Rory Altman, Co-Founder and Director, Altman Vilandrie & Co. Rory Altman co-founded AV&Co. in 2002.  Rory is an expert in competitive dynamics, marketing effectiveness, converged communications products, new market entry, channel strategy, and M&A.  Rory has also held senior positions with CSMG and Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.  He holds a M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B. Eng. in Civil Engineering from McGill University.

Jeffrey Bardin, Director - Risk Management, EMC Jeff was awarded the 2007 RSA Conference award for Excellence in the Field of Security Practices. The Bardin-led security team also won the 2007 SC Magazine Award for Best Security Team. Jeff has served as the CSO/CISO for Fortune 1000 firms and currently is an independent consultant for Treadstone 71. Jeff has published several articles, is working to publish his first book, and sits on information security advisory boards (ChosenSecurity / Allied Information Security). Jeff holds CISSP, CISM and NSA IAM certifications.

Andy Belt, Practice Leader, Monitor GroupAndy Belt is a Practice Leader at the Monitor Group focused on serving the telecom, media and technology sectors. Mr. Belt has consulted in this area for over 15 years: firstly with Bain and Company in London, and then globally with ADVENTIS, the specialist telecommunications business strategy firm that he co-founded. His current focus is on new market and business model opportunities as the telecommunications and media sectors converge.

Brendan Benzing, VP Product and Marketing, InfoSpace, Inc.Brendan Benzing, vice president of Product and Marketing, is responsible for defining InfoSpace's product strategy in Mobile Search as well as its industry leading Mobile Service Platform platform. Benzing joined InfoSpace in 2005, bringing experience in sales, marketing and interactive media product development. He has over 16 years of experience in the media industry and over a decade with interactive media products including mobile, internet, and interactive TV. Prior to InfoSpace, Benzing spend seven years with America Online, most recently serving as an Executive Director, in AOL's Search and Directional Media Group. Prior to that Brendan held positions of increasing responsibility with Bell Atlantic, which is now part of Verizon.

Jordan Berman, Executive Director of Media Innovation, AT&T Mobility Jordan Berman is the Executive Director of Media Innovation at AT&T Mobility, the nation’s largest wireless carrier with 63 million subscribers. He leads a team in New York responsible for identifying, developing and marketing new content, services and applications that will accelerate transformation of the mobile handset into an indispensable entertainment, information and communications tool. Jordan’s team manages exclusive partnerships with HBO, MTV and WWE. They are also leading AT&T Mobility’s efforts to develop an advertising and marketing platform to connect 3rd party brands with AT&T customers.

Carsten Boers, President, Buongiorno Marketing Services US Inc.Carsten heads up Buongiorno’s mobile marketing team in the US. He is recognized as one of the world’s most experienced mobile marketers, having driven the concept creation and execution of thousands of mobile projects across more than 100 clients in the past 7 years. Carsten co-founded mobile marketing pioneer Flytxt in London in 2000. He set-up Flytxt’s US operation in 2003. Buongiorno acquired Flytxt’s mobile marketing division in May 2006. Before launching Flytxt, Carsten was with the Monitor Company, a leading strategy consulting firm, where he worked on telecommunications, logistics and pharmaceutical projects. A native German, he studied Philosophy and Economics at LSE in London.

Alex Bombeck, President of Digital, Euro RSCG 4DBombeck oversees digital operations in New York; Philadelphia; Boston; Baltimore; Portland, Oregon; Wilton, Connecticut and Mineola, New York. Euro RSCG 4D, the marketing services brand of Euro RSCG Worldwide, provides expertise in digital, direct, data and drive. Alex Bombeck previously served as Chief Strategy Officer of Euro RSCG 4D since 2001. He led the effort to deploy the agency's Customer Relationship Management capabilities and Marketing Alignment Process across client accounts including Peugeot, where he shared the responsibility of Global CRM Director.

Greg Bouwens, Managing Partner, KnovoloGreg Bouwens has had a successful IT consulting practice since 1990, working with several Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Wells Fargo, Farmer's Insurance, Credit Suisse First Boston, and SBC. In 2005, driven by his passion for shiny objects, he founded Knovolo, LLC: a company committed to delivering relevant, searchable knowledge to the mobile device.

Cesar A. Brea, Global Practice Leader - Marketspace Advisory Unit, Monitor GroupCesar A. Brea joined Monitor's Marketspace Advisory unit as Global Practice Leader in 2005. Cesar has more than fifteen years as a line executive, advisor, and entrepreneur in the high technology sector. Most recently, Cesar was founder and managing partner of ESM Partners, which focused on helping large organizations define and launch web-based, information-intensive businesses. In one example, within two years from launch, a client has a mid-eight-figure revenue stream from a hosted business-intelligence business Cesar helped to launch for them. During this time Cesar acted as CEO of a social networking software startup that today is producing seven-figure revenues, helping it win customers and raise venture funding.

Thomas Burgess, Chief Executive Officer, Third Screen Media Mr. Burgess is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Third Screen Media. He is responsible for leading the senior management team with particular focus on the company's overall business development, marketing and sales strategy. Prior to Third Screen Media, he served as President of internet portal CollegeLink.com Incorporated, purchased by Monster.com early in 2001. Prior to that he served as CEO of 9th Square Inc. (currently Bluestreak.com, Inc.,) an Internet E-commerce and advertising software and services company that he co-founded, angel financed and guided through successful initial product development and market launch. Before that Mr. Burgess held senior management and sales positions in the interactive marketing and telecommunications industries. Mr. Burgess has a BA from Providence College.

Linda Barrabee, Program Manager in Consumer Research, Yankee Group Linda Barrabee is a program manager in Yankee Group’s Consumer Research with an expertise in mobile entertainment. Specifically, Barrabee assists clients in navigating the increasing value-chain complexities of the emerging mobile content ecosystem. Her research focuses on the competitive landscape, business models, pricing and market segmentation strategies in mobile entertainment. Barrabee is also a project lead for Yankee Group’s US Mobile User Survey suite.

Thierry Baujard, CEO, PeacefulfishThierry Baujard is founder and CEO of Peacefulfish Ltd which is a strategic consulting firm based in Berlin, Germany with presence in London and Paris. Peacefulfish is present in 2 main activities: film financing and digital distribution of content (On Demand content services). He is also partner of a structuring investment fund project developed in Berlin with the public state bank IBB. As Executive Advisor, he offers a unique focus and experience in developing "On Demand" strategies for technology, telco operators, hardware manufacturers and IPR providers willing to distribute content to B2B and B2C audiences.

Lalit Canaran, Director of Technical Services, SybaseLalit Canaran is Director of Technical Services at Sybase. Lalit works closely with customers and partners to identify and implement mobile strategies. He has spoken at various conferences during his career and has held senior positions with ViaFone and Extended Systems. Lalit was also a founder of MobileQ and has been focused exclusively on mobility for over 10 years.

Andy Castonguay, Director, Consumer Research, Yankee GroupAndy Castonguay is a director for Yankee Group’s Consumer Research with an expertise in mobility and digital services. Castonguay is currently focused on technological and business model convergence in the US market, especially business cases involving disruptive technologies and mobile payments. Castonguay is also well versed in marketing strategy, end-user research, market dynamics analysis, quantitative modeling, business plan development/evaluation and market forecasting.

Ford Cavallari, Partner, Monitor GroupFord Cavallari is a Partner at Monitor, where he focuses on serving clients in the telecommunications, digital media and technology sectors. He assists service providers, device manufacturers and media companies achieve breakthrough performance in the consumer and small business segments by leveraging broadband, value added services, and digital content distribution. Mr. Cavallari counsels senior teams on a range of strategic and operational issues related to the broadband connectivity and content distribution.

Cody Christman, Director of Product Engineering, NTT America As director of product engineering, Cody Christman directs a team of senior engineers in designing products to meet strategic business objectives for the NTT Communications Global IP Network. Christman is a published IPv6 and network security expert. He leads an engineering team on the development of managed security products, Service Level Agreements, IPv6 access products, L2VPN services, DDoS Mitigation products, and backbone QoS research. Prior to working at NTT Communications, Christman held systems engineering positions with both American Management Systems and U S WEST Technologies.

Yves Cognet, Chief Technology Officer, QoE Assurance Division, Symmetricom Inc.Yves Cognet is currently chief technology officer for Symmetricom’s QoE Assurance Division. In 1999, he co-founded QoSmetrics, a leading provider of network performance assurance solutions for triple play services. Prior to QoSmetrics, he was a founder of Experdata and founder of Quallaby (acquired by Micromuse). He is an expert in IP networks and testing, having spent more than 25 years in the fields of test & measurement and networking with companies such as Philips Telecom, IBM and Netcom Systems. He holds a Master of Mathematics from the University of Grenoble, France and a Master of Computer Science from Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France.

Lubna Dajani, Mobile MondayLubna Dajani, founder & CEO of Stratemerge Inc. a provider of connected solutions, strategic development, & brand incubation specializing in mobile & emerging technologies. Ms. Dajani is also co-founder of Kapeesh Networks LLC, a multimedia content production & licensing company targeting the mobile consumer. She is also co-founder of momo-NY; the NY chapter of the global networking phenomenon mobilemonday. In partnership with Tribute Third Millennium, Ms. Dajani is architect of the digital & interactive elements of the global multi-media campaign Listen- an unprecedented collaboration between media, the arts, brands, & charity brought together to ignite a commercially sustainable communication platform aimed at raising the quality of life for children while funding children’s charity projects around the world.

Didier Diaz, SVP Product Strategy Management, ACCESSDidier Diaz is senior vice president of product strategy management, ACCESS CO., LTD. and vice president of product strategy management, ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. He co-directs ACCESS’ worldwide product strategy management organization, which is responsible for defining long-term product strategy. Diaz also leads the company’s global strategic product marketing activities for the ACCESS Linux Platform, the industry’s first fully integrated, commercial grade Linux-based platform tailored for smartphones and mobile devices. He joined ACCESS in 2005. Didier came to ACCESS from Aliph, a startup developing DSP-based noise canceling technologies for wireless devices, where he was vice president of product development.

Kurt Dobbins, Founder and CTO, EllacoyaKurt Dobbins founded Ellacoya in 1998 and, as president, guided the company through its Series C financing, raising a total of $94 million and deploying its first products in the field. Today he drives Ellacoya's technology strategy and vision, working with broadband service provider customers worldwide to transition to subscriber and application-aware intelligent broadband networks.

Kelley Dunne, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Bridge CommunicationsP. Kelley Dunne was formerly Executive Vice President, Operations for Verizon Avenue, the Verizon subsidiary focused on providing bundled communications services to concentrated communities nationwide. Mr. Dunne's responsibilities included leadership of Network Operations, Program Management, Customer Care, and Field Operations for Verizon's multi-dwelling unit and concentrated community markets. He was also responsible for initiating and leading Verizon's rural broadband trials nationwide. Previously, Mr. Dunne held positions as Vice President of HR, Vice President of Provisioning and Customer Care, and Director of Carrier Services at OnePoint Communications prior to Verizon's acquisition of OnePoint in 2000. Mr. Dunne has over 15 years experience in the field of telecommunications, including 7 years with AT&T and Bell Labs, where he held management positions in Network Operations, Data Network Planning, and Network Security. In addition, Mr. Dunne served as an enlisted serviceman and later as an Army Officer in the US Army's Signal Corps.

Eric Duprat, VP Business Development NFC North America, Inside ContactlessEric is currently Vice President Business Development NFC for North America for Inside Contactless. He is building the NFC ecosystem in North America with handset manufacturers, Carriers and Financial institutions. Prior to that and for 3 years he was Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Hypercom in Arizona. Hypercom is one of the leading manufacturers of point of sale payment systems and networking equipments. During this time frame he developed the new Optimum product line with its superior architecture which represents the future of Hypercom.

Douglas Edwards, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, HandmarkDouglas Edwards is the co-founder and chief marketing officer for Handmark, Inc. In seven years Handmark has grown into a global mobile media company, leading the development and distribution of premium wireless information services. Trained as a cinematographer at New York University, Douglas has spent the past three decades entirely in new high-tech industries. He was responsible for market launches on multiple PC platforms before deciding the future was all about mobile. He is one of the architects of the award-winning Handmark Pocket Express wireless information service found on millions of handsets around the world. Today, he guides the company's innovative product and marketing strategies.

John Elliott, Senior Director, Product Management, MediaFLO TechnologiesJohn Elliott is the senior director of product management for MediaFLO Technologies. A telecommunications industry veteran and former Big 5 consultant, Elliott is responsible for identifying and capitalizing on market opportunities to drive share, revenue and profit growth for MediaFLO Technologies.

Joseph G. Ferra, Chief Wireless Officer of Fidelity eBusiness, Fidelity InvestmentsJoe Ferra is chief wireless officer of Fidelity eBusiness (FeB), a division of Fidelity Investments, the nation's largest mutual fund company and a leading provider of financial services. In his current role, Mr. Ferra is responsible for directing the business development and product management of Fidelity Anywhere, Fidelity's industryleading innovation in wireless technology that allows investors to monitor the markets and manage their portfolios. Developed by Fidelity, this proprietary investing technology is among the most advanced of its kind, enabling wireless access to personalized investment information and trading via a number of wireless devices, including Internet-enabled mobile phones, Blackberries, and personal data assistants (PDAs).

Marie-Claire Forgue, Head of European Communications and Business Development, W3CMarie-Claire Forgue has been involved in W3C's Mobile Web Initiative since its launch in May 2005. She notably coordinates the marketing and outreach activities of this W3C activity. Marie-Claire received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Nice and INRIA, France. Her research interests were focused on illumination algorithms and scene modeling in Computer Graphics. She worked at the Dynamic Graphics Project Lab at the University of Toronto, Canada, and at NTT's Human Interface Lab, Japan. Marie-Claire joined W3C in January 2001.

Tzvika Friedman, CEO, Alvarion Mr. Tzvika Friedman was appointed Alvarion’s Chief Executive Officer effective as of October 2005.  Beginning in 2000 with Floware and continuing in Alvarion as President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Friedman has been responsible for a myriad of facets in the company's daily management, including R&D, operations, sales, marketing and customer service. He has been the driving force behind augmenting these activities in a company undergoing transition of consolidation from two companies, and subsequent acquisitions and incorporations of product lines of Innowave and Interwave. In the previous years, he filled roles as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Next Generation Telephony and DCME division of ECI Telecom and as Vice President of Marketing and Sales of ECI Telecom's SDH division. Mr. Friedman earned a bachelors and masters of science in electrical engineering summa cum laude from Tel Aviv University and also graduated with distinction with a masters in science from the Sloan Program of Management from the London Business School.

Bob Geiman, General Partner, Polaris VenturesBob Geiman is a general partner in our Boston office. Bob joined Polaris in September 2002 and focuses primarily on investment opportunities in information technology. Prior to joining Polaris, Bob served in product and business development roles at Envoy Networks where he assisted on product architecture decisions and co-developed the company's initial marketing strategy. Previous to Envoy Networks, Bob was with MCK Communications where he served as the Senior Director of Corporate Development and as a member of the executive team.

Jeff Glass, Bain CapitalMr. Glass joined Bain Capital in 2006. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Glass was President & CEO of m-Qube, Inc. a Bain Capital portfolio company acquired by VeriSign. In 2006, Mr. Glass was voted Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" in New England and was also named to the Boston Business Journal's "40 under 40" list. Prior to m-Qube, Mr. Glass held positions as Founder and President of Transactive Solutions, Chief Operating Officer of Travelers/NETPlus and strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group where he focused on multimedia and convergence technologies.

Mike Goodman, Director of Consumer Research, Yankee Group Michael Goodman is a Director in Yankee Group’s Consumer Research group with an expertise in media & entertainment. Goodman is focused on the development of broadband and mobile entertainment and its impact on traditional distribution channels for video, music and games. Goodman’s research focuses on the competitive landscape, business models, technology and market segmentation strategies.

Marc Hadley, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun MicrosystemsMarc Hadley is a Senior Staff Engineer in the Office of the CTO, Sun Microsystems. His research interests include Network Protocol Design, Scripting in the Java Platform, Web Description and Web Services.

John Hanay, Director, ACCESS Products Competitive AnalysisJohn is responsible for NetFront and related technologies in the North American market, as well as managing the research function for Access Systems America and has over 15 years of product management and product marketing experience in the computing industry. Prior to joining Access Systems America, John held senior positions at Beachhead Solutions, Adobe Systems, OmniSky, Metricom and Apple Computer, where he was a senior product manager responsible several award-winning products, including AppleShare IP and the Apple Network Administrator Toolkit. In recognition of his contribution to the company as a product manager, John received Apple’s prestigious CEO Recognition award.

Will Hodgman, President & CEO, M:MetricsWill Hodgman is a veteran marketer and a successful entrepreneur. Hodgman’s career spans global advertising, marketing, media and measurement. He founded, built and managed media measurement companies that now represent the global benchmarks for new media measurement. As cofounder, president, CEO and director, Hodgman is responsible for the strategic direction of the company.

Steve Howard, VP Business Development - Identity Management, Thales E-SecurityMr. Stephen P. Howard has over 24 years of Information Technology experience and knowledge. Success in these areas was born on a wealth of technology experience from sixteen years in software, systems engineering and information security covering both commercial and government sectors. Mr. Howard has extensive experience in public key cryptographic solutions, biometric technology, smart card systems, and large scale IS/IT infrastructures. Mr. Howard led the technology tiger team that developed FIPS 201 recommendations to NIST on behalf of the GSC-IAB.  He is experienced in systems and operations of smart cards technologies inclusive of silicon fabrication, manufacturing, cryptography, contactless, and biometric methods. Mr. Howard is an experienced speaker who has spoken and continues to speak at such forums as: The Biometrics Summit, Information Assurance Technical Framework Forum (IATFF), CardTech/SecurTech, Card, Certicom ECC Conference, CTST Defending Cyberspace, M-commerce Australia, I-Sec Australia and Smart Card Alliance events.  Mr. Howard continues to present tutorials sponsored by the Smart Card Alliance for smart cards in IT solutions and Federated ID activities.

John Jackson, Vice President of Enabling Technologies Research, Yankee GroupJackson is one of the most recognized and respected mobile device analysts in the industry today. Before rejoining Yankee Group, Jackson was most recently with M:Metrics, leading its consulting organization and working closely with the company’s OEM and mobile operator clients. Before M:Metrics, Jackson was the director of Yankee Group’s Wireless/Mobile Technologies Decision Service. Jackson conceived and launched Yankee Group’s Global Mobile Device Tracker/Forecast. His expertise in mobile technology research spans wireless devices and device technologies, including hardware, software, manufacturing and distribution. Jackson also specializes in applications development, delivery platforms and emerging connectivity technologies.

Andy Jedynak, Co-Chair, IAB Mobile CommitteeAndy Jedynak is the executive primarily responsible for driving growth across all company businesses, including consumer, government, professional, broadcast and education. He is also responsible for all traditional marketing activities such as branding, advertising and communications. Previously, as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Division, Jedynak led AWS’ consumer-facing digital businesses, including web, mobile and broadcast television syndication. In that capacity, he led the growth of the WeatherBug business from a concept in 2000 to one of the top Internet properties worldwide.

Zeus Kerravala, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Research, Yankee Group Zeus Kerravala is senior vice president of Yankee Group's Enterprise Research. Kerravala manages the research and consulting agenda that enables Anywhere EnterpriseTM clients to meet the demands of the global connectivity revolution. Kerravala's expertise involves working with customers to solve their business issues through the deployment of infrastructure technology.

Samir Khazaka, Senior Director, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm, Inc.As Senior Director of Technical Marketing at Qualcomm, Samir Khazaka plays a key role in the development and communication of the company’s technology messaging. He leads the company’s technical marketing efforts for Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East and the South East Asia regions. Samir Khazaka joined Qualcomm’s engineering team in 1997 and has since held positions in engineering, product management and technical marketing. As an inventor, he holds nine patents, and has several patents in pending status covering a range of telecommunications related designs. Samir Khazaka holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he held various engineering positions at Schlumberger and ABB.

Darren Koenig, Wireless and Internet Markets Director, Tele AtlasAs Tele Atlas' Wireless Market Director, Darren Koenig manages strategy and marketing for Tele Atlas' mobile and internet market segments in the Americas. Wireless Location-Based Services (LBS) have begun a cycle of exponential growth, and Koenig is tasked with positioning Tele Atlas in that dynamic space. He has 16 years of wireless, telecommunications, and technology industry experience and has held key product positions at Sprint-Nextel, Cable and Wireless LLC and MCI Communications.

Erik Kruse, Director Consumer Lab, EricssonErik Kruse is responsible for future consumer research at Ericsson's Consumer Lab which provides strategic advice to Ericsson's customers on consumer trends and behavior . Each year Ericsson conducts 15.000 interviews with consumers around the world on their user behavior and attitude to ICT products and services . Erik has analyzed data from more than 25 countries and written reports on Global trends, Broadband consumers, Consumer strategies, Youth in the future, Living on the edge – Mobile telephony in Kenya & Nigeria among others. He has done more than 100 presentations externally and internally the last year. In 2003 , he published the book "A journey to the 3rd place - market reality among early adopters."

Joseph R. Lawrence, Vice President of Marketing, CDMA Development GroupJoe Lawrence serves as the vice president of marketing for the CDMA Development Group. He is responsible for leading the industry’s public relations, advocacy and marketing efforts to promote the global adoption and expansion of the family of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) products and services. He joined the CDG in October 2007, after working closely with the Group for more than a year.

Dr. Norman Lewis, Chief Strategy Officer, Wireless Grids CorporationDr. Norman Lewis is the Chief Strategy Officer, Wireless Grids Corporation, USA where he is responsible for business strategy and building key-industry partnerships to bring this revolutionary technology to market. Prior to joining WGC, he was the Director of Technology Research for Orange UK, formerly the Home Division of France Telecom.

Larry Loper, VP Marketing, EcrioLarry Loper joined Ecrio as VP Marketing in November 2006. At Ecrio, Larry's responsibilities include all global product and brand marketing. He also leads business development efforts for Ecrio's patented MoBeam technology, which "beams" barcodes (for coupons, gift cards and more) from mobile phones to industry standard point-of-sale scanners. Larry previously served as VP Marketing at Mobile 365; there he rebranded the merger of Inphomatch and Mobileway into Mobile 365, a global data network that was sold to Sybase for over $400 million. Larry holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a M.S. from the University of Oregon.

B. Lane MacDonald, General Partner, Alta CommunicationsLane is a General Partner of Alta Communications and joined the firm in 1999. He specializes in identifying and managing investments in both media and telecom services with an emphasis on publishing, information services, online media, television broadcasting, and cable television. In addition, Lane has investing experience and has served in a board capacity in the internet services and wireline telecommunications industries.

Dean Macri, Founder and CEO, Cielo Group, Inc.Dean Macri is founder and CEO of Boston-based, Cielo Group, Inc., which publishes entertainment and social-media applications for consumer brands. Foreseeing the evolution of high-speed cellular networks and advanced handsets, Dean positioned Cielo to become the first company to stream mobile video in the US (within applications for Major League Baseball and the NBA). Today, Cielo builds and distributes applications, branded for consumer-product companies, that establish a direct, highly interactive and ongoing connection between these firms and mobile consumers.

Bennett Marks, Chair, Browser Technologies Working Group, Open Mobile AllianceBennett Marks is a Senior Architect in Nokia's Standardization and Industry Relations organization based in Boston. Mr. Marks began working in standards development in 1998 through his involvement with the WAP Forum and his continued work within the Open Mobile Alliance. Since 2002, he has held various Chair and Technical postions within the OMA. Mr. Marks is currently the Chair of the Browser Technology Working Group and the OMA Liason to the W3C.Prior to joining Nokia in 1999, Mr. Marks managed an advanced development team for Comverse Inc.

Josh Martin, Analyst, Consumer Research, Yankee GroupJosh Martin is an analyst in Yankee Group's Consumer Research group with an expertise in media & entertainment. His areas of focus include connected digital home and portable entertainment. Specifically, his research encompasses enhancements to video (DVR, HDTV, VOD, Next Gen DVD), technology changing how consumers view video (digital media adapters, media center PCs and broadband video) and moving content beyond the home (portable media players and digital audio players). Martin's knowledge creates a holistic perspective of the changing content consumption experience from in the home to ubiquitous connectivity while providing insight into how to take advantage of emerging technology and distribution channels.

Craig Mathias, Principal and Founder, Farpoint GroupCraig has published numerous technical and overview articles on a variety of topics, is a monthly columnist for Electronic Engineering Times, and a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and tradeshows. He is an internationally recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies. Farpoint Group is an advisory and systems-integration firm in Ashland, MA.

Nihal Mehta, Co-Founder, ipsh!With over 12 years experience in technology marketing, Nihal Mehta, cofounder of ipsh! and a serial internet/mobile entrepreneur, is a noted expert in the emerging consumer adoption of wireless technologies for media properties and brands. Nihal confounded ipsh! in June of 2001 and has earned the distinction of one of AdAge's Top Twenty Marketers in their 20s, NAMME's New Media Catalyst of the year, Madison Avenue's Who's Who, BusinessWeek's M-Commerce Barons, amongst others. Mehta regularly speaks at advertising and wireless circuits around the world and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an honors BA in Philosophy and a BS in Computer Science.

Stephanie N. Mehta, Senior Writer, FORTUNE MagazineStephanie Mehta covers technology, media and telecommunications for Fortune. Since arriving at the magazine in April 2000, she has written major features on corporate meltdowns at WorldCom and Lucent, and profiled media executives such as Dick Parsons and Haim Saban. She has appeared as a commentator on Nightline and The Charlie Rose Show, and served as regular guest host on The Flip Side, a 90-minute news program that aired on CNNfn from 2002 to 2004. Before joining Fortune, Stephanie was an assistant news editor at The Wall Street Journal, reporting and editing technology stories. As a staff reporter at The Journal, she helped break news stories on some of the biggest mergers of the late1990s, including SBC Communications’ (now AT&T) $70 billion takeover of Ameritech.

Jon Melamut, GM - Mobile Internet Devices, CanonicalAs General Manager of Canonical's Mobile Internet Device business unit, Jon Melamut leads the team responsible for working with ODMs, OEMs, Operators and other commercial organizations that want to bring mobile Internet devices to the consumer market using Ubuntu Mobile. Canonical’s Mobile Internet Device team customizes Ubuntu Mobile Core for its clients to include software and services that enable organizations to create market competitive devices that provide consumers a simple to use, full Internet experience. As a member of the management team, he also contributes to the development of the overall strategy of the company.

Rich Miner, GM Mobile Platforms, GoogleRich Miner has been developing innovative communications and interface-intensive applications for over 20 years and he has occupied a variety of high-profile technology development roles during that time. He is currently Group Manager of Mobile Platforms for Google, helping to build the Android platform. Rich joined Google through the acquisition of Android, a mobile software platforms company he co-founded. Prior to starting Android Rich was Vice President of Advanced Services at Orange, where he headed the group's R&D activities in North America. He came to Orange through acquisition of another company he co-founded, Wildfire, which made a voice-based personal assistant product that was sold to fixed and wireless carriers. Rich held various positions at Wildfire, including CTO and MD for Europe.

Dinesh Moorjani, VP of Mobile, IAC Search and MediaDinesh Moorjani is currently the VP of Mobile for IAC Search and Media. Prior to his current role, Mr. Moorjani served as the VP of Strategy & Corporate Development at Citysearch, an IAC operating business. Previously, Mr. Moorjani was the Director of Emerging Business & Technologies in Samsung Electronics New Business Development Group in North America, where he led a team to build digital media businesses from inception to revenue creation. Among several new business ventures, Mr. Moorjani built the satellite radio-MP3 business for Samsung in North America. While living in Korea, he served as a Team Leader in the Chairman’s Office of Samsung’s Global Strategy Group, where he managed operating and investment decisions throughout the US-Asia corridor across mobile, digital media, semiconductors, and emerging markets.

Dom Morea, SVP, Product & Business Development, First Data CorporationDom Morea is responsible for First Data Corporation’s Mobile Commerce initiatives. He is an 18 year veteran of the Financial Services industry and has been with FDC since 2004 when he rejoined the company as SVP, Product & Business Development. Before joining First Data, Dom was Senior Vice President Strategy & Business Development at Encorus, a Mobile Payments company with operations in the U.S. and Western Europe.

Sean Moshir, Founder CEO & Chairman, CellTrust CorporationMr. Sean Moshir is currently CEO and chairman of CellTrust Corporation. During the course of his career, Moshir has focused exclusively on strategic network, enterprise security, and Secure Mobile Information Management (SMIM) software and services that support consumer and business process integrity and optimization. Moshir is also a leading authority on IT security, having founded today’s leading patch and vulnerability management software company PatchLink™ Corporation in 1991 and led the Company's aggressive growth strategy.

Dan Olschwang, President and CEO, JumpTapUnder Mr. Olschwang's leadership as President and CEO, JumpTap has essentially created the market for mobile search. Mr. Olschwang has led the company to myriad successes - including top honors from Fortune, Red Herring, FierceWireless, AO Media, IDC and Frost & Sullivan. He has also enabled JumpTap to reach the largest market share among white label search providers and has led the company to its position as a key player in mobile advertising. In fact, JumpTap is the benefactor of a long heritage of Olschwang's distinctive leadership.

Jim Orr, Principal Network Architect, Wireless Market Development Group, FujitsuJim Orr is a principal network architect in the wireless market development group at Fujitsu. Jim has worked in the telecommunications industry for 15 years, serving in various engineering, network planning, network architecture and marketing roles in both the vendor and the carrier community. Before joining Fujitsu in November 2001, Jim increased his industry experience through progressively expanding responsibilities in network architecture and implementation with Latus Lightworks, McLeod communications, Caprock Communications, GST Telecom and Electric Lightwave. He began his career with Northern Telecom in systems and sales engineering roles. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and a

Kevin Packingham, Vice President of Wireless Product Management and Usability, Sprint NextelKevin Packingham is vice president of Wireless Data and Product Design at Sprint. Drawing on his extensive experience in marketing and technology development, Packingham has responsibility for all aspects of Sprint’s wireless data product and services, from the time content is selected to the time it becomes accessible via a customer’s handheld device. As part of his team’s work in product design, usability and implementation, Packingham oversees Sprint’s Application Developers Program, which enables third parties to develop services that run over Sprint’s network.

Jon Paisner, Analyst, Enabling Technologies Services Provider Group, Yankee GroupJon Paisner is an analyst in Yankee Group’s Enabling Technologies Services Provider group with an expertise in order-to-cash processes. Paisner examines the use of mobile payments as a new commerce application as well as business intelligence and analytics. His research focuses on the competitive landscape, market segmentation strategies and emerging technologies within these spaces.

Sandra Palumbo, Program Manager, Yankee GroupSandra Palumbo is a program manager in Yankee Group’s Enabling Technologies Enterprise group with an expertise in large enterprise IT and Communications services. Palumbo’s managed security services coverage includes pure play providers, telecommunications and network service providers and systems integrators. Her research focuses on the mid-market and enterprise space addressing both supply- and demand-side drivers, inhibitors and the strategic direction and growth of the MSSP space. She is also responsible for the coverage of mobile security, specifically focusing on the products and services targeting the enterprise end user and securing the anywhere enterprise.

Brian Ponte VP, Business Development and Delivery, Americas, ArrayComm Brian Ponte heads ArrayComm’s Business Development and Delivery organization for the Americas. Brian’s charter is to build and enhance effective business relationships and partnerships with wireless equipment makers and carriers throughout North, Central and South America. Brian joined ArrayComm in 2007 with more than 20 years of experience as a Sales and Marketing executive in the wireless industry. Brian came to ArrayComm from Telecommunications Systems, Inc. where as Director of Sales, he helped one of the company’s major business units double its sales in less than two years. Prior to this role, Brian held leadership positions in Sales and Marketing with Research In Motion (RIM), Philips Consumer Communications, and Motorola. Brian holds a B.S. degree from Michigan State University.

Adam Ritter, VP Wireless, MLB Advanced MediaAdam brings extensive knowledge of the business issues surrounding content licensing and distribution through mobile devices.  As Vice President of Wireless Business Development for MLB Advanced Media,  the interactive media and Internet arm of Major League Baseball he is responsible for all aspects of the wireless business including product development, carrier relations, licensing and operations for MLB.com as well the 30  Major League teams. Prior to joining the company he served as Vice President of New Media Business Development for CBS MarketWatch. Prior to CBS MarketWatch, Adam developed and managed ScreamingMedia’s mobile content licensing business which specialized in aggregating content and providing delivery platforms for North American Carriers.

John SanGiovanni, Co-Founder, VP, Products and Services, ZenZuiJohn SanGiovanni has more than eight years of experience as a wireless strategist and mobile user interface designer. He is to blame for ZenZui’s obsession with design and to-the-nanosecond interest in technical and cultural trends. Before ZenZui, John was Technical Evangelist and Program Manager for Microsoft Research, where he managed external academic research funding in the areas of mobile technologies and user interfaces. In this role, he filed several patents concerning information visualization, hardware interfaces, and interaction techniques for next-generation mobile devices, some of which provide the foundation for ZenZui’s core user experience. Before joining Microsoft, John worked on the Advanced Technology Learning Solutions team at PPI/Knowledge Universe, and worked in Studio Entertainment for the Walt Disney Company. John has a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and a concentration on Computing from the University of Florida.

Paul Schaut, Independent AdvisorPaul serves as an independent advisor to venture backed technology companies and brings more than 23 years of sales, marketing and executive management experience as well as a deep expertise in the technology, digital and mobile marketing industries. Paul’s portfolio of advisory services help CEO’s leverage his operational experience and network to assist in board and / or management alignment, business development expansion, M&A strategy and execution along with many other large and small challenges faced by CEO’s everyday.

Juliane Schulze, Senior Partner, PeacefulfishJuliane is Senior Partner and Consultant of peacefulfish which is a strategic consulting firm based in Berlin, Germany with presence in London and Paris. peacefulfish specializes in 2 main activities: film financing and digital distribution of content (on demand content services). As Executive Advisor, she offers a unique focus and experience in developing "On Demand" strategies, content portfolios and financing solutions for broadcasters, mobile network operators, as well as internet and mobile platforms, looking at distributing content to B2B and B2C audiences.

Brian Schwarz, Vice President of Engineering, RedSky Technologies, Inc.Brian Schwarz is the Vice President of Engineering for RedSky Technologies, where he is responsible for software development, quality assurance, and engineering operations. Brian’s nearly twenty years of engineering management experience includes international development teams responsible for telecommunications products, medical imaging equipment, and real-time operating systems. He has directed diverse engineering and product strategy teams of up to 50 people. Prior to RedSky, Brian was the Director of Engineering for Apropos Technology. He has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University and is a graduate of the Kellogg Management Institute, Northwestern University.

Carrie Seifer, Director of Emerging Technologies, CondéNet As Director of Emerging Technologies, Carrie Seifer is responsible for developing the strategy and/or implementing programs for mobile, video, and other new media usage, for CondéNet’s destination web sites as well as Condé Nast’s magazine companion sites. Seifer is a veteran of the new media advertising industry. Prior to joining CondéNet, she was Vice President of Sales at Vindigo where she oversaw the development of mobile marketing products and services, as well as managed relationships with leading advertisers and agencies.

Michael Shim, Senior Director, Business Development, Yahoo! Inc. Michael Shim is Senior Director, Business Development in Yahoo!’s Connected Life business unit. He is responsible for developing partnerships and building Yahoo’s mobile advertising and publishers business in the Americas. Michael has also lead business development for Yahoo!’s broadband, digital home and desktop products initiatives, putting together strategic alliances with partners such as Comcast Interactive, Intel and HP.

Tuomo Sihvola, Head of Communities and Inventor, WidSets, Nokia Emerging Business UnitTuomo Sihvola is one of the inventors of WidSets, and currently leading WidSets' user and developer community activies. Tuomo joined Nokia in 1992 and since then, he has been working in various positions in Research and Development, Sales & Marketing and Corporate innovations globally.

John Smrstik, Worldwide Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments Wireless Infrastructure DSP ProductsJohn Smrstik is currently serving as the worldwide marketing manager for the communications infrastructure  business unit of Texas Instruments (TI).  In this role, he is responsible for developing solutions based on TI DSP products that address the needs of wired and wireless infrastructure OEM’s.  He is also accountable for developing strategies to articulate value proposition for and drive customer preference and acceptance of these solutions. 

Antonio Vince Staybl, CEO & Co-Founder, itsmy.com - GofreshThe Co-Founder and CEO of Gofresh was responsible for the launch of the world's first mobile-only music album from Gofresh's own mobile music label. With the launch of itsmy.com in 2006, Staybl again realized one of his Mobile Entertainment visions: itsmy.com, mobile web's, user generated content strongest community offers every mobile phone user in the world his own, free personal mobile homepage incl. all mobile 2.0 and LBS services. He is determined to re-define the future of the "digital world," MOBILE.

Dan Stoops, Principal Consultant, Content and Communications Applications Integration, Alcatel-Lucent Dan Stoops brings 20 years of communications industry experience to his current role as a Principal Consultant with the Content and Communications Applications Integration practice within Alcatel-Lucent Global Services. In this role, Mr. Stoops is responsible for creating service provider solutions for multi-media subscriber transactions including video, VoiceXML, and text messaging.

Sai Subramanian, Vice President of Product Management and Strategic Marketing, Navini Networks Sai Subramanian, Vice President of Product Management and Strategic Marketing, previously worked at Nortel Networks in areas including technology development and marketing, business strategy, network evolution and customer planning. Sai currently serves on the Board of Directors of the WCA (Wireless Communications Association.) He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Kevin Suitor, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Redline CommunicationsKevin Suitor is widely recognized for his expertise in the telecommunications industry.  Mr. Suitor is the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Redline Communications Inc., a manufacturer of standards-based broadband fixed wireless access and backhaul solutions in the 2 to 11 GHz bands.  Mr. Suitor is also Redline’s delegate for WiMAX and sits on the Marketing Working Group for WiMAX.  Mr. Suitor has been actively involved over the years in the ATM Forum and Wireless Communications Association.  He has written numerous articles in several industry publications and is a regular speaker on topics such as:  Broadband Fixed Wireless, 802.16, WiMAX, Softswitches, Voice over IP, ATM, Gigabit Ethernet and Virtual Private Networks.

Brian Suthoff, Senior Director of Business Development, Third Screen MediaMr. Suthoff brings more than 15 years of experience in global telecommunications and data networking to Third Screen Media as Senior Director of Business Development. Mr. Suthoff is responsible for developing new business opportunities by identifying and building strategic partnerships. Prior to Third Screen Media, Mr. Suthoff worked with companies such as MCI and Sprint, serving most recently as Director of Product Management for Alcatel’s Mobile Communications Group, where he led product direction and strategy as well as the expansion of Alcatel’s presence in mobile operators around the globe. Mr. Suthoff has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from Rockhurst University and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from George Washington University.

Faraz A. Syed, CEO & Co-Founder, Mobile CompleteRecognizing a need in the fast growing mobile industry to provide the first truly affordable handset testing service, Faraz founded Mobile Complete in April 2003. Faraz spearheaded Mobile Complete's evolution from being a technology provider for testing to its role today as a comprehensive mobile development environment. Clients throughout the world can access real mobile phones linked to live operator networks, through the Internet on their desktops. Being one of the fastest growing mobile start-up companies in Silicon Valley, the company provides service to many of the largest Internet and mobile companies in the world with more than 650 clients using the service.

Carl Taylor, Director of Applications & Services, Global Technology Strategy, Hutchison Whampoa Europe Carl Taylor has worked for Hutchison since 2000 developing new applications and services for its 3G networks, and in the creation of Hutchison’s mobile technology strategy. He is currently focused on growing the Group’s X-series product range. Between 1995 and 1998 he managed a mobile communications consultancy business, before moving to NEC to lead a company developing 3G radio infrastructure. He has a history in mobile technologies dating back to 1987 with the first CT2 cellphone systems. Carl is Hutchison’s representative to the GSMA Services Review Group and Mobile Advertising Programme, the dotMobi Product Steering Group, and W3C.

Alexander R. Trommen, COO, MINICK GroupAlexander R. Trommen is COO of the MINICK Group a 100% subsidiary of Swisscom group, the Swiss telecoms and media giant, responsible for Sales and Marketing in all subsidiaries of MINICK.  He shares his time between the firm's Hamburg and Zurich offices.  As one of the most experienced professionals in mobile services for the entertainment sector he is a frequent speaker in conferences throughout Europe and author of several books and articles.

Todd Thiemann, Director, Device Security Marketing, Trend Micro, Inc.Todd Thiemann, director for device security marketing, has been with Trend Micro for over five years. Todd is responsible for global marketing of Trend Micro's products and technologies designed to protect portable devices. Before his current role, Todd was Trend Micro's director of marketing for Latin America where he helped contribute to making the Latin American Region one of Trend Micro's fastest growing business units. Prior to joining Trend Micro, Todd worked for over six years in a variety of marketing management positions in Hewlett Packard Company's Enterprise Systems Group. He also worked at Proxim Corporation as a Senior Product Line Manager responsible for Proxim's wireless Ethernet systems.

Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera SoftwareJon S. von Tetzchner, along with colleague Geir Ivarsøy, developed a Web browser while working for Norwegian Telecom Research (Telenor) in 1994. In 1995 they together founded Opera Software and launched their first browser to the public in 1996. Von Tetzchner is currently the CEO for Opera Software, and is a knowledgeable speaker on numerous topics including Opera as a company, its technology, operations, the marketplace and other industry-related subjects.

Keith Waters, Director of Research, OrangeWith seventeen years research experience in premiere industrial labs creating software innovations, Waters is currently a Director of Research at Orange Labs Boston USA, Keith is a France Telecom senior expert specializing in mobile services. Keith is currently involved in the World Wide Web Consortium, on behalf of France Telecom, to assist in the definition of standards within the mobile Web initiative, multimodality and more recently in the ubiquitous Web applications working group. He currently leads the work in defining delivery context client interfaces.

Bill Weinberg, Marketing Director, Linux Phone Standards ForumBill Weinberg brings two decades of open source, embedded and open systems, telecoms, and other technology experience to his role as Independent Analyst and Consultant at Linuxpundit.com. He also serves as General Manager of the Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS), and as the Mobile Linux Weatherman for the Linux Foundation. Previously, at Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) Bill was Senior Technology Analyst and managed OSDL Mobile Linux and Carrier Grade Linux Initiatives.

Stephen Wellman, Editorial Director of E-mail Newsletters - Business Technology Group, CMPStephen Wellman is Editorial Director of E-mail Newsletters for the Business Technology Group of CMP, where he oversees the newsletter offerings for InformationWeek and the TechWeb network. In addition Wellman is a blogger with Over The Air, InformationWeek's blog dedicated to business mobility and wireless technology. Wellman also serves as Editor-in-Chief and Analyst for Grok on Google, the only email newsletter that chronicles the Web's leading agent of change. He is a well-known journalist, industry analyst, and editor with extensive experience in email newsletters and other forms of online content.

Peter White, CEO, Rethink Research AssociatesPeter White is CEO of Rethink Research Associates, which is based in the UK but covers technology developments globally in both digital media and all forms of wireless. Peter White leads the Faultline research and has built a deep understanding of technology and relationships around digital video. He has spoken at, or chaired, 20 events in the US and Europe this year, and has worked with major players such as Microsoft and IBM, as well as start ups, on consulting assignments. Prior to working at Rethink, Peter was the founder and CEO of UK technology analyst firm, ComputerWire for 18 years, before selling it in 2002.

Ryan Wick, Senior Engineer and Technology Evangelist, Sprint Nextel Ryan Wick, a Java luminary and member of Sprint’s Application Developer Program team, is Sprint’s representative for JSR293 and a handful of other JSR’s currently being written. Ryan has helped hundreds of companies develop applications for Sprint Nextel devices, and has work on leading-edge technologies for Sprint Nextel including Java ME, Location Bases Services, instant messaging, Bluetooth, WAP, and OSGi. Ryan holds a BA from James Madison University.

Andy Willett, SVP of Business Development, NetMotion WirelessAndy Willett joined NetMotion Wireless in June 2002. As Senior Vice President of Business Development, Andy is responsible for North American strategic partnerships, business development, and sales. Prior to this role, Andy served as the Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at NetMotion and directed product strategy, development vision and the execution of product plans. Before joining NetMotion, Andy held a variety of senior positions at AT&T Wireless including Vice President with responsibility for defining and marketing AT&T Wireless’ consumer data offerings, business and content development on AT&T Wireless internet-capable wireless devices, and product development and implementation of AT&T Wireless initial web-enabled phones, mobile data applications and advanced wireless technologies.

Richard Williams, Executive Director - Advertising and Digital Media Operations, VerizonRichard Williams is an Executive Director–Advertising and Digital Media Operations at Verizon responsible for content operations and ad sales across FiOS TV, Verizon Online, and the mobile platforms. Richard has served in a variety of positions at Verizon within product development, lifecycle management, and content programming for many data and content services including V CAST Video, Mobile Web, Get It Now, Picture and Video Messaging. Prior to joining Verizon, Richard worked in the consulting industry for A.T. Kearney and Accenture, and on Wall Street as an institutional bond broker at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Matt Womer, W3C Mobile Web Initiative Lead, AmericasMatt Womer joined W3C in April 2007 as Mobile Web Initiative Lead for Americas. Matt was previously heavily involved in Mobile Web standards at W3C as a France Telecom/Orange's representative working on multi-modal and mobile Web applications. He also participated in the Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Group, where he co-edited and wrote two documents. Starting in 1994 as a co-founder of early Web startup One World Interactive, Matt has helped bring Fortune 500 companies to the World Wide Web.

Eran Wyler, CEO & Founder, InfoGin The recipient of numerous awards for technological excellence, Mr. Wyler has over fifteen years of experience in designing and developing state-of-the-art hardware and software solutions for leading Israeli high-tech companies. Prior to establishing InfoGin, Mr. Wyler served as senior ASIC R&D Engineer for the network system division at ECI Telecom, where he was responsible for developing intelligent optical networking ASICs and led the development of a video stream loss-less compression ASIC over SDH networks.

Rao Yallapragado, Sr. Director, QUALCOMM Mobile Broadband Dr. Rao Yallapragada is the Senior Director of Mobile Broadband Initiatives for QUALCOMM. Dr. Yallapragada is a leading expert on OFDMA and CDMA/WCDMA mobile broadband technologies, working with mobile operators, with service providers, regulators and government agencies around the world. Dr. Yallapragada has also been an instrumental part of the IEEE 802.20 working group.