About
Welcome. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz (CEO). I’m a long time mobile technologist and products person and a blogger; all for fun & profit.
In fact I started working on mobile back in 1998 and it is great to finally see “the vision” being realized, in large part thanks to Apple and Google who helped shift control and focus into the ecosystem, open systems, the developers and applications. The result has been a tremendous amount of innovation in a relatively short amount of time.
During my day job I spend my time as a product manager for Motive’s Mobile Broadband ServiceView (customer care) and Mobile Device Management (device care). In the past I’ve worked on technical and management positions and in areas that include avionics software (space shuttle), robotics, multimedia streaming, finance software, embedded, SCADA and of course mobile, both in startups and large companies.
As a technologist my main areas of interest and research are mobile futures and the intersection between mobility, context, user experience, augmented real-time interactions, digital-to-physical connections and domain ontology, and their application to both consumer and businesses.
I also run MobileMonday Austin as well as Android Dev Austin, help the Austin Wireless Alliance (as advisor), the SXSW Interactive Festival (as advisor on mobile), the JavaOne team (as advisor on mobile), when time permits contribute to the Carnival of the Mobilists, and I help students and startups in the need of advice.
I can be reached at my mobile at +1.512-410-0236 and via email at enrique.ortiz[at]gmail[dot]com. My Twitter is @eortiz.