David has been working in the mobile application and content space since mobile data was first introduced in 1999. Prior to Mobile Research, David was founder and President of OTA Wireless, one of the first ringtone companies in the U.S., founded in early 2001. OTA Wireless was later acquired in 2003 by a larger mobile gaming and content company where David spent two years as VP of R&D and later VP of Technology.

Before his tenure at Microsoft, Mike worked as a programmer/analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co., building and supporting market data and order management systems for the listed equities traders and institutional sales teams. Mike has a B.S. in computer science from the Engineering College at Cornell University, where he also did a concentration in cognitive science and graduate work in computer graphics. Mike enjoys reading, writing, art, photography, skiing, hiking, travel and being a dad.

Timo has 5 years of consulting experience across a broad range of projects covering wireless strategy, product marketing, business development, product management and lead engineering at European and American Wireless Service Providers. He joined Detecon's US office in 2003 and was instrumental in expanding the US telecom practice. Before joining NewBay he managed multiple projects at wireless carriers and was Key Account Manager for Detecon's biggest US account.

Timo holds a degree in Business Administration from ISM (International School of Management) in Germany which also included studies at the European Business School in the UK and UCCS (University of Colorado) in the USA.

He later co-founded and was president of Satellite Music Network, the first radio network to distribute live, 24-hour programming via satellite Ð an innovation that earned him Billboard MagazineÕs ÒTrendsetter of the YearÓ award. Ê In the interim, he built a series of radio networks, starting with Olympia Broadcasting, which became one of the first publicly-held radio groups. When Ivan got there, it was a single station; when he left, it held a 15-station portfolio with presences in eight key markets. He subsequently co-founded and served as president of New Northwest Broadcasters, which grew under Ivan's leadership to hold more than 40 stations.

Prior to Treemo, Brookler was co-founder and president of games and entertainment at Mobliss, Inc., where he created the mobile games business and strategy. Mobliss was sold in January 2004 to Index Corporation, one of the largest mobile content providers in the world. While at Mobliss, he was responsible for delivering some of the worldÕs biggest brands to the small screen, including The New York Times Crossword, American Idol, and Family Feud Ð the most popular multiplayer game at the time.

Brent has a double major in Economics and International Relations from Lehigh University.

Prior to Smashing, he held leadership positions at several pioneering digital companies, including Zango Inc, where he served as Senior Director, creating the companyÕs online content division, and Atom Entertainment (now an MTV Networks company) as the Vice President of Syndication, where he built and managed the companyÕs multi-screen, content syndication business. Brian also held senior roles at Vendaria Media Inc, and Imation Publishing Software (formerly a division of Adobe Systems Inc). He received his M.A. in European Studies from K.U. Leuven, Belgium and earned his B.A. in Communications Studies at Seattle University.

Under Alex's leadership, Guppy Games established 19 distribution channels through North and South American wireless carriers including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, AllTel and Vivo in Brazil and published 12 award winning game titles in 24 months. In 2008, Alex identified and signed a Web 2.0 company listed in Korean stock market to acquire Guppy Games.

In 2002, Alex was honored as SeattleÕs Business Professional of the Year the Korean-American Professional Society. Alex holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the prestigious Seoul National University, a MS in Computer Science from the University of Washington and completed the Executive Management Program from the University of Washington.

Laura has an electrical engineering background focused on wireless communication systems and digital signal processing. Her previous work experience ranges from hardware and software engineering in consumer electronics to military communication systems. In addition to her solid technical background, she has most recently been involved in technical sales and business development activities in the area of LBS, developing wireless carrier and third-party application developer relationships.

Laura has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Espinoza has more than 10 years of experience in the wireless industry, focusing on business development and product management in wireless data and wireless internet applications. She has served as senior director of business development for Nextel Wireless Internet Services and started her career with GTE International, helping launch wireless services in Venezuela.

Prior to founding Tagga, Amielle was a marketing and corporate development executive active in the investment, mining and software market sectors. Her expertise are in working with small companies to develop marketing and growth plans and then devise means to capitalize them. On the financing side, Amielle has organized several financings as well as aided in the recruitment of executives to various Boards. On the marketing side, Amielle has produced numerous international technology conferences that attracted the sponsorship and participation of industry leaders such as Google and Vinton Cerf (Vinton is credited with co-founding the Internet). Amielle is also a published author. Her book, The Elephant Hunters will debut in 2008.

Harry Little is admitted to practice in the State of Washington and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Mr. Little graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan.

Most recently Victor served as Chief Strategy Officer of InfoSpace and is currently CSO, SVP Marketing at VoiceBox Technologies in Bellevue,Washington. He has done extensive technology strategy consulting for the CEOs of many of the worldÕs leading technology companies. Victor was educated at Shimer College, Oxford University, and Yale University, where he received his Master of Business Administration degree and was named the Jesse Morrow Johns Scholar in Advertising. Victor has served on the board of several technology companies and professional associations including the Mobile Marketing Association. He has published across a variety of technology topics and recently co-authored the book Mobile Advertising with John Wiley & Sons.

Previously, he was vice president and general manager at Marchex, where he was responsible for Marchex's local advertising business, connecting tens of thousands of local advertisers to consumers as a leading search- and call-based marketing platform provider for large local advertiser aggregators.

Prior to Marchex, Gary was a founding member of the executive team that built MFORMA, a leading provider of wireless entertainment content and services to mobile operators worldwide. His career highlights also include senior executive positions with Unity Wireless, Wildfire Communications, and REALOGIC, as well as leading global project teams for AirTouch.

Gary is a Phi Kappa Phi graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Before Zumobi, John was Technical Evangelist and Program Manager for Microsoft Research, where he managed external academic research funding in the areas of mobile technologies and user interfaces. In this role, he filed several patents concerning information visualization, hardware interfaces and interaction techniques for next-generation mobile devices, some of which provide the foundation for Zumobi's core user experience. Before joining Microsoft, John worked on the Advanced Technology Learning Solutions team at PPI/Knowledge Universe and worked in Studio Entertainment for the Walt Disney Company. John has a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and a concentration on Computing from the University of Florida.

Executives from leading wireless companies around the world seek his accurate predictions, independent insights, and actionable recommendations. He has served as an advisor to senior executive management of several Fortune 100 companies in the wireless space. Some of his clients include NTT DoCoMo, China Mobile, Disney, KTF, Sony, Samsung, Virgin Mobile, Sprint Nextel, AT&T Wireless, Alcatel-Lucent, KDDI, Cincinnati Bell, Reuters, Qualcomm, Reliance Infocomm, SAP, Merrill Lynch, American Express, Infospace, BEA, and HP.

Mario has launched mobile data products at AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Disney Mobile, Danger Inc. and other mobile startups. His list of clients for strategy consulting includes South Korea Telecom Intl., Cell Japan, and Nokia. Mario is well experienced in working with licensed brands, (ESPN, Napster, Playboy, Disney and Rollingstone) bringing entertaining tones, images, and games to mobile consumers. Mario holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State University at Fresno and has completed post-graduate work in Engineering at the University of Washington.

Ken began his career in the advertising business and held senior management roles at national advertising agencies including McCann-Erickson and Rubin Postaer and Associates. During this time, he led the development of advertising and branding campaigns for leading consumer companies including The Walt Disney Company, Hitachi, Washington Mutual Bank, WebTV and Domino's Pizza, among others Ken graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in marketing. He is on the steering committee of InMobile.org and a member of the WINMEC Media and Entertainment Advisory Board at UCLA.