Ray Anderson, CEO - Bango

Ray is Chief Executive of Bango, the world's leading provider of mobile web payment and analytics. He co-founded Bango in 1999 after realizing that the convergence of the internet with the ubiquity of mobile phones could open up huge opportunities for content and service providers.

Ray positioned the company to benefit from the opening up of the operator portals in 2004, and the transition of the mobile content business from a messaging model to a customer friendly browse and buy Internet model.

In 2005, Ray led the successful floatation of the company, and continues to build and steer the Bango team forward in to one of the most exciting markets in history. Ray is an entrepreneur, innovator and investor with 20 years experience. He was named "Technology Entrepreneur of the Year" in February 2006 and in September 2006 at the ME Awards was given a special award for outstanding contribution to the mobile entertainment industry. A member of "The Cambridge Angels", Ray was a founding investor in a variety of growing companies including TeamStudio, Tenison Technology, Electronic Share Information (sold to E*Trade), Aspective, Trigenix (sold to Qualcomm), RE5ULT (82ASK), Shortfuze, Midentity and other technology businesses. He holds a 1st Class Degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University. He is a keen pilot

Mark Caron, CEO - Snac

Mark Caron has over 20 years in mobile, starting out in 1989 as a product manager at Ericsson.  In 1995 he was one of a team of four that spun Omnipoint Communications out of Omnipoint Technologies, and created the first GSM carrier in the Northeast (now part of T-Mobile).  He built on his experience running Marketing and Product Management at Omnipoint by starting MobileSpring in 2000 to help the US carriers enter the consumer data services business.  MobileSpring created the first inter-carrier text messaging network (still in operation today handling over 2 Bil SMS/day), and after merging with Ztango also provided ringtone solutions for AT&T, Verizon and others.  As CEO, Mark led Ztango to profitability and the successful sale of the company to WiderThan (now part of Real Networks).

Mark Curtis, CEO - Handmade Mobile

Mark Curtis is CEO of Handmade Mobile, the company behind Flirtomatic. Mark was previously a partner at Fjord, inventing and building cross platform and mobile products for clients such as Nokia & Orange. Prior to that he was a global EVP for Razorfish responsible for 1500 staff. Together with a partner, he set up CHBi in 1994 to develop interactive technology solutions for marketing clients; by 1998 it was one of the top 3 new media agencies in London and was acquired by Razorfish.
 
He has a track record in media innovation (for clients such as Yell, RAC & Allied Domecq). Prior to becoming involved in digital media, Mark had set up Curtis Hoy, a successful media promotion company which spearheaded the use of radio for sales promotion in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.
 
He is also the author of Distraction – Being Human in the Digital Age (Futuretext 2005). He likes cycling and mountains and wine and has five children.

Lisa Garza, Market Manager Service Provider Mobility - Cisco

Lisa Garza is a Market Manager focused on the global Service Provider Mobility Market at Cisco.  Lisa has over 10 years of experience in strategic technology marketing for service providers – covering technologies from the core of the network to the edge, across multiple fixed and wireless access technologies.  Lisa is a former member of the DSL Forum Board of Directors, and is currently responsible for solution marketing around some of the key mobile access technologies that deliver quality broadband into homes and businesses, including WiFi, WiMAX, Femto, and UMA

Rob Gelick was named Vice President, CBS Mobile, CBS Interactive in July 2008.  He reports to the Corporate VP of Operations for CBS Interactive.

Gelick has more than a decade of experience in the mobile industry during which he has played a role in developing many industry firsts that have set product and service standards practiced by the market at large today. 

In his position, Gelick oversees new mobile service development and operations across more than a dozen CBS Interactive brands including CBS Entertainment, CNET, Gamespot, TV.com, CBS News, CWTV, Chow and BNET.  Highlights among the newest product deployments within these brands include consumer applications, mobile Web sites, VOD services and advertising systems.

Prior to CBS, Gelick was one of 10 founding executives at Helio where he served as the Vice President of Data Services.  While at Helio, he created, developed and managed an award-winning portfolio of mobile social networking and media services including the industry’s first MySpace mobile service, the first complete YouTube Mobile offering, custom mobile Video and Music-on-Demand services, and a location based user-generated content publishing platform.  Before joining Helio, Gelick had an eight-year career at Motorola where he was instrumental in the company’s strategic alliance with Apple to bring iTunes to Motorola’s next-generation mobile devices. He also helped pioneer the world’s first mobile commerce and downloadable media solutions.

Mark Jaffe is the Chief Executive Officer of VeraSprite, a leading provider of photorealistic audio-visual text messaging.

Mark has successfully served as a catalyst for growth of technology companies, as well as media and entertainment based companies, for over twenty five years.

His technology background includes the founding and growth of Ecadia, a successful enterprise software company focused upon buying decision systems technology, and the growth of Audit Integrity, a financial services software application.

Earlier, while head of Walt Disney Records, Mark capitalized upon his knowledge of the teen, pop and family entertainment marketplace to grow the company’s revenue line from $30 million to $120 million over a five-year period. Mark also served as Executive Vice President/GM at Warner Bros. Kids, and Senior Vice President of Product Development at Capitol/EMI Entertainment Properties.

Joe Lalley, Director of Product Development for Global Digital Media - MTV Networks

Joe Lalley, Director of Product Development for Global Digital Media, MTV Networks, is responsible for managing the mobile web, messaging and ringtone businesses across MTV Networks, including brands such as MTV, VH1, CMT, Comedy Central, Spike, Nick and LOGO. In this role, Joe is directly responsible for the oversight of each brand’s mobile web sites including features, general product roadmap and business models.  Joe is also responsible for developing and managing all mobile messaging campaigns including recurring content delivery and participation television through mobile.  In addition, Joe is responsible for managing the subscription ringtone businesses for MTV, VH1, CMT, Comedy Central, VH1 and TeeNick.

Before joining the mobile group, Joe worked at within MTV Networks’ Digital Music team, managing product rollout and technical implementation.

Prior to his new media career, Joe studied Information Technology Management at Columbia University.  

Emmett Long, Director of Multimedia Advertising - Ericsson

Emmett Long, Director of Multimedia and Advertising, is responsible for developing new solution offerings for Ericsson in North America. Long joined Ericsson in 1996 and has experience in core telecom development in Ireland and application incubation and testing in Silicon Valley.

Prior to his current role, Long was lead technologist for Ericsson Mobility World and was responsible for all third party application developer screenings, on-boarding and solution architecture for Ericsson’s managed content programs in North America. He has also served as lead technologist for Ericsson’s Mobile Applications Initiative

Long holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering from the University of Limerick, Ireland 

Brandon Lucas, VP and GM Mobile - Black Entertainment Television

Brandon Lucas is a mobile industry veteran with relevant experience in Asia, Europe and the US. In his current role as VP and GM of BET Mobile, Brandon is responsible for driving the wireless business, strategy and partnerships for the leading provider of media and entertainment for African Americans and consumers of Black culture. Prior to joining BET, Brandon ran mobile business development for MySpace, where in two years he built partnerships with U.S. wireless carriers, device manufacturers, SMS aggregators and ad networks. Before MySpace, Brandon held mobile business development positions with the Walt Disney Company and U.S. Cellular. He has a BA from Harvard University and an International MBA from the University of Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles and is an avid outdoor adventurer

Andrew Miller, CEO - Quattro Wireless

Andy Miller serves as CEO of Quattro Wireless, a Highland Capital-backed start-up at the forefront of mobile Web content adaptation and advertising.

Prior to joining Quattro, Miller was a member of the senior management team at m-Qube, Inc. where he served as the senior vice president of business development and strategy. While at m-Qube, Miller was instrumental in setting strategy and driving revenue for what became North America’s dominant mobile aggregator. m-Qube was acquired by VeriSign for $250 million in April of 2006.

Miller was also previously the CEO of WatchPoint Media, an MIT Media Lab interactive TV spin-off that was sold to Goldpocket/Tandberg Television.

Andy holds a JD from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from Union College

Michael is Co-Founder of the Zameen Group, an integrated collective of mobile Internet companies, and Vice Chairman of ooober. Additionally, he is Founder of The Mobile Institute; Chair of the dotMobi Advisory Group; Co-Author of Mobile Internet For Dummies; and a strategic advisor to think-tank MOCOM2020, The Centre for Creative Communications at Centennial College and the Mobile Experience Innovation Centre founded in Toronto, Ontario.

As a global subject matter expert on mobile Internet and digital media initiatives, Michael has been a featured speaker and considered a leading mobile media industry futurist. In addition to shaping the early market practices of the Open Mobile Alliance, he was a co-founder of the Wireless Advertising Industry Association (now operating as the Mobile Marketing Association) and the WAP Forum’s Developers Expert Group (now operating under the Open Mobile Alliance).

Over the last 15 years, Michael has played a key strategic role in the launch of innovative new products and service globally with: Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, TD Waterhouse, National Bank of Canada, RBC Financial, Carlson Marketing, Whirlpool, Ford, VeriSign, RSA Security, the dotMobi company and mobile network operators globally including Eurotel, Orange, Telecom Italia, Rogers Wireless, Fido, Bell Mobility and many more.

Michael has been supporting the creation and development of the .mobi domain since 2001, when the first application for the mobile Top Level Domain was initially registered with ICANN. He was a member of the mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd. (dotMobi) Membership Advisory Group creation team and is a founding charter member of the dotMobi Advisory Group and Policy Advisory Board.

Jared Reitzin, CEO - mobileStorm

Jared Reitzin (www.jaredreitzin.com) is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of mobileStorm Inc., a pioneer in the concept of digital marketing. mobileStorm allows clients such as American Idol, K2 Sports, Carl’s Jr., and Qantas Airlines to send email and mobile messages from a single web-based platform. Prior to that, Mr. Reitzin was the CEO of Katalyst Music Group, an independent record label and new media company, which he developed into a noted promoter for musical acts, and where he executed marketing projects for the entertainment community. Mr. Reitzin began his career as a product manager for Interactive Light, a leading developer and provider of networked sports simulators for such companies as IBM, Microsoft, Sony, and Intel.

Mr. Reitzin writes regularly on mobileStorm’s Digital Marketing Blog, and is a featured contributor to MobileMarketingWatch.com, one of the mobile industry’s top blogs. He speaks globally at conferences on email, mobile marketing and new media technologies.

Claudio Schapsis (Bsc. MBA – TECHNION Israel) has more than fifteen years of strategic business development experience, in software, telecommunications, location-based applications, and social media applications in mobile environments.  As the VP of Business Development and New Initiatives, at ID Conex, he introduced innovative concepts to the LBS market, such as Location Based Human Logistics (LBHL). 

Schapsis dedicates his Blog (www.bdnooz.com) to the business perspective of the LBS industry. He is a member of the Miami chapter of MENG – the Marketing Executive Networking Group, as well as other industry forums. Schapsis participated as a speaker in several conferences, like the Mobile Mexico and Central America Summit 2009, and is the chairman of LBS LATAM 09, the first LBS conference for Latin America in Miami.

Justin Siegel, CEO- MocoSpace

Todd Simpson, CEO- Ditech Networks

Todd G. Simpson is President and CEO of Ditech Networks. With over 10 years of leadership experience in the technology industry, Todd has helped establish Ditech as the industry leader in voice quality solutions for the global telecom industry. Todd joined Ditech Networks in June 2005 through its acquisition of Jasomi Networks. In September 2007, he became CEO after holding several senior level positions. At Jasomi, Todd worked to establish the corporation as a thought leader in the industry, positioning the company to win several awards as the provider of VoIP session border controllers. He has also obtained several patents.

Rahul Sonnad, CEO Geodelic

Rahul Sonnad founded Geodelic in early 2008.  Prior to founding Geodelic, Rahul conceived of and founded thePlatform, a digital video web services company. thePlatform now services the majority of large video publishers on broadband and wireless platforms, including Hulu, Verizon Wireless, Helio, CNBC, CBS, ABC News, most Comcast properties, and dozens of other major brands. thePlatform now operates as a subsidiary of the Comcast Corporation, which acquired the company in 2006. Previously, Rahul worked at Microsoft, managing the R&D activities on the Asian versions of the Office suite, and at Adobe Systems in engineering management. Rahul has a masters in engineering from the University of Washington and attended the Harvard Business School MBA program.

Carol is a seasoned User Experience research and design management professional with extensive background in both corporate and consulting environments. She previously managed the UX for T-Mobile USA’s commercial web properties including e-commerce and self service sites, and online advertising destinations.  She brings two decades of experience in product, interactive, and information design, as well as user-centered research expertise and business management.

Ted Woodbery Vice President – Wireless Data, Voice and Ancillary Products- AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets

As vice president of wireless data, voice and ancillary products, Ted Woodbery has responsibility for the creation and go-to-market delivery of wireless data and voice-driven products for the consumer market segment, including offer and product development, marketing programs, pricing, business planning and overall profit and loss management. Prior to this role, he managed product development for the AT&T Convergence group, crafting the customer experience and go-to-market strategy for integrated landline, Web and mobile products as well as managing mobile Web profit and loss for the consumer market segment. 

Mr. Woodbery joined AT&T from marchFIRST, a leading global advertising agency and new media communications corporation, where he was the Creative Director for the Pacific Northwest region. He also founded multiple Internet and mobile services start-up ventures, serving in Creative and Marketing Leadership roles. Mr. Woodbery has a bachelor’s degree from The University of Washington.

Jeff Yee is Senior Director of Worldwide Business Development at Volantis Systems. Prior to Volantis, Mr. Yee served as the Chief Operating Officer at Treemo, a software provider of mobile social media communities, where he was responsible for business development, product management, engineering and technical operations. Before Treemo, Mr. Yee was the Director of Mobile Commerce at AT&T Wireless, where he developed the mobile commerce program that provides the framework for purchasing digital goods and services over AT&T's network.

Mr. Yee is also the co-author of Making Money on the Mobile Internet, an authoritative guide from Cingular Wireless on how to harness the potential of the mobile marketplace. He has spoken at numerous industry events including M-Commerce Forum, Digital Media Summit, iHollywood Forum and the Mobile Entertainment Summit.  

He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii and an M.S. in Management from Antioch University.