MoMoPDX Panel: Mobile Financial Services

MoMoPDX Panel: Mobile Financial Services

Mobile Monday Portland Meeting: April 19

Mobile Monday Portland is pleased to begin our programmed meetings with an all-star panel. The Monday, April 19 meeting (at Backspace, 115 NW 5th at Davis in Portland), features a panel discussion on mobile financial services. Doors open at 6:00 PM, and the panel will begin at 6:30 PM.

Mobile Financial Services

Just as the mobile phone evolved into a camera, it is now evolving into a wallet. Mobile financial services are letting people to use their mobile account to pay for virtual goods and online content, use their phones to manage and complete transactions at cash registers, among a host of other emerging services. Portland is home to many innovative and industry-leading companies in this rapidly expanding space. This panel will discuss the trends in mobile financial services, how people will use their phones mCommerce and the role the Portland mobile community is playing in this ecosystem.

Moderator

Monica Alleven, Editor-in-Chief of Wireless Week

Monica Alleven has been with Wireless Week for more than 10 years, covering beats as diverse as SMR and paging in the 1990s to, more recently, business and mobile content. She entered the wireless industry trade press after seven years with daily newspapers in the West. Previously, she served as copy editor for the Record Searchlight, a daily newspaper in Redding, Calif. Earlier she worked at two Oregon newspapers where she won awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association for her published articles.

Panelists

Dr. Siva Narendra, Chief Technology Officer of Tyfone Inc.
Siva is co-founder and CTO of Tyfone responsible for its product architecture, roadmap, and IP. Before his current responsibility, he was with Intel Laboratories specializing in energy and yield aware designs. He has authored over 60 technical papers in peer reviewed conferences and journals, and frequently lectures on technology forums. He also has over 100 issued/pending patents and holds 5 divisional recognition awards from Intel and an award in 2003 for having 19 issued patents in that year.

Matthew Hall, Vice President of Business Development at Vesta Corporation
Matt Hall has a wealth of experience in wireless and data communications services, in both the US and Europe. Before joining Vesta in 2005, Matt consulted to a variety of mid-stage growth technology companies developing business models, market strategies, and capital structures. Prior to that, he worked in Germany as Director of Mobile Strategic Alliances for Lycos Europe, a Bertelsmann joint venture, where he developed relationships with mobile operators, as well as content and service providers, throughout Europe. Matt has also served as Vice President Business Development for Multitude, a voice-over IP and unified messaging company in San Francisco, California, and Vice President Finance for NetChannel Inc., where he was instrumental in its sale to AOL in 1998.

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