
Business Development Manager at kyte.tv/decentral.tv
San Francisco Bay Area

Business Development Manager at kyte.tv/decentral.tv
San Francisco Bay Area
Workaholic, sleep-deprived and undercaffeinated. My professional goal is never stop thinking of new ways to combine standalone/individual technological ideas to produce a market moving combined powerful idea
The common denominator in my experience is simple: connect the right people at the right time- tangible and sustainable results.
• In-depth experience covering Consulting, Business Development, Product Management, Technological Alliances Management.
• Successful track record designing and launching products at a big corporation, an start up and as advisor.
• Agile starter with established record of business development in new and established markets
• Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills, combined with business judgment and ability to communicate with highly technical management team.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 2008 — Present (5 months)
The Kyte social communications platform enables partners - including media companies, social networks and mobile operators - to offer their users an easy way to create embedded interactive channels and produce multimedia shows in real-time from their mobile phones or the web that are broadcast to multiple destinations including social networks, blogs and other mobile phones. Using the hosted platform and developer API, Kyte partners provide their users with an exciting way to stay connected through a next-generation social communications experience
Kyte is brought to you by decentral.tv corp.
Founded in 2006, decentral.tv is based in San Francisco, California and has offices in Zurich, Switzerland. The company is funded by global investors, including: Atomico (co-founded by Niklas Zennström), Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Richards, Ron Conway, Swisscom, and Holtzbrinck Ventures, and Nokia Growth Partners. In December 2007 the company raised money from NTT DoCoMo and Telefonica
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 7 months)
RAZZ, inc the new next category in mobile content " in-call entertainment", an emerging growth company developing cutting edge consumer services for mobile and social network users
activities:
Development of distribution channels and management of clients and partners
Competence analysis and business forecasting.
Definition and management of the new products to support the Razz experience leveraged in putting together the three platforms: a carrier network platform, social networks' widgets and mobile applications
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2007 — September 2007 (6 months)
As independent consultant I work as Scout for Innovation Division at Telefonica Spain, acting as a radar for new trends, services and technologies to be implemented at Telefonica.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Wireless industry)
August 2006 — April 2007 (9 months)
As independent consultant I work on business development for Silicon Valley companies willing to start business with European carriers
Opera Software
/Opera is an industry leader in the development of Web browser technology for the desktop and Internet wireless devices markets/
Worked as sales agent and strategy advisor for VP of Sales EMEA to create market pull for Opera Mobile products and focusing on product adaptation for tier 1 operators needs.
Sonim Technologies
/Mobile VoIP platform carrier-grade and rugged phones vendor/
Project Manager & Sales agent managing 4 teams in 3 continents ensuring the launch of its first phone on a mobile carrier, and helping the VP of Sales EMEA to close the deal with Telefonica
A la Mobile, Inc
/Open Linux System Platform & Open Source Technology Provider for Mobile Handsets/
Worked as advisor for VP sales in positioning the product
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; TEM; Telecommunications industry)
January 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 5 months)
TSOA dept apart from its operative responsability over the spanish market, co-operates in the deployment of the Telefonica Moviles Group strategy acting as Competence Center for the rest of operations.
Assists the market with the newest devices exploring their entire possibilities, including both apps (prospection, testing and final launch)and devices features (defining handset specifications) , as result of implementing an open OS.
Delegate for ORB Operator Review Board (Symbian), this dept participates actively in other international forums like OMTP Open Mobile Terminal Platform and OMA Open Mobile Alliance with other operators, OS developers, technology suppliers, devices manufactures, etc.
TSOA also defines requirements and specifications to OEMs and application providers.
(Telecommunications industry)
June 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 8 months)
Defining strategic alliances with IT partners for mobile business applications.
Achiving agreements with ISV, developers and integrators to integrate the Telefonica Moviles VAS with ISV applications, defining also GTM initiatives to promote both products.
(Telecommunications industry)
April 2001 — June 2003 (2 years 3 months)
Responsable of multi-technologies Joint Solutions with companies like Microsoft, Siemens, Sap, Sun, Internet Systems, Future Space, Intel, Motorola.
Position as internal technical consultant taking care of new technologies & advanced services dealing with technicalities, marketing and strategy
(Telecommunications industry)
March 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Developed strong business relations with partners, defining and executing the business plan to stablish Joint-Ventures
Identification of companies for a technological alliance start-up and negotiation of terms in the agreements.
post-degree, Mobile Telecomunications, 1999 — 2000
System Engineering, Computer Science, 1994 — 1999
2005 Product Manager
2004 Tactiks of General Negociation
2004 Seminar Successful Intenational Negociation
2001 Seminar Project Management
2001 Motorola Application Developers Seminar. London (UK)
2000 Launching Winning Mobile Data Services. HP Compaq, Nice (France)
2000 Development Forum for Mobile Services. Motorola. London (UK)
the Great Raj Singh, The great San Francisco networking night