2010 Opportunties - What's in it for you?

Only rarely in business and technology ventures is there a focused effort to look several years into the future and have a guarantee that great opportunities await. For our local wireless companies, the 2010 Olympics hosted here at home, provides us with just that opportunity.

From a mobile perspective, 2010 is also a magical destination where the integrated capacity of emerging Devices, Networks and Applications (the "DNA" of mobility) will offer a significantly new threshold on the mobile experience.

WINBC’s April MoMoVan brings together leading representatives of the mobile D, N and A universes to explore with you what this new environment and its opportunities might look like.

Hear what our industry experts have to say about opportunities and challenges as they relate to the 2010 Olympics.

Join us to learn:

• Insight into mobile devices, networks, and application opportunities
• What types of DNA will dominate the 2010 games
• Company partnering opportunities

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This month's panelists spotlight:

Andrew Tsui - Associate Director, Olympic Services with Bell, the Premier National Partner of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver-Whistler. Andrew is responsible for the development and management of the Telecommunications Rate Card, the suite of critical products and services that will support the running of the Games, and bring the Games to the world. As well, Andrew is leading the development of Bell’s Vancouver 2010 Innovation Centre that will feature a unique partnership with WINBC and the Community Lab initiative. Previous to this current role, Andrew was responsible for next-generation product strategy within Bell’s SMB group, as well as new product development. A professional engineer with a BASc from the University of British Columbia, Andrew joined Bell in 2001 after earning an MBA from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Matthew Snyder – Global Head of Business Development & Strategy, Nokia Advertising Media Business. Matthew has had an extensive 20 year career in mobile and consumer electronic industries. He has had key roles such as lead design engineer at Sony in Camcorder development, to that last 12 years in the mobile industry responsible for the first locally developed mobile Fashion device for Nokia Japan, managed the release of the first music product for Nokia, ran operations for Nokia's Gaming Business group and over the last 5 years has been involved runing the launch of Nokia's Mobile Search offering (www.nokia.com/mobilesearch) and the evolution of developing one of the key business plans for the Nokia AdConnector (a platform offering mobile publishers an opportunity for an alternative means of monetizing thier products with an ad-funded business model).  Matthew is a frequent speaker at IAB and other mobile media events globally ( adconnector.nokia.com). Although Matthew is fluent in Japanese, he is a curious learner of the ways and languages of China. He presently resides in Vancouver, Canada.

Rochelle Grayson - President of OBehave! Entertianment, a mobile social entertainment company that provides mobile, interactive social experiences for young adult urban women.  Rochelle's career has taken her from New York to Chicago to Silicon Valley and most recently to Vancouver and over the past 16 years, she has been involved in spearheading and launching several leading-edge initiatives . Rochelle was Chief Business Agilist with Agile Business Strategies, CEO and co-founder of FlashLog, an early blogging and newsletter management system, and Chief Blogger of FlashCommerce.com. She also launched the podcast series, The Media Mavens, and created and hosted VidCamp: the media 2.0 unConference. Both endeavors showcased digital media executives and experts discussing business and other issues in the new Web 2.0 reality. Rochelle holds an MBA in Finance and Business Strategy from the University of Chicago, as well as Master Certifications in Product Development Management and Business Facilitation. She is also bilingual in German and English.
 

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