Execs from PlayPhone, Fox, T-Mobile and Samsung among the newcomers.
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has unveiled a new-look Americas board following elections.
Motorola's Jim Beddows was re-elected as Chair of the Americas board, LimeWire's John Orlando was re-elected as Co-Vice Chair and Impact Mobile's Gary Schwartz was newly elected as Co-Vice Chair.
Seven new members were elected in total:
- Ron Czerny, Founder and CEO, Playphone
- Gavin Kim, Vice President Content and Data Services and Enterprise Mobility, Samsung Telecommunications America
- Sanjaya Krishna, Principal and US Digital Services Leader, KPMG LLP
- Steven Masur, Managing Director, MasurLaw
- Dan Mo, Senior Program Manager, T-Mobile
- John Orlando, CMO, Livewire Mobile (re-elected for a second term)
- Soren Schafft GM Americas, Fox Mobile Distribution
They join existing board members:
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- Jim Beddows, representing Motorola
- Massimiliano Pelligrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment
- Gary Schwartz, President and CEO, Impact Mobile
- Joe Waimrin, VP Business Development, mBlox
Rimma Perelmuter, Executive Director at MEF, said: “The newly elected MEF Americas board brings together an exceptionally strong group of influential leaders who will continue to build upon MEF’s core strengths in entertainment, industry-shaping initiatives and business development to accelerate new revenues and bring competitive advantage to our members.”
