Open Mobile Summit 08 Speakers

The Open Mobile Summit 08 San Francisco brought together an all star line-up of 68 industry luminaries from carriers, Internet, Media and software giants, OEMs, VCs and entrepreneurs.

By connecting the different parts of the ecosystem, Open Mobile events provide a collective voice for those that are building and monetizing the new wireless economy. And a unique perspective on where the value is going to be in wireless.

Speakers included:

Operators

• Barry West, President XOHM, Sprint Nextel* Keynote Speaker
• Jeffrey Ezell, VP, AT&T Mobility
• Ryan Hughes, VP Digital Media, Verizon Wireless
• Erik Hallberg, SVP & Head of Mobility Services Sweden, TeliaSonera
• Chris Boyer, AVP, Internet and Technology Policy, AT&T
• Hossein Moiin, Group VP for Technical Strategy, T-Mobile, International
• Martin Wrigley, Director of Technology, Orange
• Scott Barkley, VP Products, Jasper Wireless

Internet

• Rich Miner, Group Manager Open Platforms, Google* Keynote Speaker
• Marco Boerries, EVP, Connected Life Division, Yahoo!* Keynote Speaker
• Ian Freed, VP Mobile, Amazon
• Jai Jaisimha, VP Mobile, AOL

Devices

• Mary McDowell, EVP & CDO, Nokia* Keynote Speaker
• Alan Brenner, SVP Software, Research In Motion
• David Min, Vice President of Software Center, LG Electronics
• Nick Allott, CTO, OMTP
• Jon "Maddog" Hall, Chief Advocate, Openmoko
• Karl-Anders Johansson, Co-Founder, TAT
• Elizabeth Altman, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Motorola Mobile Devices

Silicon and Software

• Shane Wall, VP Mobility Group, Intel
• Len Lauer, COO, Qualcomm * Keynote Speaker
• Rich Green, EVP, Sun Microsystems* Keynote Speaker
• Jerry Panagrossi, VP & GM USA, Symbian
• Vincent Rerollle, SVP and GM, WindRiver
• Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO, Funambol
• Jay Sullivan, VP, Mozilla
• Gary Willihnganz, Director of Marketing, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel Corporation
• Noam Raffaelli, MD Plaza, Qualcomm Internet Services
• Larry Berkin, Vice President, ACCESS

Content, Media and Advertising

• Elicia Richardson-Ellis, Senior Director of Mobile, Napster
• Jason Spero, VP, Admob
• Gene Keenan, VP Mobile, Isobar
• Jill Braff, SVP, Glu Mobile
• Rey Flemings, President, Timber Digital
• Scott Ehrlich, CEO, DigWorks Inc.
• Brendan Benzing, SVP, Motricity
• Ken Hayes, EVP Carrier Relations, Thumbplay

VoIP, WiMAX and MVNO

• Tom Carter, President Americas, Truphone
• Greg Spector, Founder, Rebtel
• Jonathan Christensen, GM Audio and Video, Skype
• Jim Madsen, EVP, NextWave
• Robert Syputa, Senior Analyst, Maravedis
• Barry West, President XOHM, Sprint Nextel

Mobile Internet and Applications

• Justin Siegel, CEO, MocoSpace
• Tom Ellsworth, CEO, GoTV
• Ray Anderson, CEO, Bango
• Alex Bloom, VP Content, Handango
• Kerry Ritz, CEO, Palringo
• Bart Decrem, CEO, Tapulous
• Ron Czerny, CEO, Playphone
• Brandon Lucas, Senior Director, Mobile Business Development, MySpace

Analysts, consultants and other

• Mike Grant, Partner, Analysys Mason
• Kanishka Agarwal, VP, Nielsen Mobile
• Om Malik, Founder, GigaOm
• Dean Bubley, Founder, Disruptive Analysis
• Matt Lewis, Director, ARCChart
• David Isenberg, Isen.com
• Julius Knapp, Chief OET, FCC
• Alexandra Rehak, VP Research, AnalysysMason
• Tricia Duryee, Pricipal Correspondent, mocoNews
• Magnus Melander, Chairman, Possio AB
• Matt Marshall, Editor & CEO, VentureBeat
• Dan Meyer, Managing Editor, RCR Wireless News
• Monica Alleven, Editor, Wireless Week
• Kevin Fitchard, Senior Editor, Telephony

Venture capital

• Richard Wong, Partner, Accel Ventures
• Rob Theis, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
• JT Treadwell, Principal, STG
• Chris Sacca, Founder, Lowercase Capital
• Shanda Bahles, Partner, El Dorado Ventures