Latino markets as well as more than 70 highly interactive corresponding media Web sites. Since joining Entravision in 1997, Mr. Blanco has developed the Company’s popular and successful interactive and mobile platforms. He continues to be responsible for driving all interactive and digital initiatives including overseeing Entravision’s entire online, mobile and 360 degrees integrated sales strategies.

	Sue Marek Editor-in-chief Fierce Mobile Content Sue has covered the wireless industry for 15 years for a variety of publications including Broadband Week and Wireless Week. Sue currently oversees the editorial content for FierceWireless, FierceMobileContent, FierceDeveloper, FierceWireless:Europe and FierceBroadbandWireless.

	Markku Mehtala Director, Product Management, Safenet Markku Mehtala is the Director of Product Management for SafeNet Inc., managing an extensive product portfolio of DRM and Mobile TV related client and server software. As a product line manager, he supports international sales and key customer deliveries. Mr. Mehtala joined SafeNet in 2008 as part of the Beep Science AS acquisition, where he was the Vice President responsible for product strategy, business models and partnerships. At Beep Science, he drove the product roadmap, managed strategic sales, negotiated and closed deals with major international customers and partners.

	Nandhu Nandhakumar Senior Vice President LG Electronics, Inc Nandhu Nandhakumar is currently SVP Advanced Technology at LG Electronics, where he influences corporate business and technology strategy related to the access of entertainment and information content by LG’s network-connected CE devices. He leads standards development activities in this area, and is responsible for establishing strategic business and technology partnerships. Earlier, Nandhu served as CTO and VP Engineering of Triveni Digital, an LG Electronics company, where he led the development of products for the management and monitoring of metadata and data in DTV signals. These products have been deployed globally in broadcast stations, network uplinks and cable head-ends of the world’s largest media companies. He has also served on the faculties of UT Austin and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and as founder/director of the image and video processing group at LG Electronics Research Center, Princeton, he led MPEG standards activities and technology development for networked multimedia devices.

	Nash Parker Director, Emerging Technology & Media Alcatel-Lucent Nash Parker is responsible for the development of strategic business goals for the ngConnect program (a 4G wireless ecosystems endeavor); identifying and evaluating of the program’s partnership opportunities, marketing plans and legal requirements. Additionally, Mr. Parker serves in strategic direction activities, analyst relations, and is a primary liaison for Alcatel-Lucent with the media and advertising communities; including music, film, television, and videogaming. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Parker held positions as the Manager of Business Development for Sony Computer Entertainment America (PlayStation) and worked at General Motors Corporation in advertising and sales/marketing functions.

	Paul Palmieri President & CEO Millennial Media, Inc. As Millennial Media’s president and chief executive officer, Paul Palmieri is responsible for leading the company’s growth. He is an evangelist for mobile advertising opportunities for brands, and for the evolution of mobile media business models. A well-known pioneer and industry leader in the global mobile entertainment and data marketplace, Palmieri led many groundbreaking efforts while at Verizon Wireless. His leadership resulted in the creation and deployment of new, successful business models and sub-economies that have led to rapid growth in mobile media. Referred to as a “Content Guru” by WirelessWeek, Palmieri has held key management roles with mobile and new media companies at various stages of growth, including Advertising.com, Tessco Technologies and American Personal Communications (now part of SprintNextel).

	Raj Ray Director, Product Management QUALCOMM Raj Ray is a director in Qualcomm’s Engineering Services Group (ESG). Partnering with major content providers worldwide, he helps lead development of value-added services for both CDMA and WCDMA operators in emerging markets. Prior to joining Qualcomm in 2002, Ray helped start Mobilocity, a New York-based wireless consulting firm, helping to raise $46 million from venture firms and investors. At Mobilocity, Ray served as a managing director, overseeing strategy development for the Wireless Carrier sector and for the Public sector.

	Glenn A. Reitmeier VP, Technology, Chairman, Advanced Television Systems Committee NBC Universal Television Networks and Media Works Glenn Reitmeier is Vice President of Technology Standards, Policy & Strategy at NBC Universal. Since joining NBC in 2002, he was involved in the creation and launch of NBC’s new high-definition cable channel, Universal-HD and the new DTV multicast channel, NBC Weather Plus. Prior to joining NBC, he spent 25 years in digital video research and development at Sarnoff Labs. Glenn is widely recognized as a pioneering visionary, creator and architect of digital television. Early in his career, he was instrumental in establishing the ITU 601 component digital video standard, which is currently in worldwide use as the backbone of modern television broadcasting and production facilities. During the competitive phase of HDTV standardization, Glenn lead the Sarnoff-Thomson-Philips-NBC development of Advanced Digital HDTV, which pioneered the use of MPEG compression, packetized transport, and multiple video formats. Glenn was a key member of the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance, taking a leadership role in its formation and in all of its all technical decisions, communications with government and industry, and interoperability efforts that lead to establishing the ATSC digital television standard.

	Tim Repshir Managing Director of Mobile Product & Business Development Media General Tim Repsher has had marketing, advertising and production management roles in converged media companies for 19 years. 7 of those years have been focused on utilizing wireless services to connect mobile consumers with traditional medias. Tim is now the managing director of Media General’s mobile development division. Media General has newspaper, broadcast and interactive properties in 12 states and is expanding with mobile products to nationwide coverage.

	Arnaud Robert VP. Emerging Technology Strategy Walt Disney Company Arnaud Robert is Corporate Vice President, Emerging Technology Strategy for The Walt Disney Company. In his role, Arnaud guides the company and its business units through the rapidly changing digital media distribution ecosystem, drives consumer enablement efforts, and also provides insights on related emerging technologies. In addition, Arnaud leads the content protection technology strategy for the company. Arnaud has previously held senior positions at Thomson-Technicolor, Microsoft, Nagravision-Kudelski, and start-up ventures. Arnaud has extensive background in digital media distribution platforms, media commerce, signal processing, cryptography, and brain modeling. He holds a doctorate and masters of Computer Science from the Swiss Institute of Technology, as well as a degree in Communication Systems from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.

	Sajal Sahay T-Mobile Director Born and raised till the age of 12 in India, Sajal and family immigrated to the US in the late 1970s. He spent the next 13 years in Chicago, completing his bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of Chicago. Sajal then spent the next five years in Europe, primarily Spain and the UK, where he completed his MBA studies in General Management, at IESE Business School, one of the top 15 business schools in the world. Sajal is fluent in Spanish, Hindi and English. Since his MBA, Sajal has worked for 20 years in roles of increasing responsibility in marketing, product innovation, general management, and corporate strategy. He has worked for well known organizations such as IBM, Arthur Andersen & Co., Bausch & Lomb, Philips, and currently serves as director marketing, handsets innovation at T-Mobile. Sajal and his team were the core team responsible for the recent launch of the G1, the first Android phone, in collaboration with Google. In his spare time, Sajal serves on the advisory board of several private companies, including Confirm BioSciences of San Diego, CA, and Aardvark Healthcare, of San Francisco, CA. Sajal is also a member of the University of Chicago global Alumni Board of Governors, and a commissioner for the City of Issaquah, WA Planning Policy Commission. Sajal has been married to Neeraja Sahay, for 14 years, and they have two children, Neel, who is 9, and Soumya, who is 6.

	Soren Schafft Senior Vice President Content Fox Mobile Distribution Soren Schafft is General Manager of North America for Fox Mobile Distribution a unit of Fox Mobile Group (FMG), the mobile industry’s largest vertically integrated mobile entertainment company, wholly-owned by News Corporation. Soren is responsible for overseeing mobile sales and distribution of FMG brands and offering mobile distribution and contextual integration services to Fox as well as other media companies. Prior to joining Fox Mobile Distribution, Soren served as CEO at QMobile where he oversaw all aspects of the company’s operations. Prior to QMobile, Soren served as General Manager at Singlepoint (MMC NA/Telenor Mobile Interactive), a wireless services company, where he supported key clients including Disney, Fox, Hearst, NBC/Telemundo and Sony BMG. Soren was heavily involved at Singlepoint in the start-up of off-net services in the U.S., having negotiated and contracted the first tier-one carrier commercial contracts, launched the first premium SMS services and sent the first commercial U.S. premium SMS message. Soren began his career gathering valuable international experience as a Director at Pannon GSM, a leading Hungarian wireless operator, and as a management consultant at KPMG in Hungary. He also was a lecturer at Budapest University. Soren has a master’s degree in economics and European studies from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Maryland.

	Gowri Shankar Sr. Vice President Singlepoint Throughout his lifelong career in telecommunications, Gowri Shankar has focused on bringing new technologies to market and building multimillion-dollar sales organizations. As a founding member of the Sprint PCS launch team, Gowri led the creation of the first nationwide telesales and e-commerce distribution channels in the wireless industry, thereby laying the foundation for Sprint PCS’s industry-leading enterprise sales strategy. In addition to his work with Sprint, Gowri was general manager for eAssist, a CRM software company. There, he developed eAssist’s international strategy and was responsible for the organization’s expansion into nine European countries. Gowri holds a BS degree in accounting from the University of Madras and an MBA from the University of Missouri.

	Chetan Sharma Chetan Sharma Consulting President Chetan Sharma, President of Chetan Sharma Consulting and one of the leading strategists and Intellectual Property Expert in the mobile industry. Chetan has served as an advisor to senior executive management of several Fortune 100 companies in the wireless space. He is probably the only strategist to have advised each of the top 6 global operators and is the author or co-author of five best-selling books on wireless including Mobile Advertising: Supercharge Your Brand in the Exploding Wireless Market (John Wiley, 2008), which has become the industry reference on the subject.

	Mark Stevens Corporate Partner Fenwick & West Mr. Stevens represents companies, ranging from newly formed startup teams to mature public companies, venture capitalists and investment banks involved in the information technology and new media industries, with particular focus on complex transactions. As a lawyer and a business principal, Mr. Stevens has led teams handling merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions with total announced value well in excess of $20 billion. He has directed dozens of initial public offerings and hundreds of strategic alliance transactions, ranging from technology and distribution partnerships to multinational joint venture transactions. Mr. Stevens is listed in Best Lawyers in America for corporate law, leveraged buyouts and private equity, in Euromoney’s Legal Expert Guides as one of the top M&A attorneys in California and is named by Chambers USA and Chambers Global as one of the top corporate attorneys in California, in Legal 500 as one of the top attorneys in the U.S. for Interactive Entertainment, and in Law & Politics as one of northern California’s “Super Lawyers.”

	Michael Stroud CEO iHollywood Forum Michael Stroud is CEO and Co-Founder of iHollywood Forum Inc., the leading producer of conferences and forums on digital and wireless entertainment. He has been a professional business journalist for 25 years. He covered technology as a senior writer at Investor’s Business Daily, and focused on business and entertainment issues as a Los Angeles entertainment correspondent for Bloomberg News. He later covered broadcast networks as the Los Angeles bureau chief for Broadcasting and Cable, and spent four years as a correspondent for Wired.com, covering digital entertainment. Stroud is now an independent journalist covering technology, entertainment and the wireless industry. His articles have appeared in The New York Times and Business 2.0. Stroud received a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from the University of California, Berkeley; he speaks fluent Mandarin, having lived in Taiwan for five years.

	Adam Sussman Vice President of Worldwide Publishing EA Mobile Adam Sussman VP Worldwide Publishing EA Mobile EA Casual Entertainment Label Adam Sussman is Vice President of Worldwide Publishing EA Mobile and is responsible for overseeing sales, marketing, business development and all new direct to consumer initiatives. Mr. Sussman has more than 15 years experience managing business and publishing entities in the videogame and entertainment sectors. Prior to his current position, he served as General Manager for 2K West and Vice President of Take Two Interactive Software where he oversaw all aspects of the division’s publishing business. Previously he served as Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at the Walt Disney Company. During his tenure at the Walt Disney Company, Mr. Sussman focused on the company’s Internet, Interactive and Technology initiatives where he evaluated and implemented business development opportunities, company strategies and M&A. Prior to joining the Walt Disney Company, he held various positions at the Boston Consulting Group and Hearst Entertainment. Mr. Sussman joined EA Mobile, the leading mobile game publisher worldwide, in June 2007. He has a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

	Mike Wehrs President & CEO Mobile Marketing Association Mike Wehrs is President and CEO of the Mobile Marketing Association. In this role, he is responsible for leading the global association in its charter to build a sustainable ecosystem for the mobile marketing industry, clearing obstacles to market development, establishing standards and best practices for sustainable growth, and evangelizing the mobile channel. Previously, Wehrs served as VP, Industry Affairs and Evangelism for Nuance Communications, where he led the mobile business strategy, and was a key member of the mergers and acquisitions team. Wehrs graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science from Syracuse University.

	Jeremy Wright Global Director, Mobile Brand Strategy Nokia Jeremy Wright is Global Director, Mobile Brand Strategy at Nokia Interactive. He was previously Co-Founder and CMO of Enpocket, the mobile advertising technology and services company acquired by Nokia in October 2007. At Enpocket, Jeremy also served two years as Chairman of the UK Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), where he led development of the first comprehensive code of conduct for the mobile marketing industry. Jeremy was previously Marketing Director and subsequently Managing Director of Engage Europe, the online media sales, analytics and technology company. Jeremy brings 20 years’ experience in publishing, broadcasting, ad agencies and online to the mobile medium.

	John Zehr SVP, Digital Media Productions ESPN Digital Media John Zehr was named Senior Vice President, Digital Media Production in June 2008. He is responsible for developing the user experience, innovating new technology features, and driving content experiences across all of ESPN’s digital media platforms. Previously he served as Vice President, Product Development where he drove the content and product experience behind Mobile ESPN. Prior to focusing on ESPN mobile content, Zehr was the vice president, engineering for the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) overseeing technology direction and core platform development for all WDIG supported Web sites, including consumer destinations ABCNEWS.com, ESPN.com and Disney.com.

Keynote:

Sprint
Matthew Oomen
VP of Product and Technology Development

Speakers:

Greg Ballard
President and CEO
Glu Mobile

Brandon Barber
VP Marketing
Zynga

Ivan Braiker
CEO
Hipcricket

Tim Chang
Partner
Norwest Venture Partners

Jim Eadie
Vice President of Digital Distribution
MTV Networks

Greg Estes
Vice President Marketing
Mozes

John Fletcher
Analyst
SNL Kagan

Robin Flynn
Senior Analyst
SNL Kagan

Jay Frank
SVP of Music Strategy
CMT

Greg Hallinan
VP of Marketing and Operations
Verve Wireless

Rebecca Hanson
VP, Strategic Initiatives
Sprint-Nextel

Chandra Hill
VP of Mobile Business Operations
MySpace

Jerrlyn Iwata
Director, Mobile Content Strategy & Acquisition
Verizon Communications

Brian Jurutka
Vice President
ComScore

Ujjal Kohli
CEO
Rhythm NewMedia

Rob Kramer
Director of Sales, Mobile Messaging,
Media and Entertainment
Verisign

Esteban Lopez Blanco
Executive Director of Interactive
Entravision Communications Corp.

Markku Mehtala
Director, Product Management,
Safenet

Sue Marek
Editor in Chief
Fierce Telecom

Nandhu Nandhakumar
Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology
LG Electronics

Mathew Oommen
Vice President of Product and
Technology Development
Sprint

Nash Parker
Director, Emerging Technology & Media
Alcatel-Lucent

Paul Palmieri
President & CEO
Millenial Media

Michael Perhaes
Assistant Vice President Marketing
MGM Grand

Raj Ray
Director, Product Management
QUALCOMM

Glenn Reitmeier
VP, Technology Standards,
Policy & Strategy
NBC Universal

Tim Repsher
Managing Director Mobile Product and
Business Development
Media General

Arnaud Robert
CorporateVP, Emerging Technology Strategy
Walt Disney Co.

Sajal Sahay
Director, Marketing, Handsets Innovation
T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Soren Schafft
Senior Vice President Content
Fox Mobile Distribution

Gowri Shankar
Sr. Vice President
Singlepoint

Chetan Sharma
President
Chetan Sharma Consulting

Mark Stevens
Corporate Partner
Fenwick and West

Michael Stroud
CEO
iHollywood Forum

Adam Sussman
Vice President of Worldwide Publishing
EA Mobile

Mike Wehrs
Executive Director
Mobile Marketing Association

Jeremy Wright
Global Director, Mobile Brand Strategy
Nokia

John Zehr
SVP, Digital Media Productions
ESPN Digital Media

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