 | | Wolfgang Allisat, Vice President & General Manager, EMEA, Omniture Wolfgang Allisat joined Omniture in January 2004 and is heading up Omniture’s operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has extensive international experience, having held UK, European, US domestic and worldwide roles. For the past ten years Allisat has been involved in the Online Optimization Industry working as Director of Sales, EMEA for companies such as digiMine (now Revenue Sciences) and Visual Sciences (now Omniture). Prior to that Allisat was Sales Manager, EMEA at Lucent Technologies, a Senior Management Consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and a Lieutenant in the Paratroopers. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Allisat holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Saarland, Germany. |
 | | David Assouline - Director Global Content Products, Navteq David Assouline is director of Global Content Products at NAVTEQ with responsibility for the strategic development and implementation of new technologies within the NAVTEQ map context. Prior to his current position, Mr. Assouline was director of Product Management for NAVTEQ’s Location Content Group in EMEA, as well as director of Consumer Marketing in Europe. Before joining NAVTEQ, he gained extensive industry experience in the mobile phone market working for France Telecom, Orange and Nortel GSM Networks. Mr. Assouline holds a graduate degree in engineering and business management from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris and an undergraduate degree in engineering and physics from Denis-Diderot University in Paris. |
 | | Mark Canon - President of New Media, Yell UK Mark joined Yell in 2008 with direct responsibility for the UK's new media teams covering strategy, product and service development, and technology across internet, voice and mobile channels. Mr Canon has a highly successful track record in developing and marketing innovative internet directory and search products in the US. He founded Switchboard and held senior roles at AOL Search and at the internet automotive marketing services company Autobytel Inc. He is a former Kelsey Group Technologist of the Year. |
 | | Niklas Eklund, Chief Executive Officer of Livebookings Niklas Eklund joined Livebookings as CEO in 2006, and is an experienced internet services and software entrepreneur. Livebookings is the leading European online restaurant reservations, marketing and promotions network, currently working with several directory publishers like Yell.com, Eniro, Gelbeseiten, European Directories, Das Örtlich, Das Telefonbuch, Touchlocal.com, and GoYellow.de.. With over 15 years of experience Mr. Eklund has built successful online businesses, such as online golf booking systems and Internet destination sites, which served the US and European markets. Mr. Eklund studied Computer Science at Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg and Business Administration at Lund University, in Sweden. |
 | | Laurence Kaye, Lawyer, UK Laurence Kaye is an expert lawyer in the fields of digital law, intellectual property and media law. He is recognised in “Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession, 2009” as a leader in the fields of Media & Entertainment & Information Technology law. He has extensive experience with media and technology contracts and was one of the first lawyers in the UK to advise on Internet law. Laurence has a proven track record for combining innovation with practical legal advice.
He has advised the Database Publishing Industry for many years.In addition to his contract and transaction-based work, he advises and lectures regularly on digital media and e-commerce legal issues in Europe. He worked closely on a number of key EU Directives, including the Copyright, Database and E-Commerce Directives.
In December 2008 Laurence Kaye was appointed by the UK Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) as one of five members of its newly created Copyright Expert Panel to help enrich its thinking on copyright.Laurence founded Laurence Kaye Solicitors in 2002. The firm’s mantra is “legal solutions for the digital age.” Laurie is also a regular blogger on digital media law. |
 | | Eduardo Gosling, Founder and President, TeleListas Brasil Eduardo Gosling is founder and President of TeleListas. The company, with 17 offices throughout Brazil, began its operations in 1994 and saw explosive growth between 1999 and 2002, when coverage expanded from the Rio de Janeiro City to nationwide. TeleListas is Latin America´s largest publisher of printed directories, serving over 30 million phone lines in Brazil, under contract with the local telephone operators, reaching a population of 146 million in 26 States through about 240 different books. telelistas.net is the Brazilian reference on the web, covering all 40 million business and residential wirelines, receiving more than 17 million visitors/month. The standard search functions are complemented by mapping, proximity search and other features. It can be accessed through a mobile interface (telelistas.mobi) and its content is distributed by major sites such as Google and MSN and through several GPS brands. TeleListas was the first publisher outside Europe to win an EADP Award (2007). Mr. Gosling holds a Systems Engineering degree from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC/RJ). |
 | | Jean-Marie Guille, Director Online Business Unit, PagesJaunes, France Jean-Marie Guille started his career in the Groupe Bayard Press where he held the position of Director of Marketing for the La Croix daily newspaper from 1977 to 1983. He joined PagesJaunes in 1983 as head of PagesJaunes products within the Marketing division. Mr. Guille then held the position of Managing Director of the subsidiary Programme Marketing Annuaires S.A., before being named as Director of Marketing of PagesJaunes in 1994. He is currently Director of Online Directories. Born in 1954, Mr. Guille is a graduate of ESC Toulouse. |
 | | Mathias Hedlund, Vice President Online, Eniro Mathias Hedlund was appointed Vice President Online at Eniro in autumn 2008 with responsibility for Online P&L and development across the Eniro group. The position was created in 2008 as part of the new organization that was formed based on the Eniro strategy: “from Print Dependency to Online Opportunities” with strong emphasis on online investments. Mathias Hedlund previously worked at the leading Swedish gaming operator, Svenska Spel, holding a number of different positions, latest as Vice President Games and Lotteries with responsibility for a number of Business Units including BU Online and the BU for land based Casinos.
Mathias Hedlund holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Stockholm University. |
 | | Mark Livingstone, CEO, Touchlocal, UK Mark Livingstone started his career in retail buying and marketing, going on to founding and running a games software development and publishing company and working for seven years at LEGO as its World Wide Managing Director, taking the company into software publishing and TV licensing. Subsequently he became co-founder and CEO of LOVEFiLM, a DVD rental company, which is now the largest DVD rental company in Europe. Following the merger of LOVEFiLM and Arts Alliance Media he became its President and led the company into digital delivery of film over the internet and to cinemas. Through working with venture capital company Balderton, backers of Touchlocal, Mark Livingstone then worked on a new strategy for Touchlocal and joined as CEO in August 2008. Mark Livingstone has a MBA in retail and wholesale and degrees in both marketing and finance. |
 | | Russell E. Perry, CEO, 123people.com
Russell E. PERRY joined the international people search site 123people as CEO in mid 2008.
Active in new media for the past 10 years, Russell Perry has been Head of Product Management Betting and Media Licensing at bwin, a leading European online entertainment company. His telecommunications experience is based on holding board level management positions at Telefonica Moviles 3G Mobile AG (Switzerland), Eagle Mountain Corporation, mInnovate and Eagle Atlantic Energy (EAE).
He also worked as Head of Product Management and Development at Data at ONE, Austria’s third GSM/UMTS operator.
Russell Perry holds a BA in International Studies from Maryville College, completed his graduate studies at Danube University Krems with a MSc/MAS in Telecommunication Management and a MES in European Studies/Law and completed executive management programs at Harvard Business School.
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 | | Claudia Poepperl, Founder & CEO adaffix Claudia Poepperl is founder and CEO for adaffix, a Call 3.0 company that enriches the call experience by adding relevant content to calls in real time. She has 16 years experience in the mobile, media and local search industries with various senior management and operational roles.
Prior to adaffix, she was Chief Marketing Officer for mobile search firm mobilePeople. As Managing Director for UCP Claudia was behind the success of Germany’s largest youth social networking site uboot.com. She also worked for Ucp Morgen, Qpass, T-Mobile Germany and T-Mobile Austria. Claudia holds master degrees from Bowling Green State University (USA) and Paris-Lodron University (Austria) in media science and mass communication |
 | | Sebastien Provencher, Co-founder of Praized Media inc., Canada Sebastien is Praized Media's intrepid explorer and ambassador. He has more than 10 years' experience in local search, interactive entertainment and online media. From 1999 to 2007, Sebastien played an instrumental role in formulating Yellow Pages Group's online strategy. He developed their most successful online advertising product ever (DirectoryPlus), struck a strategic partnership with Google, and created a vision around local search. Sebastien co-founded Praized Media (www.praizedmedia.com) in 2007 to help Local Media companies tap into the growing potential of online word-of-mouth and social media. He writes about traditional media, local search and social media on his Local 2.0 blog at blogs.praized.com/seb |
 | | Alon Raz, Vice-President, head of customers division, Golden Pages Israel
As Vice-President and head of customers division, Alon Raz manages the Marketing & Sales divisions and is accountable for the complete life cycle of customers at golden pages. Alon played a major role in company's online revolution which has positioned it as one of the most advanced online classified directories businesses worldwide.
He joined Golden Pages Israel more than three years ago after twelve years previous experience in national and international commerce and marketing, mainly in telecommunications. Alon Raz graduated in business studies from the City University, New York and after that had marketing and sales positions at Cellcom, Israel's largest mobile operator. He moved on to become Director of Marketing with a satellite TV company in Israel and, before joining Golden Pages, had three years in Luxembourg with FTA communication technologies, a pan-European leader in digital broadcast reception equipment. |
 | | Donat Rétif, CEO, Truvo
Donat Rétif was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Truvo on June 1st 2008 after serving as Managing Director of Truvo Belgium, the main unit within Truvo. Before joining Truvo in 2005, Donat Rétif built up a large international experience within the telecom and directory business. He was Vice President of different sales areas within Verizon Information Services (Canada and USA). Prior to that, he was Operations Director at Belgacom Directory Services and at Promedia, both located in Belgium. |
 | | Ingo Schneider, VP, T-Mobile International's Product & Innovation Group Ingo Schneider is a Vice President in T-Mobile International's Product & Innovation Group, where he manages the multimedia category including the mobile portal and content services of the group. Prior to T-Mobile Ingo Schneider was working for T-Mobile’s Group Strategy as Vice President Media Technology and as a consultant in the "think tank" of the Bertelsmann AG, analysing new technologies and business models regarding their impact on the operations of Bertelsmann AG. In this function he advised the management board and the profit-centres of Bertelsmann AG concerning new businesses and ventures. He founded the venture BeMobile (Bertelsmann Mobile) a Wireless Content Service Provider, which he headed as CEO. |
 | | Kris Skavish, VP Products & Marketing, Local Matters
Kris Skavish joined Local Matters, a provider of online local search and advertising solutions to directory publishers, in 2005. In her role at Local Matters, she works with local media publishers to define strategic vision and product roadmaps for engaging consumers online and increasing advertising revenue. Prior to Local Matters, she oversaw product strategy for Jabber, recently acquired by Cisco. Before that she was on the leadership team of Webb Interactive, the provider of web publishing services to directory publishers. During her time at Webb, she spent a year on site with European Directories in the Netherlands. Ms. Skavish holds a B.S. degree from Cornell University, USA. She blogs at www.localmatters.com and tweets at http://www.twitter.com/matterslocal. |
 | | Matthew Snyder- CEO & Founder, Analog.Digital.Objects Inc (ADObjects Inc) Matthew Snyder is founder and CEO of ADObjects, Inc., where he also leads a strategic cross-media consultancy (ADOstrategies.com) with clients and partners such as CBS radio, Nokia, Xtract, Canadian Music Week, Mobility Ventures, IAB, Jupiter Media and several early-stage mobile start-ups. In April, he accepted the role of CEO, Mobify, an early-stage mobile to online cross-media web publishing company. In March Matthew Snyder produced the conference “ThinkMobile: Mobile Content and Marketing Strategies” in New York. Prior to founding ADObjects, Matthew spent over a decade at Nokia including being the Head of Strategy and Business Development in Nokia's Multimedia Business Group that launched a new form of mobile advertising exchange called the Nokia Ad Connector. |
 | | Rudolf Strohmeier, European Commission Rudolf Strohmeier, is Head of Cabinet of the Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding, a post to which he was appointed in 2005. He became a director in 2004 and since joining the European Commission in 1987 he worked mainly in the Cabinets of several Commissioners.
Prior to that, he worked as an assistant lecturer at Würzburg University and as a civil servant at the Bavarian Liaison Office to the Federal Government in Bonn, subsequently establishing the Bavarian Information Office in Brussels.
Rudolf Strohmeier was born 1952 in Würzburg (Germany). He is lawyer and economist by training and has been living with his family in Brussels for more than 20 years. |
 | | Stephen Taylor, CEO, Qype, Germany
In January 2009 Stephen Taylor was appointed CEO of Qype, the largest user-generated local review site in Europe, following the move of Stephan Uhrenbacher, founder and hitherto CEO, to the board of the company.
Previously, Stephen Taylor was Regional Vice President and Managing Director for Yahoo! Europe. Before Yahoo!, Stephen Taylor joined the early stages of Overture Inc, the global pioneer of sponsored search marketing. Overture was successfully sold to Yahoo! for $1.7bn in 2003.
A classical marketer by training, Stephen Taylor has previously held a number of senior marketing roles. Before joining Overture, he was involved in founding, leading and selling 2 Internet based businesses and has held a number of other advisory and Board roles. |
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