The document provides information on several Washington state companies attending Mobile World Congress to promote their mobile products and services. It summarizes each company's offering and key contact. Buddy Platform provides a platform for mobile app developers to build apps faster. CENTRI sells a solution to improve network performance and control costs for carriers and enterprises. Chetan Sharma Consulting provides mobile strategy consulting. Glympse allows users to share their location for a set time through its app.
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WA State Delegations Mobile World Congress Focus on Mobile Apps & Data Management
1. WA
State
Delegations
to
Mobile
World
Congress
(11
companies)
Company
name:
Buddy
Platform
Inc.
Product
category:
Platform
for
mobile
app
developers
URL:
http://buddy.com/
Company
description:
Buddy
helps
brands,
companies
and
publishers
understand
the
0
who,
what
and
where
of
their
mobile
app
usage
sliced
by
demographics,
locations
and
more!
Buddy
helps
mobile
app
developers
build
better
apps
faster
by
offering
hosted
cloud
scenarios
(such
as
location
services,
messaging,
media
albums,
friends/chat,
user
account
management,
crash
reporting,
etc...)
without
them
having
to
invest
in
the
infrastructure,
technology
and
resources
otherwise
required
to
support
these
features.
Meeting
Goals:
Goals
are
to
present
the
Buddy
Platform
as
a
mobile
app
technology
choice
for
the
world’s
carriers,
professional
app
developers
and
corporate
marketing
departments.
Key
contact:
David
McLauchlan;
Buddy
CEO
dave@buddy.com
+1-‐425-‐445-‐1307
Company
name:
CENTRI
Product
category:
Mobile
Data
Management
URL:
www.centritechnology.com
Company
description:
Centri
sells
its
BitSmart
Platform
to
telecom
and
cloud
services
providers
and
enterprise
customers.
Its
solution
improves
the
network
performance,
lowers
operating
costs,
extends
visibility
and
control
to
the
endpoint
and
allows
solution
providers
to
monetize
applications
through
new
QoS
service
level
agreements.
The
Centri
solution
is
addressing
one
of
the
biggest
problems
in
the
wireless
space
–
congested
mobile
networks
caused
by
the
growth
of
internet
capable
mobile
devices
and
the
adoption
of
mobile
applications.
The
demand
for
data
services
exceeds
network
capacity
in
every
market
and
2. network
operators
are
pressed
to
control
costs
and
expand
their
networks
and
services.
Centri
has
been
working
closely
with
Symantec
to
enable
an
over-‐the-‐top
security
solution
for
network
service
providers,
consumers
and
enterprise
customers.
The
company
is
also
working
with
mobile
phone
manufacturers
towards
a
pre-‐load
agreement
to
enable
“data
efficient”
phones
and
tablets.
Meeting
Goals:
Objectives
are
to
meet
with
decision
makers
regarding
mobile
data
services
at
both
telecommunication
service
providers
and
network
cloud
service
providers.
These
decision
makers,
within
various
internal
business
units
(marketing,
product
management,
network
engineering
and
senior
executives)
will
be
seeking
ways
to
offer
their
customers
(end
consumers
and
enterprises)
higher
value
data
services,
technologies
to
lower
their
operating
and
capital
costs
from
increasing
data
usage,
and
seeking
new
enabling
technologies
that
allow
them
to
offer
differentiated
services
and
products
to
their
enterprise
customers
that
are
dealing
with
security,
control
and
management
of
mobile
strategies.
Key
contact:
Vaughan
Emery
CEO
206-‐395-‐2793
Vaughan@centritechnology.com
Company
name:
Chetan
Sharma
Consulting
Product
category:
Management
Consulting
and
Strategic
Advisory
focused
on
Mobile
URL:
www.chetansharma.com
Company
description:
Chetan
Sharma
Consulting
is
one
of
the
most
respected
management
consulting
and
strategic
advisory
firms
in
the
mobile
industry.
We
are
focused
on
evolving
trends,
emerging
challenges
and
opportunities,
new
business
models
and
technology
advances
that
will
take
our
mobile
communications
industry
to
the
next
level.
Our
expertise
is
in
developing
innovation-‐driven
product
and
IP
strategy.
Our
clients
range
from
small
startups
with
disruptive
ideas
to
multinational
conglomerates
looking
for
an
edge.
We
help
major
brands
formulate
winning,
profitable,
and
sustainable
strategies.
Meeting
Goals:
Meeting
executives
looking
for
assistance
with
global
or
regional
mobile
strategy,
market
research,
intellectual
property.
Also,
looking
to
spread
the
word
about
Mobile
Future
Forward
–
our
mobile
thought-‐leadership
summit
http://www.mobilefutureforward.com
3. Key
contact:
Chetan
Sharma
President
Chetan
Sharma
Consulting
+1
425
657
0555
chetan@chetansharma.com
Company
name:
Glympse
Product
category:
e-‐commerce:
mapping
&
social
&
securit
URL:
www.glympse.com
Company
description:
Glympse™
is
a
groundbreaking
new
way
to
share
your
location
with
anyone
for
a
specified
period
of
time
using
patent-‐pending
GlympseWatch™
timer.
Why
Glympse?
• Simple
:
Glympse
is
easier
and
faster
than
a
phone
call
or
text
message,
simply
select
a
contact,
set
a
duration,
and
hit
send.
• Flexible
:
Anyone
with
an
Internet-‐enabled
phone
or
computer
can
receive
a
Glympse
–
no
software
or
setup
required.
You
can
send
a
Glympse
to
a
specific
person,
several
people,
or
even
to
Facebook
and
Twitter.
• Safe:
Only
Glympse
puts
you
in
control
–
you
set
who
sees
you
and
for
how
long.
Safe
for
families,
friends,
colleagues,
and
one-‐time
meetings.
Meeting
Goals:
Create
new
business
opportunities
with
European
Carriers
and
Channel
Partners.
Key
contact:
Timo
Bauer
Vice
President
Business
Development
+14254429917
tbauer@glympse.com
www.glympse.com
4.
Company
name:
HasOffers.com
Product
category:
Mobile
App
Tracking™
URL:
www.hasoffers.com
Company
description:
HasOffers
provides
tracking
and
management
software
for
performance
advertising.
The
company's
first
product,
www.hasoffers.com,
is
a
software
as
a
service
for
creating
your
own
affiliate
program.
In
less
than
three
years
it
grew
to
more
than
10,000
signups,
tracking
over
$350
million
in
ad
spend
per
year,
and
serving
clients
including
Zynga,
LivingSocial,
Saveology,
and
Sears.
The
more
recent
release
of
www.MobileAppTracking.com
brought
the
company
new
attention
as
the
only
platform
for
tracking
mobile
app
installs
back
to
advertising
sources.
As
a
three
year
old
startup
in
Seattle,
WA,
the
company
is
bootstrapped
and
profitable
with
40
employees
and
was
named
Service
Provider
of
the
Year
in
2010
by
the
WTIA.
Meeting
Goals:
It
is
our
intention
to
secure
new
relationships
with
the
world's
largest
mobile
app
advertisers
and
developers.
Key
contact:
Peter
Hamilton
Partner/CMO
peter@hasoffers.com
512-‐925-‐0000
Company
name:
Ivycorp
Product
category:
Enterprise
Group
Messaging
(SaaS)
URL:
www.ivytalk.com
Company
description:
Ivycorp
is
a
technology
company
based
in
Redmond,
WA,
USA.
Ivycorp
developed
and
operates
a
SaaS
enterprise
group
messaging
network
called
Ivytalk.
Ivytalk
enables
2-‐way
communication
from
any
device
to
any
device
using
email,
SMS/Text,
a
browser,
mobile
applications,
social
media
and
more.
Ivytalk
Connect
is
used
for
private,
multichannel
group
communication
for
employees
and
volunteers.
Ivytalk
Reach
is
used
for
simple,
public,
multichannel
communication
to
customers.
In
addition,
Ivycorp
offers
consulting
services
in
mobile
technology,
software
and
operations.
5.
Meeting
Goals:
We
have
two
goals,
1)
find
MVNO
or
mobile
operator
partners
interested
in
leveraging
Ivytalk
technology
to
offer
differentiated
group
messaging
services
on
their
network,
and
2)
identify
companies
seeking
consulting
services
in
mobile,
software
and/or
network
operations.
Key
contact:
(In
France)
Pascale
Meunier
–
Pascale@ivycorp.net
–
+33
06
34
55
65
94
(In
US)
Mary
Jesse,
Founder
and
CEO
–
mary@ivycorp.net
-‐
+14258905351
Company
name:
Mobisante
Product
category:
e-‐health
-‐
mobile
ultrasound
imaging
URL:
http://www.mobisante.com/
Company
description:
Mobisante
is
a
privately
held
pioneer
in
Mobile
Health,
developing
point-‐of-‐care
diagnostic
solutions
based
on
smartphone
and
web-‐based
cloud
services.
We
have
created
the
world's
first
smartphone-‐
based
ultrasound
imaging
system
MobiUS™.
This
award
winning
system,
cleared
by
the
Food
&
Drug
Administration
(Jan
2011),
brings
ultrasound
imaging
within
reach
of
health
care
professionals
everywhere.
MobiUS
fuses
the
power
and
wireless
connectivity
of
a
smartphone
with
the
Internet
into
a
game-‐changing
diagnostic
solution
that
is
mobile
and
accessible,
helping
health
care
professionals
practice
better
medicine
and
reduce
costs.
Meeting
Goals:
Find
strategic
partners,
investors,
and
distributors
for
our
product.
Key
contact:
Sailesh
Chutani,
CEO
email:
sailesh.chutani@mobisante.com
tel:
+1.425.605.0600
Company
name:
pinch/zoom
Product
category:
mobile
application
design
and
development
URL:
http://www.pinchzoom.com/
Company
description:
6. Better
living
through
mobile:
It
is
easy
to
build
an
app
that
no
one
ever
downloads,
but
it
is
quite
another
thing
to
create
an
app
that
affects
people’s
lives.
The
entire
pinch/zoom
team
is
dedicated
to
the
goal
of
making
the
best
mobile
apps
on
the
market
–
you
know,
the
ones
people
talk
about.
Chances
are
you
have
used
many
of
our
apps
already.
Check
out
our
work
/clients
http://db.tt/LhsHXitd
Tap,
pinch
or
swipe
to
delight:
All
of
today’s
mobile
devices
have
remarkable
displays
and
multitouch
technology
that
allows
for
breakthrough
experiences.
We
use
this
technology
to
create
intuitive
gestures
to
interact
with
our
mobile
designs.
The
result
is
an
easy-‐to-‐use
app
that
informs
and
captivates.
Meeting
Goals:
Potential
partnerships
and
consulting
for
companies
outside
the
US
on
mobile
strategy,
heuristic
views
and
pixel
perfect
design.
Key
contact:
Brian
Fling
Founder
&
Creative
Director
brian@pinchzoom.com
Office:
(206)
452-‐3035
Mobile:
(206)
351-‐6060
Company
name:
Point
Inside
Product
category:
mobile
commerce,
retail,
advertising,
indoor
mapping
URL:
www.pointinside.com
Company
description:
Point
Inside
provides
brick-‐and-‐mortar
retailers
private
mobile
ad
and
marketing
networks
for
highly
targeted
engagement
within
their
branded
smartphone
apps.
Combining
clear
shopper
purchase
intent
with
spatial
understanding
of
the
shopper
location
within
the
store
and
the
proximity
to
relevant
products,
Point
Inside’s
unique
technologies
deliver
highly
relevant
ads
and
messages
to
customers
in
real-‐time.
Shopper
services
include
finding
exact
product
locations,
efficient
routes
through
stores
and
delivery
of
personalized
deals
and
offers.
Retailers
are
able
to
engage
customers
to
provide
a
highly
personalized
in-‐store
shopping
experience,
increase
store
revenues
and
create
a
significant
new
in-‐store
advertising-‐based
revenue
stream.
Meeting
Goals:
Meetings
with:
•
large
brick
and
mortar
retailers,
including
grocers,
large
format
retailers
and
hypermarkets
•
mobile,
communication
and
location
technology
infrastructure
partners
7. •
professional
consulting
and
services
organizations
with
retail-‐focused
practices
•
technology
and
retail
analysts
Key
contact:
Pete
Coleman
pete@pointinside.com
(773)
505-‐2223
Company
name:
SinglePoint
Product
category:
Mobile
Marketing
and
Mobile
QA
URL:
http://www.singlepoint.com/
Company
description:
Singlepoint
enables
brands,
agencies
and
publishers
to
connect
with
more
than
270
million
North
American
wireless
subscribers.
Singlepoint's
full
suite
of
products
and
services
enables
publishers
to
monetize
their
mobile
messaging
traffic
and
advertisers
to
access
premium
inventory
and
rapidly
launch
mobile
advertising
campaigns.
Singlepoint
works
in
partnership
with
entertainment,
media
companies,
brand
managers,
advertising
agencies
and
mobile
networks.
Current
publisher
partners
include
NBC
Universal,
MTV
Networks,
Scripps,
ABC,
CBS
and
others.
Meeting
Goals:
Find
European
partners
looking
to
extend
their
mobile
business
to
the
US
market.
Key
contact:
Josh
Fleig
Director
-‐
Media
&
Brands
M:
+1.225.936.7114
jfleig@singlepoint.com
Company
name:
Venpop
Product
category:
e-‐commerce:
social,
mobile
and
marketing
URL:
venpop.com
Company
description:
Venpop
provides
technology
to
help
retailers
to
merchandise
their
products
in
social
networks
and
mobile
devices.
The
Venpop
platform
enables
retailers
to
upload
from
few
to
thousands
of
products
without
any
IT
requirement,
dramatically
reducing
cost
and
time
to
market.
In
8. addition,
Venpop
provides
the
means
for
retailers
to
build
Facebook
fans
and
Twitter
followers,
to
expand
customer
reach,
and
to
increase
product
virality
on
Twitter
and
Facebook.
Meeting
Goals:
Establish
relationship
with
key
stakeholders
in
the
mobile
space
(operators,
integrators,
agencies,
etc..)
to
increase
the
adoption
of
the
Venpop
technology.
Key
contact:
Max
Ciccotosto
CEO
max@venpop.com
2067902639