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Speakers 
 Samir Bangara,
Chief Operating Officer,
Indiagames
Samir Bangara has worked extensively with early stage companies throughout his career as a venture capitalist and as an investment banker. He has always been focused on advising early stage ‘new economy’ companies mainly in the wireless, software, and business process outsourcing space; assisting them to scale up, raise funds or execute strategic sale opportunities. Samir has advised over $200 mn in venture financing and/or M&A transactions in his roles on the buy side and sell side.
Prior to joining Indiagames Samir was a Vice President at Ernst & Young India’s M&A advisory team where he led the firms wireless and BPO initiatives. Samir successfully advised several cross border and domestic transactions in the technology space significantly contributing to Ernst & Young’s leadership position as the top technology M&A advisory firm in the country. In this role, he assisted over 50 companies in their strategic growth initiatives. Further, in his capacity as advisor to Indiagames, Samir led the strategic investment of Tom Online, Cisco and Macromedia in the company in 2005.
Earlier, Samir was part of ILFS Investment Managers (IIML) where he worked for two years and was part of the team investing in media and technology. He was also instrumental in the seed stage financing of Indiagames by IIML in 1999.
At Indiagames, Samir serves as its Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the firms Asia Pacific operations and launch of its new business initiatives including its broadband based PC gaming service – Games on Demand.
Samir is an MBA in Finance and has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce.
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Michael Breen,
Technical Director,
ChangingWorlds
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 Ms Maria Brown,
Managing Director - Acquisitions and Programming,
Asian Food Channel (AFC)
Maria Brown is a Co-Founder and Managing Director - Acquisitions and Programming of the Asian Food Channel.
A former journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), her broadcasting career in the international media industry spans more than 14 years. As a television producer, she made several innovative programmes tackling key issues. Maria has worked at BBC on several high profile consumer advocacy programmes such as "Watchdog", in documentaries for Channel 4, and for BBC News and Current Affairs.
From 1999 onwards, Maria assumed key management positions within the BBC, initially as a senior producer at BBC headquarters, and then leading a team of reporters, in the New York Bureau with Richard Quest (now an anchor with CNN).
Maria covered key events live for the BBC including the capture of Saddam Hussein and terror attacks globally. Maria brings to Asia significant broadcasting experience and media contacts gained from working at the cutting edge of one of the world's finest broadcasting organisations. She also has a unique perspective on the management and the execution of a media organisation and of programming.
As a co-founder of AFC Network Private Limited, Maria is now based in Singapore. Maria has a degree in Public Administration and a post graduate diploma in Journalism from Cardiff University. She received the annual Channel 4 TV scholarship for broadcasting in the UK in 1990.
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 Mr Steven Frank,
Director of Business Development,
THQ Wireless, Asia
Steven is currently the Director of Business Development for THQ Wireless in Asia. Prior to THQW, Steven was Director of Business Development for Contec Innovations Inc., a developer of carrier-class mobile application servers. Steven started in the mobile entertainment industry in 2001 with Riot Entertainment. Riot-E was a pioneer in publishing branded mobile content and was the first to bring such brands as The X-Men, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Spiderman and The Lord of the Rings to thousands of mobile phones on 3 continents. Before Riot-E, Steven managed regional sales and marketing activities for Intel Corporation in Asia, and was a Senior Engineer in charge of software test and development activities with Martin Marietta Corporation (now Lockheed Martin Corporation) based in Santa Clara, CA. Steven has a Masters in International Management (MIM) from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, and a Masters in Business Administration from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.
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Asela Gunawardena,
Technology Marketing, Technology Platforms,
Nokia, Singapore
Mr. Asela Gunawardena is a Senior Manager of Technology Marketing at Nokia. He is responsible for marketing Technology Platforms developed by Nokia.
His responsibilities include promoting key Nokia technologies and platforms to operators, the media and analysts, and advancing the Series 60 Platform business system through strategic marketing.
In his four years at Nokia, Mr. Gunawardena was instrumental in launching and managing the marketing aspect of the Series 60 Platform and key products such as the Nokia Activ Software Suite.
Prior to joining Nokia, Mr. Gunawardena worked for Ericsson for six years where he held various positions from Systems Engineering to Global Product Management at Ericsson Mobile Phones. Mr. Gunawardena has a Master of Science degree in Management Systems Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in the United States.
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 Ms Lanny Huang,
General Manager - Playboy TV Asia and Japan,
Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., Hong Kong
Lanny Huang is the General Manager of Playboy TV Asia and Japan for Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. She oversees television, broadband and wireless projects for
Playboy TV in the region. Her Hong Kong team works closely with tv, internet and mobile operators, ensuring Playboy’s top quality range of adult content. Lanny is from New York USA and has been in Asia for most of her career.
Lanny’s expertise extends to her twenty five years in domestic and international organizations, including Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Telecom – Interactive Multimedia Services, MGM Gold Network Channel, MEASAT Astro Malaysia, Hong Kong I-Cable TV, HK-TVB, in broadcast TV, pay TV, PPV and VOD. Before joining Playboy, Lanny was President of Yes Television Asia , where she headed the Pay TV venture in Hong Kong and in addition as content consultant for US Movielink’s International content and Korea SK Telecom’s TCC.
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 Mr Zaid Kader,
Head of Strategy Department,
Celcom, Malaysia
Zaid Kader Shah is Head of Strategy Development & Business Planning in Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Mara University of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
He is a qualified accountant by training and has been with the telecommunications sector since 1997 starting with Mobikom Sdn Bhd, TM Cellular Sdn Bhd, the operator of TMTOUCH and Celcom.
Over the years, he has held a number of positions in the Accounts and Strategy Divisions.
Prior joining the telecommunications sector he was attached to the international accounting firm and later became a banker. He has 19 years of working experience.
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 Ms Jessica Kam-Engle,
VP, Marketing & Sales,
Celestial Movies
Jessica Kam heads Celestial Pictures’ marketing and product management teams, and oversees the company’s distribution marketing and corporate communications, as well as product development to drive the promotions and sales of Celestial’s Shaw Brothers library titles, new film productions and acquired content. She is also responsible for the music, publications, and merchandising activities of Celestial.
Kam joined Celestial Pictures from MTV Networks Asia where as Vice President, Deputy General Manager, MTV South China, she launched and managed the operations of the MTV China 24-hour channel. Previously, she was Vice President, Network Communications of MTV Networks Asia, leading the charge in the pan-regional strategic communications management for MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1 in Asia Pacific. Before that, she was Regional Marketing Manager at Dow Jones Newswires, where she planned and implemented the news organization’s marketing activities throughout Asia. Kam’s diverse background extends to earlier work experience with renowned organizations such as MGM Gold Networks, Disney Studios and Oracle Corporation, gathering a wealth of experience that spanned three continents.
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 Mr Giora Kanner,
Managing Director, South East Asia,
Comverse
Giora Kanner, Vice President and the Managing Director for Comverse South East Asia region, reporting directly to the president.
Mr. Kanner is responsible for the business in the South East Asia region which comprises mainly of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam as well as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and others.
Over the Past 10 years Giora established a successful track record in developing high-growth and profitable operations in Asia Pacific.
Mr. Kanner served in various senior managerial positions in Radvision and Orbotech in South East Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.
In his last role with Orbotech in Hong Kong Mr. Kanner managed a multi million dollar division activities across Asia, significantly increasing the market share and achieving record business performance within the Asia Pacific.
Prior to that Mr. Kanner worked for Digital Equipment Corporation in South Europe and the Middle East as the Business Manager for the Outsourcing and Projects Division.
Giora holds a B.A. in Economics and Business and a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing.
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 Mr Sachin Kinra,
Business Development Manager,
Reuters Market Light
Sachin is the Business development manager in Reuters Market Light (Reuters Innovation program) where he is responsible for distribution, Revenue generation, strategic partner/alliances development and customer acquisition.
Sachin has over 7 years of experience in Mobile VAS, Consumer internet, Gaming, Technology, Telecoms, Innovation and Start-up
Prior to joining Reuters, Sachin was heading the Mobile Gaming & Applications business at Indiatimes in New Delhi, India, an online & mobile initiative of Times Group (BCCL) where his mandate was to develop end to end gaming business (P&L responsibility) by getting access, forging strategic alliances, business development, strategic planning, new product launch and marketing.
Before joining Indiatimes, Sachin worked with various telecom operators like Airtel which is India’s no.1 private sector telecom operator where he was heading the revenue generation and new product development portfolio for one of their service area and has setup the revenue generation and new product development function. He was responsible to develop usage and revenue enhancement products/tariffs and to
Sachin is passionate about building new ideas into business and seeks his constant source of energy & enthusiasm from ideas. Sachin holds a Commerce degree and a Post Graduate diploma (specialization in Marketing & Finance) and he is fluent in English and Hindi.
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 Mr Robert Knickman,
Managing Director,
Vignette Asia Pte Ltd
Originally from the Southeast United States, Robert has spent the last 15 years working in London, New York and Los Angeles in varying roles in the IT profession. Twelve years ago he worked on his first internet site. Since that time he has helped produce and launch over 60 major internet applications in the areas of customer self service, knowledge management, marketing, retail, new media publishing, entertainment, gaming, and mobile solutions. He is as passionate today about the technology as when he saw his first static html web site. In past roles, Robert has served as a Content Syndicator, Media Producer, as well as an IT Director for a global, new media publishing firm.
From the very beginning of his technology career, Content Management has been a primary focal point. He has extensive experience in helping organisations define, manage, and deliver content in the music, film, publishing, gaming and telecommunications industries.
Robert joined Vignette 8 years ago after having purchased earlier versions of their award winning software to deploy on 3 separate independent customer projects. Currently, he makes his home in Singapore and serves as Managing Director for Vignette covering SE Asia. Robert is tasked with enabling customers and partners on how to solve complex business problems and how to best leverage their existing technology investments by using Vignette's latest content, collaboration and portal solutions.
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Mr Gopala Krishnan,
CEO,
Mobile2Win
GK is an interactive media and technology entrepreneur with 16 years of professional experience. He started his career in sales with HCL HP and promoted one of Mumbai’s leading systems integration services companies 1990-97. He then promoted India's first online careers business which he sold to eVentures India in 1998. He is a co-founder of Contests2win and Mobile2win and has been with these companies since inception, the last 6 years in COO and CEO roles. He has lived in China for over 2 years.
He raised money for Mobile2win and built it from a 5-member team to over 80 employees in China and India and the Mobile Marketing leader in both countries.
GK specializes in creating winning business models and bootstrapping startup companies in the interactive space, all the way to profitability and beyond. He understands startups in the China and India domestic markets, companies from these countries looking at a global market and companies in the India-China corridor. GK holds an engineering degree and is a regular speaker at global Marketing as well as Wireless events.
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 Dr Kok Fung Lai,
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder,
BuzzCity Pte Ltd
Kok Fung drives the strategic direction of the company and serves as a director on the BuzzCity board. Constantly breaking new ground on how mobile operators and enterprises conduct e-business, he is instrumental in growing the company into an international powerhouse, having successfully raised two rounds of venture funding. Prior to founding BuzzCity, Kok Fung conducted research in Singapore's renowned Kent Ridge Digital Labs (now known as Laboratory of Information Technology or LIT), specializing in pattern recognition and text retrieval. His research results have been widely applied by major industry players, and recognized through accolades such as the 1998 Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award. Kok Fung is proficient in English, Mandarin and Malay, and composes music in his leisure. He graduated with First Class Honours in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and obtained his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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 Mr Mark Laudi,
CEO,
Hong Bao Media (Holdings) Pte Ltd
Mark Laudi is Managing Director of Hong Bao Media (Holdings) Pte Ltd, a Singapore company which works with marketers leverage new media channels to deliver their messages in a more targeted and effective way.
Building on a 14 year career in radio and television presentation and production - most recently as stockwatcher on CNBC Asia Pacific - Mark and his team of television veterans and new media producers oversees specialised new media projects, from conceptualisation to execution and distribution.
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Mr Pratthana Leelapanang,
Wireless Service Planning and Development Manager,
AIS
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 Mr Keith Liu,
Head of games and Mobile Internet, Multimedia Business Group,
Nokia
Keith was appointed Head of Internet & Games Experiences in May 2006, where he oversees the development and delivery of interactive consumer experiences related to Nokia’s gaming strategy as well as Internet-related services such as e-mail, search and instant messaging.
Previously as an anchor and technology editor with CNBC Asia, Keith spent the last nine years writing and reporting on the technology and communications sector.
He has also interviewed hundreds of top technology, media telecom executives and dozens of top Fortune 500 CEOs, and reviewed and rated hundreds of consumer electronics devices and related services, gaining over the years, a broad and rich understanding of historical and current trends within technology space, particularly Internet and mobile services sectors.
Keith has also written and edited hundreds of stories on videogames and game reviews, dozens of stories on mobile gaming, and expert on videogame history and trends.
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David Loiterton,
Director, Asia Pacific,
Omnifone Limited
David heads up the company's commercialisation of MusicStation in Asia. David is one of the most experienced entertainment executives in Asia, with 20 years in artist management, recorded music, music publishing, live entertainment, marketing and A&R, online & mobile entertainment, and video games. Originally a Sydney-based lawyer, David worked in artist management with superstar artist INXS for 7 years in the mid-80's, helped set up and then ran rooArt Records, Australia's premier independent record label in the early 90's, and built BMG's Asia Pacific music publishing business in the mid-90's. David also founded Gogo.com in 1999, a 360 degree online music company pioneering online A&R, artist communities and CRM. In 2002, he joined Universal Music to run their strategic marketing & sales across Asia, including catalogue, brand partnerships, and new format development. He joined the Omnifone team in October 2006.
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 Mr Manoj Menon,
Partner,
Frost & Sullivan
Manoj Menon heads the ICT Practice research and consulting division at Frost & Sullivan in the Asia Pacific region. In addition to directly driving the business in the Southeast Asian offices, he continuously identifies future rich technology pockets aligned to the division’s core competency in telecommunications, enterprise communications and convergence.
Manoj has consulted on multiple strategic and syndicated projects for leading multinational software vendors, equipment vendors, service providers and industry regulators including Siebel, Avaya, SingTel, Siemens, Philips, Telekom Malaysia, Ericsson, Lucent, Nortel Networks and VSNL. His research expertise includes the telecommunications, enterprise communications and enterprise applications markets.
As a leading analyst in the Asia Pacific ICT industry, Manoj’s expert opinions have been heard at private client seminars and industry conferences across the region.
He is a frequent contributor to business and trade publications, having been quoted in leading media such as CNN, Bloomberg, Channel News Asia, CNBC Asia, BBC Asia, Telecom Asia, Singapore Business Times and Straits Times, Business Standard, Asian Communications, Asian Technology News and Malaysian Business.
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 Paul Meyers,
Founder & CEO,
ACME Mobile Singapore
Paul Meyers is the Founder and CEO of Acme Mobile, one of Asia’s largest distributors of mobile entertainment products.
Over the past 12 years, Paul has lived and worked in Asia as a media and interactive content pioneer. He created a number of groundbreaking interactive products and companies, launching and building localized versions of international media companies, and raising tens of millions of dollars in venture funding.
Some of Paul’s roles have included being COO of FantasticOne, building the first pan-Asian broadband entertainment company, Founder and GM of MTVAsia.com, leading the establishment of MTV’s Internet presence in 6 Asian countries;
VP of Business Development at Asiacontent.com, bringing global media brands such as CNET, MTV, E! Online, Sports.com, DoubleClick and FashionTV to the Asian Internet space; GM of Interactive at Asia Business News (now CNBC Asia), where he pioneered the first pan-Asian Enhanced Television product, ABN On-Demand.
Paul was also a key member of the management team that brought Asiacontent.com public on NASDAQ in 2000.
Along with his wife, Paul authored "The NUS Entrepreneur’s Handbook" for the National University of Singapore Press. Paul has been a speaker at hundreds of conferences, seminars and trade shows throughout Asia, Europe and the US and is the author dozens of articles for US and international magazines.
Paul - a great cook and a bad golfer - is married and lives in Singapore with his wife and two children.
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 Mr Colin Miles,
Executive Vice President, Co-founder,
i-POP
Colin is EVP and co-founder of i-POP Networks where he has spent the past several years evangelising the marketing power and revenue-generating potential of mobile services.
Through Colin’s efforts in spearheading mobile marketing within Asia, he has struck strategic partnerships and business alliances with many blue-chip and media accounts such as ESPN STAR Sports, MTV Asia, CNBC, STAR TV, FremantleMedia, Sony Pictures’ AXN Asia and Animax Asia as well as Nokia.
Colin also plays a key role in the creation and execution of many pioneering interactive mobile projects in Asia, particularly where SMS, MMS and rich media content are used to engage, interact and build relationships with audiences through the use of mobile phones. His most recent projects include the launch of Mobile ESPN Asia via Bridge Mobile Alliance and the development of a strong WAP presence for AXN Asia.
Prior to i-POP, Colin worked in the field of Enterprise software & services development for a leading e-Commerce applications provider.
Colin holds an Honours degree in Publishing & English from Oxford Brookes University. His expertise in the media, e-commerce and mobile arena has spanned across Asia in the last 12 years.
Colin has had two White Papers published for Broadcast Asia. He is also a regular conference speaker and participant in MobileMonday in Singapore.
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 Mr Sandy Monteiro,
VP Digital - SE Asia (excluding China),
Universal Music Group International
Sandy Monteiro, 42, a veteran of the Malaysian music industry, is Managing Director of Universal Music Malaysia, the Malaysian subsidiary of the Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music distribution company.
He is also the Regional Vice President for Universal Music International overseeing the roll out Digital (mobile and online) services across Asia.
The Universal Music Group has a galaxy of stars under its label including the Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, U2, Eminem, Nirvana, Mariah Carey, Jacky Cheung, Pussycat Dolls and Luciano Pavarotti to name but a few.
Sandy is the Chairman of Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM). In his capacity as Chairman, he sits on several advisory committees of the Malaysian Government such as the Special Copyright Taskforce (Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs) and as a Council Member of the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum (CMCF) – the body that oversees the development of content over mobile, internet and wireless applications.
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 Oren Nauman,
CEO,
Mobival
Oren has broad ranging experience and visible achievements in managing business development. Among his latest job positions are: Associate Vice President, Business Initiatives, Sales & Corporate Business Development of Comverse (NASDAQ: CMVT), a world leader in interactive TV and voice solution technologies; Founder and President of BuildCom, an e-Business technology corporation; Business Development Manager at Mashav Group (Subsidiary of CRH Plc) a multi-billion dollar global industrial conglomerate; IPO & M&A Manager at Poalim Capital Market & Investments, a leading investment bank and a subsidiary of Israel’s largest commercial . Mr. Nauman holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA) and of Tel Aviv University (Israel)
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 Ms Sherie Ng,
Vice President, Asia pacific,
Comverse
Sherie currently assumes the role on VP, Regional Marketing, Comverse Asia Pacific Division covering Comverse entire portfolio across the Asia Pacific region. Her responsibility span across the entire marketing field including business and strategic planning, marketing strategies & resource allocation and planning, marketing & communications programs, brand management and development, research & analyst programs, executive, media and analyst relations across Asia Pacific. Sherie is a key member of the Asia Pacific senior management team reporting directly to the President of Comverse APAC, often represents Comverse as a spokesperson with media, trade associations, customers, analyst as well as in trade forums.
Prior to joining Comverse, Sherie assumes the role of Regional Marketing Director for CSG Systems responsible for Strategic Marketing & Market Development, Marketing Programs supporting branding and market/lead development, Branding and Communications, Strategic Executive Relations, Media Management & Relations, Research & Analyst Relations. Sherie held the role of senior manager for marketing and strategic planning with Lucent Technologies working directly for the CMO/CTO Lucent Asia Pacific responsible for driving regional strategy. Sherie has also held other roles with Lucent Technologies including Senior Manager for Strategic Business Planning, INS working directly for President of INS Asia Pacific; Financial Analyst and Bid & Proposal Manager mainly working on large (>US$500m deals) infrastructure business case, bids & proposal leading a team in responding to wireless infrastructure bids.
Sherie currently assumes the role on VP, Regional Marketing, Comverse Asia Pacific Division covering Comverse entire portfolio across the Asia Pacific region. Her responsibility span across the entire marketing field including business and strategic planning, marketing strategies & resource allocation and planning, marketing & communications programs, brand management and development, research & analyst programs, executive, media and analyst relations across Asia Pacific. Sherie is a key member of the Asia Pacific senior management team reporting directly to the President of Comverse APAC, often represents Comverse as a spokesperson with media, trade associations, customers, analyst as well as in trade forums.
Prior to joining Comverse, Sherie assumes the role of Regional Marketing Director for CSG Systems responsible for Strategic Marketing & Market Development, Marketing Programs supporting branding and market/lead development, Branding and Communications, Strategic Executive Relations, Media Management & Relations, Research & Analyst Relations. Sherie held the role of senior manager for marketing and strategic planning with Lucent Technologies working directly for the CMO/CTO Lucent Asia Pacific responsible for driving regional strategy. Sherie has also held other roles with Lucent Technologies including Senior Manager for Strategic Business Planning, INS working directly for President of INS Asia Pacific; Financial Analyst and Bid & Proposal Manager mainly working on large (>US$500m deals) infrastructure business case, bids & proposal leading a team in responding to wireless infrastructure bids.
For more information, please contact us apac@comverse.com
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 Robin Ng,
Director of Business Development,
Cellent Asia Pacific
Robin heads and manages Cellent Asia Pacific. Cellent is an indian based company with 3 regional offices located in Egypt, Belgium and Singapore. Robin has many years of experience in the mobile and wireless sector spanning from corporate to consumer solutions. Robin's past experience includes years of successful businesses & projects in wireless and mobile services markets in Asia Pacific where of the last few years are in mobile entertainment and mobile technologies.
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 Mr Tuan Anh Nguyen,
Head of Mobile, Broadband & Content,
VNPT Group
Well networked and educated in both technique and business administration. Possessing a wealth of over 10 years experience in telecommunications product and service management. A proven ability in business development and an extensive history of delivering highly successful telecom projects. Believing that good team leadership and a hands-on approach to management brings high standards and increased profits.
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 Mr Benson Ong,
General Manager,
WooWorld
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 Ms Yen Ong,
General Manager, Asia,
Soundbuzz Pte Ltd
Yen Ong is Soundbuzz’ General Manager for Asia. She is responsible for driving all
business portfolios and bottom lines in Greater China and South East Asia. She is also
responsible for the company’s daily operations, from overseeing the marketing, music
and content teams, to managing music licensing and relationships with international and
independent music labels.
Ms Ong is no stranger to the media and music industries. She first earned her stripes
15 year ago, starting as a sales executive and later on, sales manager, for many of
Singapore’s high profile lifestyle publications.
Her success in achieving profitable sales targets for those print titles led to her
recruitment to Singapore Cable Vision in 1994. At a time when cable TV was not
accepted as a mainstream advertising medium, her mission was simple – convince
advertisers and the media industry that cable TV was an effective advertising tool. In
just over 3 years, she achieved just that. Ad revenues grew 10-fold within the first year
alone!
Ms Ong went on to bigger projects when she joined MTV Asia in mid 1997. Starting out
as Group Account Director managing key blue chip clients, she was promoted to
Advertising Sales Director for South East Asia within a year and a half of joining. Again,
in little over a year, she achieved outstanding sales results. Indonesia hit a record 5-
year high, presence and revenue grew for Malaysia and Thailand, and a new revenue
stream was created for the Singapore market.
Ms Ong added online expertise to her growing portfolio through several roles at 24/7
and then joined Soundbuzz in 2001, two years after it was established
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 Mr Christian Patouraux,
Managing Director,
Oghma Pte Ltd
Mr Patouraux brings relevant skills in leadership, high technology management, and business development. He has a solid experience in supply chain management, business operations and a sharp technical background in communication and control systems.
As a business consultant in mobile and satellite applications, he has led the development of financial models, established sales strategies, and conducted extensive market analyses and financial controlling in large satellite and mobile connectivity projects for key industry players.
He has about 12 years of professional experience of which 8 years were with SES, the world leader in commercial satellite communications. For SES, he has supervised the procurement, launch and operations of 12 communication satellites, the most sophisticated telecommunication machines.
Mr Patouraux is also an expert in data processing, control and optimization theories.
He is the inventor of US patent 6,804,986 B2 in satellite guidance and navigation and some of his work is classified by the US Department of Defense. He is currently retained as a business representative of the technical arm of SES in South East Asia.
Mr Patouraux has demonstrated leadership capabilities and gained hands on experience in management in Asia when he founded and managed a non-profit organization in Thailand, which has channeled about S$1 million in humanitarian aid for distressed fishermen on the coast near Myanmar.
Today, Mr Patouraux is fully employed in developing Oghma Pte Ltd. Mr Patouraux, 37, is both a Belgian and French citizen and a permanent resident of Singapore and has work experience in US, Europe and Asia. He holds an MBA from the INSEAD business school, a Master of Science in Aerospace and a Master of Applied Science in mechanical and electrical engineering from Belgian universities.
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 Ms Yang Ping,
Secretary General,
Value-added Service Committee China Association of Communication Enterprises
Ms. Yang Ping has been always applied herself to the ICT field . During 1990 to 1994 She worked as a researcher in the China Institute of Science and Technical Information (ISTIC) that under the direction of MOST, researching and consulting on the hi-tech development of China to assist China’s hi-tech development by reporting to the appropriate governmental authorities. In 1994, she established the Telecom World that has been the leading journal in China telecommunication industry servicing industry service providers and manufacturers. She worked as executive publisher until 2002. Ms. Yang has been work with VASC as the initiator since it was founder in 2002.
Yang Ping graduated from Nan Jing university and got a bachelor of science . In 2002 she got her master’s degree from CEIBS (China Europe International Business School ) .
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 Anil Prakash,
Secretary General,
Telecom Users Group India
Having a Bachelor Degree in Economics, Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing & Management.
He is currently President of India Resource Centre a private telecom think tank and Director in AirPhone Technologies, New Delhi a consulting company comprises experts from various disciplines from IT and Telecom. He is also a Secretary General of the Telecom Users Group of India and ITU-APT Foundation of India, a not to profit organization involved in high-level interaction with policy, regulatory and development framework both in India and abroad for the benefit of telecommunity.
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 Mr Thivanka Rangala,
Head of Internet Business Unit,
Dialog Telekom
Mr. Rangala Functions as the Head of Corporate Finance and Internet Business. He also functions as the chairperson of the Business & Finance Strategic Management Committee of Dialog Telekom. He joined the company in 1997.
Mr. Rangala holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Western Sydney and is also the recipient of a Diploma in Computer Studies. He is a direct fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA) and has also followed an Executive Management Programme at INSEAD [YMP]. He is a member of the Institute of Management (Sri Lanka). In May 2004, Mr. Rangala was awarded the Pinnacle Award for “Business Manager of the Year 2003” by CIMA, Sri Lanka. Mr. Rangala also holds two external positions in the capacity of Director cum Treasurer of Lanka Internet Service Providers Association (LISPA) and Director of the Infotel Council; both organizations are involved in ICT development for the country.
Mr. Rangala counts over 14 years experience in the accountancy field having exposure in Trading, Construction, Aqua Culture, Hospitality, Manufacturing and Service industries. His experience covers securing large parcel financing with international leading institutions, management of complex cross-bordering foreign exchange exposure and cash management. As the Head of Internet Business he has also gained experience in project management, customer relations management, content management and general management of the company’s Research & development activities.
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 Mr Charlie Ransford,
Marketing Consultant,
CAST Asia Pacific
Charlie spent over twenty years working in BT in a number of commercial capacities. He is an expert in service development and implementation with extensive experience in Product Management, Product Development and Marketing. He has been the catalyst of change for marketing initiatives and organisational structures in several companies.
Charlie conceived and led the launch of BT’s first competitive telephony service outside of the UK prompting a change in BT’s approach to international business. He also installed and managed the International Products Division at StarHub as well as developing and launching their international products portfolio.
Charlie has considerable international experience in numerous countries across Asia and Europe. He has worked in Asia since 1995. He was internal Senior Marketing Consultant to Indosat and Lintasarta in Indonesia where he introduced the Marketing Planning process and advised on culture change. Subsequently, he became Intelsat’s first Regional Director in Asia and expanded the Singapore office as the hub of Asian sales activity. He has also advised on product launch at Millicom in Laos and Maxis in Malaysia.
Charlie is presently Marketing Consultant to CAST Asia Pacific where he leading the penetration of Location Based Services around the region.
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 Mr Madanmohan Rao,
Editor,
The Asia-Pacific Internet Handbook, Bangalore
Dr. Madanmohan Rao, a consultant and writer from Bangalore, is research consultant at the Asian Media Information and Communication centre (AMIC). He is the editor of three book series: “The Asia Pacific Internet Handbook”, “The Knowledge Management Chronicles” and “AfricaDotEdu” (McGraw Hill). He is also editor-at-large of DestinationKM.com and contributor to the Poynter Institute blog on new media trends. Madan was on the international editorial board of the recently published book, “Transforming e-Knowledge.”
Madan was formerly the communications director at the United Nations Inter Press Service bureau in New York, and vice president at IndiaWorld Communications in Bombay. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, with an M.S. in computer science and a Ph.D. in communications. He is currently the director of the InfoComm Observatory at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore.
Madan is a frequent speaker on the international conference circuit, and has given talks and lectures in about 50 countries around the world. He has worked with online services in the U.S., Brazil, and India. His articles have appeared in DestinationKM.com, The Economic Times, Electronic Markets magazine, Economic and Political Weekly, and the Bangkok Post. Madan is on the board of directors/advisors of numerous content and wireless services firms in Asia. He also participates in consultations at UNESCO, IDRC, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) foundation in India and Nepal.
He is the conference chair for India Internet World, India's largest annual Internet business conference, and serves on the conference committees of trade show group Messe Frankfurt in Germany, Singapore-based Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, and the global Internet Society.
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 Mr Kristan Rivers,
General Manager Asia Pacific,
Player X
Based in Beijing, China, Kristan D. Rivers is head of Asia/Pacific for mobile media publisher Player X.
Prior to this, Kristan was head of Asia/Pacific at mobile games publisher Kayak Interactive, where he was responsible for creating profitable relationships with games developers, mobile operators, portals, and handset manufacturers.
Kristan has a history of working with very cool pocket-size connected devices. He was previously involved in the launch of Apple’s Newton PDA, and more recently launched and headed (as general manager) the Asia/Pacific arm of Digital Bridges (now I-play), a publisher and developer of games for mobile phones, and was head of mobile business at Glasgow-based avatar technology developer D.A. Group, where he spearheaded their creation of a mobile business division. Kristan has sold content services to numerous mobile operators globally, on every continent except Antarctica.
A native Texan, Kristan has lived in the U.K., Japan, South Korea, and China for the past eleven years, during which time he has been trying to decide whether the ultimate retirement plan should involve running a whisky distillery or a sake brewery. He has an MBA from the University of Western Ontario, and once held the high score on the Sega Rally arcade game at Gatwick airport for over five weeks. He is married to a gorgeous and feisty Scottish lass and has two daughters.
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 Richard Robinson,
CEO,
Dada Asia
Presently Richard Robinson is the CEO of Dada Mobile Asia based in Beijing. Richard is initiating and overseeing all business operations across Asia build the company into of the leading mobile entertainment players in the Asia Pacific region.
Richard also serves as a Board Advisor for ACL Wireless in India. ACL is a dynamic New Delhi-based wireless instant messaging/chat player
(www.acl-wireless.com) which was voted the #1 fastest growing tech company in India in 2005 by Deloitte Consulting.
Previously, Richard was Vice President of International Business Development for Linktone, a leading provider of wireless value-added services to mobile phone users in China. Richard joined the company prior to its listing on NASDAQ which was a first globally for a company in the mobile entertainment space. In his role at Linktone, Richard sourced, closed and managed relationships with international wireless content partners such as Sony Music, Disney, Cartoon Network, Kodak, Reuters and NewsCorps' Channel V, etc to bring their wireless content and services to the mobile Middle Kingdom.
Prior to Linktone, Richard served as Managing Director of China for Mobile Internet Group in Beijing where he oversaw all China client relationships and operations including closing a deal with Yao Ming to create a suite of mobile services for the China market around the NBA All-Star.
As part of the move to Mobile Internet Group, Richard was Founder and CEO of Mobile interactive Games Ltd, which he started in Beijing in October of 2001 in conjunction with MINT, a PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting funded incubator. MiG was fully acquired by Sun Microsystems invested Softgame Pty Ltd in late 2002 (subsequently renamed Mobile Internet Group Pty. Ltd.).
Before founding Mobile interactive Games Ltd., Richard was a founding team member of renren.com a global community site for Chinese. As VP of Marketing and Sales, he ran the marketing, PR, sales and customer service teams of over 75 people across six cities in three countries.
Richard was with renren.com from a ten person company to a 350+ person company and continued with the company from initial seed funding through to funding of over US$37 million, on to renren's listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and finally through to renren's full acquisition in early 2001.
Richard came to renren.com from Modem Media in Hong Kong where he was the Regional Director of Strategy and Media for more than two years through to Modem's listing on NASDAQ. During his time at Modem, he helped grow the Hong Kong team from 3 people in early 1997 up to nearly 50 staff. Richard oversaw the regional interactive strategy and online media planning on all accounts including AT&T, Citibank, Intel, IBM and Cathay Pacific in markets such as Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia.
Richard received an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University in The Netherlands in 1996, and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1989.
Mobile Entertainment Magazine ranked Richard as one of the top 50 mobile entertainment executives globally in 2005.Advertising Age Magazine selected Richard as a Top Ten international Internet Superstar in 2000. Richard also founded the first Asian chapter of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and served as its chairman from 1997-2000.
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 Mr Neeraj Roy,
Managing Director,
Hungama
Managing Director & CEO , Hungama Mobile, owners of the two biggest entertainment portals in South Asia, Hungama.com and IndiaFM.com, The # 1 Bollywood portal in the world. Neeraj is on the Board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum, a body that represents the various stakeholders in the Mobile Entertainment industry.
Neeraj is an active member of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India, the largest body representing 85% of all content created across cinema and television in India. Neeraj is a member of the Entertainment Committee of CII, India’s largest Industry confederation.
Neeraj is regular speaker on topics of Entertainment, Movie Marketing, Digital Marketing, Mobile Entertainment and Promotions Marketing at seminars and conventions both in India and overseas.
Neeraj was recently voted amongst the ‘50 Most influential People in Mobile Entertainment’ globally , by a UK based publication.
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 Mr Alan Seiffert,
Snr VP of Partnerships and Business Development,
CNBC Asia
Alan Seiffert, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships in CNBC Asia, is spearheading the network’s business development and partnership department in this region. In this capacity, he will oversee CNBC’s efforts to build up business opportunities for the network in the Asia Pacific region. He is also responsible for managing relations with CNBC’s current partners in Asia Pacific, developing new opportunities with them, as well as building strategic partnerships with other potential associates in the region, in a bid to extend the network’s reach and strengthen the CNBC brand. Alan is based in Singapore.
Alan joins CNBC Asia Pacific, from NBC Universal Television Distribution, based at Universal City, California, where he was the Vice President of Business Affairs, responsible for deal transactions for their television production and syndication division. He was also instrumental in negotiating global television format and straight licensing deals, throughout Asia Pacific, including China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, South East Asia, and Australia, as well as in Europe, and the Middle East. He also handled numerous new media transactions including content deals on interactive, mobile, broadband, and IPTV platforms. Alan was also an active player in the integration of the distribution units following NBC’s 2004 acquisition of Universal.
Prior to NBCU, Alan served as Assistant General Counsel for the National Basketball Association’s entertainment group where he was responsible for negotiating international television licensing deals. During his tenure with the NBA, Alan worked extensively with a variety of platforms and channels throughout Asia, including in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Alan has also held various positions within the FOX Entertainment Group, last one being the Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs for their television syndication unit.
Alan is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He holds a bachelors degree from California State University, Northridge, and an M.A. from New York University. Alan has served on the Board of various cultural organizations, and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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 Manav Sethi,
AVP Corporate Strategy & Innovation,
Reliance Entertainment, India
Manav is a part of core corporate strategy team at Reliance Entertainment India and is working towards creating Reliance ADAG's foray in Entertainment & Media. Apart from evaluating several opportunities in digital entertainment space, Manav is at present looking at Mobile TV & LBS initiative at Reliance Entertainment.
Prior to joining Reliance, he was heading sales & strategic alliances for India's largest language localization organization, a venture which was funded by IFC Washington and Walden International.
His formal education includes Management and Law from University of Pune and University of Delhi.
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 Mr Peter Shankman,
CEO,
Geek Factory
PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking,” and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective.” Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you harness the power of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and put it to work for you.
Peter is CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a Marketing a PR Strategy firm located in New York City, with clients worldwide. For the Geek Factory, Peter consults to companies around the Globe, including the Snapple Beverage Group, Walt Disney World, American Express, Discovery Networks, New Frontier Media, OpSec Security, GenuOne, Dream Catcher Destinations Club, and many others. Peter sits on the board of the Scott-e-Vest, the world’s first technologically enabled clothing line.
Peter is also the CEO of AirTroductions, the world’s first airline networking and dating service. Founded in 2005, AirTroductions has already made the radar screens of media worldwide. Currently at over 21,000 members, AirTroductions has experienced unprecedented growth, and was acquired in January of 2007.
Peter’s first book, “Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts and Why Your Company Needs Them” (Wiley, 2006) was published by Wiley and Sons in December of 2006.
Peter has spoken upon invitation at various conferences and trade shows, including NAB, CTIA, CTAM, CES, PMA, The Next Gen Asia Advertising Conference, Advertising Week, the DMA, and others. Peter has also been the keynote speaker at the National Association of Advertisers, and the Florida Advertising Council.
He’s the marketing pundit for the Fox News Channel Program “The O’Reilly Factor,” and is a frequent guest on all of the major news channels.
Peter started his career in Vienna, VA, with America Online as a Senior News Editor, helping found the AOL Newsroom and achieve over 1,000,000 user hours per month. While Peter was at AOL, membership in the online service grew from 3,000,000 members to 12,000,000 members by the time he left. Peter also spearheaded coverage of the Democratic and Republican 1996 conventions, marking the first time an online news service covered any major political event.
Born and raised in New York City, Peter still lives there with his two psychotic cats, Karma and NASA, who consistently deny his repeated requests to relinquish the couch. In the few hours of spare time Peter has per month, he’s a frequent runner, with 12 completed marathons and three Olympic distance triathlons to his credit, an amateur boxer, and an “B” licensed skydiver, specializing in freeflying.
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 Mr Levi Shaphiro,
Director, Audience Metrics,
Telephia Inc.
Levi Shapiro is the Director of Audience Metrics for Telephia, the world's largest provider of mobile-related market research and the only POINT OF SALES measurement source in mobile. In this role, Mr. Shapiro works with leading movie studios, television networks, game publishers, record labels and advertising agencies. He has also launched innovative new products, including the industry's first-ever Mobile Video Report.
Previously, Mr. Shapiro founded two mobile video companies, Two Minute Television and Snack Mobile. Two Minute Television created short-form TV series with episodes averaging 4 million US television viewers, carriage on 110 major websites and distribution on wireless carriers in North America, Asia and Europe. Snack Mobile’s software enables a hybrid category of mobile media— combining casual mobile gaming and live-action video.
Prior to that, Mr. Shapiro re-launched a multi-million euro line of digital services for IBM in Europe, growing revenue in a previously flat segment. Mr. Shapiro is completely fluent in Japanese and Italian and spent the early part of his career with Toyota in Tokyo and Beijing. He is a frequent speaker at conferences including CTIA, NAB, IIR, Informa, IQPC, Digital Hollywood, iHollywood and Terrapin.
Mr. Shapiro is Editor of Video Age (www.videoageinternational.com), where he covers the business of film and television. He was educated at Tulane (BA), Cornell (MA) and MIT (MBA).
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 Meidad Sharon,
Product Marketing Director, Mobile Internet Solutions Group,
Comverse
Meidad Sharon has extensive experience in business, product marketing, and telecommunications.
As Product Marketing Director of Comverse’s Mobile Internet Solutions Group, Meidad is responsible for marketing products and developing new products. His responsibilities include analysis, definition and implementation of strategy and the product roadmap.
Meidad served as Business Development and Products Marketing Manager at DHL Israel, part of the leading global provider of express, logistic and finance services. Prior to that, he was Senior Consultant for CSC, a leading Israeli management consulting firm.
His advanced education includes degrees in Economics and Management from the Tel Aviv University.
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Buske Loura Soetrisno,
Content Manager - Gaming & Content,
PT Indosat
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 Team Leader Hawk Sonh,
Team Leader, ICT Research Office,
SK Research Institute for SUPEX management
Hawk Sonh is currently the Head of Business Strategy Research Team ICT of SK Research Institute for SUPEX Management.
This Research institute creates an advanced future business environment through in-depth research activities and up-to-date management techniques. The Center is making concerted efforts to implement in-depth research activities that will maximize the company's value.
Hawk leads the Strategy Research in Information Communication Research Office, where he oversees the policies and strategic direction for future digital convergent and ubiquitous environments. Besides that, he manages research groups such as ICT strategy team.
Hawk Sonh hold an MBA with Thunderbird, Garvin School of International Management and a Ph.D course with the Seoul National University, Graduate School.
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 Mr Ian Stewart,
VP Strategy & Research,
MTV Asia Pacific
Ian Stewart is VP, Research and Planning for MTV Asia.
Ian was the CEO of youth marketing agency FILTER, which he founded in 2000. Filter was acquired in 2005 by global market research company Synovate, and Ian spent a year integrating his company into Synovate as the global head of trend research.
Prior to setting up FILTER, Ian worked at MTV Asia, in charge of consumer strategy; as a strategic planner for Ogilvy; and for Coca-Cola as their trend manager in North Asia. Ian came to Asia from Sydney in 1990, starting his career with qualitative market research firm MBL.
A regular speaker at marketing conferences around the world, and a regular contributor to industry publications, Ian is regarded as one of Asia’s leading commentators on consumer trends. More importantly he enjoys life swimming in the pool with his young son Luke.
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 Ms Mabel Tan,
StarHub
As Senior Manager of Content Services, Mabel is responsible for the planning and acquisition of cross-platform content, as well as the management of content partners and services, a strategically important area of focus in StarHub's hubbing proposition. Prior to her current appointment, Mabel was responsible for the planning and development of StarHub's 3G and i-mode content portfolios.
Mabel first joined StarHub in 2002 and managed the company's presence on the Internet, as well as its content services online. She has successfully launched Singapore’s first largest music download service, StarHub’s ;PLAY music portal as well as SPECTRUM, Singapore’s first local digital arts portal. Both portals have been awarded the 2004 International Business Awards for their design and content.
Before joining StarHub, Mabel worked at Yahoo! as the head of its e-commerce team and grew Y! Shopping and Auctions to become market leaders in Singapore. She was also credited to have developed the first e-commerce ASP solution for SME businesses at Yahoo!
Mabel received a bachelor's degree in business administration (Merit) from the National University of Singapore in 1994 and made it on the Dean's Distinction List for that year.
Mabel is married with a son, and enjoys reading and swimming.
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Mr Fred Then,
Business Development Director,
ASIA GIS Pte Ltd
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 Ms Sandy Tse,
Business Development Manager,
Hong Kong CSL Limited
Sandy Tse is the Business Development Manager of Hong Kong CSL Limited, responsible for the WAP portals of HKCSL including @1010, One2Free Zone and NWM. She has extensive experience in content acquisition and in Feb 2006, has launched the HK 1st Mobile TV which has more than 30 channels now. She has also launched numerous renowned mobile content such as mobile drama, freeBlog and dual download to further enhance the offerings from operators. With a total of more than 6 years in TV, Internet and Mobile, her expertise in identifying market trend and users needs has enriched the value chain of mobile content.
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Ye Xia,
Content Director,
China Mobile
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 Mr Henry T. Yeh,
Head of Value Added Services, Multimedia Business Group,
Globe Telecom
Henry is currently the Head of Value Added Services within the Multimedia Business Group of Globe Telecom, Philippines. As Head of VAS, he oversees Content Development, Product Management and Platform Management. As part of the Multimedia Business Group, he is involved in developing new business models and revenue streams within Music, Games, Communities and TV (fixed and mobile).
Prior to Globe telecom, he was Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President-International of Com2uS Corporation, the largest mobile games publishers in Korea and one of the largest in the world. He managed business development, marketing and games development. Com2uS games are available in over 43 countries and 100+ operators worldwide. Prior to Com2uS, he held management positions at IBM, AIG and American Express. He has lived and worked in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and is multi-lingual. He holds a BA, MBA and JD and is a US certified lawyer.
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