Salil Dalvi
General Manager, Wireless
NBC Universal
Salil Dalvi, General Manager, Wireless for NBC Universal, is responsible for the growth strategy, product development and operations for NBCU's mobile content efforts. In this role, he reports to Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette, President, NBCU Digital Distribution.

Over the past three years, Dalvi has been responsible for leading the NBCU TV Group’s entry and growth in the mobile content market. Most recently, he led the successful launch of NBC Mobile, the industry’s first made-for-mobile network news offering, and the origination of NBCU’s efforts on MediaFLO. He also led the launch of two new NBCU linear mobile channels and will continue to oversee these services. As a result, NBCU has launched a broad slate of wireless video and WAP sites and other mobile and interactive content from its top news and entertainment franchises including the "Today Show," "Saturday Night Live," "Late Night With Conan O’Brien," "The Office" and "Project Runway."

Salil started his career in Affiliate Sales and Marketing at MTV Networks, and holds an MBA from Emory University and a BS degree in Political Science from Vanderbilt University. He currently lives in South Orange, NJ with his wife and son, Lori and Luke.

Jeff Danley
General Manager - Streaming Multimedia & Mobile TV
Sprint
Jeff Danley leads Sprint’s TV & Video Product Development Group and is responsible for the evolution and lifecycle management of Sprint’s TV & Video product portfolio.  In this capacity Danley is responsible for product development, strategy, operations and client evolution for Sprint’s TV & Video services. Danley has more than 13 years of product development, strategy, marketing and management experience in telecom and entertainment technology. He has strong background and deep work experience with wireless data, and the related products and technologies.  Prior to joining Sprint, Danley served as VP of Technology and Operations with GlobalFon.

R.J. Taylor
Strategist
ExactTarget
As a Strategist at ExactTarget, Talyor works closely with clients to maximize ROI for their email marketing efforts.  He has worked with all levels of email marketers, bringing innovative and proven practices along with deliverability expertise.  As a the co-author of a recent whitepaper, “Email Marketing for the Third Screen,” Talyor identifies strategies for email marketers to leverage when operating within the diverse handheld market.  In addition, Talyor is the author of email marketing case studies, whitepapers and an eBook, and is a regular contributor to ExactTarget’s strategy and deliverability blogs.

Donald Wong
Vice President, CTO, Rich Digital Media
EMC
Donald Wong leads the development and execution of EMC’s vision and growth strategy in rich media. In this role, he is also responsible for identifying product, partnership and acquisition opportunities in this evolving and growing market.

Previously, Wong was VP of Sony Pictures’ Digital Media Group where he was charged with the research, development and deployment of digital media technologies, infrastructure and workflows serving all lines of business. He has extensive experience working across the entertainment value-chain, from business affairs, production, marketing, sales, fulfillment, and anti-piracy. Prior to joining Sony, he held management and technical consulting positions at Deloitte Consulting, ABB Asea Brown Boveri, and General Electric’s highly respected Corporate Audit Staff.

Donald holds a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA (‘96). Donald is married with three young children. He is also an active fundraiser for the Los Angeles Downtown Women’s Center, a charitable organization that, since 1978, has been providing hope and a safe place for women who are without a home.

Joe Jasin
Vice President / Corporate Development
SK Telecom International

Andres Jordan
Vice President of Innovation and Business Development
T-Systems North America (Deutsche Telekom)
Mr. Jordan has over fifteen years experience in technology having started his journey in MCI Communications in Washington, D.C., in 1985. Via his diverse career paths, including a couple of startups, he has developed deep capabilities in marketing, sales, business development, strategy and international business.

Currently, Mr. Jordan is Vice President of Innovation and Business Development at T-Systems North America (Deutsche Telekom), an evolutionary position that started as consultancy and that he has held since 2002. In this capacity he is tasked with living in the future and finding the next generation products and developing launch strategies for their successful global execution. This position places him at the leading-edge of new and future ideas and technologies, including P2P TV, mobile content strategies, and new-media business models.

Anil Malhotra
Founder and Senior Vice President, Alliances and Marketing
Bango
Anil is focused on building long-term relationships with mobile operators and other infrastructure players such as billing providers and handset manufacturers. He 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.

Larry Marcus
Managing Director
WaldenVC
Larry has 18 years of consumer technology and media experience. He joined WaldenVC from Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, where he was Director of New Media, Broadband, and Enhanced TV research. Prior to Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, he worked in Digital Media Equity Research at Robertson Stephens. Over his research career, Larry followed companies in interactive entertainment, consumer and business software, cable infrastructure, new media, and the Internet. As an analyst, he led numerous IPOs and follow-on offerings for companies such as CBS MarketWatch, Terayon, Women.com, Edmark, Maxis, Wink, and Softnet. His coverage also included Intuit, Electronic Arts, Sierra On-line, Brøderbund, CNET, Activision, Learning Company, Softkey, Acclaim, RealNetworks, Excite@Home, General Instrument, Scientific Atlanta, Gemstar, and OpenTV. He was an early backer of Netflix and Virage. Before working in research, Larry served as a consultant for Digidesign and Maxis, ran a computer store, and worked as a media planner at Jordan, McGrath, Case and Taylor Advertising.

Scott Wills
President and Chief Operating Officer
HiWire
Scott is responsible for the deployment and launch of Aloha Partners’ mobile television broadcast service. He held Chief Executive Officer and executive positions for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, covering consumer-packaged goods, media entertainment and new technologies. During his early career, Mr. Wills introduced popular new products for companies such as P&G and Pepsi-Cola. He also successfully founded several media and technology companies, both public and private. Mr. Wills' media entertainment credentials include the launch of A&E cable network, relaunch of American Movie Classics, introduction of the Montel Williams TV show and development of Zing interactive TV.

Doug Busk,
VP of Industry Relations
SinglePoint
Doug Busk, VP of Industry Relations: With over 10 years’ experience in high tech fields, ranging from interactive marketing to wireless strategy, Doug Busk brings a diverse background to his current role as Vice President – Industry Relations at SinglePoint. In his current capacity, Doug leads Marketing, Product Strategy, and SinglePoint strategic partner management and participation in industry groups and standards bodies, including the Mobile Marketing Association, CTIA, and WIC. Previously, Doug was Associate Director of Messaging for Verizon Wireless, where he led product management of intercarrier, premium, international, and B2B SMS-based initiatives as well as Instant Messaging product lines. Upon joining Verizon Wireless in 2003, Doug headed up Wi-Fi and EV-DO-related development. From 2001-2003, Doug drove product development and management of third-party revenue at Cingular. From 1997-2000, Doug led CIMStudio, the in-house advertising creative unit of nationwide city site network Cox Interactive Media.

Mikko-Pekka Hanski
Chief Evangelist
iDean
Mr Mikko-Pekka Hanski, Chief Evangelist, co-founder and chairman of the board at Idean. Mr. Hanski is a pioneer in mobile usability and gaming. For 10 years with mobile services and applications design, Mr. Hanski has led hundreds of research and design projects for world leading mobile device, game, entertainment and carrier companies. With exceptional talent in understanding cultures, social networks, behaviour and people, Mr. Hanski is well known person in global usability field. He also has the wonderful ability of looking things from a fresh new perspective and making complex issues simple.

Mike Johns
CEO
UrbanWorld Wireless
Mike Johns is the founder and CEO of UrbanWorld Wireless, the Los Angeles based company that bridges wireless technology and hip-hop culture. UrbanWorld is a vision Johns had early in his career while working as Marketing Director for Larry Flynt?s Rap Page Magazine. In 2001, he turned his dream into reality, brokering the company?s mobile content provider deal with T-Mobile; partnerships with Infospace, Jamster, and AT&T (UrbanWorld?s voicetones have been featured in the top ten voicetone category on AT&T for three consecutive years). Capitol Records become the first record label to conduct mobile marketing with the ?urban? audience, utilizing UrbanWorld?s mobile platform followed by such industry players as Def Jam, Vibe Magazine, Adidas and Fox Network. UrbanWorld Wireless has become a worldwide leader in the distribution of urban content, while earning praise from executives at ABC Radio, BBC Radio, XXL Magazine, and an endless list of partners, vendors and clients.

Beyond education and professional experience, Johns? passion and personality gives him a natural ability to reach young people on the streets of Crenshaw as well as the power brokers on Wall Street. It is a skill that has made his company a recognizable force in the wireless industry and the hip-hop world.

Gary Kibel
Attorney
Davis & Gilbert LLP
Gary Kibel (gkibel@dglaw.com) is an attorney with Davis & Gilbert LLP (www.dglaw.com). He practices in the areas of New Media, Advertising and IP law. Gary regularly counsels wireless carriers, content providers, technology companies and advertising agencies regarding wireless data/video/music services, licensing, gaming, interactive advertising, promotions, entertainment, privacy and copyrights/trademarks. Davis & Gilbert is widely regarded as the premier law firm in the U.S. representing advertising, marketing and promotions agencies, and also represents prominent technology and entertainment companies, marketers, and advertising trade associations. Gary has worked on a wide variety of deals in the wireless industry from small promotions to some of the most significant and ground-breaking content deals in the industry. Prior to becoming an attorney, Gary was an Information Systems Analyst with Merrill Lynch.

Paul Kim
CEO
Danal, Inc.
Paul Kim is a passionate entrepreneur who is the founding CEO of Danal, Inc., the global leader and pioneer in charging online transactions to consumers’ mobile phone bills. The company combines the industry-leading technology and experience of its public parent company in Korea with top-tier venture capital backing in the U.S.

Before his involvement with Danal, Mr. Kim worked as an expatriate at Samsung Electronics in its Corporate Venture Capital and Business Development group in Korea. Prior to this, Mr. Kim worked in various capacities as a management consultant, where he consulted for both Fortune 500 and startup companies, and as an entrepreneur in the U.S. He was an Alumni Scholar at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he earned dual B.A. degrees with honors in Economics and Political Science, and he received his M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth as an Edward Tuck Scholar.

Maarten Noyons
Managing Director
IMGA
Maarten Noyons has been working in the media industry for 25 years. Throughout his career Maarten has been involved in innovation and bridging media. His first company, Question Mark Productions (London) pioneered in publishing musicvideos in 1981 with the first video magazine called Vidzine, later working for Czar films as Executive Producer he was one of the first to bring the musicvideo style to commercials. In 1997 Maarten launched Ibidlive, an interactive TV channel broadcasting "live auctions" in the US, the UK and the Netherlands. In 2004 Maarten started the successful International Mobile Gaming Awards. Next to running the 4th edition of the Awards, Maarten is a consultant to media groups, governments and Investors.

Parie Markowitz
Product Manager, Mobile Content
Wireless Nickelodeon
Parie Markowitz has spent the past several years helping media companies determine how to best communicate through the mobile device. With a BA in Journalism from Lehigh University and a Master's degree in Journalism from Northwestern University, Ms. Markowitz transitioned her career from freelance writing and editing to mobile marketing and creative at Enpocket. Most recently Ms. Markowitz has worked in marketing and project strategy at ESPN and is now product manager at Nickelodeon, MTV Kids and Family Group.

Sven Weber
Principa
Cipio Partners
Sven Weber brings more than 14 years of experience as an entrepreneur in mobile technologies, information and communication technologies, business development and Venture Capital. He currently is Principal at Cipio Partners, a leading Secondary Direct Investor and Chairman of Innovature Capital, an Advisory Firm for Start Ups and Corporate VC’s. He is currently in the Board of Verimatrix and observer to the Board of several other companies.

Until 2006, as Vice President of Siemens Acceleration, he was responsible for early stage wireless investments for Siemens Communications in the USA. Weber served on the Board of Directors of V-Enable, PhoneBites and was Chairman of Xingtone. He held the Co-Chair of the Telecom Group of the German American Business Association of California, is member of the VC-Angel Roundtable, member of the Tech-Coast Angels and is Board Member of the European American Angel Club.

Previously, Sven Weber was employed at Apollis AG, the early-stage wireless investment vehicle of General Atlantic Partners and McKinsey & Co., where he undertook various supervisory board functions and headed Apollis Media Services, a wireless content provider. Prior to Apollis AG, Sven Weber headed the Business Development Department at Vodafone Pilotentwicklung.

Sven Weber spent several years at Viag Interkom/O2 where he was one of the founders of an Internet Service Provider in Germany, which got acquired by Tiscali. As part of his early entrepreneurial experience by the age of 19, Sven Weber founded two media companies, a radio station and a news agency. Weber received a graduate degree in physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Michael Arrieta
Senior Vice President
Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing
As Senior Vice President of Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing, a division of Sony Pictures Digital, Michael Arrieta is responsible for extending Sony Pictures Entertainment properties into the digital marketplace through digital sales, licensing, distribution, marketing and integrated promotions.  In this role, Arrieta oversees online promotion via SonyPictures.com, mobile entertainment, and the digital sale of the studio’s film and television programming via emerging outlets worldwide.

Since he joined Sony Pictures in 1997, Arrieta has helped shape critical digital programs and has been a key driver in creating entirely new broadband business initiatives for emerging, newly empowered audiences.  His leadership in the mobile entertainment arena has helped place the company at the forefront of the emerging mobile market.  The division has developed an array of successful mobile entertainment offerings including games, ringtones, wallpaper, video products and other personalization products for such diverse properties as Spider-Man 2,  "Wheel of Fortune," "Jeopardy!," and "Team McLaren Mercedes".

Arrieta previously served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances, for Sony Pictures Digital and was responsible for the creation and execution of all sales, licensing, acquisition and distribution efforts of Sony Pictures Entertainment in the digital marketplace.

Prior to this, he served as Vice President of Operations and Co-General Manager of Sony Pictures' Broadband Content Group where he oversaw the strategic development and operations for Sony Screenblast and the company's creation of original programming for the broadband marketplace.

An online entertainment industry expert, Arrieta has been central in focusing Sony Pictures' corporate development efforts in both traditional and digital media.  He has helped identify and enable strategic opportunities for the company, including investments in important technology partners.

Prior to joining Sony Pictures Entertainment, Arrieta worked for 20th Century Fox and Morgan Creek Productions, and served as a strategic consultant in the Entertainment Group at Price Waterhouse.

Arrieta received his B.A. in economics and his M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.  He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Michael Bates
CEO
IQzone
Michael Bates is a 20-year veteran of the software industry. He has a long history of developing consumer-focused technology with a particular passion for mobile solutions. Michael is responsible for IQzone’s overall strategy including product development, financing and partnerships. He began collaborating with his long-term technology partners to develop IQzone in early 2006. Since then, the mobile camera phone and online classified advertising markets have exploded, creating optimal conditions to launch the service to consumers. Prior to IQzone, Michael spent a few years focusing on research and development in the biotech industry, at which time he also worked with non-profit organizations on medical research and fundraising. In 1999, Michael led the launch of IQorder, the first online shopping portal available via mobile devices. The company was acquired by InfoSpace in 2000. Prior to that, Michael researched and invested in emerging technologies that led to the successful launch of two companies, Software Marketing Corporation and AutoMap, which grew to combined annual sales exceeding $20 million. Software Marketing Corporation was sold to Softkey International (a division of Mattel), and Automap was sold to Microsoft. Afterwards, Michael accepted a two-year position as a Senior Publisher with Softkey. Prior to that, he joined PC Globe as Vice President of Sales and drove annual revenues to $8 million within the first year. Michael graduated from Arizona State University.

Bob Bilbruck
Vice President, Mobile Strategy
US Modular
A leading designer and manufacturer of personal memory, power and storage products, today introduced the latest addition to its executive team naming Bob Bilbruck as Vice President of Mobile Strategy. Bilbruck’s responsibilities include development of US Modular’s mobile strategy focused on providing consumers easy access to mobile content while providing media companies, brands and agencies with direct audience advertising opportunities.

Bilbruck, a seasoned emerging technology professional, has experience that stretches far into both the traditional technology and mobile industries, most recently through Newegg.com, where he led the business and emerging technology development for the company’s mobile strategy. During his tenure with US Modular, Bilbruck’s focus will center on generating new revenue streams through the convergence of the company’s broad product line, mass distribution and key strategic partnerships in an effort to enable consumers the desired easy access to mobilized content.

Todd Board
Senior Vice President
Ipsos Insight Technology & Communications
Todd has an extensive background in applied quantitative analysis, research via the Web, and cutting-edge online and technology environments. With 20 years of combined experience as a market researcher, database marketer and a marketing and business consultant, Todd is valued for his broad scope of knowledge and ability to guide clients in their pursuit of actionable, strategic recommendations. Within the technology industry, Todd is well known for his work on market segmentation, concept development, and product optimization.  Prior to joining the technology team at Ipsos Insight, Todd was instrumental in growing FGI Integrated Marketing to Inc. 500 status and beyond.  He was also a founding owner of Knowledgebase Marketing, a database marketing company now part of the WPP Group.  Todd holds an MMR (Master of Marketing Research) degree from the University of Georgia.

Anthony Borquez
VP, Online & Mobile Business Development
Konami
Anthony Borquez is responsible for identifying new business opportunities across multiple platforms, driving technology innovation and developing content strategy and digital distribution.  Currently, Anthony is developing a strategy to leverage Konami’s back catalog of products for the online market.  His team is also evaluating digital distribution models that would enable consumers to purchase online and mobile content from a variety of digital platforms.

Prior to joining Konami, Anthony was Founder and CEO of Blue Label Games, a Los Angeles-based online and mobile game developer acquired by Konami in 2006.  Before starting Blue Label, Anthony co-founded Spacient Technologies, an enterprise mobile workforce management company that was later acquired by Trimble, an industry leader in GPS technology.

Anthony began teaching at the University of Southern California in 1994, where he has designed multiple video game-related courses. He currently teaches classes in video game production, engineering, cinema, and business.  In 2003, he started an annual high school summer program in Video Game Design that attracts students nationwide.  Anthony received his undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees all from the University of Southern California.

Jon Michael Bukosky
Managing Partner
BFD.media.group
Jon has spent the past fifteen years as a strategic marketing and sales professional within the entertainment, media, & consumer brands industries.

Jon has a diverse background overseeing mobile infrastructure & distribution (games, ringtones, wallpapers & video), emerging technologies, and early-stage ventures. Mr. Bukosky’s experience spans from the start of the DOT.COM revolution in the early nineties through to the mobile technology industry. He has been involved at the senior executive level in 4 mobile start ups (Premium Wireless Services, MOVISO, WireJack & m-Qube) which have all been acquired with positive results.  Most recently, Jon was the V.P. of Content & GM Los Angels for m-Qube which was acquired for over $250 million by Verisign Inc in 2006.  Prior to his role at  m-Qube he was V.P. of Business Development for PWS/MOVISO which was acquired by Infospace in early 2000.  During the 90’s he was a partner at US Web/CKS (marchFIRST) where he was responsible for the Western Region.  His tenure there included 4 mergers/acquisitions and was apart of the executive team when USWeb went public on NASDAQ during the mid/late 90’s.

His experience includes founding and managing a profitable web streaming corporation working with some of the industries leading brands such as Harrah's Entertainment, Vivendi Universal (Music & Studio), ABC, NBC, CBS, EMI, Virgin, Mattel, BOOST Mobile, Virgin Canada, BELL, SONY (Music & Studio), Amp’d Mobile, Playboy, Univision, Qualcomm, Cingular, GAP, Clear Channel Broadcasting and SBC.

Jon continues to act as a Strategist, Consultant & Board Member for leading media and entertainment firms domestically and abroad through his consulting firm.  He is also actively engaged with leading organizations such as The Producers Guild of America (Mobile Advisory Board), Mobile Marketing Association (Mobile Video Committee) to sitting on the Wireless Advisory Board for the Government of Ireland.

Michael Carter
President & CEO
MyThum Interactive
Michael Carter is the President and CEO of MyThum Interactive, a leader in interactive mobile media. In his leadership role at MyThum, Michael draws on more than a decade of wireless, e-commerce, interactive entertainment and management consulting experience. With direct connections to all Canadian wireless operators and access to all major US carriers, MyThum enables brands and media companies to build relationships with more than 220 million consumers through their mobile phones. Since 2002, Michael and his team have launched hundreds of initiatives, many being the first of their kind in North America. MyThum powers the direct-to-consumer mobile content storefronts for Warner Music Canada, Universal Music Canada and Best Buy USA and interactive television solutions for broadcasters such as MuchMusic, MTV Canada, Global Television and Rogers Sportsnet. MyThum is also the mobile marketing partner for leading brands such as Molson, Nike, Nissan and Shoppers Drug Mart.

Erica Chriss
VP of Strategy and Business Development
Greystripe
Erica is responsible for the development and deployment of strategic partnerships, licensing, syndication and advertising programs. Prior to Greystripe, Erica was the VP of Business Development for LimeLife Inc. where she brought in notable partners and licenses like NBCUniversal, Time Inc., Bravo Television and others. Erica was also the Director of Business Development for Digital Chocolate where she acquired and managed external relationships including OEMs and technology partners. Before Digital Chocolate, she worked for Bain & Company with the Telecom and Technology Practice to identify strategic development priorities. She currently leads the Downloadable Working Group of the MMA's Ad Standards Committee.

Terrence Coles
Digital Advertising Competency Co-Lead
EMC
At Business Edge Solutions, Mr. Coles is the Digital Advertising Competency Co-Lead working to deliver interactive advertising and content technology solutions for Television, Internet and Mobile platforms, information and analytics to all constituencies in the communications, media and entertainment arena.  He brings over 15 years of negotiating and sales experience in film, television, music, advertising and e-commerce and over 10 years of interactive and digital production experience.

He has produced interactive television and interactive branded marketing concepts from VOD to IPTV to Mobile.  Prior to joining Business Edge, Mr Coles was EVP, Sales at NextMedium where he worked on development of the first marketplace solution for brand integration.  Also Mr. Coles worked with Pier 3 Entertainment representing a client roster including Volkswagen, Activision, Beck’s Beer, Fuji Film, Kraft Fruit2O, Skyy Vodka, Aveda, LL Bean, Fender Musical Instruments and many others for branded entertainment and product placement opportunities in television, film, music and video games.  From 1998 through 2001 he was SVP of Programming at video on demand pioneer Intertainer, Inc.

His responsibilities included contract negotiations with movie studios, cable networks, record labels and advertising agencies as well as overseeing all in-house production activities and day to day programming of the service. Mr Coles also led the content acquisition and production efforts at Intertainer producing over 50 projects ranging from interactive television programs to interactive advertising and e-commerce platforms and licensed over 1000 hours of content from feature films, documentaries and television shows to music videos. These projects have been produced for National Geographic, PBS, Discovery, Vivendi Universal Games, J Walter Thompson among others. He has held Sales and Marketing position for other media companies including Katz Communications’ Eastman Radio, Infinity Broadcasting’s  KROQ FM , America Online and Lycos.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.

Kyle Crawford
Director, Mobile Products
NeuStar Inc.
Kyle Crawford is Director of Wireless Products for Neustar, Inc., a Sterling, Virginia based Telecommunications Company specializing in neutrality-based interoperability infrastructure for the competitive telecom industry.  Kyle is responsible for Neustar’s Common Short Code (CSC) product initiatives and the CSC Adminstration (CSCA) which supports the U.S. Wireless Carrier’s nationwide registry of CSCs.

A graduate of Purdue University (B.S. Computer Science 1984), Kyle began his wireless career at PacTel Cellular from 1986 to 1990, now a part of Verizon Wireless.  He has played significant roles in the development of the wireless industry including Engineering, Technology Development, IT and Product Marketing.  Kyle was a part of the early carrier technology development teams at Nextel Commnications and Telus Mobility, in Toronto, developing mobile enhanced services - including SMS and OSS systems from 1992 to 2002.

Kyle is a member of the Mobile Marketing Association’s (MMA) common short code, participation TV and academic outreach committees and is Neustar’s CSC product liason with the CTIA and U.S. Carrier Working Group.  His role at Neustar, Inc. includes the promotion and support of the CSC “Value Chain” including:  large brands, agencies, content providers, connection aggregators, and application providers.

Brent Friedman
Creator, Writer, Producer
Afterworld
Brent Friedman co-created the ground-breaking AFTERWORLD and is now working as a head writer and producer on the project. Friedman’s last assignments include “No Honor”*, a comic book adaptation for Gale Anne Hurd and Showtime, in addition to “Soul Patrol”*, a supernatural comedy feature rewrite for Rob Minkoff and Revolution Studios. Currently in production and scheduled for release in November 2007 is “Foodfight!”*, a computer-animated feature comedy for Threshold Digital and Lion’s Gate Entertainment.

Current projects include “Godzilla 3-D!”, an original 3-D Imax project, on which Friedman is serving as creative consultant, and “Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars”, a sci-fi/action videogame written by Friedman and just released for Electronic Arts.

Avi Greengart
Principal Analyst, Mobile Devices
Current Analysis
Avi Greengart joined Current Analysis in 2004 as the Principal Analyst for Mobile Devices. Greengart is responsible for the Mobile Devices team including CurrentCOMPETE (market, company, event, and device competitive analysis) and Wireless Tracking (pricing, promotions, availability, and device feature data and analysis) content.  Greengart and the Mobile Devices staff issue analysis and provide competitive intelligence across the device spectrum; cell phones have become a converged platform for messaging, computing, and consumer electronics.  Mobile Devices event and advisory reports extend to devices and initiatives that impact the mobile device landscape as a whole, including fashionphones, MP3 players, PDAs and micro-notebooks, digital cameras, portable game devices, removable memory formats, and major chipset developments.

Prior to Current Analysis, Greengart was a Senior Analyst at JupiterResearch. As the lead wireless analyst, Greengart was responsible for covering wireless handsets, technologies, and applications. He was also responsible for related consumer technologies such as PC peripherals and consumer electronics; while at JupiterResearch, Greengart launched the industry’s first Home Theater research service.

Greengart has also served as a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Intel for SMB telephony products, and as Director of Marketing for Flash Creative Management, a boutique database consultancy.

Hans Hanspal
EMC
Harinderpal (Hans) Hanspal is currently a member of EMC Corporation's Global Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment (TME) initiatives group. The group is responsible for defining EMC's strategy and solutions for the TME segment. Mr Hanspal's area of focus within the group is the global Telecommunications market.

Mr Hanspal has been in the IT industry for over 18 years, with the past 11 years focused exclusively on the telecommunications industry. Prior to EMC, Mr Hanspal was an early team member of Metapath Corporation, a provider of mobile OSS and BSS software solutions. Metapath was subsequently purchased by Marconi. Mr Hanspal has also held various positions at Sequent Computer Systems and Amdahl Corporation. His roles have spanned business strategy, sales & marketing, engineering, professional services and partner management. Mr Hanspal has extensive international experience and has worked with some of the largest telecommunications service providers around the world.

William J. Hoffman
CEO
NeoMedia Technologies
Prior to joining NeoMedia, Mr. Hoffman served as CEO of Uniqua Technologies, Inc. in Atlanta, a company he co-founded in 2003 with the acquisition of the assets of TIC Enterprises, LLC, and the merger of Vectorlink Communications Corporation. TIC was a $100 million subsidiary of NUI Corporation (NYSE: NUI), and TIC (now Technology Solutions Corp) is a national leader in sales and marketing of wireless telecom products and services. There, he was responsible for driving revenue growth of 1,140% in 18 months.

Previously, as the CEO and a director of mBlox, Inc, the world’s largest mobile transaction network, Mr. Hoffman served in London, Atlanta and Sunnyvale, CA. There he focused on reorganizing, restructuring, and then rapidly growing the business to over 180 countries. His responsibilities included capital structure, Board, organization, strategy, and execution of the firm’s business plan. He was instrumental in developing partnerships with more than 500 wireless operators around the globe including Vodafone®, T-Mobile®, Verizon® and Cingular®, and achieving a $75 million annual run-rate in 18 months time for the world’s largest provider of messaging infrastructure.

Mr. Hoffman, who has served as president, CEO and COO for several other telecommunications companies, also spent 8 years with Sprint managing Sprint’s business services throughout the state of Florida. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Auburn University, which he attended on a special U.S. Army scholarship. Mr. Hoffman served in the U.S. Army from 1983-87, attaining the rank of Captain.

Ryan Hughes
Vice President of Digital Media
Verizon
Ryan Hughes was named vice president, Broadband and Wireless Content and Programming for Verizon in February 2007.  In this role, he leads a team that is responsible for sourcing and delivering content across Verizon’s multimedia platforms.

Hughes joined Verizon Wireless in 2005 as director for Wireless Content and Programming with responsibility for working with content providers for wireless applications including V CAST Video and V CAST Music, Mobile Web, location based services and games, among others.

Prior to joining Verizon, Hughes spent five years at the National Hockey League running New Media Business Development.  At the NHL, he was responsible for bringing the league’s content to all new media platforms such as interactive TV, wireless and Internet. 

Other experience includes time at SportsCapsule, Inc., an online sports highlight company, and founding Members First, an affinity marketing company that offered group discounts to alumni associations and charity groups in Canada for services including cell phones, home and auto insurance, extended health and dental care and more.

Hughes has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Cornell University.  He was drafted into the NHL in the second round, and played four years of professional minor league hockey before beginning his business career.

Roy Isacowitz
Marketing Director, IP and Mobile TV
NDS
Roy Isacowitz is responsible for Mobile TV marketing at NDS. Prior to mobile, he spent seven years doing global business development for the company's IP-based products, with regional responsibility for the Americas and China.  Before joining NDS, Roy spent over 20 years in editorial and management positions in the media industry.

Debra Kaufman
Editor
Mobi-lize
Debra Kaufman is editor of Mobi-lize, a bi-monthly online newsletter about business, technology and content for the mobile platform. She has been a freelance journalist in the entertainment field for 20 years. With a specialty in covering new and emerging media-starting with the Avid nonlinear editor in 1989-she writes for The Hollywood Reporter, Television Week, Film & Video, Editor's Guild magazine and many other publications.

Dr. Muzibul Khan
Vice President, Product Management, Engineering, Wireless Terminals Division
Samsung
Dr. Muzibul Khan is vice president of product management and engineering for the wireless terminals division of Samsung Telecommunications America. As Samsung's lead engineer and product planner, Dr. Khan works closely with carriers and technology partners to define and develop innovative handsets with intuitive features that complement carriers' service offerings and are easy for consumers to use.

Before joining Samsung, Dr. Khan was with Lucent Technologies/Philips Consumer Communications for six years. He served as technical manager responsible for Systems Engineering, Standards and Regulatory Compliance for wireless terminals and infrastructure products. Prior to this position, Dr. Khan was an associate professor of electrical engineering at Lakehead University, Canada.

Dr. Khan obtained his doctorate degree from Concordia University in Adaptive Error Control Coding for Satellite communications. He has authored more than 30 technical publications and received two patents with several patents pending. Dr. Khan received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Electrical Communications Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Peter Laurin
VP Multimedia, System Integration and Hosting, Market Unit North America
Ericsson
Peter Laurin has been with Ericsson since 2001. He has held the position as VP of Multimedia, System Integration and Hosting for North America since November, 2006. Prior to this assignment in the US, Peter Laurin, was globally P&L responsible for Managed Services Hosting, based with Business Unit Global Services in Stockholm.
Peter began his career as strategy consultant, working for the management consultancy firm Arthur D. Little, focusing on the telecom industry. He then co-founded a start-up company, Mediatude Ltd, with focus on mobile Internet, that was acquired by Ericsson in 2001 and brought into Ericsson Business Innovation.

Peter has a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree from Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law. The business studies also included 6 months at the MBA program at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Michele Law
Principal
Greylock
Michele Law joined Greylock as an Associate in the fall of 2000 and was promoted to Principal in 2003. Her primary areas of investment focus are mobile applications and services, consumer technologies and systems and she is an observer on the boards of Oodle, Glimpse, Symphoniq and Seven Networks. Prior to Greylock, Michele was a lead hardware engineer at Sun Microsystems specializing in the design and development of RF and digital board products for Sun's workstation and graphic product lines and was co-inventor on two technical patents. While at Sun, she also held program management and product marketing roles. In addition, Michele was an analog chip designer at IBM and an associate at the investment bank Robertson Stephens where she executed IPO transactions in the eBusiness and Internet infrastructure technology space. Michele holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Tom Lee
Senior Manager, New Product Development
U.S. Cellular
Tom leads the marketing, development and launch of new products spanning mobile music, content storefronts, and messaging platforms for U.S. Cellular. He previously served in business development and product strategy roles leading initiatives involving partners such as Qualcomm, AOL, Motorola, MobiTV, mSpot, and Kodak. He was formerly the CTO of Enorbus Technologies, a Beijing-based mobile entertainment company that was recently purchased by Disney.

Arto Lehtonen
CEO
OpenBit
Mr. Arto Lehtonen has headed the company as CEO since 2002. He has received M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (1990) and completed post graduate thesis in International Marketing (1993) in Tampere University of Technology. In 1989-2002, Arto Lehtonen was with Nokia, in various product management positions responsible for smart handheld devices targeted for business, imaging and entertainment use. He has authored 20 patents related to wireless technologies, digital rights management and image processing.

Steve Livingston
Chief Marketing Officer
mBlox
Steve Livingston is the chief marketing officer for mBlox and is responsible for driving mBlox’s position as global mobile industry leader. Livingston is charged with developing mBlox’s market leadership in the U.S., Europe and Southeast Asia, and enhances the company’s visibility in meeting the growing needs of mobile businesses worldwide.

Livingston has more than 25 years of marketing experience having held senior level positions with Bytemobile, Inc., AT&T Wireless, Cellular One and IBM.

While with Bytemobile, Livingston held the position of executive vice president of worldwide marketing, sales, business development and customer operations where he to helped build the company into the world’s leading provider of data optimization solutions for mobile networks.

Livingston holds a B.S. degree in business from the University of California, Berkeley.

Harri Myllylä
Vice President - Business Development
Openbit Ltd
Harri Myllylä is a wireless and telecommunication industry executive with extensive global experience in start-up and growth company environments. His area of expertise includes mobile payments, DRM, wireless software applications and mobile entertainment. Harri is experienced and well networked within mobile operator, application developer, phone distributor and handset manufacturer communities. He has managed and led deployment of operations in multiple European countries and in North America. Harri has been a frequent speaker at various public events.

Conleth O'Connell
CTO
Vignette Corporation
Conleth O'Connell, Ph. D is chief technology officer at Vignette Corporation. Dr. O'Connell is responsible for driving new technology and innovation within the company. Dr. O'Connell joined Vignette in 1996 as one of the company's first engineers and helped develop Vignette's initial product offering.
Prior to becoming CTO, Dr. O’Connell held multiple engineering and architect roles and influenced the company's support for open standards by participating in various standards committees including W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), OASIS, and WS-I (Web Services Interoperability).

Dr. O'Connell joined Vignette from HaL Computer Systems where he led product development efforts and participated in the Davenport Group, a consortium that created an SGML distribution format for online documents called the DocBook DTD. Prior to that, Dr. O'Connell spent time as a director of an Industrial Consortium, where he supervised graduate students who produced an integrated software architecture and later co-authored a book on the architectural design of the project.

Dr. O'Connell was recently honored as a Distinguished Alumni by Ohio State University where he holds a master's degree and Ph. D in computer information systems. Dr. O’Connell holds a patent for innovation in content management and delivery, with several more pending.

Jeff Oscodar
CEO
Handheld Entertainment
Jeff Oscodar, President and Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Oscodar has been director, president and chief executive officer of HandHeld Entertainment since November 2004. Prior to joining HandHeld Entertainment, Oscodar founded and ran Rule 168 Advisors from July 1999 to November 2004, a consulting firm focused on the commercialization of new technology. At Rule 168, he advised Raytheon on how to turn defense industry applications into valuable commercial operations. Previously, he co-founded InfoGear Technology Corporation, which produced the first Web-enabled telephone and was sold to Cisco Systems in March 2000 for $301 million. While at InfoGear, Oscodar developed content partnerships with companies such as Amazon.com, eToys, Time Inc., USA Today and Yahoo!, among others.

Chris Petrovic
Vice President, Digital Media
Playboy
Mr. Petrovic is a new media veteran, having started his career in the Internet marketplace in the late 90’s. He has held executive management positions in a variety of corporate settings, from start-ups to publicly traded companies to venture capital firms. Petrovic currently serves as Vice President of Business Development, Digital Media for Playboy Entertainment Group. In this role, he is responsible for business development initiatives all divisions of the Entertainment Group including Playboy Mobile, Playboy Online and Playboy TV. Before joining Playboy, Mr. Petrovic served as Vice President of Business Development for AG Interactive, the new media division of American Greetings. Petrovic oversaw all business development efforts across all three of the division’s business units – mobile (both domestic and international), Internet and instant messenger.

Petrovic joined AG Interactive from theglobe.com, where he served as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development and was responsible for developing and growing the company’s consumer VoIP offering (Voiceglo) as well as its print media business (Computer Games Magazine). Petrovic is a graduate of Columbia University in New York and holds a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. He began his new media career as CEO of BannerGreetings.com, an Internet start-up, and from there went on to become COO and General Counsel of Buzztone, a leading viral marketing agency, before joining the venture capital firm Prime Ventures as their VP of Business and Legal Affairs, managing the business development and legal operations of its portfolio companies, including most notably drkoop.com. Petrovic is based in Playboy’s Los Angeles office.

Alexander Pigeon
VP, International
MLB Advanced Media, LP
As Vice President of International for the interactive and wireless company of Major League Baseball, MLB Advanced Media, LP (“MLBAM”), Alex Pigeon is responsible for managing the international negotiation, distribution, and licensing of Major League Baseball’s wireless, Internet, gaming, and interactive rights, in addition to managing international strategic business relationships and international sponsorship and advertising agreements.  Pigeon has led Major League Baseball’s international business development initiatives in APAC (with specific emphasis on Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan), Europe, and Latin America.  Pigeon is based in San Diego, Calif., and MLBAM’s headquarters are located in New York City, NY. 

An 11-year veteran in the technology field, with an emphasis on communications and interactive media, Pigeon worked at Fujitsu Limited in Yokohama, Japan, for three years as a business development associate in Fujitsu’s software development, international marketing, and strategic planning divisions.  Prior to joining MLB, Pigeon was a business development manager at Outpost.com, where he focused on domestic and international business development and strategic acquisitions.

An entrepreneur, Pigeon and a business partner – while living and working in Japan – started and sold their internet company, ebooknet.com, to Nuvomedia, which was acquired by Gemstar TV Guide International.

Pigeon holds a B.A. in Language and International Trade from Clemson University.

Gerard Power
Sr Director Strategic Marketing
Alcatel-Lucent US
Jerry is Director of North American Strategic Marketing for Alcatel-Lucent.  His efforts in mobile market research have helped shaped Alcatel-Lucent’s evolution from a technology-based development company to a market-driven enterprise that works with customers to solve current and emerging problems.  An Alcatel-Lucent employee for 20 years, he has been active in the areas of mobility, optics, IP and data networking, access systems, and network management.  Recent areas of emphasis include IP multimedia systems, video, and fixed/mobile convergence.  He is also chair of the Mobile Digital TV Alliance Technical Marketing Working Group.  Jerry received his MsSc in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University in 1982 and has been active in development, product management, and telecommunications marketing ever since.

Alcatel-Lucent has a large global product and service capability that spans both mobile and fixed carrier domains, even reaching into private enterprise spheres.  A key component in Alcatel-Lucent’s growth strategy is its ability to leverage global experiences into localized markets.

Mark Renshaw
Digital Strategist,
Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide
Mark transferred in May 2006 to Arc Worldwide’s Chicago office from Singapore, where he directed Arc’s digital marketing efforts across Asia-Pacific. As SVP of one-to-one marketing solutions in the US, he will oversee teams in Chicago, New York and San Francisco as they respond to clients’ increasing needs for digital marketing solutions. Mark has worked in integrated marketing for the last 13 years with a major focus on how to use technology to engage customers and drive business transactions. He has spent most of his time integrating new channels and marketing programs into clients’ communication plans and overall businesses. While working for Arc in Singapore from 2003 to 2006, he launched integrated campaigns for clients such as General Motors, McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble, Diageo, HP, SingTel, Malaysia Airlines, and Tiger Beer. Previously he was with Leo Burnett/Arc in Sydney where he started the interactive team.

Tammy Robinson
Manager, Games
Verizon Wireless
Bio Coming Soon.

Michael Romero
Director, Global Retail Marketing & Business Development
Sandisk
Bio Coming Soon.

John Rosso
SVP
Citadel Interactive
John Rosso is Senior Vice President, Citadel Interactive.  As head of the newest division of Citadel Broadcasting, he oversees all of the company’s digital initiatives including the current platform of nearly 300 local and national websites and over 200 streaming stations.

Prior to his current role, Rosso served as Senior Vice President, Affiliate Relations and Digital Media for ABC Radio Networks, a position to which he was promoted in September 2006. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Affiliate Relations and Business Administration from January 2001 to August 2006, and as Vice President, Affiliate Relations from April 1999 to December 2000. Rosso joined ABC Radio Networks in July 1995 as General Manager, Operations and was promoted to Vice President, Operations in November 1997.

Rosso has led the creation of agreements with wireless carriers and content aggregators resulting in placement of ABC Radio content on the Sprint, Nextel, Blackberry, M-Spot, and MobiTV networks.   He was responsible for all digital content creation and distribution including web sites, streaming media, and podcasts.  He also directed licensing and distribution activities for ABC Radio Networks general market products and services including marquee programming such as ABC  News Radio, Paul Harvey News & Comment, The Sean Hannity Show, American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, America’s Most Wanted, Jack-FM, 24-hour digital music formats, show prep and imaging services and Station Monitor, the industry’s most comprehensive airplay monitoring service.

Bill Sanders
VP Mobile Networks
Sony Pictures Television International
As Vice President of Mobile Networks Programming and Digital Product Development for Sony Pictures Television International, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Bill Sanders oversees the creation of film- and video-related programming and applications for the global mobile marketplace outside the United States. Most recently, Sanders served as President of Pervasive Media where he consulted businesses focused on entertainment content for mobile devices; in particular, video for cell phones. Prior to that position, Sanders was Senior Vice President for Big Ticket Television, a Paramount/Viacom company, where he oversaw all current network and syndicated programming and spearheaded Big Ticket's entry into enhanced television.

Paul Scanlan
President, Co-Founder
MobiTV
Paul Scanlan is a President and Co-Founder of MobiTV, Inc.  In this role, Scanlan manages all aspects of the company’s sales, marketing and partnering efforts.  Scanlan has been intimately involved in defining and evolving the company’s business plan, and its partnering and corporate strategies. 

Scanlan has driven the launch of MobiTV on three of the nations’ leading cellular carrier networks, and has helped secure MobiTV’s current line-up of over 25 well-known channels through negotiations with some of the nations’ largest television content providers.  Additionally, Scanlan manages the company’s International efforts and operations where he has played a key role in generating the initial momentum and hiring the teams to run the new MobiTV offices around the world.

Previously, Scanlan was Managing Partner and Executive Vice President with Enterprise IG, where he managed the company’s technology consulting practice and was instrumental in successfully expanding and growing the business. Prior to Enterprise IG, Scanlan cofounded a successful advertising agency in Chicago, and prior to that he worked in telecommunications sales at Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T). Scanlan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Wisconsin.vision.

Victor Siegel
CEO & President
Blue Frog
A successful entrepreneur and recognized leader in the music, wireless/broadband and cable television industries., Victor Siegel recently joined Blue Frog Media from MPP Ventures LLC, a strategic consulting/advisory firm focused on the digital music and media technology sectors. At MPP, Siegel worked with an array of wireless and digital media companies across the US, Europe and Asia, including such companies as Puretracks,. SpinVox, and N-Visio the first mobile first interactive television provider in China and South East Asia.  Siegel was responsible for providing strategic consultation to a variety of digital media clients and successfully secured funding for several Asia-based, EU and North American enterprises entering the media/technology marketplace.

Prior to launching MPP Ventures, Siegel served as president and chief executive officer of HelloNetwork.com, a pioneering firm in wireless video-streaming services with global operations. Prior to HelloNetwork.com, Siegel spearheaded mergers and acquisitions for the emerging cable television group and digital content for Lagardere Active North America, the digital/new media arm of Lagardere SA.

Siegel has held a number of high-level executive positions at leading organizations, including: vice president of marketing, branding and strategic planning at USA Networks, Latin America/Brazil; vice president of strategic planning and business development at Wunderman Cato Johnson, Latihan America; and vice president business development at Equity Managements Inc..

Rick Sizemore
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy & Development Officer
MultiMedia Intelligence
Founder and co-developer of MultiMedia Intelligence Former President and Founder of business strategy and consulting company, TRIMM (Total Research in MultiMedia) Director of Marketing and Business Development, STMicroelectronics, Worked for President and CEO.

Managed Global Staff and Developed STMs World Wide eMarketing and eBusiness Strategy Founder, In-Stat Multimedia Research. Rick has over 25 years developing, defining and validating, businesses, markets, products and strategies, in multimedia and the high technology industry from: semiconductors to state-of-the-art interactive IP based advertisement solutions and business models. 

Paul D Smith
CEO and Founder
mPulse Media
Paul D Smith is CEO and founder of mPulse Media. Previously, Paul co-founded and then sold bSource Inc. to Computer Associates in 2000. Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune and Forbes were their clients. Earlier, Mr. Smith was Director of Technology at Red Sky Interactive, a premier web media firm owned by Omnicom.

Rolf Schmitz
VP Business Development - Mobile, PC
Internet Coding Technologies
Rolf Schmitz joined Coding Technologies in April 2006 and leads the company’s business development effort for Mobile, PC and Internet markets. Schmitz’s primary focus is to create an eco-system for the company’s aacPlus coding standard.

Prior to joining Coding Technologies, Schmitz was a management consultant and contributed to the development of mobile data services in Europe and acted as a senior strategic technology marketing manager.

Schmitz has an engineering background and moved to the UK in 1996, where he earned an MBA from Manchester Business School. After graduating, Schmitz consulted for such companies such as Orange, Vodafone, Microsoft and Deutsche Telecom and worked for IBM and Roland Berger & Partners. In 2002, Schmitz returned to Germany to work for O2 as the head of their strategy unit and started his own consulting firm Contribution Partners in 2004.

Angela Steele
VP, Global Account Director
Starcom USA
Angela Steele is charged with the dual role of strategy and activation director for Starcom USA—a full service media agency that engages the right brand messages with the right people in the right place. And though very challenging, it has become an educational advantage that has pushed her forward in both roles. The activation side allows her keep up with best practices, tools and resources needed to measure accountability in evolving media landscapes. The strategy side gives her perspective on the client, the goals they want to achieve and how to turn those goals into actionable media plans. Together, they allow her to unequivocally reach her clients’ consumers and substantiate these consumers’ connection with measured results.

As Starcom’s mobile expert, Steele is a valuable asset to Starcom and its clients who look to reach a growing mobile consumer population. She leads the development of Starcom’s agency standards, communication strategies and best practices in the mobile advertising space in her role as mobile activation director. Furthermore, she helped create tools for internal agency client teams to plan, assess, develop, implement and measure sound mobile programs. She has been essential to the agency’s mobile knowledge and to developing mobile programs for the agencies most active mobile clients such as Sara Lee, Nintendo, United Airlines, Allstate and Miller Lite.

In her role as strategy director, Steele helped Nintendo successfully launch their new Wii gaming console by reaching out beyond the brand’s traditional core gamer audience and creating product interest for an expanded audience of non-gamers. This included the orchestration of 10 integrated custom cross-media programs at launch with partners such as Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon, ABC properties, AOL, Yahoo! and more. Also adding to the success of the launch, Steele leveraged emerging media such as TiVo’s showcase; social networking sites including MySpace and Xanga; and broadband and video on demand. Nintendo’s Wii launch was a smashing success, selling out its first two full quarters after launch.

Prior to her current position, Steel was an associate director on the global Oracle account where she helped develop 10 media “firsts” in the US and another 10 globally within the first 6 months of the agency winning the account. Her client was quoted as saying, “Starcom has changed the way Oracle does marketing.”

Steele earned her Bachelor’s of Business Administration in advertising and marketing from Northwood University and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. She is a Michigan native but currently resides in Chicago with her husband Matthew.

Jeffrey L. Straughn
Vice President, Strategic Marketing
Island, Def Jam
Jeff Straughn has been appointed Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Island Def Jam Music Group.  In his new role, Mr. Straughn will be responsible for building long term integrated strategic partnership programs between Island Def Jam and its respective artists, with corporate America and their respective brands, where partnerships are formed in which both entities share assets to meet mutually beneficial marketing goals.  Mr. Straughn has spent nine years as Vice President of Music & Entertainment, Octagon Sports and Entertainment (a member of Interpublic group).

Neil Strother
Analyst
JupiterResearch
As an analyst with JupiterResearch, Neil Strother focuses on mobile marketing and media, providing valuable strategic and tactical guidance to clients engaged in mobile advertising campaigns. His extensive experience in wireless research - both the technological trends and consumer behavior - helps these companies target mobile consumers with relevant content and appropriate promotional messages.

Strother is quoted often regarding the latest mobile trends and devices in leading industry trade publications and mainstream news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The Economist, USA Today, BusinessWeek online, Forbes, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, and San Francisco Chronicle.

Strother joined JupiterResearch in February 2007. Prior to joining JupiterResearch, he worked as research director for mobile devices, content and services for NPD Group, a provider of consumer market research. Before that, he was a principal analyst at research firm In-Stat, where he covered the global market for mobile phones and related devices. Prior to that, he was the managing editor of the well-known technology site, ZDNet AnchorDesk, and was a successful publisher of a niche publication.
Strother holds an M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Whitman College. He lives in Kirkland, Wash, with his wife and children.

Michael Temkin
CTO & SVP
Product Development Hands-On Mobile
Michael runs Hands-On's technology and product development groups.  Prior to joining Hands-On, Michael worked for Yahoo! where he was responsible for the Yahoo! Mobile platform and product engineering group. Before Yahoo!, Michael managed Earthlink's portal platform group, which was responsible for building the mobile platform and products, in addition to the infrastructure for cross-platform personalization, content and single-sign-on.  Michael also managed the Excite Mobile team, which was responsible for building a suite of products that integrated with Excite@Home's desktop and set-top content.  Michael has an AB in Physics from Harvard.

Daniel Tibbets
Studio Chief
GoTV Networks
Daniel Tibbets brings substantial traditional and new media experience in the entertainment field to GoTV Networks. Prior to joining GoTV, he spent 16 years at the vortex of the entertainment industry and has held several senior executive roles in production and development for companies such as CBS Enterprises, Fireworks Television, Inc., Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment, and Twentieth Television.

At Twentieth Television, Tibbets ran FOXLAB, Inc. where he co-created and developed the first ever original content mobisodes, “Love and Hate” and “Sunset Hotel,” which launched in February 2005. Tibbets also developed the first convergence program to air on broadcast television at FOXLAB and is credited with the development and sale of the HBO series “ROME” from his work at Papazian-Hirsch. Tibbets graduated from Arizona State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with an emphasis in International marketing and business.

Daren Tsui
Chief Executive Officer
mSpot
Daren is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of mSpot, a pioneer in mobile multimedia entertainment. He founded the company in 2004 with the goal of helping movie studios, music labels and media corporations produce and deliver exciting, high-quality audio and video programming for mobile phones. Since its introduction to the market, mSpot has launched four services ranging from radio, music, sports and was the first mobile entertainment service to stream full-length feature films to mobile phones. Prior to founding mSpot, Mr. Tsui was the Vice President of Business Development at Enpocket, a global mobile media company providing integrated entertainment and marketing services.

Paul Whitaker
Games Manager, North America
Nokia
Paul Whitaker is the Games Manager for North America, a member of Nokia’s Games Management team and part of Nokia’s North American Multimedia group. He is based in San Francisco and focuses on channel development and sales.

In 2003 he joined Nokia¹s North American games team and assisted in the launch of the N-Gage and N-gage QD. Prior to his work at Nokia, Paul worked with several dot com startups.  His most recent position before joining Nokia was with AnywhereYouGo.com, where he secured content for the site from partner sites and syndication feed services.

Before joining AnywhereYouGo.com, Paul worked with People Design Technology, where he performed User Interface Design research and consulting services.