Trying to Get Your Arms Around the Global Market? We'll Extend Your Reach on May 13th.
MassTLC 2011 Spring Meeting | The Global Impact of Mobility
Friday, May 13, 2011 | 7:30am - 1:30pm
Kendall Square Marriott, Two Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Mobility has changed us all. The industry is not just shaping how we interact in our personal and professional lives, but is reshaping our world. In America, device and app envy have built a multi-billion dollar industry. Economically significant, but in the rest of the world, this innovation has transformed lives. For the first time remote areas are receiving timely weather alerts, accessing education, transacting commerce and most importantly saving lives.
Enterprise and individual consumers of all generations and regions have continued high expectations of what the industry can deliver and planning for the next generation of promised solutions. Staying current on development platforms, business models, infrastructure issues and those expectations is crucial to succeeding in continual technology evolutions.
MassTLC’s Spring Meeting will gather world-wide industry experts for a half-day interactive discussion and work as an industry to face some of the sector’s most challenging questions and issues.
Thanks to our Sponsors:
mCommerce – Why financial services and retail companies want access to your pocket
The always connected consumer is a boon for mCommerce, retailers and financial service providers who can now engage with their customers – constantly!!
How do you balance providing service without overwhelming consumers with too many ads or too much choice? And will what works in Peoria sell the same in Punjab? Can providers manage identity detection across multiple devices? How do you develop for different devices and platforms, security threats, broadband access and languages?
State of the Global Wireless Industry
While India has close to 720 million mobile subscribers, that’s just 60% of the population. But it’s the largest scale economy where broadband will first initially come over mobile networks before fixed networks. China is just beginning to aggressively roll out android phones…but a huge opportunity with their 60% of their 1.3 billion people connected. The dynamics these changes create are different than what we’ve seen in the western world. What opportunities will be created in “mobile first” economies and still remain in the rest of the world. Before tapping this global market you need to know the forces shaping its growth.
This outstanding panel of global experts will provide statistics on the global wireless industry, what consumers are expecting and help you define your go-to market plan by discussing do we have what other countries want? Which partnerships will be crucial to tapping these markets? Must development be local? How do you sell in these markets?
OVERVIEW
mHealth – How access can save lives
With emerging technology individuals are able to take control of their healthcare needs and wellness through the use of mobile.
How do providers justify the ROI and will the payment follow? What technologies exist to increase access and communication between doctors and patients? Will better access provide more timely to improve patient care while reducing costs?
Mobile Technology Innovators – and what they are doing to change your lives
Media Convergence – Its impact on our entertainment choices and traditional providers
Eric Giler, Chief Executive Officer, WiTricity
Eric joined WiTricity in 2008 as Chief Executive Officer, and is a member of WiTricity’s Board of Directors. Prior to WiTricity, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groove Mobile, a provider of mobile music commerce platforms, from April 2006 until its acquisition by Live Mobile, Inc. in March 2008. Eric was the founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Brooktrout Inc., a provider of telecom software and hardware platforms, from 1984 until its acquisition by EAS Group, Inc. in October 2005.
Yes We Can: Making Money in Mobile
Dr. Harmeet Singh, SVP, International Business Development, Tejas Networks
Harmeet's experience includes general management, product management and R&D at industry leading companies such as Optovia, Nortel Networks, Qtera Corporation and 3M Corporation. At Optovia, which he founded in 2002 he served as the CEO and led the company through its early stages to maturity, closing several Tier 1 accounts. Optovia was sold to JDSU in 2006. Prior to that Harmeet led the transmission system and optical component teams at Nortel Networks which he joined through the acquisition of Qtera Corp in January 2000. At Qtera, he was a key contributor in architecting one of the earliest OC192 ultra long haul products.
Bob Schukai, Global Head of Mobile Technology, Thomson Reuters
Bob Schukai is the Global Head of Mobile Technology for Thomson Reuters, with responsibility for overseeing the development and execution of the mobile growth strategy across the organization, reporting to James Powell, Corporate Chief Technology Officer.
Carl Stjernfeldt, General Partner, Castile Ventures
Carl Stjernfeldt has an investment focus on wired and wireless communications technologies and services, on advanced mobility solutions that provide secure high quality access to content and applications, and on next generation video delivery capabilities. Prior to joining Castile, Mr. Stjernfeldt was a partner at Battery Ventures where he spent seven years investing in leading IT companies. He currently serves or participates on the boards of BNI Video and Funambol.
Tom Erskine, Director, Communications and Media Industry, Pegasystems
Tom Erskine leads Pegasystems’ industry solutions team in the Communications and Media market. A 15-year veteran of the communications industry, Erskine was previously Vice President of Market Strategy for Convergys, where he provided market direction for the company’s billing and operational support software portfolio. He holds several US and international patents issued for innovations in the communications software industry.
Can mobile learn from the mistakes of our founding fathers of the Internet on how to grow quickly but generate revenue…and even profits….at the same time? There are numerous business models working – which ones will the market reward and which will need to be reinvented to see success.
noon to 1:00pm
11:00am to noon
9:45am to 10:45am
8:00am to 9:00am
The opportunities now to receive video content from either TV, computer, iPad or mobile device changes the way we are entertained and more importantly how we interact with our entertainment. This transition from just ‘watching TV’ to managing our programing creates as many questions as opportunities.
What does this convergence mean for traditional carriers? And if they are no longer the primary providers, who is going to pay for the content we expect? Are keeping pace with the rest of the world? High quality broad adaption video (beyond short clips) over mobile is not really solved – and may never be – how do you deal with this constraint? Or are there opportunities we need to capitalize here?
This panel of technology enthusiasts will share their thoughts around how media convergence is changing our daily lives here and around the rest of the world.
Key mobile innovations have enabled significant changes to our world. These mobile thought leaders will discuss the evolutions and revolutions spurred by wireless technologies. This interactive discussion will explore a wide range of wireless technology trends including: green tech, the cloud, managing costs in content delivery and solutions carriers need to manage traffic.
If Interested in Speaking or Sponsorship Opportunities or have a question, please contact Laura Ring
Sean Dalton, General Partner, Highland
Sean is a General Partner who enjoys partnering with entrepreneurial teams leveraging disruptive technologies in the mobile, enterprise and media markets. He currently represents Highland on the boards of Calxeda, CENX, Movik Networks, QD Vision and Zoove and also actively works with Picochip and MokaFive. Sean serves as a Director of the New England Venture Capital Association.
Dean Petracca, Partner, PwC
A partner in PwC’s Technology sector practice, Dean has 30 years of experience with the firm, including 17 years as a partner. He serves as the firm’s Global Software Sector Leader. Dean also is the leader of the PwC Boston Technology practice. Dean works primarily with high-growth software companies ranging from start-up to mature growth to publicly-traded mid-caps.
Panelists
Kara Swisher, Co-produces and Co-hosts D: All Things Digital & Technology Columnist & Reporter, WSJ
Kara Swisher is an American technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal and an author and commentator on the Internet. She created and wrote Boom Town, a column which appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section and online, and now appears on All Things Digital, which she founded and currently serves as the co-executive editor of with Walt Mossberg.
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Fabrizio Capobianco, President and Chairman of the Board, Funambol
Fabrizio Capobianco is President and Chairman of the Board of Funambol. He has extensive expertise in the mobile industry, with work experience that includes Reuters and Tibco. He is a successful entrepreneur, having founded several Italian high tech companies. Fabrizio has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Pavia, Italy, with a focus on usability. He has been recognized as a top '40 under 40' high tech leader and mobile visionary. He writes a blog that was voted among the best in the industry by FierceWireless.
Pedro Santos, Chief Strategist, E-Commerce, Akamai Technologies
Pedro Santos is responsible for Akamai's e-commerce business strategy. Prior to this role, Pedro was director,
e-commerce marketing and senior product marketing manager at Akamai, responsible for the marketing strategy for the online commerce sector. He has recently published research on the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on site infrastructure. Before Akamai, Pedro worked for MatrixOne (now Dassault Systems), an enterprise PLM software company, where he oversaw marketing strategy and product management for the commerce sector.
Michael Shim, VP Global Partnerships, Groupon
Michael Shim is the Vice President of Mobile Partnerships at Groupon. He is responsible for developing the company’s partnerships with wireless operators, OEMs, mobile platforms and developers worldwide.
Prior to his current assignment, Michael served as Vice President, Mobile Partnerships and Business Development at Yahoo!, where he was charged with developing Yahoo!’s mobile leadership and deep relationships with more than 100 mobile partners around the world. In addition, Michael has held business development and strategy positions at AOL and began his career as a corporate lawyer with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where he specialized in M&A and securities offerings in the telecom, media and technology sectors.
Patrick Hayes, Vice President, CSMG
At CSMG, Patrick is responsible for client relationships, engagement management and thought leadership. He supports clients in a wide range of functions including strategy development, business planning, portfolio management, marketing and sales channel strategy, experience design, and new technology evaluation. With over twenty eight years experience in strategy, planning and business operations, Patrick has focused on the communications, media, and technology industries. His areas of expertise also include Enterprise Mobility, Mobile Marketing and Advertising, Content Delivery, Mobile Entertainment, and Social Media/Networking platforms.
9:00am to 9:30am
Fireside Chat
Kara Swisher is the co-executive editor and producer for All Things Digital, a technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a thoughtful provocateur and commentator on the Internet and mobile ecosystems. Roles will be reversed for her during a lively interactive discussion with George Bell, serial investor and CEO, now CEO of Jumptap, who will be probing her for insights into the technology future.
George Bell, President and CEO, Jumptap
George has been involved in the creation and growth of consumer businesses for 25 years. Before Jumptap, he was a Managing Director of General Catalyst, a venture capital and growth equity firm that manages over $1.7B of assets. Prior to that, he was CEO of Upromise, the country’s largest college savings service, sold in 2006 to Sallie Mae. Previously, George was Chairman and CEO of Excite@Home, bringing together the Excite portal with the @Home cable broadband platform in a $7 billion merger. George was CEO of Excite prior to the merger, led the company’s IPO, oversaw the acquisition of more than 20 companies and expanded Excite into a worldwide media property. Earlier George founded The Outdoor Life Network (now Versus Network), a specialty cable channel reaching 60+MM homes; and served as SVP, Times Mirror Magazines, where he oversaw eight special interest magazines, such as SKI and Field & Stream.
Mark Watson, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Antenna
Mark Watson is EVP & General Manager at Antenna Software Inc., having stepped down as CEO of Volantis Systems following that company's acquisition by Antenna in January 2011. Mark oversees technology planning, development and delivery for the Volantis product lines which now form part of Antenna's product portfolio.
Lori Lazzara, GM in the Patient Monitoring Systems Organization, Philips Healthcare
Lori has worked in the Healthcare Industry for about 20 years, with Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies and Philips Healthcare. She has a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and an M.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. She has led and continues to lead a team that has helped design and develop the #1 patient monitoring solution in the world. Her other areas of expertise are in leading teams which design and develop critical care, OB and anesthesia clinical informatics solutions and system and device interfacing solutions which combine hardware, software and services in order to simplify clinician workflow, improve financial outcomes and help improve and save lives.
John St. Amand, Chief Executive Officer, Movik
As CEO, John is responsible for driving global adoption of Movik’s technology by mobile operators and scaling the organization to meet customer commitments. John is an experienced and successful mobile telecommunications executive who has been widely recognized as an entrepreneurial leader resulting in many industry accolades Most recently, John was a Venture Partner with Highland Capital Partners where he specialized in working with companies focused on mobile technologies. Prior to Highland, he was President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Multi-Core Networks and Lucent Technologies’ Converge Core Networks. Before Alcatel-Lucent, he was the Founder and CEO of Telica, which built mobile and fixed core switching equipment. Telica was acquired by Lucent in 2004 for $330 million.
Join Kara Swisher from the Wall Street Journal and senior executives from global companies including Akamai, Antenna, BNI Video, BT, China Unicom Americas, Cisco, Comcast, Funambol, Groupon, HTC, Jumptap, MGH, Movik, Pegasystems, Philips Healthcare, Tejas Networks, Thomson Reuters, Turner, Where and others as we explore business models, infrastructure issues and consumer expectations crucial to success in this highly competitive marketplace.
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Professor Iqbal Z. Quadir, Founder and Director, Legatum Center, MIT
Professor Iqbal Z. Quadir founded the Legatum Center at MIT in 2007 to promote discourse on bottom-up development and support MIT students who intend to pursue entrepreneurial careers in low-income countries. For nearly 20 years, he has been advocating for commerce-based, entrepreneurial solutions for creating prosperity in low-income countries, including the use of productivity tools, such as mobile phones, to empower people in these countries. In the early 1990s, he conceived and organized Grameenphone, which provides cell phone access throughout Bangladesh, including to the rural poor. Quadir co-founded the journal Innovations (MIT Press), and previously taught at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He holds both an MBA and an MA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a BS with honors from Swarthmore College.
Walt Doyle, President & CEO, Where.com
Walt’s passion for emerging technology has kept him on the leading edge of consumer media and technology for over 15 years. Prior to joining Where, Inc. in 2005, Walt was a GM of MapQuest (AOL). His career began in Hong Kong with Dow Jones (DJ), then spanned executive level appointments with GameSpot (CNET), Net2Phone (IDT), and DialPad (YHOO). Walt’s ability to identify emerging technology trends, create corporate strategy, and build winning teams puts him squarely at the helm of Where, Inc.
Jonathan Morgan, Service Provider Marketing, Cisco Systems
Jonathan brings more than 20 years of marketing, technical, and management experience from across the communications industry to his role with Cisco through the acquisition of Starent Networks. As Senior Director of Product Marketing at Starent Networks, he was responsible for all aspects of external product marketing for the company. Prior to Starent Networks, Jonathan was Vice President of Product Marketing for Tatara Systems responsible for all aspects of product marketing and product management.
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Tom Kennedy, VP Marketing, bni Video
Tom has more than 20 years of industry experience and is responsible for BNI’s corporate marketing and product strategy. Tom joined BNI from Harmonic. Prior to Harmonic, Tom was at Broadbus Technologies where he was responsible for corporate marketing and product management for the VOD product lines eventually acquired by Motorola.
Ronald Dixon, M.D., M.A, Creator and Director of the Virtual Practice Project, MGH
Dr. Dixon is the Creator and Director of the Virtual Practice Project at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He is the Director of CIMIT’s (Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology) Delivery System Innovation Program, and the Associate Medical Director of MGH Beacon Hill. Dr. Dixon now serves as a Project Director for the MGPO. Dr. Dixon’s interests are in alternative methods of health care delivery, specifically relating to general internal medicine. He is the Prinicipal Investigator on a number of research efforts, notably a joint effort with biomedical engineering to develop a kiosk based system for automating certain aspects of the care delivery process. Dr. Dixon’s clinical interests are disease prevention, chronic disease management, clinical information technology, and care of patients with malignancies.
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Kara Swisher, Co-produces and Co-hosts D: All Things Digital & Technology Columnist & Reporter, WSJ
Kara Swisher is an American technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal and an author and commentator on the Internet. She created and wrote Boom Town, a column which appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section and online, and now appears on All Things Digital, which she founded and currently serves as the co-executive editor of with Walt Mossberg.
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Thanks to our Supporting Organizations:
Steve Whittaker, Chief Research Professional, BT Innovate and Design
BTexact Technologies primary representative in the eastern US, based at the BT Disruptive Lab at MIT in Cambridge MA, and in Fairfax, VA. Previous roles included consultancy, business development, research management, and advanced technology development at BT’s Adastral Park UK research and innovation centre. Steve's Experience includes; Strategic analysis, thought leadership, consultancy, communications and advocacy, Broad and deep perspective on emerging technologies and their implications for business, Ability to build shared vision with senior managers of global businesses, Management of research, innovation and industry-academic partnerships.
Ryan Moore, General Partner, Grand Banks Capital
Ryan co-founded GrandBanks Capital in 2000 with Charley Lax and focuses on investments in each sector of the GrandBanks Capital portfolio. Ryan currently serves on the Board of Directors of GlassHouse Technologies, First Coverage, Vela Systems, Vivox, Inc, SendMe Mobile, I Love Rewards, Nexage, and VillageVines. Ryan managed and served on the board of GrandBanks' investments in Enpocket which was sold to Nokia Corporation in October 2007, and Where (formerly known as uLocate Communications) which was sold to eBay in April 2011. Ryan also served as the lead investor in the Series A funding of First Coverage, Nexage, Vela Systems, and Vivox
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Maria Malavenda, Chairman & CEO, Konnected Consulting
Maria, Senior Partner, KONNECTED Consulting LLC, formerly VP, Strategy and Corporate Development for Monster Worldwide, focuses her expertise on advising global businesses from start-ups and venture capital firms to the Fortune 50 across the life sciences, healthcare, and healthcare-IT sectors on innovation, strategy, organizational and operational improvements. Ms. Malavenda also served in executive roles at Accenture and Deloitte in their healthcare strategy and operations practice and began her career at Johnson & Johnson where she spent 10 years in various leadership roles including Vice President of Sales and Marketing. She offers an unusual blend of creativity and global perspectives, coupled with an ability to deal with the complexities of challenges whose outcomes depend upon the interactions between business, consumers, patients, and market dynamics, technologies, finance, and public policy.
Nicholas Sullivan, Fellow, Center for Emerging Market Enterprises, Fletcher School
Nicholas P. Sullivan is a Fellow at the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises at The Fletcher School (Tufts University). He is co-chair of The Fletcher School Leadership Program for Financial Inclusion, an innovative residency program for Central Bankers from emerging and frontier markets, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Sullivan is also Publisher of Innovations: Technology/Governance/Globalization (MIT Press), which promotes “entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges” with 1st-person case studies written by entrepreneurs. Innovations has produced special editions for the World Economic Forum, Skoll World Forum, Schwab Foundation and GSM Association. And he writes white papers, articles and books for Oliver Wyman, a global management-consulting firm.
