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Conference:
Day One
7 July 2010, 8.30am - 5:30pm
Day Two
8 July 2010, 8.30am - 5:30pm
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 Mr Russ Shaw,
General Manager - EMEA Skype Technologies Russ Shaw is responsible for developing marketing, sales and business development strategies to drive Skype’s business in EMEA. In addition to leading the EMEA business, Russ is also directly responsible for developing, articulating, and driving Skype’s overall mobile strategy and value proposition globally. A critical part of his role involves developing an appropriate ecosystem focussed on strategic partnerships that are driven by customer needs. Russ joins Skype following four years with Telefonica/O2, where he held a number of senior executive positions. Most recently he was the Global Innovation Director for the Telefonica Group, based from Madrid. Prior to this, Russ worked at O2, first as UK marketing director where he negotiated the breakthrough sponsorship deal to create The O2 music venue in London. He was then appointed as Innovation Director for O2’s UK operations. Russ has also held previous positions as CEO of Mobileway, a venture-capital backed start-up focused on mobile messaging, and as Managing Director at UK cable company NTL (now Virgin Media). Before entering the telecoms industry, Russ spent many years marketing consumer financial services, including 10 years at American Express, based in London, in a variety of international marketing, advertising, and brand management roles in the Consumer Card and Global Network Services divisions. In 1999, he joined Charles Schwab as SVP, International Marketing, responsible for driving Schwab’s European business onto the web. Russ has a BS from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is also a non-executive director for Dialog, a publicly-traded semiconductor company.Appearing: DAY TWO - Thursday 08 July 2010 9.40am Panel debate: Crucial insights into what the five forces have to say about the mobile telephony market
- The intensity of competitive rivalry
- The bargaining power of customers
- The bargaining power of suppliers
- The threat of substitute products
- The threat of the entry of new competitors
Moderator: Alexandra Rehak, Principal Analyst / Manager, Analysys Mason Group
Rodrigue Ullens, CEO, Voxbone
Global Head of Solutions,
Vodafone Global Enterprise Head of Technology Roadmapping,
Nokia Siemens Networ Mr Russ Shaw, General Manager - EMEA,
Skype Technologies General Manager,
Citycell 2pm Keynote address: Are disruptive technologies opportunities in disguise?
- Assessing the impact of VoIP on the global telecom industry
- Differentiating between disruptive technologies and disruptive applications
- Lessons from iPhone and Skype – HOW did they penetrate the market?
- Keeping an eye out for the other key disruptive technologies in 2010 and beyond
Mr Russ Shaw, General Manager - EMEA,
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Conference:
Day One
7 July 2010, 8.30am - 5:30pm
Day Two
8 July 2010, 8.30am - 5:30pm
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