David leads 21 Communications, one of the leading mobile marketing agencies in Asia. Some of its key clients include: Johnson & Johnson, BMW, Electronic Arts (EA), Warner Brothers and Adidas.
As CEO, David is in charge of company strategy, including positioning 21 Communications within the fast moving markets of Asia, forging strategic partnerships with international marketing and technology firms and expanding revenue streams to ensure the company's long-term growth and success.
David's communications experience spans several fields. Before founding 21 Communications in 1999, David worked within the International Broadcasting Service (IBS) of Shanghai Television Station. In the United States, David spent his early career as a speechwriter for US Secretary of State Warren Christopher. He began his career at an internet startup in San Francisco soon after completing his degree at U.C. Berkeley, where he graduated summa cum laude.
David was elected twice to the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and served two additional years as the Marketing Chairman. He is an active participant in business seminars and conferences. He speaks English, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese and is a distance runner by hobby.
Dennis has been involved in the creation and distribution of digital multimedia for over twenty years in his various positions throughout the industry including time spent at leading companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, LightSurf and now VeriSign.Currently, he serves as Director of Content Solutions - Asia for VeriSign Incorporated, based in Hong Kong, where he oversees the marketing and sales for digital multimedia solutions serving the needs of telecommunications operators and brands throughout the entire region.In this capacity, Dennis brings a wealth of experience in championing wireless content solutions from VeriSign and specifically markets the solutions and unique content developed by various VeriSign subsidiaries such as Jamba!, 3United, Kontiki, and MQube.Currently, these solutions are operating in over 30 countries worldwide - including Europe, North America, and Asia.
The goals of Dennis' board membership will include facilitating cooperation between all members of the digital content and mobile marketing value chain to ensure active participation of all members resulting in substantial growth overall for the mobile marketing industry in Asia.Additionally, Dennis is uniquely positioned to not only assist MMA members in their endeavors throughout Asia but in markets throughout the globe with his broad array of contacts and international experience. Dennis also serves on the Board of Directors for the Mobile Entertainment Forum in Asia and brings valuable expertise in the area of merging mobile entertainment and marketing concepts for the benefit of both brands and consumers.
Dennis has personally resided in Asia for over five years as well as having spent numerous years abroad in both the European and North American markets.
Geoffrey Handley is co-founder and architect behind international, multi-award winning mobile marketers, The Hyperfactory.Geoffrey has been at the helm of this world-class mobile ideas factory since its inception and has been a driver of its successful foundation and phenomenal growth in the Asia Pacific region.
Geoffrey's position as a respected industry spokesperson in the interactive mobile marketing and development industry in Asia Pacific has made him a familiar face across the board.He is a founding member of the Mobile Marketing Association's Asia Pacific chapter, an active member of the Asian Digital Marketing Association, a regular contributor to industry publications and a highly sought after speaker and panellist in the region.
Geoffrey has been involved in the wireless industry in the Asia Pacific market for more than a decade and currently splits his time between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
As the Director for Multimedia Experiences in Asia Pacific, Jawahar is responsible for bringing to market rich consumer experiences on Nokia mobile devices spanning across the portfolio of Multimedia Experiences - Mobile Imaging, Mobile Games, Mobile Internet, Mobile Music and Mobile TV.
Building industry partnerships and alliances across imaging, music, games, television & radio broadcasting and the internet domains, the Multimedia Experiences team focuses on delivering engaging and interactive consumer experiences with tangible business propositions to the industry players.
Jawahar is actively involved in stimulating and steering the mobile services ecosystem with 3G mobile operators, TV & radio broadcasters, broadcast service providers, regulators and the content community.
With his expertise in the creation and more importantly, the commercialization of mobile services gained over the years in the Asia Pacific mobile industry, his current assignment focuses on the next wave of convergence of communications with personal entertainment & media consumption on the go.
Jawahar brings with him over a decade of multi-dimensional business insights with perspectives from mobile operators, handset vendors, music labels, game publishers and mobile marketers. He also has several service innovations and a few patents to his credit for Nokia.
Before this assignment, Jawahar led the Entertainment Business Unit for Nokia Multimedia in Asia Pacific. Prior to that Jawahar has led the Digital Services & Applications business in Asia Pacific and service development for the Imaging Business Unit. Before joining Nokia in 1997, he worked for Hutchison Telecom in India.
Before founding Madhouse, China's largest interactive mobile media agency and ad network, Joshua Maa was EVP at TOM Online, China's largest Wireless Value-Added Service Provider by revenue. At TOM Online, Joshua directed Wireless Business & Operations and International Business Development, leading 450 professionals and contributing to over 90%+ of total company revenue, which grew to well over US$16 million monthly in 2005.
Before TOM Online, Joshua was the Founding CEO of Rock Mobile Corporation, Greater China's leading Mobile Music Entertainment Service Provider. At Rock Mobile, Joshua built a team of 160 professionals and made RMC the leading Mobile Music Service Provider in Greater China.
Joshua has over 14 years of managerial experience in Greater China's New Media, Entertainment, and Consumer Marketing industries.
Ken Mandel, CEO, Neo@Ogilvy Asia Pacific, Vice President, Digital OgilvyOne Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Beginning his career in consumer marketing in Toronto, Canada; Ken joined the Bangkok office of Shandwick Public Relations in 1994. Since then he has held senior management positions across the Asia Pacific region, including Bates Advertising and 141 Worldwide in Myanmar (Burma) and Cambodia. In 1999 he was appointed CEO / Regional Director to XM Asia Pacific based in Singapore for 6 years.
In January of 2006, Ken joined OgilvyOne Asia Pacific as Vice President, Digital and CEO, Neo@Ogilvy. His new responsibilities include the growth and management of interactive marketing, digital media, and emerging channels in 11 markets across Asia. Ken has advised a prestigious list of renowned multinational clients on their digital communication strategies, including American Express, Chanel, Cisco, Compaq, Coca-Cola, Diageo, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Nokia, Singapore Airlines and Visa.
Ken completed his Asia-Pacific Management Post-Baccalaureate Program at Capilano College, Vancouver, Canada and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Psychology from McGill University in Montreal. A new media veteran and frequent industry spokesperson, he currently serves as the Interactive Sub-Committee Chairman of the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents.
Måns Burman, Director, Business Development, IPX Asia Pacific, Ericsson Telecommunications Pte Ltd (Singapore)
Based in Singapore since 2002, Måns Burman heads Ericsson IPX operations in Asia Pacific.
IPX is a non-branded, white-label service that comprises mobile billing and connectivity via SMS, MMS, Web and WAP. Måns has been with the company since its inception in Sweden 2001, and is one of the co-founders.
Only a few years after its establishment, Ericsson IPX is now the leading aggregator for billing and messaging connectivity globally, providing a vast range of content providers with the ability to monetize digital assets in the convergent mobile, Internet and digital media space. The IPX Messaging service is connected to 350 operators and reaches more than 95% of all mobile phone users worldwide. The IPX Payment service is live in 21 countries and reaches 650 million subscribers and provides 86 Operators with Direct Connections.
Måns, who has been with Ericsson since 1999, previously worked with Ericsson's Corporate Venturing investments in Europe and the USA, and has executed a number of Joint Venture formations, Capital Raising & injection procedures and M&A transactions. He has been instrumental in guiding young and innovative companies to successful business and marketing models and is very experienced in the Mobile Content Ecosystem of Carriers, Aggregators and Content Providers on a global scale and more recently in the Asia Pacific region.
Måns holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Over 10 years of Internet and telecommunications experience having worked with Microsoft India- MSN, Bharti-British Telecom ISP services- India and with IPSIl, an affiliate of VSNL- India. Instrumental in the design and delivery of some of the early ISP, Web / portal services. Spent last 4 years working on the mobile value added services, user experience and wireless technologies and have been instrumental in launching new products and services, across theAsian and international markets.
Experienced Product Management & marketing in Consumer Internetand Mobiles Services, including emerging areas such as Mobile internet portal, web services like email & messenger and Mobile entertainment in Asia with extensive knowledge of emerging markets. Expertise in launching new business, business modeling, strategic planning and go-to-market execution.
In-depth knowledge of the internet and wireless market means being a frequent speaker at conferences and being regularly called upon by the media for comments on the industry events.
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Sandy heads up the growing Enpocket Asia Pacific operation from Singapore, driving sales and business development opportunities across the region. He enables leading operators to build revenues from pioneering mobile community applications and marketing services, and drives mobile strategies for numerous media brands. Sandy has a strong background in business development in both telecommunications and media.
Sandy joined Enpocket from Star TV (Newscorp) where, as Associate Vice President, he was responsible for increasing revenues for eight Pan-Asia networks including ESPN, Star Sports and National Geographic. Prior to working at Star TV, Sandy held senior sales and marketing roles at the Discovery Channel and then at ESPN Inc. Sandy holds a Bachelor Business Administration in Business management.