Alessandro Mura

Current

• VP, General Manager Italy at FOX Mobile Distribution GmbH

Past

• Manager Digital Contents at Zero9 S.p.A.
• CEO at Xandas S.r.l.
• Head of Mobile at Tuttogratis Italia S.p.A.

• Product Manager at Xoom.it S.p.A.

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• My Company
• My Blog

Alessandro Mura’s Summary

I'm a 32 years old manager and enterpreneur with over 10 years track record in the digital media business specialized in the ideation, development and management of successful startups in the mobile and online markets.

Alessandro Mura’s Specialties:

Digital Media Startups, Internet and Mobile Startups, Web and Mobile Marketing and Advertising, Web and Mobile Social Networks, Mobile Value Added Services, Mobile Entertainment, Mobile Content

Alessandro Mura’s Experience

• VP, General Manager Italy

  FOX Mobile Distribution GmbH

  (Privately Held; Wireless industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

  Fox Mobile Distribution (FMD) is one of the world’s leading providers of mobile entertainment, capable of reaching over one billion consumers around the globe with a wide offering of mobile products and services. Fox Mobile Distribution connects people with their passions in 38 countries on six continents and in over 20 languages through its cache of popular, award-winning consumer brands and services.
  
  Fox Mobile Distribution is a unit of Fox Mobile Group, the mobile content industry's largest vertically integrated company. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany and Beverly Hills, Calif., Fox Mobile Group is wholly-owned by News Corporation.
  
  Famous Brands:
  www.jamba.it
  www.jamba.es
  www.jamba.de
  
  I'm in charge of:
  * startup of the italian branch
  * management of a team based in Milan and Berlin
  * online and mobile internet strategy for south europe (IT, ES, PT)

• Manager Digital Contents

  Zero9 S.p.A.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 4 months)

  Zero9 is a leading international wireless media company that focuses on the creation, management, promotion and distribution of interactive contents and services for mobile phone users.
  
  I joined the company to startup the web offer achieving in few months best performing results in the italian market, one of the most competitive in the mobile industry.
  
  After I was in charge of the whole Digital Contents business unit (music, games and text services on the wap, web and offline channels) with direct budget responsibility and management of a 25+ people team.

• CEO

  Xandas S.r.l.

  (Internet industry)

  January 2004 — December 2005 (2 years)

  I was in the startup team of the 1.0 version of Mobango.com, the first mobile community that allows cell phone users to publish, convert, and share with friends all kinds of user generated content - via the web and mobile devices.
  
  I acquired a huge and very important experience in the startup process of a technology venture from a CEO perspective.

• Head of Mobile

  Tuttogratis Italia S.p.A.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2002 — December 2003 (2 years)

  Co-founder of Mrtones.com, a leading network of mobile entertainment sites born before the explosion of the mobile content industry. Localized for the italian, us, uk and australian market acquired tens of thousands users in few months thanks to an innovative product (freemium model) and sophisticated viral marketing and search engine optimization strategies.
  
  I joined Tuttogratis Italia (one of the most important Internet Company in Italy) to startup every aspect of the mobile business unit (from the brand definition to service internazionalization).

• Product Manager

  Xoom.it S.p.A.

  (Internet industry)

  January 1999 — December 2001 (3 years)

  Xoom.it was one of the most successful italian startup in the early internet days. Acquired by Matrix S.p.A. (part of Telecom Italia Media) in 2001 was integrated in Virgilio.it, the biggest italian web portal.
  
  I was involved from the very beginning in every aspect of the startup process acquiring a huge and unique experience in building a successful internet business from the scratch.

Additional Information

Alessandro Mura’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Alessandro Mura’s Groups:

•    Startup Specialists
•    Sardinia Group
•    Mobile start-ups - 5000+ members and growing!
•    Mobile application store

Alessandro Mura’s Contact Settings

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