Mobile Future Forward

Speakers

		Abhi Ingle Vice President Industry & Mobility Application Solutions AT&T Abhi Ingle leads the national Industry & Mobility Application Solutions team which has responsibility for solution sales to the business customer segment. Prior to this role, Ingle led the Business Solutions marketing and products organization, overseeing wireless data products and marketing programs for business customers. Abhi spent several years at McKinsey and Company where he served technology, consumer package goods and financial services clients on strategy, marketing and sales engagements.
		Biju Nair Chief Strategy Officer Synchronoss Technologies Inc. Biju Nair is responsible for leading the strategic vision of the connected devices business unit for the company. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Nair was the Chairman & CEO of Sapience Knowledge Systems, Inc., a venture backed wireless software company (acquired by Synchronoss Technologies in 2011). Previously, Biju held the position of Senior Vice President & GM of the Connectivity and Security Group at Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI) and Corporate Vice President & GM and founder of Mobility Solutions Group at PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCTI) which was acquired by Smith Micro in 2008.

		Bob Borchers Managing Director Opus Capital A mobile and consumer marketing veteran with more than 20 years operating experience, Bob Borchers comes to Opus Capital from Apple, Inc where he served as Sr. Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for the iPhone. At Opus Borchers is focused on investments in mobile applications and services as well as adjacent opportunities in both hardware and software. As part of the original iPhone team, he was instrumental in the development, launch and global expansion of the revolutionary iPhone, iPhone OS, App Store. Borchers began his career doing research and development in prosthetics. He has more than 30 patents granted or pending.

		Bob Egan Managing Director MGI Research Bob Egan is managing director and partner with MGI Research. Bob’s current focus is in the areas of mobile payments, enterprise mobility and mobile security. As a vice president with Gartner, Egan received the firm's esteemed "Thought Leadership Achievement Award." Wireless Review has called Bob Egan the "Market Maker" and Adweek Magazine Technology Marketing Group named him one of the top six most influential industry analysts. His commentaries have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Business Week and Fortune magazine. His broadcast appearances include; ABC Night News, CNBC, the BBC TV and the MacNeil/Lehr NewsHour.
		Bobby Morrison President – Pacific Northwest Region Verizon Wireless Bobby Morrison is responsible for directing the company’s sales, marketing, operations, customer service and financial performance in Washington, Oregon, North Idaho and soon, Alaska. In this role, Morrison oversees expansion of the nation’s fastest and most advanced 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network along with a full range of mobile voice and data products. Morrison joined the company’s West Area team following 13 years in the Midwest, where he served as executive director of sales & marketing. Prior to that, Morrison was director of business & enterprise sales in Illinois/Wisconsin, leading a team of 200 employees responsible for business sales, including Fortune 500 and Global 350 customers.
		Brad Stone Sr. Writer Bloomberg Businessweek Brad Stone joined Bloomberg Businessweek in August, 2010 as a senior writer covering technology. He has written cover stories on the Chinese search engine Baidu, Facebook chief executive officer Sheryl Sandberg, the medical leave of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and the ascendance of Larry Page to Google’s chief executive. Brad joined Businessweek from the New York Times, where he had been a reporter since December 2006. In addition to writing for the paper, he regularly contributed to the Times’ technology blog, Bits and wrote a column, Ping, for the Sunday business section. Brad graduated from Columbia University in 1993 and is originally from Cleveland, Ohio.
		Braxton Woodman Head of Product Development AVOS Braxton Woodham serves as head of product development at AVOS. Prior to joining AVOS, Woodham was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Tap11. Braxton was formerly the Chief Techonology Officer of InfoSpace's mobile division where he was responsible for the WAP infrastructure that accounts for approximately 70% of all WAP page views in North America. Prior to Infospace, Woodham served as Vice President, Technology at Moviso, leading the development of the V4 Platform, which has scaled by more than 100 times and currently supports more than 16 million transactions per month across US, European and Australian carriers.
		Cliff Kushler CTO and Cofounder Swype Cliff Kushler is currently the CTO of Swype, Inc., which he co-founded in 2003 with Randy Marsden. In 1987, upon his return from earning a Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo, he joined Prentke Romich Co. to serve as Director of Research in the design and development of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, which provide comprehensive communication support for individuals with motor impairments that prevent them from speaking intelligibly, effectively using a standard keyboard, or using sign language. He has black belts in Hakko-ryu Ju Jutsu and Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate, and has been awarded 33 US patents, as well as numerous corresponding internationally filed patents.
		Dale Nitschke Managing Partner Ovative / Group Dale Nitschke serves as the Managing Partner at the Ovative/Group. Nitschke’s practice areas include Digital Business Strategy, Ecommerce, and In Store Digital Experience. Mr. Nitschke draws from 23 years of experience at Target Corporation, including eight years as President of Target.com where he built their organization and business from a start-up stage to over a $1 billion business. He was also responsible for building the Target Guest Database, an initiative that delivered direct marketing and guest insight capabilities to the Target enterprise and readied the organization for the digital age. Previously, Nitschke served as Senior Vice President of Merchandising for the Department Store Division of Target.

		Danny L. Bowman President, Integrated Solutions Group Sprint Nextel Danny Bowman is President of Sprint Nextel's Integrated Solutions Group (ISG), with responsibility for Sprint’s suite of innovative integrated solutions as well as the company’s IDEN and push-to-talk platforms. Bowman also oversees the Emerging Solutions organization responsible for developing business and consumer solutions for the rapidly emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) and mobility computing markets. Emerging Solutions offers a broad and growing 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, digital signage and telemedicine initiatives.


		Chetan Sharma President Chetan Sharma Consulting Chetan Sharma is President of Chetan Sharma Consulting and is one of the leading strategists in the mobile industry. Executives from 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 and is probably the only industry strategist who has advised each of the top 6 global mobile data operators. Chetan is the author or co-author of five best-selling books on mobile and over 100 articles related to mobile.
		David Messenger EVP and Head of Online/Mobile American Express Company David Messenger is the executive vice president and head of American Express’ new Online and Mobile business unit. In this capacity, Messenger is responsible for developing new online and mobile payment capabilities and associated services and applications, with an emphasis on creating strategic digital partnerships. Additionally, the role comprises all online and mobile marketing, business development, customer care and CRM functions. Messenger holds a bachelor of science in psychology from the University of Wales College in Cardiff, United Kingdom.
		Ed Skolarus Vice President, Business Operations Fox Networks Group Edward (“Ed”) Skolarus serves as Vice President, Business Operations, for Fox Networks Group (a division of News Corporation), where he is responsible for business operations focused on the Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint venture of 12 broadcasters that are working to deliver live digital television to mobile devices in the United States. Prior to his work on MCV, Ed served as Vice President, Business Operations for the Fox Reality Channel where he oversaw business operations, development and emerging media for the network. He likewise managed Fox Reality’s domestic and international program licensing, international format distribution and content ventures for on-air and digital platforms. Fox Reality Channel was one of only four cable networks in US cable history to surpass 35 million subscribers in two years.
		Eric Anderson Vice President, Content and Product Solutions Samsung Electronics America Eric Anderson has more than 20 years experience in mobile and content delivery services and currently serves as the Vice President of Content and Product Solutions for Samsung Electronics America, Inc. His primary responsibility is to enhance the Samsung end user experience by providing content discovery and distribution services across the Home Entertainment, Mobile Entertainment and Home Appliance portfolios. Prior to working at Samsung, Eric served as SVP of Business Development and Corporate Development for Handango, an independent Smartphone application store provider and content aggregator.
		Frank Barbieri Senior Vice President, Emerging Platforms YuMe Frank has extensive experience connecting consumers with video via a critical screen – their mobile device. Prior to joining YuMe, Frank served as the Chief Product Officer of Transpera, a company he founded. Prior to Transpera, he ran media products at InfoSpace and previously drove a Microsoft Windows Mobile media device and services product group. Previously, Frank was at Onvia, a company he helped take public and prior to that, spearheaded MSNBC’s online video distribution efforts and interactive content group. A graduate of Bates College with a B.A. in Politics and Philosophy, Frank started his career as a photojournalist, documenting the plight of refugees globally.
		Gibu Thomas EVP, Online/Mobile WalMart Gibu Thomas is the Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital at Walmart responsible for all the global mobile and digital media initiatives for the company. Prior to taking on this role, he headed up strategy for Walmart’s Global eCommerce group. Gibu has 20 years of experience as a general manager and technologist, with over 10 years of background in the mobile industry. Prior to Walmart, he was a serial entrepreneur who founded and led multiple technology companies. Gibu has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of business.
		Glenn Lurie President, Emerging Devices, Resale & Partnership AT&T Mobility Glenn Lurie is President of Emerging Devices, Resale and Partnerships for AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. Lurie leads AT&T’s strategic initiative to drive innovation in bringing wireless connectivity to a host of new devices and applications – including personal computers, eBooks/eReaders, in-car entertainment and portable navigation devices, digital cameras, and machine-to-machine communications solutions. Lurie also has responsibilities for AT&T’s ongoing operations and relationship with Apple Inc., having led negotiations to bring the iPhone to AT&T.
		Hank Skorny Chief Strategy Officer Real Networks At Real Networks, Hank Skorny is leading a new effort to place media into the cloud, offering the ability to protect and access it anywhere. This will allow users to organize, explore and socialize with their media like never before. Hank has nearly 25 years of executive marketing, business development, and engineering experience. Hank had been a successful entrepreneur, serving as CEO of Thumbspeed Inc. which was acquired by OZ Communications Inc. and then by Nokia. Prior to Thumbspeed, Hank held senior executive positions at Infospace Mobile and AOL Mobile. His career has included general management, senior product management and engineering positions at Adobe Systems, Microsoft and Apple Computer.

		Houck Reed Vice President, BNS Product Management and Operations Tekelec Houck Reed is Vice President, BNS Product Management and Operations joining Tekelec in 2007. Houck leads a team focuses on delivering broadband data solutions including session management, policy, and subscriber data management. Primary responsibilities include portfolio strategy and marketing, business analytics, and commercial offer management. Prior to Tekelec, Houck was Director of the Product Management team at Symantec. His past experience includes UTStarcom, Alcatel-Lucent, and Hyperion Software. Houck holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing from the Yale School of Management.
		Jana Messerschmidt Senior Director Twitter Jana Messerschmidt is responsible for the Mobile/Device Business Development Team at Twitter. Her focus is to increase the penetration of Twitter in mobile handsets, tablets, and other connected devices. Prior to Twitter, she was in a similar role at Netflix. She received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

		Jared Hansen CEO Breezy Jared is the CEO and founder of Breezy, which he started because his Blackberry couldn’t print and he Just Couldn’t Take It Anymore. A former lawyer, he often found himself tearing his hair out over the lack of high-quality document management solutions for mobile devices, and eventually decided to leave the law and create them.

		Jay Emmet General Manager and Senior Vice President OpenMarket, Amdocs Jay currently serves as Senior Vice President of Amdocs and General Manager of OpenMarket™, the largest mobile payments and messaging processor in the U.S. and UK. Prior to joining OpenMarket, Jay was President-Americas at mBlox where he led the successful market launch of premium SMS services into the US consumer markets. Jay was previously Senior Vice President of Operations for ATG, and previous to that he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at New Edge Networks. Jay has an MBA from American University and a BA from St. Anselm College.
		Jeremiah Zinn EVP, Digital Products MTV Networks Jeremiah Zinn is Executive Vice President of Digital Products for MTV Networks (MTVN). In his role, Zinn heads up the product team within the company’s digital group, managing the company’s platforms, tools and services with a focus on monetization and innovation. Before joining MTVN, Zinn was head of service development at Ericsson Mobility World where he worked with mobile operators to bring innovative content and applications to their customers. Zinn is currently an adjunct professor at Parsons New School for Design, where he teaches mobile game design.

		Joe Megibow Vice President and General Manager, Mobile and Analytics Expedia Joe Megibow is currently the VP, Mobile and E-Commerce Optimization at Expedia. In his role, Joe has global responsibility for Expedia's mobile initiatives, including Mobiata, the leading provider of mobile travel apps. Joe also oversees e-commerce optimization activities including leading-edge site conversion optimization techniques, marketing, site, and customer analytics, and site experimentation. Finally, Joe has product management responsibility for core eCommerce flows, including product search and checkout. Joe was recognized in March 2011 as the recipient of the Practitioner of the Year, Award for Excellence by the Web Analytics Association (WAA). Joe earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a MBA from the University of Chicago.
		John SanGiovanni Cofounder and Vice President, Product Design Zumobi John SanGiovanni has more than 13 years of experience as a wireless strategist and mobile user interface designer. As the co-founder and Vice President of Product Design, John coordinates the product design strategy and manages Zumobi’s in-house creative studio. Prior to Zumobi, John was Program Manager and Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Research, where he managed external academic research funding in the areas of mobile technologies and user interfaces. During his career, John has authored or co-authored more than 12 patents in the areas of mobile advertising, hardware interfaces, and interaction techniques for next-generation mobile devices. John has a Bachelor of Science in Advertising with a concentration on Computing from the University of Florida.

		Ken Denman CEO Openwave Ken Denman is chief executive officer for Openwave Systems (NASDAQ: OPWV) where he is focused on executing Openwave's corporate strategy and growing the company's global market share with innovative software infrastructure products and services for mobile and broadband operators. Ken's career spans more than 20 years in the global telecommunications and IT industries. Before Openwave, Ken served as chairman and CEO of iPass, a world leader in platform-based enterprise mobility services where he guided the company in leveraging the explosion in new broadband and wireless access technologies to make them real and globally available to any enterprise or service provider. Under Mr. Denman's leadership, iPass grew its revenue by 200 percent and went public in 2003.
		Ken Wirth President, End-to-End Network Solutions Alcatel Lucent Ken Wirth leads Alcatel-Lucent’s End-to-End (E2E) Network Solutions organization. He is responsible for the company’s E2E LTE solution as well as broader wireless and wireline network transformation solutions. Previously, Ken was President of the Lucent’s Multimedia Network Solutions organization -- since January 2005 -- where he had responsibility for the financial and business performance, strategy, product marketing, product management, technology and development across the access, data and optical networking segments. Ken has held various management, marketing and sales assignments at AT&T and Lucent, including an assignment as Chief Financial Officer for AT&T Network Systems’ Access Products Group.
		Kris Rinne Senior Vice President, Network and Architecture AT&T Mobility Kris Rinne is responsible for wireless industry standards development, long range technology planning, and the network and device planning for new products and services for wireless at AT&T. She also has broader network architecture responsibility for the corporation as a whole. Prior to this position, Rinne served as Cingular’s chief technology officer with similar responsibilities. Prior to joining Cingular, she was vice president—Technology Strategy for SBC Wireless, responsible for new product development and network operations support. She has worked for Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems as managing director—Operations.
		Manoj Leelanivas Executive Vice President and General Manager, Mobility Business Group Juniper Networks Manoj Leelanivas serves as Executive Vice President of Junos Application Software (JAS) Business Group, focused on the advanced applications that run on Junos, including mobility, content and media, router services, and cloud services innovations. Prior to joining JAS Business Group, Mr. Leelanivas served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Junos Ready Software (JRS) Business Group, dedicated to the creation and delivery of an ecosystem of software and applications built on the Junos and Junos Space platforms. He also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Edge and Aggregation business unit for the Infrastructure Products Group (IPG), where he led the development and launch of Juniper's groundbreaking MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers.
		Mark Rolston Chief Creative Officer Frog Design As Chief Creative Officer, Mark Rolston is responsible for driving frog’s global creative vision. Working closely with the creative leadership team, Mr. Rolston orchestrates teams of strategists, technologists, designers, information architects, and analysts to produce groundbreaking work for Fortune 500 clientele. An early web pioneer, Mark co-founded frog’s digital media group in 1996, working with clients to leverage emerging technologies and setting the tone for user interface design and e-commerce platforms. He drove the creation of dell.com, marking the birth of the most profitable website on the Internet, and crafted the digital experience for i2, Microsoft, SAP, and Sun Microsystems, among others.
		Mark Zawacki Founder and Managing Partner Milestone Group Mark Zawacki is the Founder and Managing Partner of Palo Alto based Milestone Group. Since 2001, Milestone Group has worked with more than 190+ tech, media and telco (TMT) clients globally on a myriad of growth and revenue-related initiatives including strategy, innovation, business and corporate development, alliances/partnering and international expansion. Mark holds a B.Sc. in Marketing from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Rochester, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, where he currently serves on the Executive Advisory Council.
		Martin Fichter Acting President HTC America Martin Fichter joined HTC America in December 2009 as Vice President, Product Management and Planning. In this position, Martin executes HTC America’s full product portfolio strategy from concept to end-of-life. Along with making decisions regarding roadmaps and feature sets, Martin works closely with operator partners to ensure technical product acceptance, develop product pricing and drive all aspects of lifecycle management including software updates and product refreshes. In July, Martin was named Acting President, HTC America, managing products, operations, marketing, sales organization, and relationships with the top mobile operators in North and Latin America. Martin holds an engineering degree from Fachhochschule der Deutschen Bundespost in Berlin, Germany.
		Martin Harriman Executive Vice President, Ecosystem Development LightSquared Martin Harriman serves as executive vice president of ecosystem development and satellite business for LightSquared. Martin is responsible for satellite engineering, devices, and chipset development, service applications, partner solutions, as well as IT and Back Office systems. Since the first quarter of 2010, Martin has been serving as an advisor to Harbinger Global Wireless. Before joining LightSquared, Martin held a number of senior executive positions with Ericsson in Sweden including SVP of sales, marketing, and business development.
		Michael Wolf Vice President, Research GigaOM Mike has spent more than 10 years as an industry analyst, starting at In-Stat and launching the company’s consumer networking and digital media research services, and more recently was the digital home practice director for ABI. He has been a columnist for Network World and has written a book on home networking for consumers. At GigaOM Pro, he oversees overall research efforts and serves as curator for the Connected Consumer. He has a Master’s in International Management from Thunderbird.
		Mikael Back Vice President Product and Portfolio Management, Business Unit Networks Ericsson Mikael Bäck is responsible for the Strategy and Portfolio management for Ericsson’s fixed and mobile network business. Mikael joined Ericsson in 1990 and has since worked with Product Management, Business Development and Strategy in a number of managerial positions. Mikael has also worked in Japan as Key Account Manager. Prior to the current position Mikael Bäck was Vice President and Head of Product Area WCDMA. Mikael Bäck is a graduate of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
		Natan Linder Fluid Interfaces Group MIT Media Lab Natan is a second year Masters student in the Fluid Interfaces group at the MIT Media Lab. His work fuses design and engineering to create novel human experiences. Natan’s background is in Computer Science, Product Design and Entrepreneurship. As a ten-year industry veteran, he worked for Sun Microsystems, and was the co-founder of Samsung Electronics Israel R&D Center and served as its Mobile R&D General Manager. He was also an EIR at Jerusalem Venture Partners, a leading VC in Israel. Natan holds a BA in Computer Science from the IDC in Herzeliya, and his research interests span mobile technologies, rapid prototyping, robotics, augmented reality and industrial design.
		Omar Bedier VP - Payments Google Osama is the VP of Payments at Google. He joined Google in January 2011 after seven years at PayPal and eBay. Most recently at PayPal, he was vice president of platform, mobile and new ventures. Earlier, he was responsible for PayPal’s open global payments platform, as well as product development for all consumer- and merchant-facing products. Osama received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California.
		Paul Palmieri President & CEO Millennial Media As Millennial Media’s President and CEO, Paul is responsible for leading the company’s growth and industry leadership. He has guided the company from startup to its current position as the leading mobile advertising network in the US by focusing on the needs of advertisers, innovative technologies and industry growth. Paul is a well-known pioneer and industry leader in the global mobile entertainment and data marketplace, and led many groundbreaking efforts while at Verizon Wireless. His leadership resulted in new and successful business models that have led to rapid growth in mobile media.

		Peter Ewens Chief Strategy Officer T-Mobile USA Peter Ewens is EVP and Chief Strategy Officer for T-Mobile USA. Peter joined T-Mobile in 2008 and leads the company’s Corporate Strategy, Business Development and M&A activities with the objective of developing new businesses and extending T-Mobile’s business through partnerships. Prior to T-Mobile, Peter led the OEM Business for Sun Microsystems focused on selling Sun hardware and software technology to global OEMs in Telecom, Healthcare and other industries. Before joining Sun, Peter was a partner with McKinsey & Company in Dallas and Toronto. Peter holds an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

		Ramneek Bhasin GM and VP, Mobile The Find Ramneek Bhasin serves as VP/GM for all things mobile & tablets at TheFind.com. Mr. Bhasin has extensive experience working with Fortune 100 companies and co-founding startups. He brings a global entrepreneurial perspective, including consumer mobile and wireless, web/enterprise software (B2B/B2C), broadcast media, and social media. Most recently, Mr. Bhasin was Founder and CEO of Mobio Networks, Inc., focused on the next generation of mobile platforms and consumer wireless services. Mr. Bhasin has an MS from Louisiana State University, a BS from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
		Raven Zachary CEO Small Society Raven Zachary is President of Small Society, working with big brands, established companies, investors, and startups on iOS mobile strategy and product development for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Raven directed the Obama ‘08 for iPhone application for the Obama Campaign prior to forming Small Society, and has worked with organizations such as Whole Foods Market, Zipcar, Amazon, and The Democratic Party on iOS application initiatives. He is the founder of iOSDevCamp, a not-for-profit iOS developer conference. Raven is regularly quoted by the press concerning the mobile and tablet markets and is a frequent conference speaker on these topics. He serves on advisory boards for Urban Airship and Apperian.
		Rob Baxter CEO Validity Rob Baxter has over 30 years of global semiconductor experience in Consumer, Telecom, and Automotive markets. Prior to joining Validity, he was at SiRF Technology as Senior Vice President. Prior to joining SiRF, he was the President and CEO of Centrality Communications, where he led the company through the acquisition by SiRF in August 2007. Mr. Baxter has also served as CEO at Xanoptix / Xan3D Technologies, as SVP and Member of Office of the President at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, and as VP and GM of several Divisions in Motorola Semiconductor Product Sector (now known as Freescale) based in Europe, the United States and Asia during a 16-year career.
		Rob Glaser Founder and Chairman RealNetworks, Inc. Rob Glaser, Founder and Chairman of RealNetworks, Inc., has long been intrigued with the nexus of media, computing, communication and the Internet. Since founding Real in 1994, Mr. Glaser has played an integral role in the transformation of the Internet into the next great mass medium. In 1995 under Mr. Glaser's direction, Real introduced the groundbreaking RealAudio. Followed by RealVideo, RealPlayer and the systems to distribute audio and video including the Helix technologies. Prior to founding RealNetworks, Inc., Mr. Glaser worked for Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions. Mr. Glaser has served on several non-profit boards and committees, including his appointment by President Clinton to the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters.
		Sailesh Chutani Founder and CEO Mobisante Sailesh Chutani is the CEO and a co-founder of Mobisante Inc., an mHealth company building cellphone-based, affordable, and easy-to-use ultrasound systems. Previously, he managed $100m worth of exploratory research and development in Microsoft Research in emerging technologies to identify and seed new businesses. The results included the formation of multiple new product and business units within Microsoft, such as robotics, technology for emerging markets, education products, and many others, including a startup spin-off, Zumobi. Sailesh pioneered Microsoft's engagement in personalized medicine, bioinformatics, and systems biology.
		Sanjiv Ahuja Chairman and CEO LightSquared Sanjiv Ahuja serves as the Chairman and CEO of LightSquared. In 2007, Mr. Ahuja founded Augere, a company delivering affordable, genuine wireless broadband to underserved customers in developing markets such as Bangladesh and Pakistan. He is also the founder and chairman of Eaton Telecom, a telecommunications infrastructure company with a presence in 12 African countries. From 2004 until 2007, Mr. Ahuja was chief executive officer of Orange.



		Sid Madhavan Vice President, Global Research and Product Development Microvision Sid Madhavan joined Microvision in April, 2006 as Vice President of Research and Product Development. Mr. Madhavan, who previously worked for GE Healthcare where he most recently served as an Engineering Subsystem Manager for the $2.1 billion Molecular Imaging and Computer Tomography business, is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and brings over fifteen years of engineering product development and management experience. Mr. Madhavan has a successful track record of leading the definition and development of several key technology platform strategies that he transalted into product launches, and brings a wealth of cross-functional product development skills. Sid Madhavan received his B.S. degree in Electronics and Communications from Madurai Kamaraj University in India and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M.

		Stephen Bye CTO and Vice President, Technology Development and Strategy Sprint Stephen Bye serves as Vice President of Technology Development & Strategy. In this role, Mr. Bye is responsible for driving Sprint’s technology strategy, architecture and global standards; innovation center and labs; emerging business and service model development. Prior to joining Sprint in the spring of 2011, Mr. Bye was Vice President of Wireless Services at Cox Communications. He has also held executive positions with AT&T, inCode Wireless, BellSouth International, Optus Communications and Telstra. Mr. Bye is a Chartered Engineer, a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
		Steve Mollenkopf EVP and Group President Qualcomm Inc. Steve Mollenkopf serves as Executive Vice President and group president of Qualcomm Incorporated. In this role, Mr. Mollenkopf provides critical technical and operational leadership for the company as well an oversight of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Internet Services, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies and Qualcomm Atheros. He is also a member of Qualcomm’s Executive Committee, helping to drive Qualcomm’s overall global strategy. Mr. Mollenkopf joined Qualcomm in 1994 as an Engineer and throughout his tenure at Qualcomm held several other technical and leadership roles.


		Ujjal Kohli CEO Rhythm New Media Ujjal has over 25 years of experience in general management, engineering, marketing, strategy, M&A, and venture capital. Ujjal was CEO and a Co-Founder of Meru Networks (Nasdaq:MERU). Previously, Ujjal was EVP of Marketing & Sales for AirTouch Cellular. Before AirTouch, Ujjal was with McKinsey in their technology practice. Ujjal started his career at Intel Corporation, first in engineering and subsequently in marketing. Ujjal holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi), an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

		Vik Pavate Vice President, Business Development Kovio As vice president of business development,Vik is responsible for Kovio's corporate strategy, business development, product development and marketing, OEM relationships and strategic joint development and technology alliances. Mr. Pavate holds 10 U.S. patents and has published 30 papers on electronic materials and semiconductor technology. He received a Bacherlor of Technology in ceramic engineering from the Institute of Technology, BHU (India), Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded the prestigious Price Institute Fellowship for Entrepreneurship and a Silver Medal in the 2001 Wharton Business Plan Competition.
		Wibe Wagemans SVP, Brand Advertising and Analytics Rovio (Angry Birds) Wibe is the Humming Bird for Rovio and leads global brand advertising and analytics at Rovio based in the US. Previously, Wibe oversaw international marketing for Bing for mobile and pc and served 8 years at Nokia as a senior marketing executive, reporting to the Business Group Executive Board with expat assignments in the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, and the US. Prior to Nokia, Wibe held various sales and marketing positions at The Gillette Company. Wibe studied at Radboud University in the Netherlands (MSc) and participated in MBA programs at universities in Stockholm and Tokyo. Has lived and worked in 6 countries and speaks Dutch, English, German, French, Swedish, and Japanese.

		Will Hsu Chief Product Officer AT&T Interactive William Hsu serves as Chief Product Officer at AT&T Interactive. In this role, Mr. Hsu is responsible for overall product strategy and performance across consumer, advertiser, and publisher products. Since joining AT&T Interactive, Mr. Hsu has been instrumental in leading the growth of the company's publisher network which reaches more than 54 million unique visitors each month, and has contributed to the overall product and ad strategy for its flagship mobile app, YPmobile, as well as the direction and launch of buzz.com and YP.COM, the new YELLOWPAGES.COM. Prior to AT&T Interactive Mr. Hsu founded BuildPoint, a leading B2B marketplace for commercial construction services, which was acquired in 2004.