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July 27-28, 2005
Hilton Universal City
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David
Amato
ArcSoft,
Inc.
Director,
Mobile Products
David
is responsible for selling ArcSoft's mobile products
and services to handset OEM's, wireless operators, chip
manufacturers and content providers. ArcSoft's Mobile
Products group provides leading-edge multimedia applications
and technologies, and is recognized as a market leader.
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Byron
Allen
Entertainment Studios Home Entertainment
Founder
Byron launched Entertainment Studios Home Entertainment
which will leverage Entertainment Studios existing library
of more than 3,000 hours of original programming in
the sell-through arena as well as acquire original motion
pictures and specialty product, with an emphasis on
comedy. Entertainment Studios will use its network of
first-run syndicated television programs to promote
its products to an audience of more than 15 million
viewers each week.
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Steve
Andler
Networks
In Motion
Vice
President, Marketing
Steve
joined NIM in 2004. He was most recently Vice President
of Marketing for the Computer Systems Group at Toshiba
America Information Systems, Inc. Before joining Toshiba,
he was Vice President of Marketing for Fujitsu PC Corporation.
Mr. Andler held key senior management roles at Phoenix
Technologies, Apple, AST, Toshiba, and MicroSystems,
Inc. He has over 20 years of experience conceiving and
marketing products focused on the application of new
technologies to mobile computing and consumer electronics.
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Scott
Andrews
BMI
Senior
Director, Internet and Mobile Entertainment
As
the Senior Director, Internet Licensing for BMI, Scott
is responsible for negotiating and drafting license
agreements with U.S. Internet, wireless and online gaming
companies, developing and implementing sales and marketing
strategies and music performance agreements for new
media customers, and for representing BMI’s repertoire
and copyright clearance service to the internet community.
Additionally, he is directly involved in many of BMI’s
new technology initiatives including BMI’s Digital
Licensing Center for online licensing of Internet customers;
BMI’s Electronic Music-Use Reporting System for
broadcast radio station customers; and other initiatives
designed to streamline business practices through the
use of new technologies. Mr. Andrews joined BMI in 1988
as the Broadcast Manager, Midwestern States, Media Licensing,
and rose to Senior Director, Group & National Accounts,
Media Licensing before segueing to the Internet Licensing
department.
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Joe
Astroth
Autodesk
Location Services
Vice
President and General Manager
Joe
brings more than 20 years of experience in GIS and computer
mapping to his role as the leader of the Autodesk Location
Services division. Since its founding in 2001, he has
been instrumental in shaping the division's business
and technology strategies, as well as building a strong
executive team.
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Bill
Barhydt
Sennari
Chief
Executive Officer
Bill
is responsible for the company's vision and strategy.
Sennari represents the next generation of interactive
mobile services; a platform integrating mobile technologies
to create an unprecedented new infrastructure for building
brand loyalty and community applications. He has been
a pioneer in Internet and media technologies for 20
years. In 2000 the World Economic Forum recognized Mr.
Barhydt as one of the original group of 30 technology
pioneers for his work in Internet technologies at WebSentric.
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Jeff
Bartee
Idetic,
Inc.
Vice
President, Finance and Business Development
Jeff
joined Idetic in 2002 as the Vice President of Finance
and Business Development, and brings over ten years
of financial planning, technology and media expertise
to the company. He has been pivotal in directing strategic
content acquisitions and managing contracts in his dual-role
as Vice President of Business Development. Prior to
Idetic, Mr. Bartee served as the Vice President of Financial
Planning for Excite@Home where he oversaw financial
planning for multiple business units including Cable
Internet Access, Engineering and Operations, Commercial
Business and International. He also served as Revenue
Account Manager and later Controller at Tandem Computers,
which was subsequently acquired by Compaq Computers.
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Aaron
Bernstein
QUALCOMM
Internet Services
Senior Manager, Gaming Group
Aaron
is a senior manager with the QUALCOMM Gaming Group,
the team chartered to champion, define, and drive the
QUALCOMM wireless gaming experience. He oversees the
group’s Developer Relations activities to ensure
that the platform is profitable and viable for publishers
and developers so that they can deliver the best possible
wireless games. Prior to joining QUALCOMM in 2003, Mr.
Bernstein worked at PacketVideo, RealNetworks, and PricewaterhouseCoopers
Consulting. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School
of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s
degree from Haverford College.
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Jean-Pierre
Bienaimé
Orange
France
Chairman,
UMTS Forum
Jean-Pierre
has been Chairman of the mobile industry association
since January 2003, with a mission to promote a common
vision of the development of 3G/UMTS and its evolution
while also ensuring its worldwide commercial success.
Joining France Telecom in 1979, his responsibilities
included financial management, marketing and product
development for international services and corporate
networks.
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Eric
Bilange, Ph.D.
mForma
Chief Technology Officer
Eric is head of global IT operations and prior to joining
mForma was CTO and Co-Founder of Indiqu, a leading supplier
of wireless games and entertainment to 18 networks.
Previously, he was Director of Product Management Internet
solutions for Alcatel in Paris, France, one of the world's
leading manufacturers of telecommunications infrastructure
technologies. In this capacity, Dr. Bilange defined
products and managed a mediation platform for ISPs,
telcos and portals to facilitate the access of wireless
devices, PDAs and set-top boxes.
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Ian
Blaine
thePlatform
Chief Executive Officer
Ian has successfuly guided the company through two rounds
of financing and two mergers. In addition to managing
day-to-day activities, he sets long term strategy for
the company. Mr. Blaine is a software industry veteran
with experience at large software companies as well
as successful start-ups. He has a strong background
in product development, having spent over nine years
at Aldus/Adobe Systems as a Senior Manager in the publishing
division. In addition, Mr. Blaine has proven entrepreneurial
experience, having co-founded two successful start-up
companies.
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Tom
Bobich
Visage
Mobile
Senior
Vice President, Marketing and Product Development
In
seven years with AirTouch Cellular, Tom helped the company
grow from four markets to 17 states in the US and facilitated
the brand's evolution into Verizon Wireless. Previously,
he worked with The Clorox Company managing established
businesses and new product development. As Brand Manager
he reversed a declining, mature business and developed
new products to extend brand franchises. Mr. Bobich
also led the largest product launch in company history.
Prior to business school, he was with Andersen Consulting
(now Accenture), working primarily in information strategy
and systems.
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Scott
Campbell
UK
Trade and Investment
US
Media & Communications Industry Advisor
Scott
provides expert advice to UK Trade & Investment's
business development officials and actively facilitates
bilateral trade and investment in the Media & Communications
Industries. Mr. Campbell's international business experience
enables him to offer guidance to companies seeking to
form strategic alliances, joint ventures and/or licensing
agreements in the UK or North America.
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Rio
Caraeff
Universal
Music Mobile
General
Manager
Rio
oversees all areas of UMM-US, liaising closely with
UMG's broad array of labels as well as the company's
eLabs division to coordinate mobile music and non-music
related initiatives with current and emerging wireless
technologies and platforms. He leads all UMM-US
initiatives, working with wireless carriers, device
manufacturers and infrastructure providers to maximize
mobile opportunities, create new products and enable
new distribution channels for UMG content.
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Roy
Chapin
MovieSeer Limited
Chief
Executive Officer and Founder
Roy founded MovieSeer Limited, a leading wireless entertainment
company which focuses on wireless licensing and content
production. He has had over six years experience in
the telecommunication and wireless industry. Over these
six years he has helped lead MovieSeer to develop one
of the first to regional WAP entertainment portal with
Sony Ericsson and has introduce of the start of "Prepaid
Card" wireless promotions for multiple mobile operators
in APAC MovieSeer has also become the sole and exclusive
wireless licensee and representative of Sony Pictures
Mobile for South Asia.
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Ted
Cohen
EMI
Music
Senior
Vice President, Digital Development and Distribution
Ted
oversees worldwide digital business development for
this big five record company, which includes Capitol,
Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis. Under
his guidance, EMI has led the industry with its initiatives
in new technologies and business models such as digital
downloads, online music subscriptions, custom compilations,
wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet
radio.
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Alexander
U. Conrad
Dwango
Wireless
President
and Chief Operations Officer
Alexander
is a mobile media expert with extensive experience working
for high-profile mobile, media and entertainment companies
on a global basis. At Dwango, he has led the company's
strategy to focus on premium lifestyle brands in the
marketplace, putting a team in place that successfully
developed, launched and promoted major lifestyle brand
initiatives across all major carriers in North America.
Prior to Dwango, Mr. Conrad was the Vice President of
Business Development at Over-The-Air Wireless (OTA),
where his focus was launching and promoting new carrier
services across North America. He also managed the mergers
and acquisitions process for OTA during the Dwango acquisition.
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Scott
Debson
Zingy,
Inc.
Vice
President, Licensing and Publishing
Scott
co-founded not13, one of the first leading mobile
marketing and content companies in the UK and U.S. He
headed the team at not13 that launched the world's first
SMS lottery in partnership with Genie (now O2 in the
UK). Mr. Debson was also responsible for the first cross
carrier short code in the US for a $1 million SMS Sweepstakes
with Warner Music Group and Missy Elliott in 2002. He
has worked on more than 200 mobile marketing and content
campaigns in Europe and the U.S. After departing not13,
Mr. Debson consulted for a number of content owners
in both the U.S. and UK aiding their transition across
the Atlantic.
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Kelly
Egan
Best
Buy
Director
of Business Development
During his tenure at Best Buy,
Kelly has developed a number of strategic initiatives
targeting new customer retail experiences and environments,
new media distribution platforms, and digital content
opportunities. He has been active in the field of Media
and Entertainment for over ten years and has worked
in both creative and management roles in the film, television,
and interactive entertainment industries. Prior to joining
Best Buy, Mr. Egan founded international film and television
distributor Kegan Entertainment. Leading both property
acquisition and territory sales responsibilities, he
completed numerous worldwide distribution agreements
at the MIPCOM and MIPTV markets in Cannes.
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Thomas
Ellsworth
GoTV
Networks
Chief
Strategy Officer
Thomas
is a deeply experienced veteran of the wireless industry.
Before joining GoTV, he served as Executive Vice President,
Marketing and Corporate Development from 2001 to 2005
at JAMDAT Mobile. Inc. where he was part of the management
team that saw the company complete its highly successful
IPO in September 2004. Prior to JAMDAT Mr. Ellsworth
was Vice President of Incubator Development and senior
director of Business Development in the wireless division
of Sprint.
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Ric
Eittreim
Versaly
Entertainment
Vice
President, Business Development
Richard
was Vice President of Business Development for Global
Software Solutions, Inc., specializing in globalization
architectures for B2B marketplaces and exchanges. As
Director of International Business for Mindscape, a
leading game publisher, from 1991 to 1997, he developed
multi-platform distribution lines and licensed over
50 software products into Asia-Pacific markets.
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Joe
Fabris
Palm
Inc.
Director,
Business and Wireless Marketing
Joe
has 20 years of experience in the high tech market,
serving in a variety of positions with leading companies
in the industry. He joined palmOne through the merger
of Handspring and Palm in 2003. At palmOne Mr. Fabris
is responsible for the marketing of the wireless line
of the company's solutions to the business audience.
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Ron
Faith
Qpass
Vice President, Open Market
Ron joined Qpass in 1997 as the company's first official
employee and has been involved in all facets including
sales, product marketing, business operations and strategic
direction. Prior to Qpass, he spent several years at
Apple, and was responsible for bringing the company's
first consumer Internet product, the Apple Internet
Connection Kit, to market. While at Apple, Mr. Faith
also served as Manager for Worldwide Software Configuration
Management, overseeing the release of all Apple international
and domestic software.
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Mitch
Feinman
News
Corp.
Vice
President, Digital Content
Mitch
is VP of Digital Content for News Corp., the world’s
most global media company. In his position, Mitch identifies
and builds new distribution channels. Recently, with
a focus on mobile, FOX has emerged as the leader in
text messaging (American Idol) and video (24: Conspiracy).
In fact, Mr. Feinman invented and trademarked the word
Mobisode TM, short videos that are part of an ongoing
series created specifically for wireless.
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Joe
Fleischer
BigChampagne
Founder
Joe
is a third-generation member of the music industry.
Immediately following graduation from UCLA, he went
to work for A&M Records when it was still an independent
and served stints in both Marketing and Artists and
Repertoire. In 1993, Mr. Fleischer joined Hits Magazine
(then the leading music industry trade magazine), rising
to Vice President and Senior Editor. He also served
as the music industry columnist for Spin magazine and
hosted his own live concert series "Live From the
Pit" for the Global Satellite Network.
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Thomas
Gewecke
Sony
BMG Music Entertainment
Senior
Vice President, Digital Business Group
Thomas oversees the development
of Sony BMG's digital revenues worldwide. He is directly
responsible for all relationships with digital partners
and revenues generated in the U.S., as well as for coordinating
the international digital business development in countries
outside the U.S. through a regional presence in Europe
and Asia. Mr. Gewecke oversees BMG's current U.S. Digital
Marketing and Licensing Group, and continues to oversee
his current direct reports from Sony's mobile business
as well as Sony Music's EMD business. He lead the GDB's
support of Sony's international digital efforts, working
closely with the regional and territory teams, with
the ERO team reporting directly to him. Previously Mr.Thomas
served as Senior Vice President, Business Development,
Sony Music Digital Services, since 1999.
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Matt
Golden
Tira
Wireless
Vice
President, Business Development
Matt
is charged with establishing and maintaining relationships
with the top mobile operators and publishers across
North American and EMEA markets. He assumed his current
role at Tira after spending two years as the Director
of New Ventures with Brightspark Ventures, LP, Canada
's leading early stage venture capital firm. At Brightspark,
Mr. Golden focused on building financial networks,
raising capital, striking alliances and in forming partnerships
for the Brightspark group of companies and developed
a strong focus on the emerging J2ME technologies market.
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Louis
Gump
The
Weather Channel Interactive
Vice President, Mobile
Louis has responsibility for all of the company's branded
offerings for mobile consumers, including downloadable
wireless Doppler radar applications, multimedia offerings,
messaging products, and wireless websites. During his
tenure, TWCi has launched various products such as made-for-mobile
video and on-demand messaging, and has continued to
integrate mobile offerings into weather.com, the Web
site of The Weather Channel. Previously, Mr. Gump served
as Director of Business Development and Director of
Mobile Products and Services for TWCi.
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Minard
Hamilton
JAMDAT
Mobile
Executive
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Minard was formerly
the general manager ESPN.com International.
He oversaw the expansion of ESPN.com's existing business
in Europe, and the building of businesses in Latin America
and Asia. Prior to joining ESPN.com, Mr. Hamilton
was a senior vice president at ESPN International, where
he was responsible for programming, marketing and advertising
sales at ESPN's fourteen international
networks covering Asia, Latin America, the Middle East,
Australia and Africa. Among other responsibilities,Mr.
Hamilton handled ESPN International relationships
with the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, PGA, ATP, the Premier League,
Serie A and UEFA. He also served as vice president
of International at Activision, Inc., a leading computer
game publisher.
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Eric
Harber
Qpass
Vice
President, Corporate and Business Development
Eric brings a strong background
in establishing companies as leaders through the development
of key relationships. Before joining Qpass, he was Executive
Vice President of Strategic Development for ChannelAdvisor
Corporation, building relationships with partners including
eBay, Amazon, Motorola, and IBM establishing ChannelAdvisor
as the leader in e-commerce/online marketplace software
and services. Prior to joining ChannelAdvisor, Mr. Harber
held various executive leadership positions at Pinpoint
Networks, Inc., formulating strategy, driving execution
by successfully selling to major mobile operators, and
leading strategic funding efforts resulting in dramatic
growth for the company.
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Rouben
Haroutoonian
Dwango
Wireless
Executive
Vice President
Rouben
has over 20 years of senior management experience that
spans across Sales, Business Development, Marketing,
Procurement and Operations Management. He plays a key
role in developing, implementing and sustaining Dwango's
growth strategy. Previously, Mr. Haroutoonian served
as Vice President of Sales and Client Services for Mobliss,
Inc., where he led the creation and deployment of innovative
mobile strategies for several well-known brands such
as American Idol, ESPN, Nike, Sports Illustrated, Toyota,
and The Coca-Cola Company. That success led to a merger
with Index Corporation of Japan in January 2004. Mr.
Haroutoonian serves as a board member of the Mobile
Marketing Association (MMA), a global association that
strives to stimulate market growth and define industry
standards for operations and guidelines on privacy.
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Claas
Heise
T-Ventures
Managing
Director
Claas
joined T-Venture in Bonn, Germany as an investment professional,
having already been successfully working with T-Venture
as an outside advisor since 1997. T-Venture is the corporate
venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom group, which
also includes T-Mobile. He is based at T-Venture's U.S.
subsidiary, T-Venture of America in San Mateo, CA. Mr.
Heise is responsible for U.S. portfolio companies,
new deal flow and projects, the relationships with U.S.
venture capital companies, and for managing T-Venture’s
partnership with Telesoft Partners.
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Tony
Henning
Future
Image, Inc.
Managing
Editor, The Mobile Imaging Report
Tony
is also the author of "Wireless Imaging –
Overcoming the Challenges," "The Camera-Phone
Phenomenon – A New Deal for Imaging," and
"Will Camera-Phones Replace Digital Cameras?"
He has presented on Wireless Imaging at Digital Imaging
Marketing Association, Mobile Imaging North America
2003, Seybold, Photo Marketing Association, I3A, Digital
Imaging Group, Mobile Multimedia Messaging, and Wireless
Internet 2001.
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Chris
Houston
Amp'd
Mobile
Senior
Vice President, Wireless
As
Senior Vice President of Wireless Operations, Chris
leads Amp'd Mobile's product development, customer care,
logistics and system integration teams. He's been developing
and managing MVNO's for both carriers and resellers
since the MVNO concept was first introduced in North
America six years ago, most recently with Boost Mobile
USA and Bell Mobility Canada.
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Manish
Jha
ESPN
Mobile
Senior
Vice President
Manish
is charged with leading ESPN's growing wireless business
worldwide, including licensing and ESPN Mobile, the
first national U.S. wireless phone (MVNO) service specifically
targeted at sports fans (to launch in second half of
2005). ESPN currently features licensing agreements
with every major domestic carrier, including up-to-the-minute
scores, news and headlines; ring tones, games, photo
galleries, Spanish-language content and more.
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Evan
Kamer
National
Football League
Senior
Director, New Media and Publishing
Evan
is responsible for the general management and development
of many new media businesses for the NFL including the
internet, satellite radio, broadband, wireless, fantasy
football and interactive television. He helped engineer
some of the largest sports new media rights agreements
in recent years with partners such as Sirius, AOL Time
Warner, Viacom and CBS Sportsline. Mr. Kamer was also
a key visionary in the development of the NFL Internet
Network, a groundbreaking network concept enabling the
league to leverage the power of aggregation and centralized
investment while providing for local team editorial
and community functions.
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Burton
Katz
Buongiorno
President,
U.S. Operations
Burton is responsible for setting strategic direction
and implementing the business plan for all of B!'s fast
growing activities in the U.S. In this capacity, He
is guiding the successful launch in the U.S. with the
consumer brand and is working closely with wireless
operators, offline and online media companies and large
retailers.
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Angelo
Kim
onTimetek
Chief
Technology Officer
Angelo is one of the leading South Korean engineers
of Digital Media Broadcasting and other mobile multimedia
technologies. He has delivered groundbreaking
solutions for the top two Korean mobile operators, SK
Telecom and KTF and for KBS; the number 1 broadcasting
network in South Korea. An expert in multimedia
quality for standards such as H.264 and MPEG4, Dr. Kim
led the team that developed innovative T-DMB solutions
in a joint-effort with KBS, South Korea’s leading
broadcaster.
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Jong-Heun
Kim
Storm Ventures
Managing Director
Jong-Heun, prior to joining Storm Ventures, managed
business development at LG Electronics where he closed
strategic partnerships with startups in Digital TV,
multimedia enabling technologies, and wireless converged
(cellular + WiFi) devices. Previously, he was a consultant
in the telecom group of PWC Consulting in Seoul, Korea.
Mr. Kim has also worked with SK Telecom. Jong-Heun graduated
Summa Cum Laude from Seoul National University, and
has an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School
of Business.
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Larry
Kramer
CBS
Digital Media
President
Larry
was the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of MarketWatch.com. He first proposed the creation
of the joint venture between Data Broadcasting Corp.
and CBS and has led the company through its launch in
Oct. 1997. He also managed the company as Chairman
and CEO through its successful IPO in January 1999 and
three subsequent acquisitions, Big Charts, Hulbert Financial
Digest and Pinnacor. Mr. Kramer joined Data Broadcasting
Corporation in 1994 following its acquisition of DataSport
to run a Sports and News Division. There he created
DBC News, the predecessor company to MarketWatch.com
and served as Vice President of News, Sports, &
Marketing for DBC.
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Jonas
Kronlund
Elisa
Corporation, Finland
Technology
Specialist
Jonas has for several years been a technology specialist
for the R&D department of Elisa Corporation, a leading
telecommunications provider in Finland. He is currently
responsible for coordinating the digital media related
R&D activities of Elisa and has for the last two
years been leading the development of services for mobile
TV, using IP Datacasting over DVB-H.
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Hyeon
Lee
Samsung
Vice
President, Mobile Solutions
Hyeon
prior to working for Samsung Electronics, she was the
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a Venture Backed
Optical IP Switch Company called Coree Networks. Prior
to Coree Ms. Lee held various sales and marketing roles
at Lucent Technologies.
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George
Linardos
Nokia
Senior
Business Development Manager, Branded Content
George
is charged with driving content deals and partnerships
for Preminet and Forum Nokia with major media and entertainment
companies. He came to Nokia from a similar position
at Macromedia as Director of Programming. Prior to joining
Macromedia, Mr. Linardos formed and ran the New Media
division of HSI Productions Inc., one of the largest
television commercial and music video production companies
in the world. At HSI, he oversaw a diverse slate of
forward thinking ventures in the areas of Internet content,
videogames, and branded entertainment.
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Anil
Malhotra
Bango
Co-founder
and Vice President, Alliances & Marketing
Anil
is focused on building long-term relationships with
mobile operators and other infrastructure players such
as billing providers and handset manufacturers. Mr.
Malhotra is a highly experienced, senior marketing and
business development manager, with 15 years experience
in building entrepreneurial, fast-growth start-up businesses,
in the Internet, software publishing and technology
sectors.
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Sue
Marek
Wireless
Week
Senior
Editor
Sue has been Senior Editor
since January 2001. She reports on a variety of wireless
voice and data topics. A seasoned journalist, Ms. Marek
previously was Managing Editor of Wireless Week in the
publication's early years.
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Brian
McGarvey
Airborne
Entertainment, Inc.
Vice
President of Partner Development
Brian brings
more than 16 years of experience in marketing, sales
and organizational development, and his focus on maximizing
technology innovations to meet customer needs has allowed
him to gain invaluable experience on the front lines
of the Internet revolution and emerge with a proven
ability to turn new channels and technologies into sustainable
revenue centers. He builds and manages relationships
with wireless carriers and major-brand content partners.
Airborneâ€Ts clients include Verizon Wireless,
Cingular, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile, and Bell Mobility, and
branded-content providers include Activision, MAXIM
Magazine, Cosmo, CosmoGIRL, Fox Films, Speed TV, the
For Dummies book series, TV Guide, Snapple, The Food
Network, Wine Spectator, Family Guy, the NHL and Donald
Trump.
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Anthony
Meador
MobileGates
Corporation
Chief
Executive Officer
Anthony
is well known throughout the wireless mobile industry
and has founded several successful multi-million dollar
companies. He started his career designing electronic
navigation systems for Jensen Marine, then the largest
commercial sailboat boat manufacturer in the world.
Since then Mr. Meador has accumulated over 20 years
of development and design experience in navigation and
computer systems with companies such as Delco/General
Motors and Hughes Aircraft.
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Mike
Merrill
Smartphones
Technologies, Inc.
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
Mike has been on the leading
edge of the wireless industry for more than 16 years.
He founded Smartphones Technologies, a mobile content
publisher specializing in celebrity and entertainment
voice ringtones, graphics, animations and video clips.
Previously, as the founder and CEO of Totally Wireless,
Mr. Merrill was an early pioneer of wireless data, opening
the nation’s first retail chain dedicated exclusively
to wireless products and services.
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Myra
Moore
DTC
Founder
and President
Myra is founder and president
of Digital Tech Consulting. She also serves as the firm's
chief analyst. Ms. Moore has more than 15 years of experience
as a market research director, technology analyst and
business journalist. Under her direction, DTC has published
several market-research studies: The Business of Digital
Copyright, U.S. Digital Terrestrial TV Market and Online
Media Services. She has served in analyst positions
for Paul Kagan Associates and Parks Associates, and
has written about technology for a variety of news outlets
including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Dallas Morning
News and the Knight Ridder news service.
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Stéphane
Nadon
Clearmode
/ Teleglobe,
Senior Product Manager, Mobile Content Services
Stéphane
currently serves as Senior Product Manager of Mobile
Content Services for Teleglobe's Mobile Services line
of business. With broad experience in the Mobile industry
including prepaid wireless, messaging, mobile commerce
and data services, Mr. Nadon was responsible at Microcell
for launching the very successful Fido mobile content service.
At Teleglobe he is responsible for Teleglobe's content
services offerings to mobile operators worldwide.
Mr. Nadon oversees the global strategy, product
development and marketing for the Clearmode managed
content service. Stéphane
participates in numerous industry conferences and has
appeared in print, as well as on Canadian television
and radio to discuss Wireless entertainment, technology
and trends.
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Robert
Nashak
Glu
Mobile
Senior
Vice President, Production
Robert
has extensive experience in the video game and online
entertainment industries and leads creative development
and production for all of Glu Mobile's mobile games
and entertainment. Prior to joining Glu Mobile, he was
Vice President of Product Development at Acclaim and
was executive producer at Vivendi Universal Games, where
he managed licensed entertainment properties. Mr. Nashak
has also held positions as adjunct professor at University
of Southern California School of Cinema and Television
and as producer at Cendant Software and Disney Online.
He is a former Fulbright Scholar and holds M.A. from
Oxford University and a B.A. from Georgetown University.
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Glenn
Paul
dotPhoto,
Inc.
Chairman,
President, and Chief Executive Officer
Glenn
is Chairman, President and CEO of dotPhoto, an online
digital photo-processing site that went live in May
2000. It was named the number one photo site on the
internet by independent research firm ARS and one of
the Top 50 Sites on the Web (and the only photo site)
by PC World Magazine. Mr. Paul is the former Co-Founder
and President of Clancy-Paul Computers, which was purchased
by Valcom Corporation (Valcom later became InaCom).
He served on the InaCom Steering Committee as Vice President
of Product Strategy and on the Board of the Boston Computer
Exchange.
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Paul
Petersky
The
Management Network Group
Vice
President, Market Research
Paul
brings over 20 years of primary and secondary research
project management experience to his role at TMNG. His
experience covers a comprehensive range of quantitative
and qualitative research methods and techniques with
proven skills in marketing analysis, research, planning,
and market strategy development. Prior to joining TMNG,
Paul was a Vice President at market research firm ConStat,
Inc., where he was responsible for the development of
client relationships among Fortune 500 Technology and
Financial services clients and developed proposals,
research designs and statistical models for the firm’s
top clients including top tier service providers. Mr.
Petersky has also held senior research positions with
Verus Group, Ltd., TCI Communications and US West. He
earned his MBA from the Daniel’s College of Business
at The University of Denver and his BA from Colorado
College.
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Michael
Polin, Esq.
American
Television in China, International Television for Asia
Chief
Executive Officer
Michael
is a well known International Entertainment Attorney
and is a recognized expert on China Entertainment Industries.
He is a highly sought after consultant on International
legal and business matters. Attorney Polin is CEO of
two China-Asia Entertainment companies; American Television
in China and International Television for Asia . He
has extensive relationships and partners in China, including
those at the world's largest Cell and Internet companies,
China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telcom. Attorney
Polin's companies are distinctly focused on multimedia
entertainment that includes cell phone and internet
content, television programming and merchandising, publishing,
as well as technology. The content includes
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