MoMo Ann Arbor Mobile Leadership Panel

Monday, November 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM

Leaders from local companies will talk about building their companies in Southeast Michigan and the Southeast Michigan business climate for mobile companies in general.

Panelist:
Jon Oberheide – CTO/Co-Founder, Scio Security – Jon Oberheide is the CTO of Scio Security, an Ann Arbor-based startup. He previously attended the University of Michigan for a BS, MS, and PhD in Computer Science and has held positions at Merit Networks and Arbor Networks. Jon has presented at numerous security conferences, both in academia (USENIX Security, WOOT, HotSec, etc) as well as the industry (BlackHat, SOURCE Boston, NANOG, etc).
Ken Morse – CEO/President, Ilium Software – Ken Morse started out his software career in the early 1980s doing vision research at The University of Michigan Medical School. In the 1990s, he held several positions at Comshare (now Info) including Director of Research and Director of the decision support applications and executive information systems group. In addition, he managed Comshare’s developments efforts in the Far East, working to ensure that products were built to support users in Asian countries.
In early 1999 Ken moved to Ilium Software, a privately held, Independent Software vendor specializing in applications for mobile devices. Ilium Software has produced several popular mobile applications on key platforms including the award-winning eWallet and ListPro packages.
Ken received his Bachelor of Science and his Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees from the University of Michigan.

About Ilium Software – Based in Ann Arbor, Ilium Software has developed and sold consumer mobile information applications since 1997. Our products include eWallet, a top-rated password and secure information manager, and ListPro, a powerful but flexible list and note manager. Our products are currently available on iPhone and iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile platforms, as well as on Windows PCs and Macs. eWallet will be available soon for Windows Phone 7.
Dave Koziol – President/Founder, Arbormoon Software, Inc. – Dave Koziol is the President of Arbormoon Software, Inc (ASI). ASI was incorporated in 2004, and has been working on applications in the mobile space for it’s entire existence. ASI has worked on projects involving the vast majority of mobile operating systems on the market including iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS and Symbian. With the recent explosion in mobile applications, ASI has also been growing rapidly, and currently has 5 developers working on projects for clients. Dave also serves as the Organizer for the Ann Arbor CocoaHeads Developers Group and is working to facilitate communication and networking among iPhone and mobile developers in South East Michigan.
Jake Sigal, “Livio Guru” – CEO/Founder, Livio Radio – Bolstered by a $10,000 loan from his parents and driven by a passion for music, Jake Sigal founded Livio Radio in 2008 in the guest bedroom of his home in Ferndale, Mich. Two years later, Sigal, still just 28 years old, stood established not only as Livio’s CEO but as a visionary and an innovator in the world of consumer electronics. More than 20 successful products available on the market by 2010 bore his proverbial creative signature. Prior to launching Livio, Sigal paid the bills by working as a professional DJ and a product developer for Numark, where he invented the original ION USB turntable, designed to convert sound from vinyl records to CD or MP3 format. He was also listed as the co-inventor of the iDJ, an iPod-based mixing console.

About Livio Radio – Our Philosophy is Simple: We Love Radio. Really, it’s the driving force behind our work. Like our products themselves, we’re a hip and laid-back bunch. No frills. No crazy features. No cumbersome junk. We do our jobs so our customers don’t have to and we find ways to bring online audio to more people, in more places. We’re proud of our products and our customers love them. Don’t believe it? Google us. We dare you.