Ray Taylor is a 19 year wireless industry veteran and most recently served as Executive in Residence at Storm Ventures in Menlo Park, CA. Previously, Ray was Executive Director of the Consumer Multimedia Products group at Verizon Wireless. Having responsibility for both Product Development and Product Management, Ray's efforts delivered a series of industry firsts (first BREW-based downloadable service, GetItNow®; the first MMS service in the U.S.; Mobile Web 2.0; a graphically rich WAP 2.0 portal; the first fully-integrated Mobile IM service; the first 3G services in the U.S. under the VCAST brand; RingBackTones and the introduction of Flash Mobile).

These services now account for billions of dollars in annual revenue. Ray has held both Engineering and Marketing positions within Verizon Wireless and Bell Atlantic Mobile spanning 16 years of service. As a founding member of AlterEgo Networks he helped launch the company in 2000 as Vice President and Wireless Evangelist.

Ray currently serves as an Advisor to several innovative technology companies: Sharpcast, MobileIron, Mobilians International, and Mobideos.

Peter has been leading the development of wireless and mobile applications for more than 10 years. Prior to Mobopia, Peter co-founded Alchemic Solutions, a mobile technology solutions consulting company, with clients including Sprint, Verizon, Qualcomm, Samsung, ACCESS, and Openwave. He was previously a senior executive at ACCESS Co., Ltd., where he directed the mobile product development team in the successful deployment of the ACCESS NetFront browser on Sanyo, Motorola, IBM and Palm handsets in North and South America. Peter has held senior software development management roles in various start-ups and was a member of the development team at Geoworks that successfully deployed the world's first smartphone, the Nokia 9000 Communicator. Peter holds a BS, EE from UC Berkeley.

Mark brings over 10 years of hands-on development leadership from the software industry. Previous to Mobopia, Mark co-founded Alchemic Solutions, a mobile technology solutions consulting company, with clients including Sprint, Verizon, Qualcomm, Samsung, ACCESS and Openwave. Earlier Mark was a founder at Proximex. As the chief architect, Mark was responsible for BioWatch, an advanced enterprise-level security and surveillance software. Prior to that, he was an engineering manager at NetIQ, responsible for delivering AppManager, a mission-critical enterprise management solution. Mark has a BS, EE from UC Berkeley.

Prior to Mobopia, John was a Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Alchemic Solutions, a mobile technology solutions consulting company, with clients including Sprint, Verizon, Qualcomm, Samsung, ACCESS and Openwave. Before joining Alchemic, John pursued another of his passions, and worked as Assistant Winemaker at the Picchetti Winery, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Previously, John was a Senior Director of Product Development for Geoworks, managing the Wireless Content and Services and GEOS Operating System product groups at two design centers, Alameda, CA and Manchester, UK. Earlier John served as a Senior Product Manager at AT&T Consumer Interactive Services, responsible for PersonaLink, AT&T's first consumer-oriented Internet service offering. John received a BS, Business Marketing from San Diego State University.

Giora has led the launch and deployment of multiple lines of products in early stage startups and in large organizations. At LRN, as vice president of product development, Giora managed the development and deployment of web-based compliance management offerings resulting in 100% increase of customer base (to 6 million users). At Elance as VP of engineering, Giora had overall responsibility for product definition, product development and operations of Elance's line of products in services procurement management. Giora successfully oversaw the launch and deployment of these new lines of products in record time (18 months) to Fortune 500 companies (GE, Motorola, Federal Express, Capital One and others). Earlier, Giora was chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at Epylon (acquired by Accenture), where he managed all engineering and technology initiatives for Epylon's marketplace providing procurement services to state and government agencies. Giora also served as an executive at Oracle, where he was responsible for launching Oracle's supply chain product in the consumer packaged goods market, and at TRW, where he managed the development and deployment of embedded real time systems, network protocols and middleware. Giora holds an M.A. in mathematics and operations research from the University of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Bringing more than 17 years business development and sales experience to Mobopia, Jim has been responsible for the software licensing, business development and strategic alliances for several leading internet technology providers who have developed revolutionary embedded technologies widely used in the telecom and wireless markets. At Teleca, a leading mobile and wireless systems integration and consulting firm, Jim managed the North American sales efforts as VP of Global Sales and helped the company sign lucrative licensing and consulting agreements with tier one device manufacturers, developed direct wireless operator engagements, as well as meet and exceed its' profit expectations. Previous to this as VP Sales and Business Development, Jim led the America's sales efforts with Japanese software platform provider, ACCESS, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, licensing browser and related embedded technology to OEMs, operators, and silicon vendors. Prior to ACCESS, Jim directed the marketing and business development efforts for the embedded and Internet appliance line of business at Phoenix Technologies, leading efforts to build one of the industry's first complete 'internet in a box' software platforms for the vertical and embedded device markets. With extensive international business experience, Jim has held various sales management, business development, field engineering, as well as strategic and technical marketing roles during his career, including three years living and working in Japan. Jim holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cal Poly Pomona.

Trained in cognitive science with 20-year track record of innovation and accomplishment in real-world product design, user studies, research and teaching. Combines hands-on skills in rapid prototyping and product visualization with creative leadership, management and teaching.

Mike most recently was Director of User Experience for the Advanced Products Group at Yahoo! Mike has also served as a Director of Stanford University's Center for Innovation and Learning. Mike has also served as a Principal Scientist at Apple Computer and Senior Interaction Designer at IDEO. Earlier in his career, Mike was an Associate Professor of Telecommunications at New York University.

Jim is the Chief Product Officer at Rhythm New Media. He has 20 years of experience in building networking products and creating new businesses, including the first world-wide network geared to accelerate the transformation and delivery of web content to mobile phones at AlterEgo.

Most recently, Jim was Vice President of Products and Engineering for Macromedia's mobile division. At Macromedia Jim spearheaded the creation of a mobile service that delivers live information, graphics, and rich media to mobile phones.

Jim has also co-founded Brixton Systems, an internet and networking company, as well as leading software development groups at Logica and Honeywell.

Jim graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry.

A business leader in Networked Storage (NAS, SAN, iSCSI, and related Data Management solutions), Andy helped drive product strategy at Network Appliance (NASDAQ: NTAP) where he held many positions during his twelve-year tenure, culminating in the role of CTO, Strategic Technology. Andy's leadership helped the company's annual revenues grow from approximately $14M to over $3B (pre-IPO to July 2007).

Prior to Network Appliance, Andy was at Auspex Systems for four years, bracketing the IPO with two years pre- and two post-. In addition to his 16+ years of storage industry experience, Andy worked in various capacities for other industry notables including Data General, Prime Computer, and RDS AutoMate (a small PC-board routing and placement software company in Palo Alto).

Andy's breadth of experience includes being the customer during his time as a "rocket scientist" and internal IT consultant (8 years at Martin Marietta Aerospace, Space Launch Systems), and systems manager for the New York City Transit Authority's Transportation Control System. Those experiences led to a deep understanding of customer needs, business requirements, and ramifications of contextual non-technical issues -- all of which are important factors in any successful deployment.

Andy currently serves as an Advisor to these innovative technology leaders: Gear6, Index Engines, Intransa, LgDB, Medicos, Mobopia, Monosphere, Orchesys, Overtone Software, PowerFile, and Scalent.

ACCESS is a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets. With research and engineering centers throughout the world and a progressive company culture that emphasizes and nurtures innovation and creativity, ACCESS delivers unique solutions that bring value to its customers and partners and which help make life easier, more productive, and more enjoyable. Principal ACCESS technologies include the globally popular Garnet™ OS, one of the first and most successful mobile operating systems ever developed, ACCESS Linux Platform™, a software platform that combines the ease-of-use and functionality of Garnet OS with a Linux core, NetFront™ Mobile Client Suite, a comprehensive client software suite for mobile devices, and NetFront an advanced, full-Internet browser widely recognized as one of the leading browsers in the world. As a mobile Internet pioneer, ACCESS has helped to develop and deliver technologies that have brought the Internet to a new generation of mobile devices and consumers. ACCESS technologies were central to the development of the first successful mobile data service in the world and this pioneering success has grown at a phenomenal pace with ACCESS technologies now deployed in millions of devices throughout the world.