Christy Wyatt

Vice President, Software Platforms and Ecosystem, Motorola, Inc.
As Vice President, Software Platforms and Ecosystem for Motorola, Christy Wyatt is responsible for the development and management of Motorola's strategic platforms, ISV and developer ecosystems. Christy and her global team drive platform definition, design, and development and cultivate a thriving developer environment through partner recruitment/management, tools development and support, ISV management and go-to-market programs. She currently serves as Motorola's board member for the Linux Foundation, LiMo Foundation, and Eclipse Foundation.

Prior to joining Motorola, Christy served as Worldwide Developer Relations Director at Apple Computer where she was responsible for partners, global alliances and evangelism. Before her time at Apple, Christy was Senior Director at Palmsource Inc., responsible for their licensing and developer relations teams where she grew the developer community from 3,000 to 200,000 with more than 14,000 applications.

Christy has also held key technical, sales and business development roles at Sun Microsystems, JavaSoft and ESRI.
> Opening Keynote

Anirudh Aithal

Software Engineer, Symbian Software Pvt. Ltd, India
Anirudh Aithal is a software engineer in the Example Code Delivery Team at Symbian Software Pvt Ltd. This team is responsible for delivering Symbian OS applications that serve as a reference lookup for the customers and developer community.

Anirudh's ability to visualize and implement innovative solutions for automating many day-to-day processes has won him several awards.
> PT 105 - Creating Robust Applications for Motorola's UIQ Handsets

Vinay Avasthi

Principal Staff Engineer, Motorola Labs, India, Motorola, Inc.
Vinay Avasthi is a Principal Staff Engineer in Motorola's Enterprise Applications Research Labs which is part of the Application and Software Research Center. He is currently working in the area of mobile enterprise applications. Specifically, he is looking at challenges in the deployment of applications on mobile devices. Other areas of interest include social networking and its impact on mobile devices and enterprises. Vinay joined Motorola in 1994 and holds Masters degrees in Telecom and Software Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
> PT 101 - The Evolution of Java™ ME across Motorola Products
> TU 303 - Mobile Music - Learning How to Play Before You Can Fast Forward

Mahad Ayalur

Director of Software Product Management, Motorola, Inc.
Mahad Ayalur, Director of Software Product Management, is responsible for MOTOMAGX software platform roadmap. Together with Motorola's customers and developers Mahad plans the MOTOMAGX evolution to deliver a robust platform that will support a compelling product portfolio with rich user experiences. Mahad has 20 years of software industry experience and has spent the last 10 years at Motorola's Mobile Device business. He holds an M.B.A. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a Masters in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
> PT 102 - MOTOMAGX: Motorola's Next-Generation Mobile Linux Platform
> TU 305 - Developing Web 2.0 Applications using JavaScript, AJAX and WebUI

Sathyan Belur

General Manager, Bangalore, India, NSTL
Sathyan Belur is the General Manager of NSTL's facility in Bangalore. Sathyan has more than 15 years of management experience with NSTL. He has been responsible for various major testing projects and has been NSTL's Director of Testing Operations.
> TU 204 - Leveraging MOTODEV throughout your Development Life-cycle

Mohit Bhatnagar

Operating Partner, Sequoia Capital India
Mohit is an Operating Partner with Sequoia Capital India. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Mohit served as the Senior Vice President - Value Added Services ("VAS") & Alliances at India's leading telecom company, Bharti Cellular Ltd. At Bharti, his group was responsible for significantly growing the VAS P&L by launching successful innovations in electronic recharging, mobile entertainment, interactive media, mobile email and mobile commerce. Prior to Bharti, Mohit co-founded Brightpod, a wireless solutions enterprise, by orchestrating a spin off from Ericsson. Earlier in his career he held senior leadership positions at Ericsson in Sales, Marketing and Strategy based in North America, Taiwan & Philippines. He received an MBA with distinction from UNC - Chapel Hill and an MSEE in Fiber Optics & Telecom from Virginia Tech.
> TU 202 - Mobile Multimedia - The Third Screen Revolution

Peter Castanon

Senior Manager, Ecosystem Marketing, Motorola, Inc.
Peter and his team are responsible for working with top-tier ISVs to identify and champion strategic marketing initiatives that bring increased visibility to Motorola and its associated developer ecosystem. Prior to Motorola, Peter created and managed Palm's PluggedIn Program and later the Palm Developer Network.

Peter is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, CA and received a B.S. Computer Science and B.A. Business Economics.
> TU 204 - Leveraging MOTODEV throughout your Development Life-cycle
> TU 205 - Generating Revenue for your Applications across Go-To-Market Channels
> TU 206 - Working with Carriers – A view from the OEM

John Ellis

Director, Carrier Market Development, Ecosystem and Market Development, Motorola, Inc.
John Ellis is the Director of Carrier Market Development within Motorola's Ecosystem and Market Development team. John and his team are responsible for all ecosystem interactions with wireless carriers worldwide, providing interactive support for the selection and inclusion of developer applications on carrier devices. His team is also responsible for the interactions between MOTODEV and each carrier's developer team, providing tools, SDKs, and technical interactions such as webcasts and technical chats in support of the carrier's work with its developer community.

John has over 18 years of experience throughout the telecommunications industry in both the infrastructure and handset businesses. He has held numerous leadership positions in Motorola with multiple international experiences including expatriate positions in both Europe and Asia. He is Motorola's Executive Council member to the LiMo Foundation and Co-Chair of the Mobile Linux Initiative, formerly in OSDL and now part of the Linux Foundation. John has undergraduate degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Spanish from Valparaiso University, an MS in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
> TU 203 - Porting Applications for Motorola Handsets across Different Markets
> TU 206 - Working with Carriers - A view from the OEM

Nagarajan Gopalakrishnan

Marketing Manager, Mobile Solutions, TATA Elxsi
Nagarajan leads the marketing efforts for the Mobile technology group of TATA Elxsi. Nagarajan holds a B-Tech degree from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He is responsible for global marketing of Tata Elxsi's mobile focused technologies. He served TATA Elxsi in Japan has been contributor in setting up the first near shore development center. He is a mobile enthusiast and is an active participant of Oxford University Next Generation Mobile Applications Panel.
> TU 204 - Leveraging MOTODEV throughout your Development Life-cycle

Nitin Gupta

Design Manager, India Design Center, Consumer Experience Design, Motorola, Inc.
Nitin Gupta heads Motorola's India design center and is responsible for interface design and delivering Motorola experiences across the portfolio in this region. Trained as a human factors and cognitive science professional, he specializes in combining research and design to create experiences for new markets and technologies.

Prior to joining Motorola he led design teams to create solutions for companies such as Ford and Nissan in the area of in-vehicle telematics.
> TU 301 - Designing the Best UI for Motorola Mobile Handsets

John Hallman

Senior Manager, Market Development, Ecosystem and Market Development, Motorola, Inc.
John Hallman, Senior Manager of Market Development for Video and Mobile Television is responsible for recruitment and business development for technology solution partners that drive compelling entertainment experiences across Motorola's business units. Together with product and platform planning teams, John is a key member leading the development of the video strategy for Motorola's mobile devices worldwide. Prior to Motorola, John was Director of Strategy and Business Development at Lucasfilm THX and has held executive management positions at SealedMedia, Palaver Communications, and Apple. John holds an MBA and BS in Microbiology from California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo.
> TU 201 - Technology Trends Driving Mobile Application Innovation

Eric Hildum

Senior Product Manager, Mobile Developer Tools, Motorola, Inc.
Eric is the Senior Product Manager for developer tools at Motorola. He is responsible for development of the MOTODEV Studio IDE for Java ME, Windows Mobile and UIQ platforms. Eric has over 25+ years of experience in the IT/Telecom/Software Industry and has worked for large companies like National Semiconductor, DEC, Itochu and Northern Telecom as well as startups like Soniya and MobilePlay. Eric is experienced in all aspects of producing large scale international hardware/software and professional service business products and solutions. He holds the skills and the techniques required to assure they delivery as defined and scheduled. Eric holds an MS and an MBA from the University of California at Davis, 1993.
> PT 101 - The Evolution of Java™ ME across Motorola Products
> PT 103 - 5 Easy Steps to Building Applications in MOTODEV Studio

Paul Leeper

Director, Business and Market Development, Ecosystem and Market Development, Motorola, Inc.
Paul Leeper's Market & Business Development team is responsible for working with developers and technology-enabling companies to discover, develop, and deliver core functionality and rich experiences that differentiate Motorola products. This team provides the entire lifecycle of partner relationship management across the full range of Motorola platforms and business units while driving delivery of compelling solutions in key market segments from enterprise to games and entertainment.
> TU 205 - Generating Revenue for your Applications across Go-To-Market Channels
> TU 206 - Working with Carriers - A View from the OEM

Goldy Lukka

Senior Staff Engineer, Mobile Devices, Motorola Inc.
Goldy Lukka has been associated with Motorola for more than three years. He has been involved in Motorola’s Early Stage Accelerator assignments for creating end-to-end enterprise applications using J2EE, Java ME and Web Technologies in the area of device management, context aware applications and IPTV.

Prior to Motorola, he worked on client and server side applications in the Telecom and Finance domain. He contributed in the design and development of MMS & IM client for Reliance India Mobile and Thomson Mobile application for Thomson Financial Corporation. He is one of the early adopters of Java ME in Bangalore and delivered courses on Embedded Java and J2ME at Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies. In his free time, Goldy reviews and contributes to books relating to Java and open source technology.

Goldy holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management and Bachelors Degree in Instrumentation.
> TL 401 - Optimizing a Java ME Application (Part I)
> TL 403 - Optimizing a Java ME Application (Part II)

Scott Lyons

Director, EMEA Market Development, Ecosystem and Market Development, Motorola, Inc.
Scott Lyons began his career in New York City at MTV in the mid '90s spearheading promotions for The Video Music Awards and Movie Awards. During his time at the channel, Scott also co-founded production company Sugar. In 1998 Scott moved Sugar to London with fellow MTV colleagues and quickly made a name by producing large-scale live TV and webcast events. Scott then joined WPP's interactive agency Digit as Commercial Director and was instrumental in building up the company's reputation within the advertising world. While working on the Motorola account Scott was invited to take on a new position at the company of Music Director in the just launched Global Category Marketing team. While in this position Scott spearheaded Motorola's music strategy and created platforms for preloading music across the company's device range. Scott recently joined the MOTODEV team and is looking after market development in EMEA.
> TU 201 - Technology Trends Driving Mobile Application Innovation
> TU 303 - Mobile Music - Learning How to Play Before You Can Fast Forward

> Read MOTODEV's interview with Scott about his session

Raghava Mohan Madhwapathi

Senior Staff Engineer, Mobile Devices, Motorola Inc.
Raghava is a Senior Staff Engineer in Mobile Devices Software at Motorola. Since joining Motorola in 1999, he has worked as a technical lead for development of various software modules on Motorola client devices including L3-L2 layers of air interface protocols, and UI services such as Window Management and Rendering Engine for CSS and PIM applications. His current areas of interest include semantic web technologies, social networking, and rule-based programming and inference engines on mobile devices, and working to implement this research on Motorola platforms.
> TU 302 - Exploiting the Rapid Growth of Location-Based Services

Andy Mathis

Senior Manager, Business Solutions & Emerging Technologies, Mobile Devices, Motorola, Inc.
Andy Mathis has over eight years of experience in the wireless industry in a variety of sales, strategy and business development roles. He currently manages the Business Solutions and Emerging Technologies team within the MOTODEV Market Development team, working with companies in a range of market segments including LBS, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Office and Productivity.

Prior to his current role at Motorola, Andy managed a team that led the deployment of wireless Java applications on mass market handsets across both consumer and business segments as part of the Motorola iDEN product team. In addition, Andy served as head of North American sales for Esmertec, a leading JVM provider focused on the mobile and cable industries.

Andy holds a BA and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
> TU 201 - Technology Trends Driving Mobile Application Innovation
> TU 302 - Exploiting the Rapid Growth of Location-Based Services
> TU 304 - Truly Mobile Java ME Applications: Location, Media Capture, and Connectivity

Bipin George Mathew

Senior Software Engineer, Motorola, Inc.
Bipin George Mathew is a Senior Software Engineer at Motorola. He is currently part of the team involved in the design/architecture of MOTOMAGX WebUI. He is also involved in design and implementation of third-party APIs as well as developing prototypes that showcase the power and capabilities of the WebUI framework. Prior to holding this role, Bipin worked for a team to support media playback in the browser on Motorola's Linux platform, MOTOMAGX. His industry experience includes working on UI frameworks and web-based technologies.
> TU 305 - Developing Web 2.0 Applications using JavaScript, AJAX and WebUI

David Mery

Editor, Developer Program, UIQ Technology
David has more than ten years of experience supporting developer communities in the mobile telecoms field. He manages the UIQ developer portal and other developer content. As part of his role, David is the primary visible interface of UIQ Technology on the portal. He edited the 'Essential UIQ 3 – Getting started' booklet and launched a wiki to support the book 'UIQ 3: The Complete Guide'. Prior to joining UIQ Technology, David most recently spent six years at Symbian Software in roles focusing on developer and technology communication. David was the editor of EXE Magazine and has contributed to many varied titles including PC Expert, The Register and The Guardian.

He has a background in languages, algorithmic and programming having studied at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and has been a member of the ACM since 1987. He created several computer associations and participated in the creation of Mobile Monday London.
> PT 106 - Porting Applications from Symbian/S60 to UIQ

Srihari Mule

Head Engineering, Future Solutions and Technology for Mobile Devices, Motorola, Inc.
Srihari Mule heads the technology division of media delivery platform and is focused on providing solutions related to media acquisition and distribution. He has been involved in architecting Whitelabel digital media delivery system which is a service oriented ecosystem for online and mobile based digital content distribution e-commerce platform to the B2B & B2C market spread over 5 countries. As a part of the Whitelabel digital media e-commerce system he has been working closely with major billing platforms such as Credit Cards, ISP Billing and Telco Billing gateways.

The Soundbuzz team brings a team of experts who are proficient in digital media domain to Motorola. Srihari comes into Motorola as one of these team members.
> TU 202 - Mobile Multimedia - The Third Screen Revolution

Ashutosh Pande

Managing Director, SiRF India
Ashutosh Pande is Managing Director, SiRF India. Ashutosh has helped SiRF develop partnerships, product solutions and tools to allow its customers bring Wireless-GPS products to market and further the adoption and acceptance of its patented Multimode GPS solution.
Ashutosh has over 18 years experience in the wireless communication, data and GPS industry. Prior to joining SiRF, he was founder and CEO of MicroCom Consulting, LLC, providing consulting services in the area of GPS, Cellular Data, Traffic Telematics, E-911 and Location Management. He has also worked for Intel, Japan Radio and NovAtel Communications. Ashutosh holds seven patents and has over 15 patents pending.
> TU 204 - Leveraging MOTODEV throughout your Development Life-cycle

Sébastien Peirone

Developer Communication Manager, UIQ Technology
Sébastien joined UIQ Technology in 2002, after graduating with a Masters in Software Engineering and Management in France and a Masters in Software Engineering in Sweden. He started at UIQ Technology as a software engineer, then after one year moved to a technical consultant position, working closely with UIQ customers such as Sony Ericsson and Motorola. Two years later he joined the UIQ Developer Program team as Developer Communication Manager, spreading the word about the tremendous opportunities offered by the UIQ platform and supporting third-party development on UIQ.
> PT 105 - Creating Robust Applications for Motorola's UIQ Handsets
> TL 404 - Developing Universal Applications for the UIQ Platform

Alex Ralph

Senior Developer Support Engineer, Technical Lead EMEA, Developer Technical Services, Motorola Inc.
Alex Ralph is a senior developer support engineer at Motorola and is responsible for the resolution of global content development issues within the EMEA regional time zone.

During the 8 years Alex has been with Motorola he has provided GSM network infrastructure support to mobile operators/carriers, developed analytical tools used by operator network support teams to aid network issue recognition, provided global developers with support and advice in development of Java ME applications on Motorola devices and provided a focal point for all issues surrounding Java ME digital signing and security for Motorola OS devices.
> TU 304 - Truly Mobile Java ME Applications: Location, Media Capture, and Connectivity

Gautam Raychaudhury

Principal Staff Engineer, Mobile Devices, Motorola, Inc., India
Gautam has over 14 years experience in the architecture, design and development of embedded software (including mobile devices). Gautam has been with Motorola for more than five years and works mainly in the PIM domain as an architect for "user personalized applications" on all Motorola platforms. Prior to joining Motorola, Gautam worked for companies like HP and ITI Ltd (India), Opencon Systems, and Parama networks (US) in the telecom networking domain. Gautam graduated from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1993.
> TL 405 - MIDlet Life Cycle on MOTOMAGX Phones
> TL 406 - Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks

Neeraj Roy

Managing Director & CEO, Hungama Mobile
Hungama are the owners of the three biggest entertainment portals in South Asia, Hungama.com and BollywoodHungama.com, The # 1 Bollywood portal in the world and GamingHungama.com

Hungama Mobile is the largest aggregator, developer and publisher of BOLLYWOOD digital content in the world. They hold the worldwide exclusive license to over 200,000 music titles, 20,000+ videos and have worked on over 500 movie games etc. Hungama Mobile has also launched a Bollywood channel with over 100 operators in 32 countries on networks such as SingTel, Maxis, MTN, O2, Verizon, Vodafone etc and also internet based services such as Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Yahoo! Music etc

Neeraj was voted amongst the 50 Most influential People in Mobile Entertainment globally 3 years in a row. Neeraj is the Vice Chairman of Mobile Entertainment Forum.
> TU 205 - Generating Revenue for your Applications across Go-To-Market Channels

Sandeep Sawhney

Vice President, Marketing at Bharti Airtel
Sandeep Sawhney is Vice President, Marketing at Bharti Airtel responsible for Strategic Alliances and Business VAS innovation. In addition to his current role, he has recently taken over responsibility for content including content strategy and acquisition.

Sandeep joined Airtel in January 2005 as Head, Alliances in IT & Innovation where he worked on and was instrumental in bringing several large alliances including IBM, Nortel and Google to Airtel.

Prior to Airtel, Sandeep spent 16 years in the United States in internet and hospitality. In his last role, he led the Business Development team for The Weather Channel Interactive where he was responsible for managing relationships with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. Prior to The Weather Channel, he was a Co-Founder and President of Hotel.com, a startup in California that was sold to Hotels.com, now a part of Expedia group of companies. Sandeep has over 10 years of experience in hospitality including business development and franchising with Hyatt and Starwood.

Sandeep has a MBA from Georgia State University and a MS in Hospitality Management from University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
> TU 206 - Working with Carriers - A View from the OEM

Navneet Singh

Head of Mobile Engineering, Google, Bangalore
Navneet Singh heads mobile engineering at Google's Bangalore R&D center. He and his team work on solutions for the India mobile market as well as globally relevant Google mobile properties. Navneet has previously managed ads engineering in Google India and has been with Google for almost 2 years. He has over 13 years of experience in enterprise and consumer computing, and has been with Trilogy Software and Oracle Corp before Google. Navneet holds BS degrees in Computer Science and Operations Research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as MS in Computer Science, also from MIT.
> TU 202 - Mobile Multimedia - The Third Screen Revolution

Ravin Singh

Market Development Manager, Mobile Commerce & Location Based Services, Mobile Devices, Motorola, Inc.
Ravin Singh manages the Mobile Commerce and Location Based Services partners within the MOTODEV Market Development team. His responsibilities include working with industry leading developers to discover, develop and deliver rich experiences that differentiate Motorola products. Ravin holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas in Austin.
> TU 201 - Technology Trends Driving Mobile Application Innovation
> TU 205 - Technology Trends Driving Mobile Application Innovation

Bijoy Singhal

Development Technology Evangelist, Microsoft India
Bijoy is an Evangelist with Microsoft India and he works on evangelizing development technologies. His responsibilities include driving the awareness-excitement-readiness cycle around these areas, building a community and helping to incubate solutions around these technologies with SIs and ISVs in India. He's been at Microsoft for about three years, first working as a Technical Lead on the VC++/C#/.NET framework support team and now in his present role. Prior to joining Microsoft he worked with a product development company on installation technologies and before that with a B2B startup as a software developer. He holds an M.Tech in Software Engineering.
> PT 104 - Maximizing Application Development for Windows Mobile 5.0 and Beyond
> TL 402 - Tools & Techniques to Develop Applications for Windows Mobile

Asokan Thiyagarajan

Technology Evangelist, Ecosystem and Market Development, Mobile Devices Business, Motorola, Inc.
Asokan Thiyagarajan serves as a technology evangelist within the Ecosystem and Market Development team at Motorola. In this role, he is responsible for recommending strategies to address market and technology trends as well as partnerships with key developers.

Asokan has over 18 years of international experience in high technology sectors, developing software and communication systems. Prior to Motorola, Asokan held a variety of senior development, operations and strategic management positions at companies such as Nokia, Ericsson and Compaq (HP). He also has entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded a technology company.

Asokan holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, From Madurai University, India.
> TU 201 - Technology Trends Driving Mobile Application Innovation
> TU 203 - Porting Applications for Motorola Handsets across Different Markets
> TU 306 - Open Source, Motorola and You

> Read MOTODEV's interview with Asokan about his session

Andrew Till

Senior Director Applications & Services Portfolio, Multimedia Team, Motorola, Inc.
Andrew Till is a Senior Director with Motorola's Mobile Device Business. In his current role he is responsible for driving the development and execution of end to end services and value added applications for open software platforms. This includes implementing business models and the creation of new revenue streams for both Motorola and its partners.

Andrew previously held the positions of Product Portfolio and Strategy Director, Director of Customer Strategy and Business intelligence Manager within Motorola.

Andrew has over 12 years' experience in the telecommunications field, having previously worked as a market analyst for Dataquest Europe Telecommunications Group, in the fields' analogue and ISDN communications, and as Technology Strategist for both Psion Dacom and Psion plc.

Andrew holds a degree in International Business Administration and Italian. He currently resides in the UK.
> TU 202 - Mobile Multimedia - The Third Screen Revolution
> TU 203 - Porting Applications for Motorola Handsets across Different Markets
> TU 206 - Working with Carriers - A View from the OEM
> Read MOTODEV's interview with Andrew about his session

Andy Vaughan

Integrations Manager, MOTODEV, Motorola, Inc.
As Integrations Manager for the MOTODEV developer program, Andy ensures that developers have easy access to the information and tools they need to create applications for Motorola's entire product portfolio. Andy has a passion for providing valuable and practical information to Motorola's development community. He serves as the requirements lead for MOTODEV's online content and communications products and is the liaison to both internal teams and external business partners who deliver development resources through the MOTODEV web portal.

Andy has more than eight years of experience working with developers for Fortune 100 companies. Prior to joining Motorola, Andy led online content programs for developers at IBM and Fortify Software.
> TU 203 - Porting Applications for Motorola Handsets across Different Markets
> TU 204 - Leveraging MOTODEV throughout your Development Life-cycle

Seeta Murthy Velamakanni

Senior Symbian OS Developer, Penrillian
Seeta Rama Murthy Velamakanni, BSc, MCA, ASD is a postgraduate from Osmania University, India. He is a Senior Symbian OS Developer at Penrillian and has 10 years of commercial programming experience, including 8 years developing for Symbian OS.

Projects that Murthy has worked on include: porting a Java environment to support a new Symbian OS look & feel, consultancy for an email synchronization development, and development of native SDK extensions for a well known Java environment. Murthy was lead developer for a port of a well known email synchronization client to UIQ3. He originally worked on Windows application development before becoming involved in Symbian OS development projects.
> PT 106 - Porting Applications from Symbian/S60 to UIQ