Mobile has become so important, it’s everything. Last year, mobile design emerged as a key differentiator for mobile sites. An awesome UI/UX was table stakes for surviving and thriving.
But consumers are integrating phones and tablets into their lives ever more deeply. Our sixth annual MobileBeat event is gathering the latest crop of companies who are looking beyond design to implement a fully integrated approach.
Early-bird tickets expire at 5 p.m. Pacific today. Grab yours now to save 20 percent!
We’re excited to announce that the following industry leaders will be joining us at MobileBeat 2013 — July 9-10 in San Francisco — to explore how to build a winning mobile experience:
Dave Engberg, CTO, Evernote
Dave Engberg is a technology entrepreneur with a background in building systems that can scale to support massive numbers of users. This includes both high-volume mobile/embedded solutions as well as back-end service infrastructures. Dave joined Evernote in July 2007, where he led the technical design and implementation of the service and APIs. The Evernote web service was launched in February 2008 along with synchronizing clients on three operating systems. Today, Dave oversees Operations, IT, R&D, Analytics, and Partner Integrations at Evernote.
Lee Linden, Product Lead, Facebook
Lee is an entrepreneur and early stage investor. Today, he is the product lead for Facebook’s emerging initiatives in commerce, including Gifts and the Facebook Card. Previously, Lee founded Karma, a breakthrough mobile commerce platform which allowed smartphone users to instantly send real gifts to others without the burden of physical mailing addresses. Karma was acquired by Facebook in early 2012. Prior to Karma, Lee worked for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and helped launch the iFund, a $100M investment vehicle focused on smartphone application platforms.
Clarence So, SVP of Strategy, Salesforce
Clarence So joined salesforce.com in 1999, its founding year, and currently serves as senior vice president of strategy, focused on new technology initiatives. During his tenure at salesforce.com, So has helped the company grow from a business plan to its current position as the leading enterprise cloud computing company.
Mikkel Svane, CEO & Founder, Zendesk
Mikkel Svane founded Zendesk in 2007 with the goal of making customer service not suck anymore. Today, the company is the epicenter of a customer service revolution, with more than 30,000 organizations worldwide, from Groupon to Hulu to Tumblr, using Zendesk to build tight relationships with their customers.
Nir Eyal, Behavior Engineer and Blogger, NirAndFar
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and today is an advisor, consultant, and investor to several Bay Area start-ups and incubators. Nir’s last company received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011.
We’ll be announcing a bunch of speakers and program updates over the next few weeks. In the meantime, check out full event details here, and make sure to get your tickets by 5 p.m. Pacific today to save 20 percent!
Thanks to the following industry leaders for supporting MobileBeat 2013: CloudOn as Platinum Sponsor; New Relic & Tapjoy as Gold Sponsors, Fjord, Flurry, Kontagent, LifeStreet Media, & MoPub as Silver Sponsors; and Helpshift, IDrive, & Urban Airship as Event Sponsors.