Speakers

Keynote Speakers
	Scott Kerfoot Senior Director of Technology Evangelism, West Region, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corporation A veteran of Software and Information Technology since 1983, Scott Kerfoot has worked at Microsoft Corporation since November 2000. Since February of 2010 Scott has been the Senior Director of Technology Evangelism in Microsoft's US Developer and Platform Evangelism organization. He manages the team of Evangelists responsible for the adoption and satisfaction of Microsoft technologies amounts developers, IT Pro's, Students and Faculty in the western USA. Scott and his team enable customers and partners through social media and in-person evangelism. Prior to his role as Senior Director of Technology Evangelism, he worked as the regional Director of Strategy and as a Principal Architect Evangelist, communicating the value, technologies and architecture of the Microsoft Platform to key customers in Southern California. For the 17 years prior to joining Microsoft, Scott owned and operated a successful Software and Consulting business based in Southern California.
	Wayne Ward Vice President, Emerging Solutions, Sprint Nextel Wayne Ward is Vice President of Emerging Solutions for Sprint Nextel. Ward was named to lead the company’s newly formed Emerging Solutions unit in October 2009, with responsibility for developing M2M (machine-to-machine) and mobile computing solutions. The Emerging Solutions unit combines the network, systems and open-device expertise of Sprint Nextel and its strategic partners to deliver innovative integrated product applications to the business and consumer markets. As part of Sprint’s Integrated Solutions Group, Ward’s organization plays a lead role in the creation of a broad range of solutions for B2B and B2C customers and partners, including “infotainment “ (such as e-readers and netbooks), asset tracking, fleet management, telematics, smart grid and telemedicine initiatives, to name a few.
Additional Speakers
	Anshu Agarwal Vice President, Marketing, Keynote Systems, Inc. Anshu Agarwal is vice president of marketing at Keynote Systems whose products and services help companies improve the online experience in four areas: Web performance, mobile quality, streaming & VoIP, and online usability testing. Anshu is responsible for Keynote’s corporate marketing, product marketing and public relations. He has been involved with developing and leading marketing and public relations in companies ranging from HP to Shutterfly. Anshu holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business.
	Peter Barker SVP, Engineering, Good Technology Peter leads Engineering and R&D at Good Technology, bringing more than 20 years of operations and IT management experience to the company. He joined Good Technology in January 2006 and was General Manager leading to the acquisition by Visto. Prior to leading the Engineering team, Peter headed worldwide operations teams in the areas of NOC and IT operations, technical support, business process engineering, order to cash, and customer service. Prior to joining Good, Peter was VP of Systems Development for FedEx Office responsible for real-time systems supporting over 1,300 retail locations generating hundreds of millions of transactions annually, and all systems supporting the corporate back office and data warehouse. During his nine years with FedEx Office, Peter served as VP overseeing a variety of IT functions, including network and system engineering, data center operations, database administration, quality assurance, and technical support. Peter also spent eight years at Fluid Kinetics, an industrial manufacturing division of IMI Corporation, where he managed the MIS department responsible for automating manufacturing utilizing CAD/CAM, mechanical engineering design of the company's products, and all back-office functions. Notably, he developed a proprietary product sizing algorithm which enabled significant market share capture and margin growth by streamlining the design of complex products. Peter has a B.A. in Business Administration from Washington State University, where he graduated summa cum laude.
	Adam Blum CEO, Rhomobile Adam Blum is CEO of Rhomobile. Formerly the Vice President of Engineering at Mobio Networks, Mr. Blum led the high caliber engineering team in Silicon Valley and India. Previously, he was the Senior Director of Engineering at Good Technology, where he led the Server Engineering efforts including the development of GoodAccess the first offline and asynchronous oriented web browser for mobile devices and winner of Palm's Best Enterprise Application award. Prior to Good, Mr. Blum was the CTO of Systinet. He has also served as Vice President of Engineering at Talaris (now Rearden Commerce) and Vice President of Engineering at Commerce One. Mr. Blum's engineering management career spans a tenure at Microsoft where he managed several teams within the SQL Server group and at Phoenix Systems where as the Director of Engineering he managed the development of groupware/email products. Mr. Blum is also an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon and the author of several books on various computer science topics.
	Eileen Boerger CEO & Director, CorSource Technology Group, Inc. Eileen Boerger, CEO and a director of CorSource Technology Group, has more than 30 years of software and technology industry experience. She joined CorSource in 2000 and previously held titles of Executive Vice President, General Manager and President. She led the company to record growth as the leading provider of strategic consulting, software development services and technical staffing to organizations of all sizes. Ms. Boerger launched our software development Consulting Services to help companies meet product development challenges for Business Intelligence (BI), Cloud/SaaS, Mobile and beyond. CorSource experts in BI, systems integration, and enterprise-wide data management provide tactical, sustainable solutions, serving SMBs and ISVs nationwide. She implemented delivery of our outsourced software development services to Vietnam, and has also managed the outsourcing of software development and maintenance projects to India and New Zealand. She is a sought-after speaker on latest technology developments at global venues including All About the Cloud, All About Mobile, Softletter's All About SaaS, SVForum and others. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Software Division. She is a judge for the SIIA's CODiE Awards recognizing excellence in business software, digital content, and education technology industries. Ms. Boerger is serving her third four-year term on the Engineering and Technology Industry Council (ETIC), and helped start ETIC's Oregon Pre-engineering and Applied Sciences (OPAS) Initiative to foster collaborations and programs that prepare, motivate, and enable the success of a diversity of students in the technical disciplines. She serves on Portland State University’s Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Dean's Executive Council; served on Saturday Academy's Advisory Board of the Association of Women in Science, Engineering and Math; and supports Oregon Entrepreneurs Network's (OEN) Angel Oregon program providing launch-stage funding to promising new companies. She served on the Board of Directors of the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) and the Women in Technology International (WITI) Foundation. She was recognized by Open Computing magazine as one of the "Top 100 Women in Computing" and recently was named an Orchid Award winner honoring the "2012 Women of Influence" by the Portland Business Journal. Prior to joining CorSource, Ms. Boerger was Vice President of Operations at QualityLogic, responsible for delivering quality assurance services. She has also held a variety of management positions at Mentor Graphics Corporation, including Vice President, Intellectual Property Partnerships, Vice President of Design Flows, Strategic Business Unit, and Vice President of Corporate Engineering. Prior to Mentor Graphics, Ms. Boerger was Vice President of Software Technology at Unisys Corporation. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in math and Master of Arts in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.
	Richard Brekka Managing Partner, Dolphin Equity Partners Richard Brekka founded Dolphin Equity Partners in 1998. Richard has specialized in software as a service, mobile content, communication services, and internet investing for over 20 years. He currently is on the boards of several Dolphin portfolio companies. Mr. Brekka is on the board of Overtone Inc. (a social media and enterprise feedback management solution), Mobile Armor (a leading provider of enterprise mobile data security), Silver Carrot (an online lead generation and content provider), Terago, Inc (TSX:TGO, Canada's leading wireless broadband service provider to businesses), Appia (a national voice over IP service provider to businesses), and Mr. Brekka is Chairman of the Board of Rate Integration (a customer loyalty management solutions provider to mobile carriers). Previously, Mr. Brekka was a board member of Enpocket, Inc. (a provider of carrier-grade mobile media, mobile marketing and mobile advertising services) until it was sold to Nokia, Inc. in 2007, and Chairman of the Board of Gomez, Inc.(the leader in web application experience management) until its sale to Compuware in 2009. Prior to founding Dolphin, Richard was a Managing Director of CIBC's private equity investment unit and the President of CIBC's U.S. private equity investment subsidiaries. While there, he was a director on the board of 10 communications companies. Representative investments included Telesystems International Wireless, Orion Network Systems, Transit Communications and OneComm Communications. Prior to CIBC, Richard was with Chase Capital and led the investments in Nextel and DisCom Communications. Richard holds a BS Finance from the University of Southern California and a MBA from the University of Chicago.
	Cimarron Buser VP, Products & Marketing, Apperian, Inc. Cimarron leads Apperian's products and marketing for mobile enterprise solutions, including EASE (Enterprise App Services Environment). He has worked in technology for over 20 years, providing creative and visionary leadership for products and services in the technology, web and mobile areas. Cimarron made an indelible imprint on the mobile industry in creating the first iPhone magazine. Prior to Apperian, he worked with Texterity, and built a product, sales, and marketing organization that led the digital magazine industry. Cimarron was also GM Internet Products at FaxNet, leading the group which was responsible for internet messaging solutions for the telecom industry. Cimarron has a BA from University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from Harvard University.
	Richard Bylina Product Marketing Consultant, Motorola Richard (“Rick”) Bylina – Rick is a seasoned marketing executive currently engaged as a product marketing consultant in the Software & Services team at Motorola. Rick received his MBA from SJSU where his efforts researching mobility for white collar workers gave rise to the start-up PCIS, a premier provider of mobile applications in healthcare & finance. PCIS was the first to provide real-time, wireless access to market makers on the NYSE and developed the first mobile application for floor brokers on 4 of the nation’s options exchanges. Since his tenure at PCIS Rick has held several marketing positions including VP of Marketing for Bear River Associates. Rick started his career as an engineer in General Electric’s Nuclear Energy division.
	John Carini CEO and Chief Software Architect , iEnterprises As the primary architect of iEnterprises'™ wireless CRM platform Mobile Edge, John Carini is responsible for working closely with iEnterprises' clients to mobilize various CRM products including Oracle Siebel, Lotus Notes- based, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and other enterprise applications on multiple smatphones. Mr. Carini has more than 12 years of experience in innovating CRM applications, with the last five years dedicated to wireless CRM. Mr. Carini is focused on both strategically mapping and provisioning mobile applications, and scaling on demand applications for the enterprise. He is closely involved in evaluating the business and technical viability of bridging enterprise applications to new platforms and handheld devices for iEnterprises' global partners and customers.
	Rob Chamberlin Founder & CEO, True Wireless, Inc Rob founded True Wireless in 2004. Since then they have grown to be one of Sprint-Nextel's largest Business Solutions Partners (BSP's) nationally, based on total revenue . True Wireless supports large, national clients like John Deere and Tyco International. True provides many unique solutions to their clients and to our large telecom partners, including demand creation services, Tier 1 and Tier 2 support, service and repair offerings, proprietary software solutions, and mobile solutions leveraging national relationships with companies like ADP. True is continuing to build an elite, enterprise-focused sales team to sell wireless data and voice solutions to targeted Enterprise accounts. They are based in Northern CA, with offices across the U.S. They are interested in continued expansion into other major metropolitan areas.
	Stanley Chan Director, Business Development, Symantec Corporation
	Vik Chaudhary VP, Product Management and Corporate Development, Keynote Systems, Inc. Vik Chaudhary serves as VP of product management and corporate development at Keynote Systems, a public technology company in Silicon Valley. He is responsible for leading Keynote's product management team and has extended the company into new markets via 14 acquisitions. He has spent 20 years in chief executive, marketing and engineering positions at blue-chip and start-up companies, previously having served as VP Marketing and Corporate Development at Keynote, CEO of a cloud startup Bizmetric, and has held leadership roles at public software companies Gupta Technologies and Oracle Corporation. Mr. Chaudhary is a frequent speaker at industry events on Internet software, cloud computing, and business development, and has been featured in the New York Times and on the ABC News Nightline program. Mr. Chaudhary holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	Chris Clark COO, Fiberlink Communications Chris joined Fiberlink in 2004 as Vice President of Business Development. Since 2005 he has been the COO, responsible for the daily operations and profitability of the business. In 2008, Fiberlink created the Mobility-as-a-Service 360 (MaaS360) platform, which is a multi-tenant, hosted model for connecting, protecting and reporting on desktops, laptops and mobile devices. This platform has won awards and serves companies around the world including governments, indirect channels, F500 and the SMB segment. Chris’s previous position was the CEO of Virtela Communications where he worked with the BOD to restructure the company, secure additional investor funding and deliver increasing revenue and cash flow month after month during the formative stage of the company. Chris has also held executive management positions at Sprint Corporation, Unisys Corporation, Schering Plough Corporation and a United States government agency. His role has always centered on strategy, P&L responsibility, implementation of new growth initiatives and technology. He was Vice President of Product Management for Sprint’s global IP backbone and services between 1995 and 2000. He spent four years at Unisys and Nihon Unisys Limited in Japan between 1989 and 1993 driving sales and software for the Japanese joint venture. Chris has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and the USA.
	David Fulton Product Manager, Web Experience COE, RightNow David Fulton is a Product Manager with RightNow Technologies, and has primary responsibility for a portfolio of RightNow products designed to support one of the consumer experiences that matter, the Web Experience. David manages a number of products at RightNow for the delivery of web consumer interactions, including Customer Portal and Mobile Customer Portal, Guided Assistance and Content Syndication. He also has primary responsibility for the accessibility of RightNow products, ensuring web content is available to all, regardless of disability. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from University College London.
	Chuck Ganapathi SVP, Products, salesforce.com Chuck leads salesforce.com's vision to build social and mobile applications that bring the best of Facebook and Twitter to the enterprise. His product team is responsible for Salesforce Chatter, a new enterprise-wide collaboration platform that is transforming the way people work. Prior to salesforce.com, Chuck ran the Customer Order Management product line at Siebel Systems. He was also the founding product manager of Siebel's Partner Relationship Management product line. Chuck started his career as an engineer and a management consultant. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from PSG Tech in India, master's in industrial engineering from Purdue University, and a master's in engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
	Paul Gelb Director, Mobile Practice Lead, Razorfish Paul joined Razorfish in 2007, working on accounts such as Disney, ESPN, Microsoft, Dell, Terra, Mercedes, Ford, Nike, Kraft, Unilever, Ralph Lauren, Victoria’s Secret, JC Penney, Staples, Starwood, Papa John’s, Citibank, Capital One and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney . As Razorfish’s Mobile Practice Lead, Paul helps clients on the road to innovation by pioneering media and web development executions in mobile and integrated campaigns across digital out of home, broadband video, interactive television, social networking, and gaming. In an ever changing media landscape, Paul is also a trusted consultant to the company’s internal teams as they evolve client media and business strategies to include breakthrough technology and advanced platforms. Paul’s strategy, mobile infrastructure development and campaign work was recognized with a Mobile Marketer of the Year award in 2009. His groundbreaking work, point of view and industry projections have received press in the New York Times, MediaPost and Mobile Marketer, been featured at industry conferences and been published in Razorfish’s annual technology and media reports. Paul holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and a B.S. in international business and macro-economic theory from the ILR School at Cornell University. Prior to working at Razorfish, Paul worked at the Weitzman Group as a Marketability and Feasibility Consultant and at SL Green as an Acquisitions, Dispositions and Structured Debt Financial Analyst.
	Omar Green Director, Strategic Mobile Initiatives, Intuit, Inc. Omar Green is director of strategic mobile initiatives at Intuit, where he is responsible for the company'™s overall mobile strategy and for driving its execution across Intuit'™s business units. Omar has been at the center of several recent mobile application launches at Intuit, including mobile payment processing service GoPayment, which has already processed millions of dollars in transactions for the company'™s small business customers. A lover of all things mobile, Omar carries three phones with him at all times - one for personal use, one for business and one for coding. Omar brings years of mobile expertise in his role at Intuit. Previously he was director of personalization technologies at SavaJe Technologies, where he created one of the first user context-sensitive mobile operating systems. A graduate of MIT with a combined degree in electrical and mechanical engineering, Omar spends his spare time directing short films and music videos for his production company, AuteurLabs, and working on his context awareness startup, AppleSeed Networks, where he is co-founder and CEO.
	Galen Gruman Executive Editor, InfoWorld A 25-year veteran of technology journalism, Galen Gruman is executive editor at InfoWorld, where he manages the news and feature operations and also writes the Mobile Edge blog. He has been editor of M-Business, Macworld, Upside, and other publications, and contributes to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Forecast Quarterly on emerging technology issues and their impact on business and IT.
	Vishal Gurbuxani Co-founder, Mobclix Vishal is Co-founder at Mobclix, the industry's largest targeted mobile ad exchange -- the first open marketplace for mobile developers, advertisers, ad networks and agencies. Mr. Gurbuxani was a Manager for the Accenture Technology Labs Group, which is a global team of 150 researchers and developers focused on laying out the go-to market strategy and technical vision for the 180,000 Employees at Accenture. Mr. Gurbuxani focused on numerous projects within Enterprise Analytics and Insight, which included unifying marketing spend and advertising of products and services for the numerous Fortune 500 Clients. Most notably Mr. Gurbuxani managed and delivered the Vongo Platform for Starz Entertainment, which is a leading video delivery platform for user generated content as well as licensed and secure content. Mr. Gurbuxani also managed and delivered a remote monitoring and diagnostic platform for Solar Turbines, which is estimated to bring in record numbers of dollars for Solar Turbines. Mr. Gurbuxani has led global teams within India, Manila, and Europe to deliver services and solutions to drive business value and monetization for Accenture’s Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Gurbuxani has also authored numerous patents for large scale device management and personalization. Many of the key insights that Mr. Gurbuxani has learned through driving business value through technical execution, have been cultivated for the Mobclix mobile platform. Mr. Gurbuxani graduated with Honors from Santa Clara University with both an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering.
	Lars Kamp Strategy and Corporate Development lead, Accenture Mobility Services, Accenture Lars is an Executive in Accenture’s Strategy Practice and has over nine years of experience in the mobile industry. He’s based in San Francisco and previously worked for Accenture’s offices in Vienna, Rome and Seoul. In his work he mainly focuses on the mobile web, digital services and devices at the intersection of consumers, media and technology. Lars lives in Presidio Heights with his wife Jutta. When not working, Lars is a Crossfit practitioner and spends his free time skiing in Tahoe and on the Bay sailing. Lars is a member of the IAB Mobile Advertising Committee. He also organizes “SF Mobile”, a Silicon Valley networking event with focus on mobile and digital media.
	Srinivas Krishnamurti Director of Product Management and Market Development, VMWare Srinivas Krishnamurti is a Senior Director for Mobile Solutions in the CTO Office. He is responsible for defining and driving VMware's product and go to market strategy for mobile phones and emerging devices. Previously, as part of the emerging markets group, he led VMware's Linux Strategy and was responsible for launching VMware Fusion into the consumer market. Prior to that, he led the product management team for VMware's developer products. Before joining VMware, Srinivas was responsible for product management of the software configuration management product line at Rational Software. Srinivas has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University and an MBA from Leavey School of Business.
	Tony Kueh SVP Product Management, Antenna Software Tony Kueh joined Antenna Software in March 2011 as Senior Vice President of Product Management. In this role, Tony is responsible for driving overall product strategy, planning, and execution of Antenna’s product offerings. Prior to joining Antenna, Tony was most recently the Head of Product Management in Enterprise Mobility at Sybase, an SAP Company, where he was instrumental in defining the mobility strategy and led the execution of the Unwired Platform products. Additionally, Tony has held various management positions at Palm, Qualcomm, and Microsoft. Throughout his career, Tony has been deeply involved in various aspects of mobile computing, having productized mobile servers products, mobile OS platforms, mobile hardware devices, and various mobile services. Tony received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his Masters in Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
	Maribel Lopez CEO, Lopez Research Maribel brings both enterprise and consumer market expertise honed from two decades of product management and technology marketing expertise as well as industry analyst expertise roles. Maribel launched Lopez Research LLC in 2008 to offers detailed research-based strategic guidance for dealing with disruptive trends through strategy consulting, advisory services and custom market research. Maribel offers guidance in go-to-market strategies, product gap analysis and competitive assessments, as well as strategic partnering and acquisitions strategies. Maribel combines survey-based research and predictive analysis to gain insight into coming trends. The company has analyzed multiple topics related to the telecommunications industry including operator network and service strategies, enterprise voice and data communications, all mobile services as well as the consumer markets for voice, Internet and entertainment services. The firm’s mission is to understand the evolution of these markets in order to assist its clients’ with technology selection. Prior to founding Lopez Research, Maribel was a respected analyst for more than 10 years at Forrester Research, most recently as Vice President of the tech industry strategies group, providing analysis on multiple topics including network and service strategies, enterprise communications and consumer markets for voice, video and data. Before she joined Forrester, she worked for Shiva Corporation, where she held positions in strategic marketing, product marketing and was responsible for a competitive product evaluation laboratory. Prior to joining Shiva, she worked for International Data Corporation as a data networking industry analyst. Maribel started her career at Motorola holding positions in finance, marketing and global corporate development.
	Dan J. Mahowald Vice President, Mobility, SAP Americas, Inc. Dan Mahowald is the Vice President of Mobility for SAP Americas. In this newly-created role, Dan will establish and lead a Mobility Center of Excellence and work with SAP’s Mobility Development Organization and the SAP Americas Executive Team to formulate the strategy and overall plan for mobility. SAP’s mobility strategy is a key pillar in the company’s product strategy: On Premise, On Demand, On Device, with Orchestration. He will build the Mobility volume strategy, be the executive internal/external evangelist for SAP’s mobility vision, and partner with marketing to build SAP’s Mobility brand. In his new role, Dan will also be instrumental in the development and implementation of the North American Sybase go to market plan, including building the expertise required to support Sybase Mobility products. Previously, Dan was Group Vice President for the SAP Premier Customer Network, responsible for the business relationships for the most strategic global accounts in the North America region. Dan has over 17 years of experience in the enterprise software market. Prior to joining SAP in 2004, Dan held various executive management positions in several publicly traded companies including Siebel Systems, Inc. and Onyx Software Corporation. He also spent 5 years with Accenture in Seattle, WA. Dan earned both an MBA and a BS degree from Santa Clara University and founded www.connectedEDU.org, a non-profit foundation that educates high school students on core business disciplines and leadership principles.
	Sean Marzola Chief Operating Officer, myServiceForce.com Sean Marzola is a 16 year technology executive veteran that has run a vareity of emerging growth businesses primarily in the semiconductor space where he has been the CEO twice and the Chief Strategy Officer once. He has raised venture financing, run engineering teams, designed channels of distribution, and built technology road maps. His strength is strategic partnerships & marketing. Semicondcutors in the wireless world are often comprised of a significant amount of software. The experience in wireless and the software side of semiconductors gave mSF an edg when it was time to modify the model to an On-Demand, SaaS these days and Sean was able to vision a switch to a SaaS model as described above.
	Dan Miller EVP, Business Strategy, INgage Networks Executive Vice President of INgage Networks and former President and CEO of MOVO Mobile, Dan Miller not only brings an extensive background in mobile technology, but also an unparalleled vision of best practices in social production and its application to strategic business outcomes. His leadership continues to enable the nationâ€™s forward-thinking companies to engage consumers through online and mobile platforms, thus connecting brands with individuals, wherever they may roam. Prior to joining INgage Networks, Dan founded BizTank, Startup Florida Ventures, Pongo Software and PlanetResume.com. He earned his Bachelors Degree from Brandeis University and the Birthing of Giants program at MIT. Dan is a nationally recognized speaker and expert on leveraging technology to strengthen competitive positioning. National speaking engagements include: * Rochester AMA on Mobile, 2009 * New England Association of Technology Sales Executives, 2009 * Sarasota International Design Summit, Oct 2008 * AlwaysOn Global Summit at Stanford, July 2008 * Neighborhood Americaâ€™s Executive Leadership Conference, Feb/July 2008 * THE Conference on Marketing, Feb 2008 * Digital Media Measurement and Pricing Summit, Jan 2008 * Digital Hollywood, 2007 * Ad:Tech, 2007 * PC Forum, 2006
	Rich Moore CSO, iLoop Mobile Richard Moore is currently Chief Solutions Officer for iLoop Mobile where he has held a number of senior roles in the firm. With over eight years of experience in the mobile industry, Rich strives to extend the boundaries of Mobile and drive innovation both at iLoop Mobile and in the entire industry. His background spans from established Entertainment and Publishing leaders, such as Time Warner/Atari and Electronic Arts to Internet start up environments which allow him to quickly adapt and impact a technology and product organization. During his tenure at Electronic Arts he served as the Technology Architect for their first Internet entertainment product and launch of EA.com. Passionate about mobile technology and its possibilities, Mr. Moore inspires all levels and departments in an organization by stimulating communication, creativity and innovation. Mr. Moore holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with a minor in English from UC Berkeley.
	Ben Narasin President, TriplePoint Capital Ben Narasin started his first business when he was twelve and didn’t stop until he was 37. Early into the Internet space, he started fashionmall.com in 1993 which became one of the first e-commerce companies in the world and the first cost-per-click portal. After taking fashionmall.com public in 1999, Narasin spent much of the early 2000s acquiring companies in the space, including the infamous boo.com, and providing liquidity back to his shareholders. Narasin joined TriplePoint Capital in 2007 to oversee the firm’s Seed Equity investment activities and to support the company’s continuing growth as a preeminent specialty debt financing firm to the venture capital community and venture-backed companies. Narasin’s focus on seed stage investing leverages TriplePoint’s significant financial strength and liquidity in whatever form is most appropriate, whether equity, debt or a blend of the two.
	Barbara Nelson CTO, iPass As Chief Technology Officer, Barbara Nelson is responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and aligning that vision with the overall iPass business strategy. Ms. Nelson has more than 25 years of engineering experience in voice and data communications, mobile agents and international communications standards. She joined iPass in 2002, and has held a variety of roles including client architect, vice president of Information Systems, and vice president of engineering. She architected the iPass client which seamlessly integrates connectivity to a wide variety of access methods (Wi-Fi, dial, 3G mobile data, etc.) with a rich set of mobility management capabilities. Previously she held engineering and product architect positions at Extricity Software, General Magic and Retix. During her tenure at those companies she developed a patented mobile agent platform, and built a carrier-based service including voice user interface and graphic user interface software. Barbara has chaired the X.400 Special Interest Group at the NIST. Barbara holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in computer science from University College Dublin, Ireland
	Ryan Nichols VP Product Management, Appirio Ryan Nichols runs product management and marketing for Appirio, and has driven the launch of Appirio's portfolio of products, used by over 5000 companies to "connect the cloud." He has over 12 years of experience bringing together business strategy and technology in the enterprise. Ryan joined Appirio from SAP's corporate strategy group, in the office of the CEO, where he led projects to define and execute SAP's product, platform, and M&A strategy. Previously, Ryan's background spans consulting and business software. He was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, serving over 15 leading financial services and technology clients. He led professional services for an analytics software startup, delivering inventory and pricing analytics software and services to retail and CPG clients. He was trained in product management at Intuit, where he focused on new user acquisition for QuickBooks. Ryan holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Williams College, and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
	Daniel Odio Co-Founder & COO, PointAbout Daniel R. Odio is a co-founder and COO of PointAbout, a company that is focused on unlocking innovation in the mobile space. PointAbout makes custom iPhone, iPad and Android applications for some of the biggest brands worldwide, such as The Washington Post, Gannet, Burger King, Cars.com and Politico. PointAbout also created AppMakr, the largest self-service iPhone creation tool. You can learn more about PointAbout on thecompany blog. Previously, Daniel started Cardéa Commercial Real Estate Advisors, a commercial real estate brokerage specializing in replacement property for investors, and DROdio Real Estate, Inc, a residential real estate brokerage. Both are based in Washington, DC with offices in Las Vegas, NV. Prior to real estate, Daniel was the VP, Sales of AcceleratedServers, a Beowulf supercomputing cluster company whose customers included the Department of Defense and the entertainment industry, including Paramount Pictures. Daniel has been featured on CNN, CNBC, TLC, The Wall Street Journal and many other publications for his innovative use of technology in industries ranging from real estate to computer servers and mobile phones. Daniel was a member of General Electric's Technical Leadership Program. Daniel worked for GE in Latin America, including Brazil and Argentina. Daniel graduated from the University of Virginia with a BS in Commerce, speaks Spanish and Portuguese, and resides in San Francisco, CA with his wife.
	John Orlando EVP, WW Marketing and Business Development, Rate Integration John Orlando is EVP of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development for RateIntegration. He is responsible for market and service strategy, corporate marketing, and partner development. John’s primary focus is to foster the use of mobile as an effective marketing and advertising channel for both mobile operators and brands. John currently serves as a Special Advisor for the global trade organization MEF (Mobile Entertainment Forum) and was previously Chair and Vice Chairman of MEF Americas. A recognized figure in the mobile communications industry, John’s career has spanned the breadth of the mobile industry -- from technology platforms to mobile entertainment services, mobile marketing and advertising. John has worked with more than 30 mobile operators worldwide, capturing significant market share in the mobile media, entertainment, and content space. Prior to RateIntegration, John held the roles of President of 2ergo Americas, a mobile marketing solutions provider, CMO of LiveWire Mobile, a mobile personalization and music company, and CMO of NMS Communications, a mobile enabling technology supplier. John was named to Mobile Entertainment Magazine‘s Top 50 Mobile Executives in 2008.
	Stuart Parmenter Director of Mobile, Mozilla As Director of Mobile, Stuart leads the team responsible for bringing Firefox to mobile devices. Stuart has been a part of the Mozilla project since 1998 when he began as a volunteer. In 1999, Stuart was hired by Netscape to continue his work on Mozilla full-time. While at Netscape, he worked on many projects including improving performance, graphics and imaging. In 2003, Stuart left Netscape to work on personal information management at OSAF. Stuart returned to Mozilla in 2005 and was instrumental in designing and building graphics and text rendering systems as well as significantly reducing the memory use of Firefox.
	Kyle Porter VP Business Development, VentureDNA Kyle Porter is the Vice President of Business Development for VentureDNA an app development and mobile platform producer. He has industry expertise in banking, media and has been a integral piece of emerging markets and technology for many companies. Prior to leading the Business Development team at VentureDNA, Kyle worked for two large media brands: Tribune Media Services and Dow Jones. At these organizations, he was responsible for introducing the branded media application for Tribune’s syndicate as well as their mobile app for editorial cartoons and McClatchy’s news and graphs app. Connections throughout the mobile and media space have bring a great knowledge to the panel.
	Jason Prater Vice President Development, Plex Systems, Inc. Jason Prater is Vice President of Development for Plex Systems, the SaaS ERP for manufacturers, where his team has been working with mobile web development platforms for the last 8 years. He is an evangelist for continuous deployment, with his team putting changes in customer's hands hundreds of times per day on one set of source code. Jason combines manufacturing and information technology to drive high value for Plexï¿½s user base around the world.
	Rana Puri Sr. Enterprise Application Consultant, Corporate Developer Program, RIM Rana Puri has working at BlackBerry for 4 years and his work there has allowed some of North America’s biggest company’s drive additional value out of their current BlackBerry deployments. With over 10 years of Java application development experience Rana has primarily focused on enterprise applications; specifically application integration with Web Services (SOAP/REST). Living and breathing mobile apps has provided Rana with a pragmatic view of the current mobile landscape and he is always ready to discuss what the future may hold…
	Brian Reed CMO, BoxTone As BoxTone’s Chief Marketing Officer, Brian Reed brings more than 18 years of experience in strategy, product, and marketing in the technology industry. Brian oversees the strategic direction, positioning and product portfolio of BoxTone, including market strategy, go-to-market activities, product marketing, product management and marketing communications. Brian is a frequent writer and speaker at major industry events on wide variety of topics including mobility, service management, business/IT optimization, marketing, eMarketing/social media and entrepreneurial startups. Brian has held various executive & leadership roles at Cesura, BottomLine (FormScape), Progress Software (DataDirect) and MERANT (INTERSOLV/MicroFocus) driving revenue growth and shareholder value. Brian is graduate of Duke University.
	Scott Schwarzhoff VP of Marketing, Appcelerator Scott leads marketing strategy and go-to-market execution at Appcelerator. Prior to joining the company, Scott was VP of Marketing at Adeze, a leading online rich media advertising platform for small and medium-sized businesses and he led the launch of ISV and reseller partner marketing at SpikeSource. Scott started his career at Hewlett-Packard and later Microsoft, where he drove the launch of Windows Server 2003 to the enterprise and was awarded Microsoft’s Circle of Excellence award for top 1% performance. Scott holds an MBA with honors from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a BA from UC San Diego.
	Sean Shadmand Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, PointAbout Sean was lauded as a “strategic genius” by The Washington Post. He is the visionary behind AppMakr.com, which has altered the mobile application development landscape and been featured worldwide in publications such as TechCrunch, Mashable, PBS, CBS, and by top-tier bloggers such as Guy Kawasaki and Seth Godin. He often speaks on social media and mobile panels. Previously, Sean was instrumental in growing Tagged.com from a 2 million member start-up to a 40 million member profitable company. Sean focused on viral tuning, user acquisition and email deliverability. Sean is a co-founder of FamilyOven.com which gained 380K members and became operationally profitable within the first six months of business.
	Raj Singh Co-Founder, YumYum Labs Raj Singh has worked in all aspects of mobile over the past 11 years. He is currently a co-founder of YumYum Labs, which is developing applications in mobile health. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Business Development for Skyfire, a mobile browser that supports full Flash rendering. Previously, he consulted with Dell Mobile, assisting them with their global SMS and WAP strategy. Prior to Dell, he co-founded venture-funded Veeker, NBC’s mobile video citizen journalism service and boot-strapped ToneThis, CNET’s top downloaded ringtone creation product. He has also worked in product management, engineering, strategy and consulting roles for Kodak Mobile, Cellmania, MobiTV, PlayPhone, Tellme, Samsung, Hungama Mobile and Antenna Software. His personal projects include GameChalk, an SMS multi-player game service, and Pubwalk, an LBS bar-hopping service. Raj is also a mobile advisor to numerous companies. including Movoxx, Nearverse, Buzzd, Textopoly and several VCs within the valley. He’ll be moderating the Lessons Learned in Monetization panel at VentureBeat’s upcoming MobileBeat 2010 conference.
	Jeff S. Smith Vice President, Communication Sector Solutions, IBM Software Group Jeff S. Smith is the Vice President of Communication Sector Solutions for IBM Software Group. He is responsible for driving strategies, plans, and execution of IBM's middleware business with customers and partners in the telecommuniations, media & entertainment, and energy & utilities industry segments. His team focuses on frameworks and solutions that span IBM's middleware portfolio including the WebSphere, DB2, Tivoli, Lotus, and Rational brands. He and his team work across IBM's software, hardware, and services groups to ensure cohesiveness, synergy, and effectiveness of the strategy and deliverables in this sector. His team also drives the leadership role that IBM Software Group plays in IBM's overall communications sector strategy, working across the group to ensure that specific capabilities are available and integrated with the rest of the initiatives from IBM. Jeff and his team also play a key role in communicating these strategies and plans across IBM and with customers and the marketplace. Previously, Smith was Vice President Open Source & Linux Middleware, driving IBM's leadership role in open source ecosystems and their intersection with IBM's software business. Before that he was Vice President of On Demand Automation for Tivoli Software, leading the automation component of IBM's On Demand Operating Environment, as well as Vice President of Configuration and Operations Products for Tivoli, where he led the configuration management and workload management aspects of IBM's systems management business. Mr. Smith is located in Austin, Texas, where he joined IBM in 1984 after receiving a bachelor of engineering in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
	David Smud Director, Deloitte Consulting LLC David is a Director in Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. He has over 15 years of professional experience in mobile telecommunications, focusing on product realization, enterprise mobility, OSS/BSS architecture and SDLC management for wireless operators. He has managed implementations of Point of Sale, CRM, Order Management, Service Activation, Billing and Service Delivery Platform solutions. He is Deloitte’s leading technology expert in mobile data services and mobile content delivery. His clients include most of the tier-1 and tier-2 US wireless carriers, as well as ESPN, Disney, GM-OnStar and other leading companies implementing advanced mobility solutions.
	Jim Szafranski Senior Vice President, Customer Platform Services, Fiberlink Communications Jim joined Fiberlink in 2004 as Vice President, Business Development helping establish new indirect sales channels. In 2006, Jim became VP of Product Management and Marketing and was responsible for product strategy, customer requirements and marketing of Fiberlink's Mobility-as-a-Service platform. In 2008, he was promoted to SVP and is currently responsible for customer revenue and lifecycle management including customer acquisition, integration, professional services and education. Prior to Fiberlink, Jim was active in starting and growing multiple companies. He led the product line for Tut Systems that underpinned an IPO in 1999. He seed funded and subsequently raised over $45M in venture capital for Sandial Systems. Most recently, he was VP of Product Management at Cometa Networks, an Intel, IBM, and AT&T venture. Jim earned a BS and MS degree in Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
	Neil Wainwright Chief Executive Officer, Nexonia, Inc. Neil is CEO and co-founder of Nexonia and has held this position for eight years. He has over 25 years of technical engineering experience and has been an entrepreneur in building and managing businesses for over 15 years. He has a strong business leadership background and broad technical skills cultured through firms he has founded and through senior management positions held at Nortel Networks, Lotus Development and IBM. Neil is a Professional Engineer and holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario.
	Tom Wainwright Director of OEM Alliances, Western Region, QlikView Tom Wainwright, Director of OEM Alliances, Western Region, and QlikView’s Alliance team have pioneered QlikView’s ever-growing OEM partner business, helping companies like SAGE, Consona CRM, Wolters Kluwer Health, The TriZetto Group, Sunquest, Epsilon Data Management, and over 40 software companies and information providers embed QlikView in their offerings for unsurpassed data visualization, and analysis. Tom came to QlikView with almost two decades of experience in the software industry. He worked at Oracle Corporation for 13 years doing sales, OEM recruitment and development, and developing business with Global Systems integrators in the US and Europe. He has also worked at several start-up and emerging software companies in Silicon Valley. Tom resides in the San Mateo, CA and holds a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and MBA in Marketing and International Business from New York University.
	Eugene Walden Co-founder & CEO, 4delite Co-founder and CEO Eugene Walden is a successful entrepreneur and an award-winning UI architect, with a long history in the mobile space. An early employee at Unwired Planet (Phone.com now Openwave), he designed the UI for the first widely-deployed mobile Internet browser, which shipped in hundreds of millions of handsets. He also participated in the standards efforts around WAP and WML. Prior to 4delite, he managed the UI team at Scalent, whose product won an award from InfoWorld Magazine in 2007. Mr. Walden holds a BS and an MS in Computer Science, both from the University of Michigan.
	Steve West VP of Emerging Technology and Media, Alcatel Lucent Steve West has a lengthy resume spanning both technology and digital media with experience in video centric and digital media strategy, business development, service creation and marketing. Additionally, Steve is the Alcatel-Lucent lead on numerous external endeavors driving the evolution of digital media, such as the Digital Entertainment Content Eco-system (DECE) and holds a board member position at the Entertainment Technology Center. Mr. West recently led activities related to Alcatel-Lucent’s “multi-screen” strategy. He is now driving the creation and execution of the ngConnect Program, a vibrant multi-industry eco-system to foster broad industry adoption of ultra-high bandwidth technologies such as 4G and the next generation user experience it enables. He continues to be an evangelist for the next evolution of the “any time, anywhere” consumer experience, provided by digital technology and high bandwidth networks—and is a regular speaker on the topic. Mr. West holds a Diploma in Marketing and International business from St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a Diploma in Electronic Engineering Technology.
	Leslie Wilson Founder & CEO, iammobileapps, inc. Leslie Wilson is the Founder and CEO of iammobileapps, inc, a mobile apps services and product firm based out of Houston, Texas. iammobileapps offers mobile apps services as well as products to businesses and individuals across the world. The services, it offers includes mobile app development for popular mobile platforms, such as iPhone, Android, Windows, Symbian, Java and iPad. Leslie brings a strategic and creative approach to iammobileapps that comes from his diverse entrepreneurial and consulting experiences in the tech field. He is passionate about his vision for the company, and its ability to bring the world's most revolutionary mobile applications to fruition. Leslie sees the mobile platform as a place with enormous potential for growth and innovation through collaborative development. Prior to developing iammobileapps, inc., Leslie has worked at Fortune 500 companies (Exxon, Koch, Enron), worked as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for an energy startup company, strong background in Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse and has worked as a Senior Technical Architect/Engagement Manager for top consulting firms, BearingPoint and HP/Knightsbridge.
	Danny Winokur VP of Flash Client Platform, Adobe Systems, Inc. Danny Winokur is the vice president, Flash Client Platform at Adobe Systems. In his role, Winokur co-leads the global organization responsible for the strategic direction, development, distribution and licensing of all Flash Platform runtimes and technologies. Previously, Winokur was the senior director, business development, Flash Platform leading the team responsible for all partnership activities involving Flash Player, Adobe AIR and platform developer tools. Winokur joined Adobe as the director of sales and business development for Mobile and Devices, where he managed the sales and business development team covering the Americas. Before joining Adobe, Winokur was vice president of business development at Simplicita Software, Inc. (acquired by Sandvine), where he led business development and strategic sales for the software startup specializing in service creation infrastructure software for broadband operators, including cable and DSL internet service providers. Winokur introduced a new offering and business model that positioned Simplicita's product offering as a new source of revenue for operators and led to the company’s acquisition by Sandvine. Previously, Winokur was director of strategic business development at Openwave Systems where he developed and managed executive-level strategic technology and go-to-market alliances with computer industry leaders entering the mobile wireless market, including Cisco, Sun, Intel and Microsoft. Winokur holds a bachelor degree in history from Brown University.