Dan Armstrong

Current

• Managing Consultant at Takashi Mobile

Past

• CTO, Co-Founder at Rabo Mobiel BV
• Co-Founder at Veronica Mobile
• Manager, Internet Development at Telfort BV

• Manager, Major Accounts at BitWrench Incorporated
• Senior Producer, MCI Telecommunications Team at Proxicom
• Marketing Manager, Exhibit/Museum Designer at Ordway-Kousoulas Architects
• Writer, Account Executive, Lobbyist at Washington World Group / van Kloberg & Associates
• Writer (Policy, Op-Ed) at National Committee on Public Employee Pension Systems

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Education

• American University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Dan

Connections

430 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Company

Dan Armstrong’s Summary

mobile financial services and standards, new business architecture, line management, strategic consulting, product development, market feasibility, design and set up of virtual operators and service providers, new technologies, inter-operator relations, public presentation of new concepts and consensus-building.

Dan Armstrong’s Specialties:

mobile telecommunications, technology implementation, strategy, mobile banking/payments, NFC, CA, DRM, usability, alliances, MVNOs (feasibility, planning, negotiations, architecture and implementation).

Dan Armstrong’s Experience

• Managing Consultant

  Takashi Mobile

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  March 2001 — Present (8 years 9 months)

  Mobile and financial services strategy, planning/development projects, negotiations, architecture and set-up of MVNOs/ESPs, technology development, NFC, wholesale business, alliances, digital tv, security, usability, M&A projects, DRM and CA. Clients include: ONE GmbH, Irdeto, Sony NetServices, MobilTel, Virgin Mobile, EasyMobile, Talkline, XS4ALL, Scarlet, Rabobank Nederland, Rabobank International, Vodafone D2, BC Card Korea, Rabo Development/NMB Tanzania.

• CTO, Co-Founder

  Rabo Mobiel BV

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2005 — April 2009 (3 years 9 months)

  Member of the management team of the MVNO for Rabobank Nederland, in charge of teams responsible for product/technology management, strategy, business development and project management. Areas of budget and programme responsibility incl. product development, mobile financial services, banking and mobile payments, security, standardisation, NFC, TSM development and banking collaborations, MVNO/ESP telecommunications services, and launch of NFC products, low-value payments products like SMS Betalen and mobile banking.

• Co-Founder

  Veronica Mobile

  (Telecommunications industry)

  August 2000 — March 2001 (8 months)

  Secured funding and led a team in planning an MVNO for Dutch media venture Veronica. Responsible for programme strategy, product design, marketing, personnel, operations, GSM operator negotiations, networks, IT.

• Manager, Internet Development

  Telfort BV

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  August 1997 — August 2000 (3 years 1 month)

  Responsible for Telfort's internet/web strategy, websites, extranets, intranets, e-business programmes and management of web development teams. Also worked on BT Global Webhosting, SMS/OTA applications, B2B WAP supply-chain, unified messaging, UMTS dev., MVNOs.

• Manager, Major Accounts

  BitWrench Incorporated

  (Internet industry)

  March 1997 — August 1997 (6 months)

  Various online projects for MCI Telecommunications, MCI Global Engineering, AES Energy, EESI, National Institutes of Health, World Airways.

• Senior Producer, MCI Telecommunications Team

  Proxicom

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; PXCM; Internet industry)

  March 1995 — March 1997 (2 years 1 month)

  Web, business re-engineering and e-commerce projects. Responsibility for $3 mln/year in telecommunications, insurance and manufacturing sectors, MCI callcentres, Netscape, marketplaceMCI, and for companies like PepsiCo, Aetna, Traveler's Insurance, Kemper National, Tarmac America, internetMCI, Albright & Wilson, Georgia-Pacific, SAAB USA, VISA.

• Marketing Manager, Exhibit/Museum Designer

  Ordway-Kousoulas Architects

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  March 1993 — March 1995 (2 years 1 month)

  Marketing, museum/exhibit design, business development, project management for this small architecture firm specialising in exhibitions, e.g. White House and Lincoln Memorial Visitor Centers, Acadia National Park, Fire Island National Seashore, Smithsonian NMNH.

• Writer, Account Executive, Lobbyist

  Washington World Group / van Kloberg & Associates

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 1992 — March 1993 (10 months)

  Public relations, policy, marketing and lobbying projects for international diplomatic / business clients towards the US Congress, White House and executive branch.

• Writer (Policy, Op-Ed)

  National Committee on Public Employee Pension Systems

  (Public Policy industry)

  May 1990 — June 1992 (2 years 2 months)

  Staff writer / editor, special assistant to former U.S. Representative Hastings Keith (R-MA) for policy research and US Congressional action.

Dan Armstrong’s Education

• American University

  B.A. , Philosophy , 1988 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  philosophy, logic, physics, electronics, audio engineering, psychology, politics and international relations, photography

Additional Information

Dan Armstrong’s Websites:

• My Company