Waldemar Sakalus
Vice President of Devices Experiences, Nokia
Waldemar Sakalus has been with Nokia since mid nineties and currently serves as Vice President, Device Experiences. In this role he is responsible for ensuring the deployment and experience of Ovi and partner services on Nokia devices.
Since joining Nokia Waldemar held a number of progressively senior positions, including System Manager, General Manager of Applications Management, Director of Terminal Enhancements, Director of Nokia Automotive, Director of Business Development in Mobile Phones, and VP of Strategy and Business Development in Mobile Phones.
Waldemar holds an MBA from Insead in France and an MSc. and Engineering degree from Warsaw University of Technology in Poland.
- “Join the fun”
- December 2,
- 14:15
Neeraj Roy
Managing Director & CEO, Hungama Mobile
Hungama are the owners of some of the biggest entertainment portals in South Asia, Hungama.com, BollywoodHungama.com, the # 1 Bollywood portal in the world, GamingHungama.com and recently acquired Nautanki.tv an online Video Network clocking over 300 million video views a month.
Hungama Mobile has an active Mobile Entertainment and Marketing/Applications business, which has been engaged with over 300 brands and developed over 1000 interactive campaigns.
Hungama Mobile is the largest aggregator, developer and publisher of BOLLYWOOD content in the world. Hungama Mobile has now launched a Bollywood channel with over 150 operators in 32 countries across Mobile, Internet and IPTV services. These include companies such as O2, Nokia Ovi, Vodafone, Verizon, Rogers, SingTel, Maxis, Apple, MSN Music etc
Neeraj has been voted amongst the ‘50 Most influential People in Mobile Entertainment’ globally 3 years in a row.
Neeraj is the Vice Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum, an organization of over 200 members from the entire value chain of the Mobile & Digital Entertainment business.
- “Connecting people through music - Taking Bollywood to the world”
- December 2,
- 14:30
Barry Cottle
Senior Vice President & General Manager, EA
Barry Cottle is the Senior Vice President and General Manager for EA Mobile. As the head of the leading mobile games publisher worldwide, Cottle is responsible for all aspects of the company’s business, including game development and publishing on feature phones, smartphones, iPhone and iPod. He also oversees EA’s social networks games.
- “Mobile games in transition”
- December 2,
- 15:00
Doug Garland
Vice President of Product Management, Google
Doug Garland is Vice President of Product Management at Google, where he focuses on delivering services to consumers through partnerships. Additionally, he helps drive the company’s initiative to foster the development of a robust and open wireless broadband ecosystem.
Doug has over 20 years of experience leading the development and growth of internet and wireless services. Prior to joining Google, Doug was an Executive in Residence at the venture capital firm of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, serving as an advisor on mobile. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at Yahoo!, where he led the company’s mobile efforts and the launch of the broadband access business. He also held executive positions with Excite@Home and leading wireless companies, playing a key role in the launch of Sprint PCS and the development of digital cellular while at PacTel/AirTouch. Doug began his career as a communications network engineer and served as an officer in the US Air Force.
Doug holds an MBA from Stanford University, where he participated in the Public Management Program, including a brief stint as a Visiting Policy Fellow at the FCC. He also holds a BS with distinction and ME in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, where he currently is a trustee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
- “Entertainment 2.0: The Convergence of Web, Video, and TV”
- December 2,
- 15:30
