- Company: HTC
- Title: Developer Evangelist
- http://www.htc.com/us/#/?slide=0
Sessions
App Developers Conference, produced by Engage Digital Media, is designed to address the broad implications of App development, marketing and distribution from a developers’ perspective. The conference brings together major brands, media, social networking, mobile, consumer electronic, and software platforms as well as the worldwide developer community.
Engage Digital is a leading provider of specialized trade events and media. The company focuses on games, toys, social media, virtual worlds and user engagement. In addition to publishing this blog, EngageDigital.com, Engage has successfully produced dozens of conferences and tradeshows.
Team Members
Chris Valentine / Adeo InterActive
Conference Chair
speaker inquiries
valentine @ engagedigital . com
512-699-3467
Tonda Bunge
Vice President, Conferences
logistics
tonda @ engagedigital . com
512-484-5574
Tim Williams
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
blog advertising & event sponsorships, exhibiting, marketing
tim @ engagedigital . com
512-289-8687
Christopher Sherman
Founder and CEO
pretty much everything else
chris @ engagedigital . com
512-633-4132
Fax # 512-692-2532
Mailing Address
Engage Digital Media
P.O. Box 200489
Austin, TX 78720-0489
App Developers Conference, produced by Engage Digital Media, is designed to address the broad implications of App development, marketing and distribution from a developers’ perspective. The conference brings together major brands, media, social networking, mobile, consumer electronic, and software platforms as well as the worldwide developer community.
Engage Digital is a leading provider of specialized trade events and media. The company focuses on games, toys, social media, virtual worlds and user engagement. In addition to publishing this blog, EngageDigital.com, Engage has successfully produced dozens of conferences and tradeshows.
Team Members
Chris Valentine / Adeo InterActive
Conference Chair
speaker inquiries
valentine @ engagedigital . com
512-699-3467
Tonda Bunge
Vice President, Conferences
logistics
tonda @ engagedigital . com
512-484-5574
Tim Williams
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
blog advertising & event sponsorships, exhibiting, marketing
tim @ engagedigital . com
512-289-8687
Christopher Sherman
Founder and CEO
pretty much everything else
chris @ engagedigital . com
512-633-4132
Fax # 512-692-2532
Mailing Address
Engage Digital Media
P.O. Box 200489
Austin, TX 78720-0489
Michael Ludden, Developer Evangelist, HTC
Company: HTCTitle: Developer Evangelisthttp://www.htc.com/us/#/?slide=0SessionsSmart TV: Learning from Smart Phone Successes (Panelist)Michael Ludden is a Developer Evangelist with HTC based in Los Angeles. Michael’s history in the tech industry includes development, product marketing, and even, in a previous life, tech show hosting. Michael has a degree from UCLA, has been a speaker at various tech conferences [...]
Minard Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer, Six Degrees Games, Inc.
Company: Six Degrees Games, Inc.Title: Chief Executive Officerhttp://www.sixdegreesgames.com/SessionsState of the Game Apps (Moderator)Minard Hamilton has served as Chief Executive Officer of Six Degrees Games, Inc. since co-founding the company in October 2006. From 2001-2006, Mr. Hamilton served as Executive Vice President, Distribution and Marketing at JAMDAT Mobile. JAMDAT Mobile went public in 2005 and was [...]
Gregory Brail , VP of Technology, Apigee
Company: ApigeeTitle: VP of Technologyhttp://apigee.com/SessionsSupporting an API Platform Across Many Devices (Lecturer)Gregory Brail brings a variety of experience to Apigee from more than 18 years in the industry. Prior to Apigee, Greg worked at BEA as technical lead for the WebLogic JMS team, and kicked off BEA’s “Core Engine” initiative, which built a modular “micro-kernel” [...]
Cathy Edwards, Co-Founder and CTO, Chomp, Inc.
Company: Chomp, Inc.Title: Co-Founder and CTOhttp://chomp.com/SessionsThe Discovery Dilemma: Themes and Trends (Panelist)Cathy Edwards is a mobile app search pioneer with expertise in machine learning; natural language processing and information retrieval technologies. In 2009 she co-founded mobile app search company Chomp. Chomp produces the leading mobile app search engine. Edwards created Chomp’s proprietary algorithm which understands [...]
Robert Abbott, General Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
Company: Norwest Venture PartnersTitle: General Partnerhttp://www.nvp.com/SessionsA Venture Capital Perspective: True Cost of Building an App and App Company (Panelist)Robert focuses on a wide variety of investment categories including mobile, online advertising, infrastructure and systems. His current investments and board seats include Brand.net, ClariPhy, mBlox, Mozes and Zenverge. He holds a bachelor of science and a [...]
Tim Piatenko, Manager of Analytics, Badgeville
Company: BadgevilleTitle: Manager of Analyticshttp://www.Badgeville.com/SessionsSmart Gamification and Social Loyalty for Apps (Moderator)Tim comes from an academic background, having spent six years at Caltech and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center as a graduate student in High Energy Physics. After learning how to analyze results of elementary particle collisions down to ridiculous precision, he realized that people are much more [...]
Steve Sims, VP of Production and Client Services, Badgeville
Company: BadgevilleTitle: VP of Production and Client Serviceshttp://www.badgeville.comTwitter: @badgevilleSessionsSmart Gamification and Social Loyalty for Apps (Panelist)Steve has 20 years of experience in game development and production for web, mobile, console and PC systems. He started his gaming career at Electronics Arts and EA Online where he was an Executive Producer and responsible for Madden NFL [...]
Roman Scharf, CEO, Talenthouse
Company: TalenthouseTitle: CEOhttp://www.talenthouse.comSessionsSmart Gamification and Social Loyalty for Apps (Panelist)Austrian-born Roman Scharf has been an original angel investor, member of the management team and major shareholder in Ecotech Software, which has been acquired by Rockwool International AS. In 2005 Roman co-founded telecommunications provider JAJAH Inc. providing IP voice services to over 100M people. In Dec [...]
Chris Hansen, Co-founder and CEO, BAMM.tv
Company: BAMM.tvTitle: Co-founder and CEOhttp://bamm.tv/Twitter: @bammtvSessionsSmart Gamification and Social Loyalty for Apps (Panelist)Chris Hansen is co-founder and CEO of BAMM.TV, an innovative startup that will revitalize the business of music by serving as a new kind of bridge between artists and fans around the world. As a passionate entrepreneur and musician, Chris and fellow band [...]
Thor Muller, Co-founder, Get Satisfaction
Company: Get SatisfactionTitle: Co-FounderSessionsBuilding a 10 Foot UI: Dealing With Platform Diversity (Moderator)Thor Muller is a serial entrepreneur and product-focused startup advisor, currently co-founder of Get Satisfaction, a community platform that allows companies to collaborate openly with their customers. Previously he was VP Digital Media for Frog Design, where he led the development of designs for [...]
Tyson Daugherty, Vice President of Business Development, appssavvy
Company: appssavvyTitle: vice president of business developmenthttp://www.appssavvy.com/Twitter: @appssavvySessionsUnderstanding Your Audience: Giving Users What They Want (Panelist)Tyson Daughtery leads business development for appssavvy’s adtivity technology platform. He arrived at appssavvy from Future US, where he was vice president, Internet development. At Future US, Daugherty steered online strategy and execution, and managed a team of more than [...]
Company: Millennial MediaTitle: Senior Vice President, Global Monetization Solutions- Acquisitionhttp://www.millennialmedia.com/Twitter: @MillennialMediaSessionsMonetization Revenue Models: Premium, Free or In-App (Panelist)As Senior Vice President, Global Monetization Solutions, Jeff is responsible for the growth and development of Millennial Media’s industry-leading mobile publisher and developer portfolio. Jeff brings more than 23 years of sales and marketing experience in the wireless [...]
Brian Long, SVP of Mobile & Social Products, Pontiflex
Company: PontiflexTitle: SVP of Mobile & Social Productshttp://www.pontiflex.com/Twitter: @pontiflexSessionsHow to Keep Your App Free and Increase Downloads: (Lecturer)Brian Long is responsible for Pontiflex AppLeads – the company’s game changing mobile app advertising solution for iPhone and Android applications. He believes that mobile app advertising should work for the developer, the advertiser and most importantly, the [...]
whurley, GM, Chaotic Moon Labs™
Company: Chaotic Moon LabsTitle: GMhttp://www.chaoticmoon.com/Twitter: @chaoticmoonSessionsTablets: What’s Next? (Panelist)whurley is a leading authority on pervasive computing, open source, open innovation, and augmented reality. He is the co-founder of Chaotic Moon Studios; the world’s most proven mobile application studio, providing everything from initial brainstorming and strategy, to custom development and publishing, to managing your entire mobile [...]
Donna Meir, Chief Innovation Officer, Insight Research Group
Company: Insight Research GroupTitle: Chief Innovation Officerhttp://www.insightresearch.biz/SessionsTarget Talk: Exploring the Stages of Digital Kid Life (Lecturer)Donna Friedman Meir serves as Chief Innovation Officer for Insight Research Group, the research driven strategy firm that inspires its clients to build innovative and impactful experiences for consumers. In her role at Insight, Donna innovates forward thinking initiatives and [...]
Laura DellaTorre, Associate Director, Partner Marketing, TeleNav
Company: TeleNavTitle: Associate Director, Partner Marketinghttp://maps.telenav.com/?source=defaultSessionsNavigation as a Platform (Panelist)Laura brings more than 15 years of experience of leveraging partnerships to maximize revenue for high tech products and services. At TeleNav, she leads the partnership and distribution strategy. Prior to joining TeleNav, Laura managedstrategic partnerships with eBay developers, where she partnered with eBay solution providers [...]
Daniel Cheng, Director of Publishing, Greystripe
Company: GreystripeTitle: Director of Publishinghttp://www.greystripe.com/Twitter: @greystripeSessionsGetting Attention: Advertising Across Platforms (Moderator)Daniel Cheng is responsible for publisher partnerships at Greystripe (acquired by Valueclick) with over 4000 publishers from top indie mobile developers (including Mobilityware, Newtoy and ngmoco) to large multi-platform publishers (including Electronic Arts, Real Games and Zynga). As a founding team member since 2006, he [...]
Ken Tabor, Team Lead Mobile User Interface Developer, Sabre Holdings
Company: Sabre HoldingsTitle: Team Lead Mobile User Interface Developerhttp://sabre-holdings.com/Twitter: @KenTaborSessionsOptimum Teams and Optional Processes for App Development (Moderator)Ken is an innovative veteran software engineer with 18 years of experience developing consumer-driven products on cutting-edge technologies. Currently serving as a member of Sabre’s “Enterprise Mobility Group” consulting with internal business units wanting to leverage the growing [...]
Ben Shapiro, SR Manager Digital Products, Amazon
Anthony Ha, Staff Writer, Adweek
Company: AdweekTitle: Staff WriterSessionsVrroom Vrroom: Developing for Connected Cars (Moderator)Anthony is a staff writer at Adweek, where he covers startups. He previously worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and was also a reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news [...]
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