Bod has a marketing background (Triangle Group and Young & Rubicam). He has founded three companies including Greenland Interactive which was a joint venture between Daily Mail & General Trust and Matra Hachette, Telescope UK, sold to itouch plc in 2002 and most recently Harvest. Bod was appointed to the board of Phone Pay Plus as a founding industry member in 2005 and served a three-year term. In 2009, he was appointed as Chairman of the UK trade association AIME.
 
Married with three boys, lives in Oxfordshire and does as much as possible to stay as young as possible!  Interests include marathon running, real tennis, squash, mountain biking, Manchester City FC, breeding daschunds and listening to lots of sad 80’s tracks on his iphone!

Richard is one of the members of the payforit management group and has worked within the Interactive Service market for 8 years whilst working for Telefonica O2.  He was one of the pioneers of the premium rate text messaging services within Telefonica O2, which led to the further development of interactive services across different technologies.  Richard has 20 years experience in the telecoms industry, working on a wide variety of products and propositions developing a wealth of experience.  More recently Richard has moved back into the interactive services team bringing the market knowledge and an increased customer awareness from other services developed within O2.

James founded Inside Mobile in 2006 aiming to provide creative mobile marketing solutions to international brands. In just four years Inside Mobile achieved and surpassed all expectations and in March 2010 was sold in part to M&C Saatchi and rebranded M&C Saatchi Mobile. James is a true marketing veteran and has worked at a variety of leading global brands over the past 16 years. James works across the business at M&C Saatchi Mobile and has been able to use his extensive knowledge and experience to drive the business forward, allowing it to become a market leader. James has extensive experience in the online and mobile gambling experience and was previously Marketing Director for MGM Mirage Online. He personally oversees all gambling initiatives undertaken by M&C Saatchi Mobile and clients have included Ladbrokes, William Hill, mFortune, Probability, Casino Tropez, 32 Red, Foxy Bingo, Wild Jacks and Jackpot City.

Jeremy Stafford-Smith is the B2B Enablers Compliance Manager for Vodafone UK. Passionate about protecting the interests of Vodafone customers he is responsible for shaping the way Content and Service providers engage with them.
Jeremy is a member of the Payforit Management Group and an active participant in several of the AIME working groups. He has worked in mobile telecommunications for 11 years in a variety of roles before taking on his current role in 2010.

Darren has been delivering market and customer insight for over 20 years. His first Board post was in 1997 and he has held similar posts at IRBI and Harris Interactive. Then, in 2002, he co-founded SKOPOS, one of Europe’s fasting growing and leading edge market insight consultancies offering custom, tracking and multi-client research solutions, including the topical SKOPOS MTrack™ service in the UK.
Indeed, Darren loves all things gadgety, digital and media: his first internet study was in 1995; his first talk on online research in 1996; and his first mobile (SMS and WAP) surveys in 1999 for UK network One2One. Darren has spoken at many conferences around the world for the likes of The Advertising Association, WARC, MRS, ESOMAR, and the Atlantic Internet Marketing forum, is a recognized contributor on matters of Online, Mobile and Digital Research, and in 2003 pioneered RealityResearch via webcams. He has just written the chapter on Mobile for the upcoming Leading Edge Handbook of Market Research (SAGE), and will be speaking in Atlanta, USA in July on the same matter at the Global Mobile Research Forum.

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Chris is the CEO of ImpulsePay and has over 9 years of experience in the mobile space. In September 2009 he launched ImpulsePay based on the Payforit framework. The company was one of the earliest innovators in the Payforit sector and quickly became the fastest growing Payforit provider. ImpulsePay now works closely with AIME helping to pioneer enhancements within  the Payforit experience.

Prior to ImpulsePay, Chris founded Interlinked Media in 2002. Initially working with bars and nightclubs in Newcastle in the early days of texting, the company has grown to offer a variety of SMS & premium services. Interlinked Media also developed and executed the mobile strategy for clients including the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign before being sold in July 2010.

Tom Horsey, Senior Partner and co-founder of The Crazy4media Group, specialists in interactive marketing, comprised of a mobile marketing agency (Froggie), a mobile advertising brokerage (Publicidad Interactiva 2006), an online advertising network (Creafi Online Media), a digital video consultancy (Viyoi), and a smartphone application developer (The Mobile Life). Educated in the UK (Bryanston School, Dorset and Aston University, Birmingham) with a BSc Hons degree in Managerial and Administrative Studies, and based in Spain since 1996. He has been involved in online advertising since 1996, mobile entertainment/marketing since 2001 and mobile advertising since 2006. He is a frequent speaker at interactive marketing events. Fluent in English and Spanish. For further information, his LinkedIn profile is http://es.linkedin.com/in/tomhorsey.

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Neil Cartwright is founder of Million Media http://www.millionmedia.com and The Artist Network http://www.theartistnetwork.ws. In 2010 he was named in The Observer's Courvoisier Future 500 as one of the people who will help shape the future of the UK. Since 1996 he has worked in digital marketing and pioneered many of today’s established digital marketing services.

Million Media is a digital marketing agency in arts and entertainment. Digital services include location marketing, NFC, SEO, social media, advertising, mobile and e-commerce. Clients include artists, venues and promoters such as ITB, Jamiroquai, MAMA Group Plc and The O2.

Neil was head of new media at Sony Music UK for nine years. He was responsible for negotiating the company’s first foray into digital downloads at a time when most people had never heard of an iPod. He has successfully worked with artists and managers to create some of the most innovative and effective artiste websites in the world, winning a New Media Age Effectiveness Award, three Creative Art and Design Awards (CADS) and two Online Music Awards (OMA).

He is chair of the board of directors of the music charity, Community Music, who help aspiring musicians and producers from Tower Hamlets, East London, get into the music business.

Rory Maguire is Head of Payment Services in Three responsible for 3rd Parties who interface to the network for the provision and billing of their products and services.
Rory is a champion for creating the environment for Content and Service Providers to be able to flourish with their services while ensuring consumers are protected from the unsavoury practises of a minority of individuals.
Rory is a member the Payforit Management Group, the Mobile Contactless Forum and a board member of AIME (2008-2012).
Rory has worked in mobile telecommunications since 1992 and spent time in the premium rate telephony industry and the Internet application services industry.

Neil joined NearMe in April 2011 in the role of Group Sales Director. With over 25 years experience in Mobile Communications, having been involved in bringing the first Cellular Phones to the UK in the early 1980’s he holds a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field and associated services. Neil has been engaged or influenced a number of innervations in the way consumers interact with mobile devices. He was an early pioneer in Wap services, PSMS billing and the launch of Personal One-Number services in the UK. Neil founded WebTV Europe plc securing the rights to the first record label supported full track music downloads service for mobile phones. Prior to joining NearMe he had been involved in location based search applications, mobile gaming and social media mobile ecosystems.

Peter is the planning partner of McCormack & Morrison and CEO of Bantr. With 15 years experience in digital marketing Peter advises clients on web / mobile development, email, search and social strategies. Bantr is Peter's side project, a mobile application which makes live football interactive.

Lee has a wealth of entrepreneurial experience in new media having formed a number of successful ventures over the last 12 years in mobile, IPTV and publishing. Lee is currently engaged by several VC funded social business and gaming companies as a consultant and non-exec Director. Lee recently sold his mobile content business to YuuZoo International and is now the CEO of the UK and sits on the global board. YuuZoo is a targeted social media platform and has a wholly owned payment gateway, YuuPay which has transacted over $1bn in the last 12 months.

With a background in online and digital marketing spanning a decade, Chris has worked with many brands including BUPA, David Lloyd, Life Technologies and Lloyds TSB, facilitating discussions and turning ideas into successful innovations.

His background is as diverse as it is accomplished, including business writing, email marketing, audio production, digital content creation, thought leadership, and running, maintaining and developing online communities across social platforms.

Chris’s passion lies in understanding the needs of both a business and its customers and translating these needs into product plans designed to meet the wants of both. As Chris states: “There is a clear line between being ‘salesy’ and being social. Today’s marketers must provide valuable content alongside marketing messages; especially when working with social media - a place where people, not brands, are in control.”

At AlwaysOnMessage Chris heads up the mobile product division, working closely with both the design and sales departments, inputting creative planning and direction into every mobile solution the studio produces.

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Daniel Angel is Head of Mobile Payments at Everything Everywhere. He is responsible for business strategy, driving revenue in the mobile payments space, both Quick Tap contactless and the operator billing solution for partners through Payforit and premium SMS.
 
Daniel has worked within the TMT sector for 15 years, six of which were spent leading a team at Orange creating new partnerships with companies such as Google and eBay. He most recently worked with Barclaycard to develop the Orange Credit Card and lead the award winning Quick Tap mobile payments launch.
 
Prior to this, he was a member of the launch team at a dotcom start-up, under the FT.com umbrella, where he discovered that an online world requires new business models and demonstrated the value of commercial partnerships

Oisin Lunny is part of the Market Development team at OpenMarket, looking at new verticals and strategic business and technology opportunities for the company.

Oisin's background of over 21 years in technology and media includes roles as UK Managing Director for the worlds largest social space for teens,
Habbo Hotel, and Global CDN Product Manager for Media Services at Interoute Communications, Europe's largest network operator.

Oisin also maintains a profile as film composer, producer, DJ and occasional blogger.

Hayley joined the XS2 team in February 2012 as a 'Connected Media' Consultant, working with clients to define their mobile strategy. After graduating with a BA Hons degree in Business, Hayley spent 4 years as an Account Manager at an integrated marketing agency on brands including HP, Sony, Shell and Fujitsu in both the London and Amsterdam offices. Now residing in Amsterdam, Hayley runs #techMAP Amsterdam, organizing events focused on the application of new technology in business.

Hayley, or @hjd1984, is a social media addict and at weekends can be found training with her cycling club, Cyclodam.

More about.me: www.about.me/hayleydavies

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Andrew Darling is Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at OpenMarket, a leading global mobile transactions and solutions hub. Previously, he worked across the interactive mobile media industry as a consultant providing strategic guidance on business development, marketing and communications initiatives for a number of organisations. He possesses 15 years’ global experience of developing marketing and brand narratives for mobile products and services as well as working with mobile operators, media, agencies and technology companies. Andrew began his career as a journalist in Pakistan in the early 1990s, reporting on aid organisations’ efforts to help Afghan refugees fleeing the troubles in their country, before moving on to cover the growth of the Internet and emerging mobile services around the world for publications in the UK and US.
You can reach him by email at andrew.darling@openmarket.com or via Twitter @darlingbuds

Tim has worked for Oxygen8 Communications for nearly ten years, leveraging extensive international experience in the voice and mobile industry. Tim explores and provides strategic solutions to TV media, radio, print, online, sports organisations, financial institutions and payment providers on a global scale.
Working for a successful voice network operator and SMS aggregator, Tim leads a high performance team and advises businesses on the benefits of integrating interactive communication tools into a wider marketing strategy.
Tim's special expertise lies in premium rate billing, premium SMS billing, bulk SMS, IVR solutions, voice platforms, mobile marketing and converged voice and mobile applications.

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Paul is Head of Social at Mindshare. After completing his Psychology and Communications degree he departed the UK for the US...and stayed there for seven years! Returning two years ago after heading up the Consumer Corporate Communications division at Myspace (where he handled all consumer communications for Myspace including crisis work around child protection, security and Myspace Video), Paul has also worked on a variety of brands during his time in Los Angeles including Sony, Activision, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks amongst others.

After returning to the UK Paul took a role as Digital Director for Kindred, an integrated communications agency based in London where he created integrated social media strategies for Camelot, COI, Courage, Blistex, dunhill and MakemineMilk campaign for the EU.

Paul was recently voted as one of the Top 10 most influential people in the digital industry by PR Week and is regularly asked to appear on the BBC and comment in other media outlets as an expert in Social Media including Sky News, The Guardian, TheWrap, BusinessWeek, The Independent, PaidContent and Communicate. He regularly moderates and speaks at conferences (recently including Social Media World Forum), judges awards and continues to train CIPR and PRCA members.

In his spare time Paul enjoys writing about design and social media for Wired UK, Le Branche and PR Week. He is also the creator of @themediaisdying – a Twitter network that charts the on-going transformation of the media industry and works pro bono for The Diana Award where he is reshaping their digital presence in his free time.  Paul has consulted with financial clients in the US and also spearheads the team at Mindshare that is handling the full social media integration for first direct.

Ben Lethbridge works in the New Business department for EverythingEverywhere (the largest Mobile Network in the UK  Orange/T-Mobile). He is currently working on EverythingEverywhere’s big-data proposition which is looking to providing insight and analysis to third-parties taken from customer data generated at network-level.    Previously he has spent five years working for OpenMarket (Amdocs) a major mobile transaction hub and is also a member of the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) Mobile Steering Group committee.

Damian has over 10 years’ experience at management and board level delivering award winning business solutions and engaging marketing campaigns within the technology sector. With an infectious drive for innovation, Damian has a proven track record in delivering unprecedented company growth and high impact results for both clients and partners.
After successful roles with GE Capital ITS and National Computing Centre, Damian decided to join early stage mobile marketing and technology venture 2ergo in 2002, quickly becoming a leading figure in the emerging mobile marketing sector. As Group Sales Director, Damian helped propel 2ergo into a global operation with over 150 employees and a client list that featured O2, Fox News, Transport for London, Ladbrokes, Yahoo! and Rightmove. Damian helped drive phenomenal and profitable growth for the group and was an integral part of the exec team that listed the business on AIM in 2004 and completed on a number of strategic acquisitions thereafter.
With a desire to become a leader in social and mobile commerce technology enablement for both brands and retailers alike, Damian set up One iota alongside David Hague in 2010.

Dominic Keen Chief Executive of the MoBank Group founded the company in 2006 and now heads up a team of 40+ mobile professionals who are based across Europe.
Keen is one of the UK's foremost advocates of digital money and is a leader in revolutionising the mCommerce market by making the channel available to all merchants.  Previous to starting the MoBank Group, he was Head of Venturing at the online bank Egg.
The MoBank Group is a specialist in creating transactional systems on mobile. Connecting increasing numbers of retailers, of all sizes, with their consumers via mobile every day, MoBank use advanced and sophisticated mCommerce solutions.
The MoBank team are experts in secure, industry leading mobile sites that are fully functional from search through to payment. They have developed bespoke platform solutions for larger retailers and a plug and play solution for smaller merchants.
Earlier the year the company launched MoPowered. This mobile platform solution, aimed at smaller retailers, seamlessly transports merchants through every stage of m-site integration from site build, inventory cataloguing and marketing through to mobile checkout.

Rory Musker formed Wrist Marketing six years ago to bring ICT to a sector traditionally reliant on non technical methods of business: - Live Music. With a background of selling IT solutions since 1995 where he set up an SEO business to tap into the explosive growth of the Internet, the opportunity to exploit the innovative potential of ITC in the Live Music sector spawned the formation of Wrist Marketing. After extensive development, testing and refinement complete turn-key solutions are now on offer for all things RFID:- Wristbands, Passes, Scanning, Wireless and support for solutions such as:- wristbands as Tickets, Access Control, Cashless, Enhanced Welfare, Social Media interaction, anti touting and many other feature and benefits.
Rory’s ultimate aim is to not only make ICT simple, reliable and accessible, but to provide customers and end users an enjoyable, engaging and hassle-free experience whilst brings savings and new income streams to Promoters, Organisers and Event Managers.

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Kevin Bryan (Sales Director) formed Global Auto ID five years ago and has over fifteen years of experience providing solutions from bar code scanners, label printers and consumables, through to full data capture solutions, including asset tracking, mobile computing and RFID. Global has extensive expertise where partial or complete solutions are required with available resources for data integration where scanned data from bar-coded, 2D coded and RFID Wristbands requires management and integration with applications such as CRM, Social Media, Inventory, General Ledger and others.

Scott’s has a a long history in online and mobile technology solutions, focusing on e-commerce, social interaction and entertainment/gaming platforms. In mid 90's he got his first taste of entrepreneurial start-up’s when he joined 'Sportal', a major UK based sports.com. In 1998 he left Sportal to co-found 'Eunite Ltd', a 3i backed cross platform production company for online commerce/content/gaming solutions. Eunite quickly became on of the Uk's largest web agencies, which was sold to N.Brown PLC in 2000. Scott exited Eunite and in 2002 went on with Eunite business partners to co-found Million-2-1, a unique gaming business providing competitions, lotteries and gambling solutions for mobile. Scott finally exited Million-2-1 in 2009 after it was successfully sold to IGT Group. Following a short break, Scott provided independent consultancy around interactivity, mobile and gaming for businesses in sport, broadcast and marketing, until he joined never.no in 2010.

Paul Griffiths is the Commercial Director for Simpson Carpenter and leads on client andresearch delivery across a range of sectors, including Retail, Automotive, Technology, Media and Telecoms. Paul joined Simpson Carpenter in 2012 from TNS UK where he spent 10 years in a variety of roles, including Director of Change Management, Head of the Financial Services practice, Commercial Director for the Consumer sector and Director in the Technology Sector. Paul holds a MBA in Strategic Business Management from the Cass Business School.

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Alan is a retail specialist, and as the former Business Planning Manager for Argos he has a particular depth of experience in multichannel retail developed through over 14 years in-house. Alan joined Simpson Carpenter's specialist retail and consumer team as Account Director in 2004.

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