| Navigation Day @CeBIT 2008 CONFERENCE
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As Principal Analyst Dominique Bonte is responsible for ABI Research’s global telematics and navigation coverage. His background includes extensive experience in fixed and mobile telecommunications, market research and mobile device software applications. He worked for Orange and BT, as well as holding a variety of positions at consumer/industrial technology companies assuming roles in product/marketing management and market research and intelligence. He later started his own company in software consulting for mobile devices, where he acquired extensive experience in mobile satellite navigation software. He holds an MS in electronics engineering and has earned several marketing and business degrees |
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Maarten Oldenhof is Chief Executive Offer of AND Automotive Navigation Data since 2002. With Maarten as CEO, AND Automotive Navigation Data started to focus on digital map development for in-car and personal navigation, next to the traditional on-line, logistics and GIS markets.
Maarten has a Master of Business Administration. After his studies Maarten worked for the Investment Management & Consulting Group B.V as Consultant. As managing director of football club Ajax Maarten was responsible for the stock market quotation of Ajax and at Rai Exhibition centre in Amsterdam Maarten was the Managing Director Exhibitions, Multimedia & Publishing. |
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Brett Simpson, Director, Arete Research.
Brett has been covering companies in mobile phones, GPS and semiconductor markets for over a decade. Before co-founding Arete in Jan'00, Brett spent two years in the no1 rated team for European technology at Goldman Sachs International. Prior to his time at Goldman, Brett had three years with Ericsson, working in a business development role covering all aspects of wireline and wireless telecom infrastructure. He holds a first-class honours degree in Technology from Robert Gordon University in UK. |
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Fabio Pressi is Responsible for Marketing and Sales of Infoblu (Autostrade
Group) , the Italian company that lead the market of traffic and traveller information services in Italy.
Pressi was Director of Operations for Mizar and he created the first personalised services for the traveller in Italy after some years as Business Development for LBS market and Project Manager in many ITS applications and implementations.
Pressi is an expert in Intelligent Transportation Systems and he followed the definition of many standards (DATEX, TMC..) and actually is the unique
Italian member of the TISA Forum for the developing of Traveller
Information Services
He holds an Electronic Engineering degree from Politecnico of Turin. |
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Luca Pagni |
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Chris Jones was one of the three founders of industry analyst firm Canalys in 1999. He led Canalys into its first market-specific analysis area, smart mobile devices, in 2000, and is still actively following the smart mobile device market. Since 2003 Chris has led the research into the mobile navigation and LBS market on a worldwide basis. Chris drove the content and recently keynoted at the Canalys Navigation Forum in Barcelona. He often presents at public events on mobile trends, especially around navigation and location-based services, and is one of the most quoted industry analysts globally on the subject. |
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Jeff Zhou is Head of Strategy and Marketing for Division Infotainment Solutions at VDO Automotive AG, A Company of the Continental Corporation, since 2004. In this function he is responsible for Strategic Planning, M&A, Business Development and Marketing. Before joining Siemens VDO Automotive he worked for four years as a Venture Manager at Siemens Technology Accelerator GmbH (a subsidiary of Siemens Corporate Technology) and was responsible for commercialization of non-core technologies (e.g. Spin-off, Technology sale and J.V. etc.). His work led to the successful spin-offs of EnOcean GmbH, Panoratio Database Images GmbH and sale of Siemens 2D optical inspection technology. Prior to that Jeff Zhou gained experiences in Business Development, Sales and Marketing at a start-up company and at Sartorius AG. Before this he has gained experiences in strategy development and implementation at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman). Jeff Zhou holds a PhD in experimental particle physics from RWTH Aachen and spent several years at CERN in Geneva and at DESY in Hamburg for fundamental research. |
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Marc Prioleau |
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Oliver Rousselange (41) leads the activities in Product planning und Marketing of Delphi´s Entertainment and Communications Productline in Europa. After he graduated from RWTH Aachen with a degree in Electronics Engineering he has held several positions as Software and Systems designer for video and broadcast applications. In 1998 he joined Delphi. In 2002 he took over the responsibility for Marketing and Product planning for various product lines.
Oliver Rousselange
Product Planner and Marketing Manager
Entertainment & Communications Europe |
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Paul Smith |
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1988 - 1995 - Technical University of Aachen (RWTH): Study of Electrical Engineering, finished as Graduate Engineer since 2001 Research Engineer with Ford Research & Advanced Engineering, Aachen, Telematics & Navigation Research.Software development, conceptual work and project management and for internal and publicly co-funded research projects focussing on Navigation, Telematics & Connectivity, e.g. integration of mobile devices, Geman research project AKTIV, etc.since 2008 Chairman of European ADASIS Forum (Industry Forum to develop a standardized interface between Navigation system and ADAS functions, co-ordinated by ERTICO).
Christian Ress Ford Research & Advanced Engineering Europe
Telematics & Navigation Research
Mail: cress@ford.com |
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Paul Reynolds Garmin
- Currently leading the Garmin Business Team in Europe within the Automotive OEM sector. Has 10 Yrs experience in Automotive in Europe and NA. Education: B Eng in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Product Design. Currently living in West London and in spare time renovates long term project...and crumbling house built in 1856! |
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Mike Williams |
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Since 2001, Carsten Leininger, 34, holds the post of Managing Director of the iPUBLISH GmbH; as such, he is responsible for the business development in the field of virtual travel management and consulting. As Travel Scout Company, iPUBLISH is a digital spin-off of the GANSKE VERLAGSGRUPPE which includes, amongst others, the publishers Jahreszeiten Verlag, Hoffmann und Campe as well as Gräfe und Unzer. Under the brand name MERIAN scout, iPUBLISH produces travel guides for navigation systems since the beginning of the 1990s, being the market leader in that segment since.
In addition to this executive function for iPUBLISH, Leininger took over the post of Managing Director of the GANSKE subsidiary TRAVEL HOUSE MEDIA in 2004 which produces the printed MERIAN travel guides and sells all ADAC, MERIAN and MICHELIN print products on the German-speaking book market. |
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Christian Bubenheim, Vice President, Product Marketing,Magellan
Christian Bubenheim brings to Magellan nearly 20 years of experience in consumer electronics, during which time he drove the successful launch of new product categories and of existing categories into new geographies at companies such as Apple Computer, Compaq and Intel. Bubenheim served at Magellan for nearly two years as senior director of consumer marketing before taking the role overseeing all of product marketing for the consumer business.
During his tenure with Apple, which spanned 1991 to 1997, Bubenheim was instrumental in Apple’s entrance into the German-speaking notebook market with the introduction of the PowerBook products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He managed the market introduction of Apple’s Newton technology for the Apple MessagePad in the Central European market and directed European product marketing for the Newton technology, including the creation of business development and licensing opportunities.
Joining Compaq in 1997, Bubenheim was responsible for the worldwide marketing strategies of the iPAQ Pocket PC and Compaq’s handheld group. His work with Compaq resulted in the launch of the award-winning C-Series Handheld PC and iPAQ Pocket PC. He also served as acting general manager for the handheld group at Compaq and was responsible for the worldwide Thin Client Platform Business in the iAppliances Division.
Directly before joining Magellan, Bubenheim served as vice president and general manager for the Rex Business Unit at Xircom Inc. Following the acquisition of Xircom by Intel Corporation in 2001, Bubenheim served as General Manager for Intel’s Wide Area Wireless (WWO) Organization, which specializes in delivering GPRS products.
At Magellan, Bubenheim lead the worldwide team that created and launched the market-leading portable vehicle navigation system, the Magellan RoadMate™. |
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Andy Walker |
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Eric Chan most recently was the Head of Product Management and Co-Founder of Caboodle Networks, mobile search recommendation software using semantic web, where he file two patents in the area of mobile search. After starting Caboodle in 2003, he sold it to MCN in 2007. He has also held business development, product and marketing positions at Mobile Complete and Keynote, focused on partnerships and strategic alliances with Clickatell, Microsoft, Nokia, SonyEricsson, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, Symbian, and others. He led Product Marketing at Pixo, content download server software, acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2003. In addition, Chan is an Adjunct Faculty and Consulting Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds an MS in Software Engineering and BS in Business Administration, both from Carnegie Mellon University. He also hosts a professional blog, Mobileslate, covering topics in mobile and wireless. |
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Michael Lightfoot, Head of Business Development |
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Lew Boore, Vice President of Marketing, NemeriX
Lew Boore is Vice President of Marketing for NemeriX’s global operations and is responsible for NemeriX’s market strategies, which include product marketing, marketing communications, strategic alliances, and partner programs
across all regions.
With 20 years in the semiconductor industry, Lew’s experience encompasses numerous positions in product development, sales, strategic business development and marketing.
His roles have also included pioneering wireless business opportunities and strategic partnerships in Asia, EMEA, and South America.
Lew has held management and senior management positions at Hewlett-Packard, M/A-COM, PSElect, Memec, LLC and Xitron Technologies. His previous role before joining NemeriX was Vice President of Marketing of u-Nav Microelectronics, a GPS chipset provider.
A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, with a degree in Engineering, Lew is based at NemeriX’s Global Headquarters in Manno, Switzerland |
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Oliver Marc Schätzle serves as Marketing Manager for NAVTEQ's Consumer and Wireless Division in Central and Eastern Europe. He studied Economics and Business Administration at the University of Leicester (UK) and is a graduate of Universität Hohenheim (Stuttgart). Prior to joining NAVTEQ in 2006, Oliver held positions in International Marketing and Business Development for Deutsche Bank AG, Mercedes-Benz (United Kingdom) and CAS Software AG/YellowMap. |
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Christof Hellmis is a veteran in the high tech industry with more than 13 years experience in Research
& Development, Consulting, Management and investing in media- and software-related technology
areas. He currently serves as Director, Navigation & Routing Solutions, Context Based Services in
Nokia´s Services & Software Business Group, for Nokia. Christof Hellmis is responsible for Navigation
and Routing experiences for Mobile Devices and PND. This includes software and services such as
Nokia Maps or smart2go, Nokia’s offering to third party phone and personal navigation device
manufacturers.
Hellmis joined Nokia in 2006 and is located in Berlin.
Prior to joining Nokia, Hellmis took the position of Chief Operating Officer at gate5 AG where he helped
to grew gate5 to Euro 18 Mio in sales and built a strategic partnership with Nokia´s Multimedia
devision.
He also served as Manager, Case leader and Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in various
European countries.
Hellmis has spoken at conferences on navigation and location related topics.
Hellmis holds a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from RWTH Aachen (Germany) and a Master of
Business and Administration (MBA) from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France). |
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Hakan Kostepan |
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Jed Rice, VP - Market Development, Skyhook Wireless At Skyhook Wireless, Mr. Rice is responsible for identifying and creating new market opportunities. Previously, he held a range of key positions managing market development at edocs and Siebel. Mr. Rice also worked as a corporate attorney after serving four years as an officer in the United States Army. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on a variety of topics in location based services. |
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Rainer Horn, Managing Partner – SpaceTec Capital Partners AG
Mr. Horn is Managing Partner of SpaceTec Capital Partners.
Prior to joining SpaceTec in 2007 Mr. Horn was a Member of the Management Team of Booz Allen Hamilton as Director Business Operations. He led the Space Services/ Telematics team with clients in SatNav and Earth Observation Services. His consulting experience further spans automotive, telematics, transportation, internet services, telecommunications as well as state, federal and European institutions. Mr. Horn holds an international dual degree from ESB Reutlingen/London and a MBA from INSEAD (France).
SpaceTec Capital Partners is active in the growing „Satellite Information Business” and invest venture capital into application markets at the interface between information and satellite technology. SpaceTec Capital Partners is based in Munich.
HYPERLINK "http://www.spaceteccapital.de" www.spaceteccapital.de |
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Dr. Bróna Collins is Key Account Manager in the Professional Services Department. She received her Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin in 1998. The Hitachi-funded research applied an artificial intelligence model of reasoning to machine translation.
Bróna then joined L&H Belgium as Project Manager for the TTS product, RealSpeak. She returned to Ireland in 2001 to work as Localisation Manager for Berlitz, and HMI design consultant for the IDD. From 2003-5 she worked in Freiburg, Germany as programmer of database interfaces and self-assessment tools for an environmental NGO called ICLEI.
In April 2005, she joined SVOX to put her experience with speech solutions, interface design, and technical project management to use by managing several key automotive accounts |
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Dr. Aldo Ofenheimer is Management Assistant of the TeleConsult Austria GmbH covering the field of precise positioning and reliable navigation, particularly the areas of development and combination of navigation-, telecommunication-, and information technologies, and services for applications in the context of transport and mobility. His work within the European automotive R&D scene includes technical consultancy, system design and analysis, and predictive computational modelling. Aldo Ofenheimer is also involved in several national and European R&D activities dealing with the development of strategies for new products and services for tomorrow’s automotive industry and car drivers. |
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Egil Juliussen |
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Robert S. Marshall, President & CEO
Bob Marshall co-founded AWS, the parent company of WeatherBug, in 1992 and currently serves as company president and CEO. Marshall pioneered the networking of weather instrumentation and cameras using the Internet parlaying this capability into the single, largest network of weather stations and Internet cameras in the world. Marshall is responsible for developing innovative delivery methods of time sensitive information via unique advertising platforms and the most notable temperature next to the clock ion the PC. Marshall has lead AWS to become one of the largest private weather media companies delivering live weather information to millions of users every day via the desktop, mobile devices and television broadcasts, building a series of unique and profitable business units.
Marshall was awarded the 2003 National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Friend of Education Award for his role as Chairman of the Committee on Technology in Education, a coalition of education and business stakeholders on the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education. As Chair, he has helped the state narrow the digital divide among students and broaden the application of technology in schools across the nation. He developed the first online technology inventory system and has made significant contributions to Maryland's "Visionary Panel for Better Schools.” Marshall also serves on the Advisory Board for The Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education, a premier educational technology research organization.
Prior to launching AWS, Marshall served as a program manager and lead engineer at BBN (formerly Bolt, Beranek and Newman, the company credited with starting the Internet) on a number of advanced military sensor, signal processing
and networking programs.
Marshall is a cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland,
College of Engineering. |
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Marc Alyari is the product marketing manager for navigation on mobile
phones at Webraska.
Prior to joining Webraska, Marc worked with In-Fusio as the Head of Development and then as a Sales Project Manager for France.
He helped to the launch of the first downloadable gaming services at Orange France and managed the launch of Java gaming services at Vodafone Live! for SFR. Marc also worked for Schlumberger - Smart Cards (now Gemalto) as a Project Manager and coordinated the development of the first Java Card for GSM market.
Marc Alyari holds an Executive MBA from ESSEC (Paris) and two M. Scs; one in Robotics from Université Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris) and another one in Automated Production from ISAII (Arles). |
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