weComm Strengthens Executive Team to Meet Global Mobile Data Opportunity
October 23rd, 2006 Leave a comment Visited 31 times, 1 so far today
weComm Strengthens Executive Team to Meet Global Mobile Data Opportunity
London, UK – 23rd October 2006 – weComm, a world leader in mobile data delivery, today announced three new senior appointments to its management team to support plans for expanding its solutions capabilities and global market reach. One area of focus is the company’s latest portfolio of solutions for the media industry including interactive mobile TV.
Ian Meakin joins weComm as vice president of marketing and strategic alliances. Previously, Meakin was vice president of marketing at Volantis where he established the company as a major mobile content delivery supplier to leading content providers and mobile network operators. Prior to Volantis, Meakin worked at Sun Microsystems.
Nick Gargaro is appointed vice president, professional services. Gargaro joined weComm in July 2006 from Parametric Technology Corporation where he was vice president of services in the global services organisation. Previously he was a programme director on the Eurofighter project.
Rob Noble has been promoted to vice president, research and development. He has been instrumental in leading development of the waveTM mobile technology platform and solutions sets for mobile trading, betting and gaming and interactive mobile TV. Noble worked at Bridge Systems before joining weComm in 2000.
“We are experiencing strong global demand for our solutions,” said Oliver Sturrock, COO of weComm. “These appointments reflect our key growth objectives of communicating our value to new markets and growing our global customer base, in expanding our solutions portfolio and in creating a first-class global partner network.”
About weComm
weComm is a world leader in mobile data delivery with over 35 patents and patents-pending covering techniques for high performance and reliability over variable mobile networks. Its waveTM platform provides subscribers with a high quality, dynamic user experience that includes interactivity, personalisation, transactions and a wide range of rich media including live TV, multimedia and news/data feeds.
weComm provides solutions for interactive mobile TV, on-device portals, betting and gaming and financial trading applications. Applications include BSkyB’s Sky by mobile, Cantor Mobile’s interactive financial and sports betting, eSpeed’s mobile Treasuries and Foreign Exchange and BSkyB’s mobile Sky Bet. weComm’s partners include Microsoft, RIM, Symbian, Ericsson and OpenTV.
Founded in 1999, weComm is headquartered in London and is privately held with investors Elderstreet and Frontiers Capital. For more information please visit www.wecomm.com.
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