David Johnson

Current

• Head of Group Device Vendor Management, Portfolio & Services at Telefonica Europe

Past

• Head of Group Device Services & Applications at O2 UK
• VP Strategy & Development at Telefonica O2 Europe plc
• Head of Integration O2-Telefonica - Data & Multimedia Services at O2 / Telefonica

• Senior Manager Innovation & Multimedia at O2 Group
• Group Strategy Manager at O2
• Group Strategy Director - Mobile at Agency.com
• Business Manager 3rd Generation Mobile at Cable & Wireless Global Mobile
• Senior Financial Analyst at The Disney Store Europe

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Education

• University of Humberside, Hull / International School of Economics, Rotterdam, NL

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Industry

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Websites

• unWIRED LIFE

David Johnson’s Summary

Experienced mobile professional with a passion for all things internet, mobile and devices. 10 years experience of developing and implementing end to end internet & multimedia strategies across multiple channels, with a particular focus on mobile. Experience of working with or for operators in Europe, Asia-Pac and the United States, providing a global perspective and outlook. My ambition / objective is to see the internet and future multimedia services reach mass market acceptance, anytime, any place - a truly unwired life.

David Johnson’s Specialties:

Mobile data / internet expert, strategy development & implementation, thought leadership and innovation, running cross group programmes & projects eg. operational alignment, business development, business modelling.

David Johnson’s Experience

• Head of Group Device Vendor Management, Portfolio & Services

  Telefonica Europe

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Key responsibilities include:
  - Group & UK management of commercial and strategic relationship with major device vendors
  - O2 UK device and accessories portfolio
  - Group & UK device applications & services agreements
  - RIM Blackberry

• Head of Group Device Services & Applications

  O2 UK

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  I am responsible for developing group partnerships for applications and services with device vendors, internet players and third party application developers.

• VP Strategy & Development

  Telefonica O2 Europe plc

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Wireless industry)

  August 2007 — March 2008 (8 months)

  Responsible to leading strategic, operational and business development projects across Telefonica O2 Europe (UK, Germany, Ireland, Czech Republic) and into Telefonica Group. Focus areas have been negotiations with internet players, development of future mobile messaging, customer data monetisation, femto cells strategy.

• Head of Integration O2-Telefonica - Data & Multimedia Services

  O2 / Telefonica

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Wireless industry)

  September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)

  Management of cross O2 / Telefonica group operational alignment & integration programme for data, internet & multimedia services. Focussing in areas of customer experience, content, products & services (incl. platforms), portal & business data. Objective to identify and realise group benefits (operational upside, cost synergies, scale leverage) from these areas.

• Senior Manager Innovation & Multimedia

  O2 Group

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Wireless industry)

  January 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  Future vision & strategy:
  • Provide forward vision and strategic insight & direction into the future development of the converged telecoms / internet / media
  
  i-mode future development:
  • Lead & coordinate O2 involvement in the i-mode alliance and internal group coordination:
  - New services roadmap
  - Handset roadmap & “A” brand vendor initiative
  - Technical specifications
  • Work with DoCoMo and other i-mode alliance operators to improve processes and design strategy.
  - Fight O2’s corner in i-mode alliance meetings and negotiate an outcome to meet O2 requirements.
  - Leverage relevant innovation from DoCoMo Japan
  
  i-mode implementation:
  • Group leadership of i-mode service definition and proposition development (UK, Ireland, Germany)
  • Education & transfer of best practice to local i-mode implementation teams
  • Management of DoCoMo marketing & service definition team.
  • Launch preparation – Launch press briefing and i-mode education press trip to Japan.

• Group Strategy Manager

  O2

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; .oom; Wireless industry)

  March 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 10 months)

  - Development of O2 Group medium term mobile data strategy
  - Assessment of strategic data opportunities
  - Thought leadership in mobile data and future service development

• Group Strategy Director - Mobile

  Agency.com

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

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

  - Defining mobile data strategy and multiple digital channel stategy for mobile operator clients.
  - Strategy Lead for the Communications Practice

• Business Manager 3rd Generation Mobile

  Cable & Wireless Global Mobile

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

  - Evaluation and strategy of 3G licence opportunity for UK mobile operator
  - Development of mobile data strategies with C&W mobile operators in UK and Asia Pac
  - E-Commerce strategy
  - Mobile IP strategy

• Senior Financial Analyst

  The Disney Store Europe

  (Retail industry)

  1994 — 1998 (4 years )

  - Strategic plan development & modelling
  - Annual operating plan development & modelling
  - Opportunity evaluations
  - Marketing activity analysis
  - Monthly management reporting

David Johnson’s Education

• University of Humberside, Hull / International School of Economics, Rotterdam, NL

  2:1 , European Business Studies , 1990 — 1994

  European Business Programme (EBP) - network of 5 European Business Schools with exchange programme between them. Spent 1.5 years studying at business school in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and hold an equivalent Dutch Degree. Also spent 6 months working for an import export company in Nagoya Japan (living with a Japanese homestay family), and 6 months working for Furon a US company carrying out a marketing study across their European and US divisions (3 months Belgium, 3 months USA).

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