Speakers

Keynote Presenters:

SCOTT HARRISON Founder and President charity: water Scott spent 10 years as an event promoter in New York City before leaving to volunteer on a hospital ship off the coast of Liberia, Africa as a volunteer photojournalist. Returning home to New York City two years later, he founded the non-profit organization charity: water. Turning his full attention to the global water crisis and the one billion people without clean water to drink, he created innovative public installations and unique online fundraising platforms to spread international awareness of the issue. In four years, with the help of more than 200,000 donors worldwide, charity: water has funded more than 3,800 water projects in 17 developing nations. Those projects will provide over 1.7 million people with clean, safe drinking water. More information at www.charitywater.org.

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Speakers:

IVAN BRAIKER
Chief Executive Officer
Hipcricket

Ivan is a successful mobile marketing and media leader.

He grew Hipcricket from its inception into one of the leading and most respected mobile marketing companies with more than 100,000 integrated mobile campaigns.

With his exceptional team, Braiker built Hipcricket into a company with a powerful presence in the United States, Mexico, and Latin America. Through this leadership, Hipcricket earned Frost and Sullivan America’s Mobile Marketing Leader award, a ranking as one of OnMedia top 100 Companies, and two CTIA’s Neustar Pioneer Award.

Ivan is an in-demand speaker on mobile marketing best practices and trends. He has addressed marketers at Ad:tech, CTIA, Latin Vision, NAB and DMA conferences and publishes frequently in the trades.

Clients and his team regard him as relatable and skilled at building and driving a vision. Early in his career, Ivan pioneered integrating new and traditional media. For his innovations in the broadcast media industry, he earned Billboard Magazine’s Trendsetter of the Year award.

Highly entrepreneurial, Braiker has founded, led and taken many companies public. He enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs.

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GREG CLAYMAN
Publisher
News Corporation’s The Daily

Greg Clayman is the Publisher of News Corporation’s The Daily: the first national news publication built from the ground up to create original content exclusively for tablet devices. Prior to The Daily, Greg was executive vice president of Digital Distribution & Business Development for MTV Networks and ran MTVN Mobile Media. There he managed digital business across MTVN’s channels to develop and manage new opportunities for digital content and strategic partnerships. Before joining MTVN, Greg co-founded Upoc, one of the first mobile media companies in the United States, and ran its marketing, sales and business development groups.

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MICHAEL COLLINS
Chief Executive Officer
Joule

Michael Collins is the Chief Executive Officer of Joule, a leading international mobile marketing agency that is part of WPP. Joule is also the designated mobile agency for GroupM, WPP media investment management group.

Michael came to WPP in 2007 to create and launch Joule and has since lead the effort to make Joule into a leading mobile marketing agency working with many of the world’s best known brands. Prior to Joule, Michael was the US General Manager for Refresh Mobile, a global mobile solutions company that was spun out of T-Mobile. Earlier in his career, Michael was a Managing Partner at marchFIRST, which at the time was the world’s largest e-business consultancy, where he led the Strategic Services Practice.

Michael is member of the AAAA’s Digital Marketing Committee and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

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SCOTT DAVIDOFF
Post Doctoral Fellow, Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

By giving computers the ability to sense and understand everyday human activities, Dr. Scott Davidoff teaches machines to help people accomplish their everyday tasks. As a researcher of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Dr. Davidoff uses Machine Learning to create new intelligent mobile and social applications—like todo lists and calendars—and studies how they affect people and societies. Dr. Davidoff has also developed domestic robots for Microsoft Research, and as Principal of Scott Davidoff Design, brought new concepts to life for companies like AOL, SBC Ameritech and TV Guide.

His work has been featured on Gizmodo, Engadget, and Graphis Magazine. His research is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and Google Research. Dr. Davidoff has a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction, an MS in Computer Science (Research) and an M.HCI in Human-Computer Interaction (Practice), all from Carnegie Mellon.

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CHRIS DURY
Chief Operating Officer
GetJar

Chris Dury is COO for GetJar. Prior to GetJar, Chris helped grow scanR, a mobile productivity service, from inception to millions of users. He also co-founded OneFone, a mobile virtual network operator. In addition, he held leadership positions at two VoIP startups, TalkingNets and Firetalk, and started his career at Intel. Chris holds a degree in Economics from Michigan State and an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business.

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CAROLYN EVERSON
Vice President, Global Marketing Solutions
Facebook

Carolyn Everson is the Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook, where she leads the global marketing solutions team focused on top strategic accounts and global agencies. In addition, she oversees media strategy, advertising sales, and account management.

Prior to Facebook, Carolyn was the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Global Advertising Sales and Trade Marketing Teams. Carolyn led the company’s advertising business across Bing, MSN, Windows Live, Mobile, Gaming, Atlas and the Microsoft Media Network.

Carolyn spent seven years at MTV Networks. Her last role was as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of U.S. Ad Sales for MTV Networks where she oversaw strategic planning, operations and finance for MTVN’s U.S. Ad Sales department. She also was responsible for MTVN's Direct Response business and the cross platform, cross brand strategic sales and marketing group called Generator.

Carolyn has also worked at Primedia Inc., where she was Vice President and General Manager of several digital businesses, and held business development positions at brands including Zagat Survey and Walt Disney Imagineering. She is a board member of the Effies and dmg.

Carolyn holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and communications from Villanova University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She also obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard where she was a Baker Scholar.

Carolyn resides in Montclair, NJ where she has twin daughters, Taylor and Kennedy and a husband, Doug who works at Merck Pharmaceuticals.

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BORIS FRIDMAN
Chief Executive Officer
Crisp Media

Boris Fridman is the mobile industry veteran and visionary who has guided Crisp through its evolution from a mobilization company to a leading rich media advertising company. Fridman has a proven track record building and leading successful software companies in the wireless and mobile space. As Chief Operating Officer of SJ Labs, a developer of the award-winning magicJack VOIP product, he focused the company on providing voice solutions for the emerging consumer market of voice over internet. As founder and CEO of Broadbeam Corporation, he led the company to become a premier supplier of wireless middleware products to enterprises worldwide. He co-authored “Wireless Data for the Enterprise: Making Sense of Wireless Business,” published by McGraw-Hill, and received a patent in the area of wireless access to the Internet. Fridman holds a Master’s degree inphysics.

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BEN GADDIS
Vice President, Growth and Innovation
T3

Ben Gaddis is Vice President of Growth and Innovation at T3, where he leads the agency’s innovation group, developing emerging applications and media strategies for T3’s clients. With ten years of experience focused on technology in advertising, Ben has developed mobile strategies and programs for Coca-Cola, JPMorgan Chase, AT&T, UPS, Nokia and American Airlines. Ben came to T3 from Omnicom’s mobile marketing agency, ipsh, where he was Vice President and Director of Business Development. He is also a co-author of Mobile Marketing for Dummies and a frequent industry speaker on topics related to digital and mobile marketing.

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PAUL GELB
Vice President, Mobile Practice Lead
Razorfish

Paul helps clients on the road to innovation by pioneering media and development executions in mobile and integrated initiatives across digital out of home, broadband video, interactive television, social networks, and gaming. In an ever changing digital landscape, Paul is also a trusted consultant to Razorfish’s largest clients as they evolve their media and business strategies to include breakthrough technology and advanced platforms.

Paul’s mobile clients include Unilever, Kellogg, Citibank, T. Rowe Price, Experian, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Best Buy, Victoria’s Secret, Pfizer, Starwood, Intel, AT&T, ADT, Disney, QVC, The Hollywood Reporter and Terra.

Paul was awarded the 2010 Media All Star Award by Mediaweek. Razorfish’s mobile work has been well received by industry and clients alike. Razorfish’s work was recognized with the 2009 Mobile Marketer of the Year award and the 2010 Luxury Mobile Marketer of the Year award. Individual initiatives have won Mobi and MIN awards and both a bronze design lion and a cyber mobile advertising short list nomination at Cannes 2011. Razorfish has demonstrated unparalleled consistency, with 16 of its iOS applications listed in the iTunes App Store. These prominent apps include the #1 branded app of 2008, a #1 top free iPad app and a #2 top grossing iPad app. As well, an app developed for a joint venture project with Citibank was featured on CNBC and their internal Razorfish time tracking app was featured on Apple’s site as a best in class example of iOS enterprise apps.

Paul has written about mobile industry trends for the Razorfish 2009 and 2010 Outlook reports, the Razorfish Tech 5 report and Mobile Marketer. His groundbreaking work, point of view and industry projections have been sought out by and received press in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Ad Age, MediaPost, ClickZ, Forrester Research, Parks Associates, Jupiter Research and Mobile Marketer. Recent and upcoming conference speaking engagements include SXSW, Mobile Marketing and Media 2010, IAB Mixx, SIIA: All About Mobile, Digiday, Streaming Media, PluggedIn, AMA Mobile Marketing, Mobile Marketer’s Mobile Marketing Summit and the Navigation Intelligence Executive Roundtable.

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.

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ALYKHAN GOVANI
Vice President, North America
PayFone

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ROB GRIFFIN
Executive Vice President, Global Director, Product Development
Havas Digital

As Global Director of Product Development, Rob has been instrumental in helping shape Havas Digital’s Media Contacts search offering into one of the most respected in the industry. Responsible for providing strategic guidance and leadership to a dedicated Search, data, analytics and products divisions, Rob’s expertise has allowed HD to expand exponentially in these important, fast-growing areas.

Rob has had two careers with Media Contacts, during the most recent he has built a team managing programs for clients like Fidelity, Valspar, Air France, BGI, Reckitt Benckiser, and Vonage. He is a regular panelist and presenter at industry events. In addition to serving on the Advisory Board of Media Post’s Search Engine Insider shows, he is an active member of both the 4A’s Search Engine Marketing committee as well as BIMA’s (Boston Interactive Media Association) Programming committee. He is also a board member on the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association).

Rob has worked within the interactive space since early 1996, when he started his career at The Family Education Network. He later moved into an analytics position at The Laredo Group before joining the agency world. Rob received his BBA in International Marketing from the University of Rhode Island. Currently Rob’s world revolves around his wife, new son, and 4 year old golden retriever.

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DAVE GWOZDZ
Chief Executive Officer
Mojiva, Inc.

Earlier in his career, Gwozdz served as a member of the founding team of DoubleClick, the internet advertising company acquired by Google for $3 billion in March 2008. In 1995, Dave also founded one of the first online ad networks, Hot Link Media.

An advertising and technology industry pioneer who can’t get enough of the game, Dave’s most significant accomplishments include leading Mojiva to grow faster than any other advertising platform, having served over 2 billion ads in its first 10 months of operation. At DoubleClick, his work included devising and implementing the company’s original media sales products and strategies. Dave previously held various management positions at McGraw-Hill, Ziff Davis and CMP.

Dave’s recent speaking experience includes ad:tech, DealMaker Media’s Under the Radar, DigiDay: Mobile, Dow Jones Wireless Innovations 2009, and Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live at CTIA. Dave has been featured as a mobile advertising expert by CNN, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, CNet and more.

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JACK J. HABER
Vice President, Global Advertising & Digital
Colgate-Palmolive Company

Jack is Vice President of Global Advertising & Digital for Colgate-Palmolive, where he is responsible for all the Company’s advertising throughout the world,  as well as  for leading all Colgate digital activities globally, including all channels of digital marketing, and internal applications of digital technologies.

Mr. Haber had been Vice President, General Manager of U.S. Oral Care where he led the U.S. launch of Colgate Total toothpaste and led Colgate’s business to market leadership for the first time in over 35 years.

Mr. Haber joined Colgate-Palmolive in the Corporate New Ventures and Acquisitions Group where he was responsible for the development of new business opportunities for the Company. He then progressed through increasingly responsible Marketing positions in the US and in Europe and in Global Marketing, where he led the development and worldwide launch of Colgate Total toothpaste.

Mr. Haber was chosen as Brandweek Marketer of the Year in 1998, and was also selected as one of Advertising Age’s top 100.

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GEOFFREY HANDLEY
Co-Founder and Architect
The Hyperfactory

Geoffrey Handley is co-founder and architect behind the world’s most awarded mobile agency, The Hyperfactory. Geoffrey has over 15 years’ experience evangelizing innovative digital experiences, serving as a founding member of Asia’s leading intranet developer, Pacific Connections, prior to founding The Hyperfactory.

The Hyperfactory has dominated the mobile marketing services industry globally since its inception in 2000 and has served clients across all continents in all sectors. The Hyperfactory has been nominated and won more Mobile Marketing Association awards globally than any other company, additionally, The Hyperfactory have taken top honours at the Webbys, OMMA Awards, AdWeek, Ad:Tech Awards and Cannes.

Geoffrey’s position as a respected industry spokesperson in the interactive mobile marketing and development industry has made him a familiar face across the globe. As one of the Mobile Marketing Association’s most active members in the Asia Pacific region, he was a Founding Board Member of the MMA’s Asia Pacific Chapter and past MMA Global Board & Exec Member. As a sought after speaker and thinker in the mobile space, Geoffrey was named one of the Top 10 Mobile Web Marketers by the influential .DotMobi industry body in 2010.

Geoffrey recently relocated to The Hyperfactory’s New York office, having spent the last 4 years based in Sydney and Shanghai. Prior to leaving New Zealand Geoffrey was named one of the 40 most influential people in New Zealand telecommunications for 2 consecutive years.

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JEFF HAYZLETT
Author, Change Agent and Cowboy

As a best-selling author, business change agent and marketing expert, Jeffrey Hayzlett led the turnaround of one of the most iconic brands in the world as the Chief Marketing Officer of Kodak with some of the most innovative approaches to marketing. He’s been called the “Celebrity CMO” by Forbes magazine and the “Chuck Norris of marketing” by bloggers.

Mr. Hayzlett is the author of the best-selling book “The Mirror Test”, named to Inc. Magazine’s 2010 Best Business Books list, and speaks frequently around the world on business growth, communications, and marketing, including keynotes at events such as The Economist Marketing Summit, adTech, THE Conference on Marketing, the 140 Character Twitter Conference, CMO Summits, Mobile Marketing Forum, Digital Life Design Conference, Photo Marketing Association Conference, Direct Marketing Association Leadership Forum, and National Postal Forum. He is cited as a leading marketing expert in numerous books, magazines and newspapers worldwide, and is a frequent television guest and commentator, having appeared on shows including CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, Fox Business News, and NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump. He’s also been recognized as one of the Top 10 C-Suite Twitters.

He has received numerous global marketing and business awards and honors, including the Frost & Sullivan Lifetime Achievement Award for marketing. He was named Business to Business Marketer of the Year by BtoB Magazine and Direct Marketer of the Year by the University of Akron Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing. In 2008, Mr. Hayzlett was inducted into the College of Business Administration Direct Marketers Hall of Fame. In June 2009, he was awarded the prestigious G.D. Crain Jr. Award for Marketing Excellence and inducted into the BMA Hall of Fame at the Business Marketing Association's annual conference. Previously, the U.S. Small Business Association named him Entrepreneur of the Year.

In the graphic arts industry, Mr. Hayzlett has been honored as the International Business Person of the Year Award by the International Printers’ Network (IPN); received The British Association for Print and Communication (BAPC) Honorary Life Member award; was given the National Association of Quick Printing (NAQP) Industry Award of Distinction; and was awarded the prestigious Earl I. Sundeen Award from the International Graphic Arts Education Association (IGAEA).

Mr. Hayzlett currently sits on the Business Marketing Association (BMA) board of directors and is a past chairman of BMA. He is a member of the advisory board of the CMO Council, chairman of the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI) Foundation for Marketing Education, a permanent trustee of the SMEI Academy of Achievement Sales and Marketing Hall of Fame, and a two-term past chairman of SMEI. He served on Sales & Marketing Management Magazine’s 2009 Editorial Advisory Board. Mr. Hayzlett remains a trustee of Pi Sigma Epsilon National Education Foundation, an international sales and marketing fraternity.

Mr. Hayzlett has years of international marketing, sales, and customer relations management experience. He joined Kodak in April 2006 as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of the Graphic Communications Group (GCG). In this role, he was responsible for leading all marketing activities for the business, including product positioning, segment marketing, branding, marketing communications, customer development, business research, marketing strategy, and business development activity. He became Chief Business Development Officer in September 2007 and CMO in November of 2008 and was responsible for Brand Development and Management, Market Development, Corporate and Product Public Relations, Communications and Public Affairs, Corporate Sponsorships, Business Development, Corporate Relationships and Partnerships, and Marketing.

Prior to joining Kodak, he led a private business development and public relations firm specializing in the technology and visual communications industries. He also held senior management positions in strategic business development and marketing at several companies, including Cenveo, Webprint, and Colorbus, Inc., and served in staff positions in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Currently, Mr. Hayzlett leads The Hayzlett Group, an international strategic business consulting company focused on leading change and growth in businesses. Even when he’s away from his home in South Dakota, he can be seen in his trademark cowboy boots.

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FABIAN HEMMERT
Design Research Lab
Berlin University of the Arts

Fabian Hemmert is a design researcher, born and raised in Germany. During his studies towards an M.A. degree in Interface Design, he worked for Nintendo of Europe and Marvel Comics.

He currently finishes his PhD at the Berlin University of the Arts, in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom Laboratories. His thesis focuses on new ways of interacting with technology.

His theoretical work, concerned mainly with the concepts of ‘Thinghood’ and ‘Embodiment’, is much inspired by the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and his account of the ‘coming into the world’ of things.

Fabian is considered one of the leading experts for new ways of mobile telecommunication, having presented his work at multiple visionary events, including TED Global, CeBIT, TEDxBerlin, TEDxSalzburg, Lift Conference, the EuroVision TV Summit and the Chaos Communication Congress.

Fabian’s TED talk on mobile phones of the future can be watched here: http://on.ted.com/9Czr

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SCOTT JENSEN
Vice President, Digital Product, Applications
The Weather Channel

Scott M. Jensen works for The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) as vice president of digital product, applications, joining an already industry-leading team. In this new role, Jensen is responsible for defining the strategy and managing all aspects of TWCC’s mobile, Desktop and interactive television products globally. He is based in the company’s New York office but will also spend much of his time at TWCC’s headquarters in Atlanta.

With 16 years experience of forming and profitably growing media and technology companies, Jensen has successfully launched digital content and initiated partnerships with world-class brands for motion pictures, television, Internet and mobile devices . Prior to joining TWCC, he worked with Nokia, Inc, where he served as director and head of the global product marketing team within the media group. Previously, he served as CEO and president at Vindigo (formerly known as Zingy), a mobile publisher with its own ‘Vindigo City Guide’ and top-selling products developed in partnership with AOL/MapQuest and The New York Times, among others.

As vice president at Hands-On Mobile (formerly Mforma), Jensen created and maintained a leading partner portfolio that included Activision, CBS, Hasbro, Marvel, NCAA, Paramount and Universal Studios. While president of NuvoStudios, an award-winning mobile games studio, he launched Disney’s initial mobile games suite and created the first mobile game in the United States with paid third-party sponsorship. Previously Jensen founded and sold an online fantasy sports company, helped launch the first online film festival with The Sundance Institute, and practiced as an entertainment lawyer.

Jensen has served as strategic advisor for clients such as Nielsen and Omnicom’s The Marketing Arm, as mobile advisory board member for the Games Developers Conference, and on the Mobile Marketing Association’s privacy committee. A native of Toms River, NJ, Jensen received a juris doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Rutgers University, and he is an active member of the State Bar of California.

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BARRY JUDGE
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Best Buy Co., Inc.

Barry Judge is executive vice president, chief marketing officer for Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services. In this role, Judge provides overall vision and leadership to all areas of marketing for the enterprise, including brand management, customer research and development, trend, promotions, advertising, marketing communications, internal communications and public affairs.

Judge joined Best Buy as a member of its e-commerce team in November 1999. He played an integral role in the 2000 launch of BestBuy.com and helped pioneer the company’s multi-channel consumer marketing and direct marketing efforts. In 2006, his role as senior vice president of marketing expanded to include oversight of the company’s customer research and development capability to facilitate increased ingenuity in service of customers and focus on growth. He also gained responsibility for marketing communications, internal communications, public relations, public affairs and promotions at that time. He was named chief marketing officer in 2008, and promoted to executive vice president and chief marketing officer in 2009.

He began his career at The Direct Marketing Group and has held positions ranging from marketing assistant to product group manager with Young & Rubicam, Coca Cola USA, The Quaker Oats Company and the Pillsbury Company. He also served as vice president of marketing for Caribou Coffee Company.

Judge has a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a master’s degree in marketing from the J.L. Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

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JESSICA KAHN
Vice President, Engineering
Disney Mobile

Jessica Kahn is Vice President of Engineering for Disney Mobile, a division of the Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG), and is a member of the original executive team at Tapulous, a Palo Alto-based start-up company acquired by DIMG in July 2010. Jessica leads all engineering and operations, and helps to drive the strategy and execution, behind Disney’s & Tapulous’ development of social games for the iPhone and Android, including Tap Tap Revenge, one of the most installed iPhone games of all time. Previously, Jessica spent more than nine years in software engineering at Apple. She is listed as inventor on 10 US patents, and is a Dartmouth graduate. Fast Company named Jessica one of the Most Influential Women in Technology in 2011.

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HARRY KARGMAN
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Kargo

Harry Kargman is the Founder and CEO of Kargo, the premier mobile publisher network. Kargo helps media brands mobilize, distribute, and monetize their content. Harry is responsible for future product planning and the day to day strategic vision. Harry has been featured on 20/20, The Today Show, the New York Times, NPR and in major business publications around the world. Harry has spoken at CTIA, GSM, the CDMA World Congress, COMDEX and other events. Harry holds five patents on wireless technology and graduated with honors from Harvard College.

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VIK KATHURIA
Managing Partner
Mediacom Interaction

Vik Kathuria is Managing Partner, Mediacom Interaction, responsible for overseeing all digital investments and trading. He works very closely with Group M Digital Investment team as well as WPP’s Corporate Strategy and Development team. Additionally he is responsible for developing business models to uncover value for clients and is actively engaged in new business. He is a 15-year industry veteran with experience in corporate strategy, interactive marketing, strategic partnerships, media and branding. Before joining Beyond Interaction in 2008 Vik was Senior Vice President, Digital Media for OMD (Omnicom Media Division), where he worked on the Bank of America account and business development.

From 2004-07, he was Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing for Citigoup’s Global Consumer Group. He was responsible for the development of integrated marketing strategy and execution of a multi-channel customer communications program for a premier loyalty program.

Vik also served as a Senior Partner at Prime Access / RMG Connect, a JWT + Ogilvy One company specializing in direct, loyalty and interactive marketing using online and offline channels.

As Managing Director at Zefer Technologies/Modem Media, Vik oversaw the launch of the Boston-based interactive agency’s New York office. He also served in senior global marketing positions at PepsiCo where he developed and oversaw the implementation of marketing strategies.

Vik started his career in investment banking and trading with Goldman Sachs in London.

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MIKE KELLY
Chief Executive Officer and President
The Weather Channel Companies

Mike Kelly is the president and chief executive officer of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC), which consists of The Weather Channel® television network, The Weather Channel digital properties (weather.com and The Weather Channel mobile) and Weather Services International. With 100 million TV viewers, 42 million web visitors and 45+ million mobile app users, TWCC is the largest cross-platform content company in the media industry. He joined The Weather Channel in 2009.

With nearly 30 years of experience in the media industry, Kelly most recently served as senior advisor to Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a $3 billion, media-focused private equity firm. He also served on the board of several fast-growing digital media companies - MediaMind (formerly Eyeblaster), Visible World and American Town Network - and as an advisor to the board of Contextweb.

Previously, Kelly was president of AOL Media Networks from 2004-2007, where he was responsible for all of AOL’s advertising properties globally. Kelly effected enormous change at AOL and in the industry by pioneering the media network strategy through a number of successful acquisitions such as Advertising.com and Third Screen Media. Under his leadership, AOL was repositioned in the media and advertising marketplace and experienced significant advertising revenue growth. Prior to this position within Time Warner, Kelly also served as president of global marketing at Time Warner, working with all its companies to bring cross-platform marketing solutions to major advertisers.

Kelly began his media career in 1980 at the Chicago Tribune. In 1983 he began a 17 year run at Time Inc., first at Fortune magazine then as part of the launch team of Entertainment Weekly, eventually becoming EW’s publisher. Kelly was named Publisher of the Year twice during the four years he served in that role.

A proven entrepreneur, in 2000 Kelly founded American Town Network (www.americantowns.com), a locally focused and community-based digital platform, serving as CEO and bringing the company from concept to operating entity. Today, ATN is the largest “hyper-local” platform.

Kelly currently serves as a board member of the Ad Council, The American Advertising Federation and is the Chairman of the AAF’s Advertising Hall Of Fame. A Chicago native, he is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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JOE KENNEDY
Chief Executive Officer and President
Pandora

Joe Kennedy joined Pandora in 2004 following a five-year stint at E-LOAN, where he was President and Chief Operating Officer. From 1995 to 1999, he was the Vice President of Sales, Service and Marketing for Saturn Corporation, which he grew to over $4 billion in revenue and established as the top brand for customer satisfaction in the auto industry. Joe joined the initial start-up team at Saturn, four months after its founding, as a marketing manager and held positions of increasing marketing responsibility over the course of his 11-year tenure there.

Joe holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, where he dabbled in music theory and learned to compose his own Gregorian chants. He is Pandora’s resident pop music junkie. Current favorites include Counting Crows, G.B. Leighton, Sarah McLachlan, Juanes and Kelly Clarkson. Joe has also been playing the piano for more than 30 years, most of which has been spent attempting to master Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”

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GERD LEONHARD
Media Futurist, Author & Blogger

Gerd Leonhard is a Media Futurist, Author & Blogger, Keynote Speaker & Strategist. The Wall Street Journal calls Gerd – one of the leading Media Futurists in the World. He is considered a leading expert on a wide range of topics such as social media, web/media 2.0, mobility, innovation, UGC and peer production, social networking, education, copyright and IPR issues, digital content commerce models, convergence, entrepreneurship, innovation in advertising and branding, future planning, digital content strategies and the development of next-generation business models in the content, communications & technology industries.

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TONY NETHERCUTT
General Manager, North America
Mojiva, Inc.

With over 20 years of experience in sales and operations at some of the world’s most well-known media companies including Yahoo, DoubleClick, YouTube and AdMob, Tony Nethercutt brings an enviable raft of knowledge and experience to Mojiva, Inc. His role as General Manager has him responsible for key departments in both Mojiva, the mobile ad network as well as Mocean Mobile, the ad serving platform.

For 13 years, Tony built his career as a TV sales rep and sales manager for the likes of ABC-TV and New World (at which point he transitioned into the digital space with GeoCities). From there, Mojiva, Inc’s CEO, Dave Gwozdz, hired Tony at DoubleClick to develop specialized programs for advertisers and agencies. The success of these programs garnered press interest and landed Tony on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in ’98.

After his time with DoubleClick, Tony moved to Lot21, a pioneering digital agency, which was soon acquired by Carat Interactive in ‘02. From 2002 to 2006, with a broad range of both above-the-line and digital experience, he joined Yahoo and consulted with major agencies on their accounts. This ultimately led to Tony being the only four-time Platinum Sales Award MVP during his time at Yahoo.

With these enviable accolades, Tony’s career gained momentum when he joined YouTube as their original VP of Sales. Tony developed and led the YouTube revenue strategy, along with the hiring and training of the team members in sales, account management, and sales operations up until its acquisition.

In November of 2006, following the YouTube acquisition by Google, Tony joined AdMob as VP of Sales, where he oversaw both brand and DR advertising strategy, hiring and training sales and account management, and advertising operations. AdMob was acquired by Google in May of 2010.

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PAUL PALMIERI
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Millennial Media

Mr. Palmieri has spent the past 17 years building businesses in and around the wireless technology and media industries. As a founder, corporate executive, investor, industry leader and entrepreneur, his work has had a profound impact on the growth of the mobile industry.

As an entrepreneur, Mr. Palmieri has built Millennial Media into the independent leader in mobile advertising and data. He is also well known for his influential role in mobile entertainment and advertising, having led the mobile multimedia business for Verizon Wireless where he served as an executive for five years. His establishment of new and successful business models have been credited with playing a key role in the birth of the now thriving app economy, mobile display advertising market, text interaction, and the mobile game industry.

In 2011, Mr. Palmieri received the American Business Award for Executive of the Year. In 2010, he was honored as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Maryland; Millennial Media was named the top digital media company as the 2010 Overall winner for OnMedia; Millennial Media also won the 2010 American Business Award (the Stevie) for Most Innovative Company. The company has more than 150 employees and is based in the Canton section of Baltimore with offices in NY, London, SF and LA. Millennial Media has raised over $65MM in Venture Capital and its revenues tripled in 2010.

He is active in industry leadership serving as the Global Vice Chair of the Mobile Marketing Association and on the CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council.

Paul received a B.A. from Mount Saint Mary’s College in 1992 and lives in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

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JULES POLONETSKY
Co-Chair and Director
The Future of Privacy Forum

Jules serves as Co-chair and Director of the Future of Privacy Forum.

As AOL’s former Chief Privacy Officer and SVP for Consumer Advocacy, Jules was responsible for ensuring that AOL’s users could trust the company with their information and for educating employees about best practices for advertising, content, and product development.

Jules previously served for four years as Vice President, Integrity Assurance, at America Online Inc. The Integrity Assurance team was responsible for a wide range of consumer protection and risk management issues for AOL’s brands (America Online, AIM, Netscape, Compuserve, Mapquest, MoviePhone, Spinner, WinAmp, ICQ, Advertising.com) including privacy, advertising policy, content and community standards, product standards, parental controls, safety and accessibility for users with disabilities.

From March 2000 through April 2002, Jules was Chief Privacy Officer and Special Counsel at DoubleClick, the advertising and marketing technology company that at the time was the largest internet company in New York City. In that role, he worked with DoubleClick clients to institute and police their privacy policies and managed compliance with data protection requirements for DoubleClick subsidiaries world-wide. In his Special Counsel role, Jules oversaw DoubleClick’s government affairs activities and consumer related advertising practices.

From January 1, 1998 until he joined DoubleClick in March 2000, Jules served as the NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner for Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. As New York City’s chief consumer law enforcement official, Jules was responsible for ensuring that all consumer advertising and sales complied with City, State and Federal consumer protection laws.

Jules served as an elected member of the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 1997. From November 1992 through 1993, Jules was a legislative aide to Congressman Charles Schumer and was a District Representative for Congressman Steve Solarz from 1990 to 1992.

Jules practiced law in the New York office of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1989 to 1990. He is a graduate of New York University School of Law and Yeshiva University, and is admitted to the Bars of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. Jules is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Jules has served on the boards of a number of privacy and consumer protection organizations including TRUSTe, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Privacy Committee of the Direct Marketing Association, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit of the Council of BBB’s, the Better Business Bureau (NY Region), and the Network Advertising Initiative. From 2000-2002, Jules chaired the CPO Council of the Internet Advertising Bureau.

In 2001, Crain’s NY Business magazine named Jules one of the top technology leaders in New York City.

Jules is a regular speaker at privacy and marketing industry events and has testified or presented as an industry expert before Congressional committees and the Federal Trade Commission.

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DORRIAN PORTER
Chief Executive Officer
Mozes

Dorrian Porter is the founder and CEO of Mozes. He is an entrepreneur who co-founded HigherMarkets, an on-demand software company in March 2000. He later became CEO and led it to its acquisition by a Nasdaq listed company in 2002. Dorrian worked with the combined company until July 2005, where he helped significantly grow the business and shape the company's product offerings. Previously, Dorrian practiced law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California where he represented a wide range of tech companies. Prior to joining WSGR, he worked in Canada as an associate at McCarthy Tetrault, an analyst at Harrowston, Inc. (now TD Capital) and at the Canadian Parliament, including the Prime Minister's Office. Dorrian received his law degree and MBA from the University of Toronto and a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Ottawa.

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JESSICA RICH
Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission

Since joining the FTC in 1991, Ms. Rich has held a number of senior positions in the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. From 2009 to the present, she has served as Deputy Director, overseeing the Bureau’s privacy, advertising, and international programs, among others. From 1998 to 2009, she served as Assistant and then Associate Director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, overseeing law enforcement and policy development related to consumer privacy and data security. During her tenure at the FTC, Ms. Rich’s accomplishments have included:

• development of various FTC rules and regulations, including the Children’ Online Privacy, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards, FCRA Disposal, and Health Breach Notification rules
• enforcement against companies such as Google, Twitter, Microsoft, ChoicePoint, BJ’s Warehouse, TJX, and LexisNexis
• testifying and providing technical assistance to Congress on privacy and other consumer protection matters, and
• leading policy initiatives to examine and promote privacy, such as the FTC’s Behavioral Advertising initiative, “Exploring Privacy” roundtable series, and 2010 staff report on privacy.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Rich served as Legal Advisor to the Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and was an attorney in privacy practice. Ms. Rich is a graduate of New York University Law School and Harvard College.

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EMRE SAYIN
Chief Consumer Business Officer
Turkcell

Emre Sayın is Chief Consumer Business Officer of Turkcell. Sayın worked for Evyap Pazarlama ve Tic. A.Ş. as the Deputy General Manager in charge of Marketing in 2005-2006 and for Kodak A.Ş. as the General Manager in 2002-2005. Prior to that Emre Sayın was the Chief Marketing Officer for Microsoft Turkey between 1999-2002. Sayın worked as the Marketing and Category Manager of Unilever Turkey between 1992-1999. Emre Sayın is a graduate of Bosphorus University’s Department of Industrial Engineering and holds a Master’s degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering at Rutgers University. Prior to his current position in Turkcell he was performing as Chief Corporate Business Officer.

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MEYAR SHEIK
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Certona Corporation

Meyar Sheik, CEO & Co-founder of Certona Corporation is a seasoned software industry executive with over 25 year of experience. Since 2000, Meyar has been a web analytics and personalization pioneer working with some of the largest sites on the Internet such as Staples, The Home Depot, ESPN, FOX, Sony, Best Buy, Disney, CBS and many other leading retail brands, in the areas of web analytics, real-time content optimization and cross-channel personalization for the web, e-mail and mobile channels.

Since co-founding Certona in 2004, Meyar and the Certona team of predictive analytics experts have been focused on applying Certona’s real-time behavioral targeting, omni-channel, optimization and adaptive personalization solutions to generate more revenue and higher conversion rates for online retailers and other multi-channel businesses utilizing web, brick and mortar and mobile strategies.

Meyar has a BS in Electrical Engineering from New York Institute of Technology and an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology and lives in San Diego, California.

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MATT SILK
Senior Vice President
Waterfall Mobile, Inc.

Matt Silk is Senior Vice President at Waterfall Mobile, Inc., a leading mobile CRM company which he co-founded in 2005. Matt is responsible for sales & marketing, corporate development and strategic partnerships for Waterfall. Under his direction, Waterfall has grown into one of the leading profitable, innovative mobile software companies, with an expansive client base of hundreds of leading brands, agencies and technology partners.

Prior to joining Waterfall, Matt held a number of senior positions with E*TRADE Financial including Director of Retail Product Management, where he was responsible for all web brokerage and core user experience products. Over his tenure there, he led several site redesigns, launched an in-house charting system, and reengineered the company’s content architecture and aggregation strategies. Matt began his career as a business consultant for the Wharton Small Business Development Center, where he managed a portfolio of clients providing one-on-one management consulting to entrepreneurs in the Philadelphia region. Matt received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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MARK STRECKER
Chief Operating Officer
Amobee

Mark Strecker has 20 years of mobile phone and high-tech experience. Prior to [a•mo•bee], Mark was VP of Solutions at Cellmania (acquired by RIM), a leading mobile content platform provider, where he focused on market development and account management relationships with mobile operators and strategic partners worldwide. Mark has been instrumental in building successful start up companies, serving as the VP of Business Development and founding team member of MSX (acquired by Cellmania in January 2008), and co-founder of Convade, a rich media content management solution provider. His previous positions include: Director of e-Business and Strategy at Seagate Technology and Management Consultant with Arthur D. Little where he helped Orange and American Express develop their mobile phone strategies.

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DENNY STRIGL
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Wireless
Independent Director, Kodak Eastman

Mr. Strigl, 64, is the retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Communications, a telecommunications services provider. Mr. Strigl retired in 2009. Prior to this position, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Wireless since its formation in April 2000. Mr. Strigl served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Mobile beginning in 1991, Group President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Wireless Group of Bell Atlantic, Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer of Bell Atlantic New Jersey, Inc. and served on its board of directors. He began his career in 1968 with New York Telephone and held positions at AT&T and Wisconsin Telephone before becoming Vice President of American Bell Inc. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Data Research Inc. Mr. Strigl serves on the board of directors of Anadigics, Inc., a manufacturer of wireless communications semiconductor chips, and PNC Financial Services Group.

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GREG STUART
Global Chief Executive Officer
MMA

Greg Stuart is Global CEO of the Mobile Marketing Association, a worldwide group of Brands, Agencies, Media and Carriers who are working together to build the Mobile Marketing channel. Greg is also former CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), trade group for the interactive advertising industry. He grew IAB’s revenues +500% while leading the industry from $6 billion to $17 billion in ad spending.

Greg Stuart is a recognized leader in digital media & advertising and was selected by Ad Age as one of “10 Who Made Their Mark” in 2006, alongside Chad Hurley and Jay-Z.

Greg has more than two decades of hands-on operating experience as a proven business builder in the Digital Media & Technology serving as CEO/Director/senior executive roles with Y&R, Sony Online Ventures, Cars.com, Flycast Ad Network & other venture-backed businesses.

Ad Age identified his book, “What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee Yours Succeeds,” as the “Number one of 10 books you should have read”. He’s a member of the National Speakers Association and speaks around the world on the failings, and thus opportunities, of advertising.

Greg has a BA in Economics from University of Washington and completed Wharton’s Advanced Management Program. He lives outside of New York City in Bridgehampton.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregstuart

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NAVEEN TEWARI
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
InMobi

Naveen is the Chief Executive Officer, Founder and the man in charge of it all. He has been responsible for the overall vision, strategy and execution of InMobi. His view of the growth of the mobile ecosystem and leveraging InMobi as a key tenet in developing that mobile ecosystem was the foundation stone on which InMobi was built.

Naveen’s journey started with McKinsey & Company where he worked on developing the go-to-market strategy for a large Indian conglomerate, as it entered the telecom sector. He has also worked with the top management of technology companies on various issues. Later, he joined Charles River Ventures (CRV), a top tier VC firm focusing on early stage investing in software and communications. Naveen worked with CRV on developing its India investment strategy. He also worked briefly with a mobile VoIP startup in Silicon Valley. Most recently Naveen was names one of the Top 50 Executives in Mobile Content by Mobile Entertainment Magazine.

Naveen is the Founder and Chairman of a US based non-profit organization, India School Fund (ISF), which has been formed to set up schools in rural India. ISF started in 2006 with only a few Harvard Business School friends and has now grown to have over 50 people across India and U.S.

Naveen obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT) and has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School (HBS). At HBS, Naveen was the recipient of the “Dean’s Award”, the highest honor for his exceptional leadership and contribution.

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JON VLASSOPULOS
Chief Executive Officer
skyrockit

Jon Vlassopulos is CEO of skyrockit, a leading mobile entertainment studio. He is recognized as a digital media and advertising visionary, having consistently created successful industry firsts throughout his career in the areas of mobile, Internet, television, music and gaming. He oversees skyrockit’s business as both a leading developer of mobile brand experiences and a developer of innovative mobile music services, such as the award-winning Virtual Zippo lighter, as well as mobile campaigns and products for companies that include GAP, NBC Universal, Symantec, Intel, 50 cent/vitaminwater, and Kraft Foods. Jon has helped solidify the company’s status as the only mobile content firm that works consistently with all four Tier 1 U.S. mobile carriers (AT&T Mobility, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless).

Previously, Jon was the senior vice president, digital media & branded entertainment for Endemol, where he was responsible for building Endemol’s worldwide digital business and growing the company into new areas such as casual gaming and branded entertainment. Prior to Endemol, he served as Senior Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at AT&T Wireless, where he launched major media brands on AT&T services, directed the launch of the first wireless music service, and ran major mobile marketing campaigns. Earlier, Jon was with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), where he held multiple executive positions, and helped to create the company’s global digital strategy while working across Bertelsmann divisions in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Jon received his undergraduate degree in Chinese, Economics, and Korean from Durham University, in England. He currently serves on the board of NATPE (National Association of Television Programming Executives), and on the national board of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) New Media Council.

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NICHOLAS WALLEN
Interaction Designer and Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mobile Experience Lab

Nicholas Wallen is an Interaction Designer and Researcher in the Mobile Experience Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests are in future mobile experiences with a particular focus on locative media and collaborative, social interactions.

He holds an M.A. in Interaction Design from Domus Academy in Milan, Italy where he completed a thesis on personal sensors and generative media. Previously, he has worked in New Media for Minnesota Public Radio and in Mobile Concept and Prototype Development for the experience design consultancy Experientia in Turin, Italy.

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DWIGHT WITHERSPOON
Director, Global Communications
Ericsson

Dwight Witherspoon is Director of Communications Operations at Ericsson and is currently driving the company’s Networked Society program. Ericsson believes that in the Networked Society, communications and information technology will converge into a single “creative network” critical for every day life.

Prior to joining Ericsson Mr. Witherspoon was Vice President of Marketing-Communications for TANDBERG Television, which was acquired by Ericsson in April of 2007. In that role he was responsible for the company’s global marketing-communications including brand development, campaign execution, media relations and global events.

Mr. Witherspoon presents at global events including Monaco Media Forum, Communicasia, IBC and others.

Mr. Witherspoon graduated from Auburn University in 1992 with a B.A. Journalism and a minor in Communications.