Mobile Strategies
No aspect of the web is transforming as quickly as the mobile space with 40% of Web site operators now having launched dedicated mobile sites and another 22% planning to do so in the next year. From the growth of the smart phone, availability of high speed networks and geo specific marketing, mobile web presents huge opportunities. Panelists will discuss how to take full of advantage of the mobile space…from making your content mobile friendly, to fully integrating your mobile strategy to the rest of your online plan, to going after that killer app.
 Andrew Lacy
COO, Tapulous
Andrew serves as COO of Tapulous, the iphone application developer responsible for such apps as Tap Tap Revenge, Twinkle, Fortune and Collage. Andrew possesses experience building several internet and enterprise startups in Australia, India and the US in internet and bioscience areas with his current interests surrounding consumer social applications.
 Sam Matheny
General Manager, News Over Wireless
Sam Matheny is General Manager of News Over Wireless, which is part of CBC New Media Group, LLC. Sam's focus is on strategic media applications, where he is currently engaged with mobile wireless content delivery. News Over Wireless works with broadcasters and wireless phone carriers to provide news and information on mobile phones through video channels, downloadable applications, mobile web sites and SMS. News Over Wireless is partnered with 139 television stations reaching approximately 90 million US television households and has on-deck relationships with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and other national and regional carriers.
 Douglas W. Miller
President & CEO, Evryx Technologies Inc.
As President & CEO, Douglas oversees Evryx Technologies, the global leader in mobile search with brands in the U.S. (LinkMe Mobile), UK (SnapNow), Japan (ShaLink) and China (Evryx China). Founded in 2001 by scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Evryx uses its patented image recognition technology to transform mobile phones into extraordinary Discovery DevicesTM. Simply by taking a photo of the product they see, consumers link to brands and receive instant information – from comparing prices on products, to making purchases directly through their mobile phones. With five issued patents, and 29 pending globally, Evryx is the only company to combine visual, voice, and audio recognition technology. Currently, through its U.S. brand LinkMe Mobile, Evryx's patented image recognition technology powers the visual search component of the wildly successful Barnes & Noble Bookstore app for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch, rocketing toward one million downloads in the three short months since its release.
 Barg Upender
CEO, Co-founder; Mobomo
Barg is the CEO & co-founder of Mobomo, a leading mobile application development company focused on developing applications for smart phones in the consumer and enterprise markets. Mobomo has deep expertise in Apple iPhone, Google Andoroid, Palm Pre, RIM Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian OS. Barg is a serial entrepreneur and technologist with 20 years of experience in commercial software product development. Barg was founding partner of web development firm Intridea and he founded and sold Concentric Methods, a biomedical software development company.
 Jud Bowman (Moderator)
President & CEO, PocketGear, Inc.
Co-founder & former CTO, Motricity, Inc.
Jud is the President & CEO of PocketGear, and led the acquisition of PocketGear from Motricity in June 2008. Prior to PocketGear, Jud co-founded Motricity in September 1999 and was instrumental in raising $400 million of venture capital and growing Motricity to more than $100 million in annual revenues and 500 employees globally. As Motricity's Chief Technology Officer, Jud was the chief architect of one of the industry's leading mobile content delivery platforms that delivers more than $1 billion of content to mobile phones per year and was named the 2006 Best Service Delivery Platform by the GSM Association, Best Content Service Delivery Platform by Mobile Entertainment magazine and honored by Frost & Sullivan as the Premium Mobile Content Platform of the Year in 2005.
Jud has been named as one of the world's "Top 100 Young Innovators" by MIT's Technology Review and one of "Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs" by BusinessWeek in 2007. He was also recognized as a winner of the Carolinas' Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in 2001. |
