Mobile Monday Austin — The Mobile Lifestyle, February 19, 2007
Mobile Monday Austin, in partnership with the Austin Wireless Alliance presents The Mobile Lifestyle – metrics, trends and technologies.
Topic: The Mobile Lifestyle – metrics, trends and technologies
Join us to learn about the most recent mobile metrics, trends and technologies that define and shape the Mobile Lifestyle. Listen to David Gill, Jon Werner, Eric Smith and Stacey Zuniga, four local mobility experts, who will share their insights on the topic.
Date: Mon, February 19th 2007
Time: 5:45 – 7:30 pm
Cost: Free, limited seating, please Register Now
Where: MCC Building, Alamo Room, 3925 W Braker Lane Austin TX 78759, Click here for map and directions
Refreshments will be served, courtesy of the Austin Wireless Alliance
Registration: Register Now
Speakers: David Gill, Director at Telephia, Jon Wener, CTO at Bones in Motion, and C. Eric Smith CTO and Stacey Zuniga Founder Product Strategist at Unwired Buyer
About David Gill:
David is a Director at Telephia, the world's largest provider of syndicated consumer research to the telecom and mobile media markets. In this role, David is responsible for all customer-facing aspects of Telephia's New Media business, including delivery of mobile content market data and competitive insights and analysis. Prior to Telephia, David was a director at research company M:Metrics, where he grew sales significantly with major carriers, OEMs and content providers including Nokia, Cingular, SprintNextel, US Cellular and Navteq. David also spent 8 years with Motorola and Freescale Semiconductor in various sales and business development roles, both in the US and Europe. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Texas in Austin.
About Jon Werner:
On his most recent venture, Jon founded Bones in Motion in January 2003 and currently serves as CTO and is responsible for company vision and product management. He is the inventor of the technology and concepts behind Bones in Motion and has filed patents that cover visual controls, routing algorithms and sports phone device features that will help differentiate and defend Bones in Motion from the competition. Jon earned a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1985. He holds 13 U.S. patents covering user interface design and speech recognition along with 20 filed patent pending applications centered on ease of use for consumer electronics related software and hardware. He resides in Austin, Texas with his wife Cherie and their three girls.
About C. Eric Smith:
Eric is Founder and CTO for UnWired Buyer’s where he is responsible for software architecture, product design and strategy. He is a co-founder of the company and plays a large role in guiding the direction of the company and its research and development activities. Smith has eleven years of related technology venture experience, including founding and serving as CTO for BroadQ, a media delivery solutions provider for the Sony PlayStation 2. Prior to founding BroadQ, Smith served as president and CEO of Gocho Networks, a mesh networking and content delivery start-up and executive manager of Flatline Studios, a PC game development studio. Eric embodies the entrepreneurial spirit & brings a wealth of start-up & leadership experience to UnWired Buyer.
Stacey Zuniga:
Stacey is Founder and Product Strategist for UnWired Buyer, where he is responsible for identifying new market opportunities and product definition for UnWired Buyer. He is a co-founder and director of the company. Prior to founding UnWired Buyer, Zuniga was founder and Vice President of Business Development for BroadQ, a media delivery solutions provider for the Sony PlayStation 2, as well as co-founder and Executive Vice President at Gocho Networks, a mesh networking and content delivery start-up. He has over ten years of experience in high-tech production, planning and finance, including positions at Texas Instruments, Motorola and American Express.