Speakers

Alan N. Sutin,
Chairman, Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice,
Greenberg Traurig

Alan N. Sutin is a Shareholder in the New York office of the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig and serves as Chair of the firm’s Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. His practice is concentrated in the areas of outsourcing, Internet law, computer law, intellectual property, licensing, advertising, marketing and promotion matters.

He counsels clients on various cutting-edge liability issues facing those doing business on the Internet, including email marketing, electronic commerce, trademark and copyright infringement, domain name disputes, defamation and privacy issues. In addition, Alan regularly represents major brand owners in large domestic and international licensing transactions, as well as strategic alliances, joint ventures and other arrangements focused on the commercial exploitation of intellectual property assets.

Alok Deshpande,
Co-Founder and Chief Software Architect
Loopt

Alok delivers creative artistry into the mobile product development at Loopt. He brings cutting edge user experiences to the wide range of phones Loopt supports. Equal parts developer and product thinker, Alok's responsibility is creating a fun to use product that is well engineered.

Prior to Loopt, Alok studied computer science at Stanford University. He worked in several design and development capacities with various startups and student organizations.

Andreas S. Weigend,
PhD, former Chief Scientist,
Amazon.com

A passionate and energetic presenter, Andreas Weigend is a leading thinker, practitioner and educator focused on consumer behavior and data strategy. As a consultant, he shows companies how to leverage current and emergent information sources for products and services. As the Chief Scientist of Amazon.com, he helped build the customer-centric, measurement-focused culture, central to Amazon's success.

Andreas now teaches "Data Mining and E-Business" at Stanford University, "Marketing in Web2.0" at UC-Berkeley, and "The Digital Networked Economy" at Tsinghua University. He frequently shares his insights in speaking engagements, including the World Business Forum 2009 in Milan and the World Innovation Forum 2010 in New York. His clients include Alibaba, Best Buy, Lufthansa, Match.com, Nokia, Priceline.com, the World Economic Forum, and many innovative startups.

Andrew Shikiar,
Director of Global Marketing,
LiMo Foundation

As Director of Global Marketing for LiMo Foundation, Andrew Shikiar is responsible for helping develop and articulate LiMo's vision and market strategy. Shikiar possesses significant strategic marketing and business development expertise in cutting-edge technologies and market-shifting industry initiatives. He served as Membership Director for industry consortia the Liberty Alliance Project and Blade.org. At Sun Microsystems he helped drive the company's Java and Liberty Alliance launch initiatives. In addition, he was a founding executive at Radical Communication, where he helped raise nearly $20 million in venture financing and drove market adoption of interactive video and email marketing technology solutions.

Anne Bezancon,
Founder & President,
1020 Placecast

Anne is the founder and President of 1020 Placecast. She is a pioneer in the online industry. Prior to founding 1020, Anne was VP of Directory Services at JiWire. Through the relationships she developed with more than 300 service providers worldwide, she built the leading directory of public wi-fi hotspots from scratch. As the founder and former CEO of BEAP, Anne provided custom Content Management solutions for online publishers. In her role as Executive Producer at Productopia, which during her tenure expanded rapidly from 25 to 110 employees, Anne coordinated web strategy, business objectives, content and technology. Anne also co-founded PCI, a strategic consulting firm that specialized in alliances between the US and Europe, and whose clients included Excite, Swatch, Prodigy, Infogrames and ATT. In 1994, Anne organized the 40,000-participant Forum of the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China, securing major corporate sponsorship from Apple and Hewlett-Packard. In the late 80s, she also pioneered the Minitel system in France. Anne is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events.

Anne holds an LLM and JD from the University of Paris and an MBA from the IEP of Paris, France.

Blair Swedeen,
Vice President of Market Development,
1020 Placecast

Blair is responsible for 1020's marketing and business development activities with ISPs, web publishers, mobile application providers and other distribution partners.

Prior to joining 1020, Blair founded Partenza Consulting, a strategy and business development consultancy advising leading players and investors in the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry. Previously, he had overall responsibility for the Internet/Wireless product line at NAVTEQ, the leading digital map content company, and launched the company's mobile content product line. Before joining NAVTEQ, Blair was a Director and Quantitative Analyst at UBS Global Asset Management where he owned development and operations for the firm's global equity valuation platform.

Christian Dwyer,
General Manager,
MapQuest

As General Manager of MapQuest, Christian is a key participant in determining the business strategy and vision.  He is responsible for business operations of the organization and leading the three major business groups of MapQuest.com, wireless and licensing/developer solutions.  Prior to moving into GM role, Christian served as the Vice President of the Platform Services business unit, where he was instrumental in driving revenue for and distribution of the geospatial web-service platform.  In addition, Christian served as the VP of Operations, focused on developing and managing strategic vendor partnerships as well as program management, including the implementation of Agile/Scrum product development practices.

Prior to joining MapQuest, Christian was a founding member of Driveoff.com, an online auto buying services, where he served as the VP of Business Operations through the acquisition by Microsoft CarPoint in 2000.  Before and after Driveoff.com, Christian worked for 7 years in various roles for Navidec, Inc, a software development organization focused on Internet applications and services, where he was also a founding member.  Christian also co-founded ACI Components, Inc., a technology import and distribution firm, where he had general management responsibilities, including sales, marketing and International manufacturer relationship management.

Christian holds a MS degree in Finance from the University of Colorado, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  

Dan Melinger,
Founder and CEO,
Socialight

Dan Melinger is a founder and the CEO of Socialight. He is a communications theorist and technologist with experience in the design and deployment of disruptive telecommunications technologies for business and consumer markets.

Melinger co-founded Socialight after receiving his Master's degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). Prior to ITP, Melinger worked at Vaultus Mobile Technologies, where he developed and introduced technologies at leading global financial institutions including Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank. At Vaultus, Melinger also worked on multiple initiatives with Research in Motion, helping the firm develop and maintain software to enable deployment and system integration for its BlackBerry products.

Darren Koenig,
Director of Vertical Markets,
Teleatlas

As Tele Atlas’ Director of Vertical Markets, Darren Koenig manages strategy and marketing for the Americas. Koenig is tasked with positioning Tele Atlas in the dynamic wireless and location-based services spaces. He has more than 16 years of wireless, telecommunications, and technology industry experience and has held key product positions at Sprint-Nextel, Cable and Wireless LLC and MCI Communications. In 2000, Koenig founded PushLoop Technology, which addressed connectivity and integration needs in the supply chain industry. He has also worked in several international consulting roles, most recently as the European CTO for a global manufacturing company, and prior to that at Accenture.

David Kerr,
Vice President,
Strategy Analytics

David Kerr, Vice President, is responsible for managing wireless voice and data communications activities within the Strategy Analytics Global Wireless Practice. His experience includes 18 years of consulting and industry analysis work in cellular, PCS, paging, wireless data, WLANs, and WPBX.

Dean VonBank,
Vice President, Customer Marketing Americas,
NAVTEQ

As vice president, Customer Marketing, Americas, Dean VonBank leads a variety of NAVTEQ’s customer support initiatives across multiple sectors. He is responsible for providing marketing tools and services common to NAVTEQ’s three business segments—In-vehicle, Consumer and Enterprise.  With more than 8 years at NAVTEQ, VonBank’s dedicated industry expertise and customer knowledge is critical to this role.

Dev Khare,
Vice President,
Venrock

Dev Khare is Vice President at Venrock, a premier venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto, New York, Cambridge, MA, and Israel. Dev sits on the board at Aha Mobile and SlideShare and is actively involved with Asoka, FutureDial, INRIX and Lavante. Dev previously co-founded Covigo, a mobile software company, acquired by Symbol Technologies/Motorola. Dev blogs on location-based services and the digital car at http://www.NextWala.com and is on Twitter @dkhare.

Doug Turner,
Mobile Engineer,
Mozilla Corporation

Doug Turner is a mobile engineer at Mozilla Corporation. He defines the project road map, determines the design, and implements mobile projects. Currently, Doug works on Mozilla Fennec, a new project in development at Mozilla, designed to bring the Firefox experience to mobile phones. He’s also heading up the device API support for Mozilla. Doug works closely with Mozilla management, technical staff, and the volunteer community to coordinate efforts.

Fraser Campbell,
CEO,
Wcities.com

Fraser Campbell graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Liberal Arts Degree with Honors and Business Minor. Mr. Campbell continued his studies at the University of Texas Law School graduating with a Juris Doctorate. Mr. Campbell is currently a member of the Texas Bar. After graduating from Law School, he joined Wcities London to start the San Francisco office.  During his time with Wcities, he has been involved with all aspects of the business including management, marketing, sales, and legal. Fraser has built Wcities into a significant force in the content licensing arena with numerous relationships with travel  and mobile providers around the world.  His main role has focused on developing relationships with mobile and web based clients.  These clients include the major portals, travel companies, personal navigation providers, and mobile operators.  Fraser has an intimate knowledge of business development, content management, and content integration. Currently Fraser is the CEO of Wcities.com Inc, and Managing Director of Wcities India.

Ian White,
CEO,
Urban Mapping

Ian White is CEO of Urban Mapping, a company that produces wayfinding tools and solutions across the tactile and interactive domains. The company’s products include the multiple award-winning Panamap print map and URBANWARE geospatial database products, all focusing around urban place. White holds 15 years experience in marketing strategy and product development. He has been published in academic journals and the business press.

John B. Morris,
General Counsel,
CDT

Mr. Morris has been actively involved in the intersection of privacy and location technology since 2001, when the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) first created the “Geopriv” working group. He is a co-author of four IETF RFCs focused on location privacy, and has recently been active in the Geolocation WG within the World Wide Web Consortium

Prior to joining CDT in 2001, Mr.Morris was a partner in the law firm of Jenner & Block, where he litigated groundbreaking cases in Internet and First Amendment law.He was a lead counsel in the ACLU v. Reno/American Library Association v. U.S. Dep't of Justice case, in which the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and extended to speech on the Internet the highest level of constitutional protection.

Jonathan McPhie,
Associate Product Manager,
Google, Inc.

Jonathan McPhie is an Associate Product Manager at Google, Inc. He works on Google's location platform, which powers location features in products such as Google Maps for Mobile, Google Mobile Search with My Location, and the geolocation API in Gears. Jonathan holds a bachelors and masters degree in Computer Science from Harvard University.

Jon Spinney,
University of London

Jon has been in the location-based services field since it's inception. He has 15 years combined experience working with location technologies, GIS, geospatial services, geodata, wireless location network infrastructure, and GPS-enabled handsets, in a wide range of roles as an industry analyst, product manager, industry solutions manager, director of developer marketing, and vice president of business development. He is currently an independent consultant and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of London where he teaches a graduate course in location-based services.

Jorey Ramer,
Founder and Vice President of Corporate Development,
JumpTap

Jorey Ramer is the Founder and Vice President of Corporate Development at JumpTap. Previously, Mr. Ramer was co-founder of two business units of Trilogy Software, one of the world's largest privately-held software companies, based in Austin, Texas. He was instrumental in co-founding Trilogy's financial services division, the largest unit by revenue within two years, designing the group's first product and implementing its associated marketing strategy. Leveraging this technology, Mr. Ramer and a dedicated team spun off a company that was acquired by Fortune 500 member Marsh & McLennan. Following Trilogy, Mr. Ramer created financial services business solutions at Isovia Software, an enterprise wireless applications company acquired by JP Mobile (now part of Motorola). Most recently, Mr. Ramer managed New England sales for TIBCO Software, rebuilding the dormant region and doubling the company's average revenues from new customers. Mr. Ramer holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kate Kingberger,
Director, Wireless Internet Development
CTIA - The Wireless Association

Kate’s focus areas at CTIA are Location Based Services and Mobile Financial Services.  She worked with the leading carriers to develop Best Practices and Guidelines in each of these areas.  She has been with CTIA for 4 years in the Wireless Internet Development department whose mission is to develop solutions which overcome impediments to adoption in the wireless industry. Kate earned her MBA from University of Chicago in Strategy and Marketing; her undergrad is in investment Finance from DePaul University.

Kate's experience in Telecom, began as an equity analyst during the RBOC cellular spin-off days, followed by management consultant strategy projects in Latam Telco.  In the 5 years prior to joining CTIA, Kate worked in Business Development for US and European based telco software companies selling into Latin America and Canadian operators as well as the US market.

Keith Ippel,
President & Chief Operating Officer,
Lat49

Mr. Ippel is a team leader who thrives on the innovative and global nature of the software industry. In his previous position as Director of Operations and Customer Care at Infowave Software, he led the wireless deployment of a company-wide CRM system. He also led the Customer Care team through the first sales of services to partners, partner sub-contracting agreements, and the implementation of an up-sell strategy to existing customers. Mr. Ippel has also worked as a Project Manager for R.C. Purdy Chocolates Ltd., and as a Project Manager with KPMG LLP PeopleSoft Practice.

Kristine van Dillen,
Director, Industry Initiatives & Partnerships,
Mobile Marketing Association

Kristine van Dillen, the Mobile Marketing Association’s Director, Industry Initiatives & Partnerships, brings over 7 years of experience in the wireless industry. The Mobile Marketing Association is the premier global non-profit trade association established to lead the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies. In her role, Kristine facilitates the global initiatives of the MMA including coordinating and publishing guidelines and best practices for mobile media and marketing. In her pervious position as Director, Product Development at Vindigo, a mobile applications developer, Kristine managed the development of popular downloadable applications including MapQuest Mobile and MovieGoer®. Prior to that, Kristine was a Management Consulting Manager at Accenture in the Communications Industry business unit.

Lars Erik Bolstad,
VP Core Technology,
Opera Software

Lars Erik Bolstad has for the past seven years headed Opera Software’s Core Technology department which develops Opera’s cross-platform rendering engine, also known as Presto. Having joined Netscape in 1996, Lars Erik has worked with web technologies both on the client and server side for more than 12 years. He is also currently co-chairing the W3C Geolocation working group.

Maggie McCullough,
Director,
PolicyMap

Ms. McCullough has been recognized throughout her career for her ability to present a wide array of data to policy makers in an easy-to-understand and actionable format. She has had an extensive career in local, state and federal government, having worked for the City of Philadelphia's Office of Housing, for then-Governor Casey of Pennsylvania, for the Office of Management and Budget within the Clinton Administration, and within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ms. McCullough joined TRF in 2004, conducting much of TRF's housing-related research and analysis for several of its public sector and foundation clients.

Ms. McCullough has a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from St. Joseph's University and a Masters in Governmental Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

The Reinvestment Fund (TRF) is a national innovator in capitalizing distressed communities and stimulating economic growth for low- and moderate-income families. TRF identifies the point of impact where capital can deliver its greatest financial and social influence. TRF’s investments in homes, schools and businesses reclaim and transform neighborhoods, driving economic growth and improving lives throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Since its inception in 1985, TRF has made over $700 million in community investments.

TRF is nationally recognized for its research and housing-related policy analysis. TRF’s data analysis focuses both on helping TRF identify opportunities to invest its own resources as well as providing services to public sector and private clients seeking assistance with their strategies to preserve and rebuild vulnerable communities. To learn more about TRF, visit www.trfund.com

Marc Kleinmaier,
Business Development - LBS, Lifestyle & Gadgets,
Forum Nokia Americas

Within the Forum Nokia Americas team, Marc is responsible for business development, partner management, and evangelism of Nokia platforms to the LBS and Lifestyle development communities. He also focuses on outreach to manufacturers of innovative hardware accessories (gadgets) that complement Nokia’s device portfolio.
Marc brings more than a decade of mobile experience in business development and product strategy to the Forum Nokia team. His personal passion for mobile and web convergence, location-based services, widgets and social networking give Marc a finger on the pulse of the emerging mobile-social ecosystem. Prior to Nokia, Marc held strategic roles at Rocket Mobile, FunMobility, Zapptrio and Yahoo! Mobile.

Mark Disbrow,
Director,
Alcatel-Lucent location business

Mark Disbrow serves as general manager for the Alcatel-Lucent location business. Prior to this, Mr. Disbrow was Director of product management for business initiatives focused on devices and software clients within Lucent Technologies. Previously Mr. Disbrow served as CTO for the Messaging Business Unit in Lucent, responsible for architectural initiatives and systems engineering. Earlier he served as CTO for Lucent in the United Kingdom managing the introduction of new technology initiatives and Next Generation Network modeling and planning with Lucent’s customer base in the UK and globally. Mr. Disbrow holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Morgan Gillis,
Executive Director,
LiMo Foundation

Morgan Gillis joined the LiMo Foundation in August 2007 as executive director. He has overall responsibility for leading the Foundation and all operational affairs including marketing, membership development, commercial and legal.

Prior to joining LiMo Foundation, Gillis served for six years as the operational board member for Symbian Limited, with global responsibility for sales and professional services. He established licensing agreements with all major handset makers, negotiated global agreements with several Tier One operators and oversaw the support of numerous customer implementation projects, which helped establish the smart phone as a new industry category.

Before entering the mobile industry, Gillis held CEO and managing director positions with two leading European IT services businesses. He holds a Master's degree in mathematics and computer science.

Raj Singh,
Vice President of Business Development,
Skyfire

Raj Singh is a mobile industry veteran having worked in all aspects of mobile over the past 10 years. Currently, Raj is Vice President of Business Development for Skyfire, a mobile browser that supports the full web including Flash 8,9, Javascript and Quicktime. Most recently, Raj was consulting with Dell Mobile assisting them with their global SMS and WAP strategy. Prior to Dell, Raj co-founded Veeker, NBC’s mobile video citizen journalism service and ToneThis, CNET’s top ringtone creation product.

Rob Barrish,
Senior Vice President,
GfK Technology

Rob Barrish leads the Telecom sector for GfK Custom Research North America. Rob has 17 years of experience in technology and telecommunications research with a background in both qualitative and quantitative global research working with major wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, and content providers. Rob will play a key role in design and analysis, and he will ensure that this program takes into account all of the critical competitive elements within the Telecom industry.

Sean Gorman,
Founder,
FortiusOne

Sean Gorman founded FortiusOne in 2005 to bring advanced geospatial technologies to market. With over 10 years of experience at the forefront of the geospatial revolution as a researcher, practitioner, and entrepreneur at FortiusOne, Sean recognizes both the opportunities and challenges presented by the changing Web. Sean brings insight and innovation to the next generation of the Web and seeks to enable users of both GIS and the GeoWeb with solutions that marry the best of both worlds to create actionable intelligence and grow collective knowledge.

Shailendra Jain,
CEO, Co Founder
Abaq.us

Previously, Shaili was the GM of a business unit at Philips which provided multimedia technology solutions to handset vendors and mobile network operators. I then spun out a business from Philips called Adamind and focused on selling multimedia technology solutions for messaging & value-add-services to mobile operators worldwide. My interest in GPS solutions partly stems from Philips Semiconductor’s initiative in GPS chips (my software business unit was eventually a part of the Semiconductor business at Philips). The other interest is driven by my co-founder and my own interest in the Semantic Web which is underpinned by the Web2.0’s ‘Data as a Platform’ tenet. Location data will make this semantic web a reality.

Shawn Gunn,
Director of Business Development & Advertising Affiliations,
NAVTEQ

Shawn Gunn serves as Director of Business Development & Advertising Affiliations for NAVTEQ, responsible for the Americas & EMEA since July 2007. He comes to NAVTEQ from their acquisition of Traffic.com, the leading provider of real-time traffic data to the broadcast media, interactive, wireless and navigation verticals. During his tenure, Mr. Gunn served as Director of Business Development. Prior to this post, he was Managing Partner with Gunn Media Group, a provider of strategic consulting services to the wireless, entertainment and publishing industries. His clients included Sony BMG, Warner Music, Hearst, NextMedium, Yellowpages.com and Google. Gunn holds a B.S. in Economics and Business Administration from Florida A&M University.

Stephen Ulanoski,
Senior Vice President & General Manager Telematics Solutions,
GE Capital Solutions Fleet Services

Stephen Ulanoski is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Telematics Solutions for GE Capital Solutions Fleet Services globally. Stephen oversees all aspects of GE's Telematics Business, from development, to sales, to strategy and growth. Prior to joining GE's fleet, he was Vice President of Marketing at GE Money, overseeing digital/mobile marketing, product development, and business design. His responsibilities included integrating Telematics and mobile applications into the banking, auto/fleet and wireless verticals within GE Money.

Steve Coast,
Founder,
OpenStreetMap

Steve Coast is the founder of OpenStreetMap, a collaborative map of the world made by people like you. Steve, along with Nick Black, co-founded a web consultancy firm which in 2008 became CloudMade. Steve currently lives in San Francisco, CA.

Surojit Chatterjee,
Product Manager, Mobile Ads,
Google

Surojit is product manager for location based mobile ads in Google. Before his current role Surojit has led payment products for Google in JAPAC region and mobile products for Google in India. Prior to Google, Surojit worked as a Senior Product Manager at Symantec Corporation. Before Symantec Surojit worked at Oracle Corporation as a tech lead and at IBM Corporation as a software engineer. Surojit has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, a B. Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur and an MS in Computer Science from SUNY at Buffalo. Surojit has 10 granted US patents to his name and another 7 pending patent applications.

Sylvain Grande,
Head of Product & Business Development,
Places - Nokia

Sylvain heads the product, user experience and business development teams of Places / AdPlace within Nokia Social Location, based in Berlin. Ovi Maps enable users to find their way around and navigate to places, wherever they are. We want to ensure end users find all the Places they search for, can interact with them in better ways, in a more personalized experience.

He was previously Director, Business Development for MySpace in Europe and managed the Real Networks music deal with Vodafone in Europe. He started his career in Corporate Strategy and the CEO’s office of Orange Group. He holds a MBA from Essec and a BA in History from La Sorbonne.

Tasso Roumeliotis,
Founder and CEO,
WaveMarket

Tasso Roumeliotis is Founder and CEO of WaveMarket, a leader in mobile location based services. The pre-eminent expert in location based services for the last decade, Mr. Roumeliotis brings Silicon Valley entrepreneurial innovation to mobile carrier networks, most recently launching Veriplace, the Location API that allows rapid development and commercial launch of location based websites, WAP sites, SMS applications, and even Facebook widgets for 10’s of millions of devices on carrier networks.

Tony Jebara,
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder,
Sense Networks

Tony Jebara is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and Chief Scientist at Sense Networks. His research intersects computer science and statistics to develop new frameworks for learning from data with applications in vision, networks, spatio-temporal data, and text. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers in conferences and journals including NIPS, ICML, UAI, COLT, JMLR, CVPR, ICCV, and AISTAT. He is the author of the book Machine Learning: Discriminative and Generative. Jebara is the recipient of the Career award from the National Science Foundation and has also received honors for his papers from the International Conference on Machine Learning and from the Pattern Recognition Society. Jebara's research has been featured on television (ABC, BBC, New York One, TechTV, etc.) as well as in the popular press (New York Times, Slash Dot, Wired, Businessweek, IEEE Spectrum, etc.). He obtained his PhD in 2002 from MIT. Recently, Esquire magazine named him one of their Best and Brightest of 2008. Jebara's lab is supported in part by the NSF, CIA, NSA, DHS, and ONR.

Tyler Bell,
Senior Product Manager,
Yahoo! Geo Technologies

Tyler's domain focus is on spatial technologies that underlie and enrich the Internet: mapping, user location, and geo-targeting. 15 years professional experience: including owning Product for Geo Technologies Group at Yahoo! (current), founding a spatial software company (spun-out of Oxford University), and researching technology and large-scale information systems at the post-doctoral level. Previous responsibilities have included product managemen

Uri Levine,
Co-Founder and President,
waze

Uri Levine is the Co-founder and President of waze, a free social mobile application that enables drivers to build and use live maps and real-time traffic updates for an optimal commute.

Uri has more than 20 years of extensive experience in marketing and business development in the wireless arena. Prior to waze, Uri was an independent strategic consultant and earlier, the VP of Marketing at Openwave (OPWV). Before Openwave, Uri held senior engineering and product management positions in Celltrex and Comverse. Uri holds a B.A in Economics from Tel-Aviv University.