SAN FRANCISCO -- Rutberg & Company announced the attendees for Future:Mobile 2009, its invitation-only conference for 200 senior executives, taking place December 1, 2009 in Silicon Valley.
Notably, nearly one in four of all registered attendees are from the company headquarters of leading domestic and international carriers. Further, almost half of confirmed participants are from global device manufacturers, infrastructure vendors, content providers, and Internet companies.
"In partnership with GSMA Mobile Innovation, Rutberg & Company is assembling, for the first time, a group of major carrier and vendor executives and bringing them to Silicon Valley to connect with leading venture capital firms and their portfolio companies," observed Rajeev Chand, Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst, Wireless, Rutberg & Company. "We are pleased with the global, high level participation from these constituencies, which will create a unique opportunity to examine innovation across the ecosystem and to facilitate new business and corporate development opportunities among the participants."
Future:Mobile 2009, featuring the GSMA Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Americas Tournament, is a one-day forum that catalyzes information exchange and deal making between private companies, public companies, investors, and service providers in the wireless industry. Attendance is limited to senior executives who are responsible for innovation assessment and adoption, strategic partnerships, investments, and acquisitions within their organizations.
Selected confirmed Future:Mobile 2009 participants include:
Bill Alberth, VP and CTO, Mobile Devices, Motorola
Bob Azzi, SVP, Networks, Sprint Nextel
Eric Bader, Partner, Brand in Hand
Hugh Bradlow, CTO, Telstra
Alan Brenner, SVP, BlackBerry Platform, Research In Motion
Rob Chandhok, SVP, Qualcomm
David Christopher, CMO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
Steve Glagow, VP, Marketing Operations, Orange Group
Louis Gump, VP, Mobile, CNN
Jack Hakimian, Director, Strategy, Zain
Brian Higgins, Executive Director, Ecosystem Development, Verizon Wireless
Nikos Katinakis, VP, Strategy and Technology, Rogers Wireless
Terry Kramer, Regional President, Vodafone Americas
Linda Liu, Chief Representative, China Mobile Communications Company, US
Brandon Lucas, VP and GM, Mobile, Black Entertainment Television
Kyle Malady, VP, Product Development, Verizon Wireless
Ian McKerlich, Director, Broadband Products and Services, T-Mobile USA
Toshio Miki, Managing Director, Communication Device Development
Department, NTT DOCOMO
Henri Moissinac, Director, Mobile, Facebook
Dinesh Moorjani, SVP, Mobile, IAC
David Neale, SVP, Products and Services, TELUS
Mike Roudi, Group VP, Wireless Services, Time Warner Cable
Ira Rubenstein, EVP, Global Digital Media Group, Marvel Entertainment
Frederic Schepens, EVP, Strategic Business Development, Belgacom
Andrew Stalbow, SVP, Fox Mobile Entertainment
Jan Uddenfeldt, SVP and Senior Technology Advisor to the CEO, Ericsson
Michiel Van Eldik, Group Director, New Business and Innovation, Telefonica
Matt Waddell, Chief of Staff, Mobile and Developer Products, Google
If you would like to be considered to attend Future:Mobile 2009, please send an email to futuremobile@rutbergco.com.
More information about Future:Mobile 2009 can be found at www.rutbergco.com/conferences/future-mobile-2009/index.html.
Partners and Sponsors
We are appreciative of the support from our sponsors: Generalitat de Catalonia, Townsend and Townsend and Crew, RingCentral, Sequoia Capital Partners, KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group, Good Technology, DCM, and Harris Stratex Networks.
About Rutberg & Company
Established in 2001, Rutberg & Company is a research-centric investment bank that provides mergers and acquisitions advisory and private capital raising services to public and private companies in the wireless and digital media industries.
Through its conferences and executive forums, Rutberg & Company assembles global senior executives and financiers to network and to identify and evaluate meaningful business building opportunities within the industries under research and investment banking coverage by the firm. For additional information about Rutberg & Company, please visit www.rutbergco.com.
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