Hsiao, a well-recognized entrepreneur, brings extensive expertise and
experiences in the wireless industry to the company. Prior to founding the
company he was COO and GM International at Way Systems, having brought the
company from pre-revenue to more than $10M. Terry founded InphoMatch (now
Sybase 365) the pioneer in mobile messaging with annual revenue of $100M.
Terry has worked either in or with mobile carriers throughout his career
including 6+ years at Nextel from 1993-2000. Prior to founding InphoMatch,
Terry managed the founding and operations of Nextel Partners (since acquired
by Sprint) wireless venture from the business plan, raising capital,
development of operating structures, to IPO all in approximately 18 months.
At MIT's Sloan School of Management he concentrated on growth strategy and entrepreneurship. Terry also holds a
BSEE with Honors from Rutgers University.
Kirk Tsai, CTO
Tsai brings over 14 years of experience in software engineering and designing complex, highly scalable transaction processing platform. Most recently Tsai co-founded InphoMatch (now Mobile365) and served as Chief Architect for the past 6 years. At Mobile365, Tsai architected the messaging platform which handles over 1.5 billion U.S. SMS & MMS message per month. Before InphoMatch, Tsai was a senior technology consultant at Compaq (formally DEC) where he designed and developed high profile e-commerce and supply-chain projects. Prior to Compaq, Tsai was a member of the software engineering team at XDB Systems focused on development of JetConnect, one of the earliest JDBC driver. Tsai holds a MS in Information System and BS in Computer Science, both from University of Maryland at College Park.
Soren Schafft, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Soren sent the first commercial psms message in the United States and thus started the mCommerce market (premium sms) that has subsequently gone on to process billions of dollars in revenue for media companies, content providers and social networks. Soren launched many of the first premium services including interactive television, voting, chat, wallpaper, ringtones, mobile video, live text-to-screen, etc. Soren was a co-founder of the first the first B2B aggregator where he managed mobile campaigns for NewsCorp, Disney, ABC, NBC, Telemundo, Endemol, The Weather Channel, Fuse, and Hearst, as well as, with carriers such as Verizon, AT&T (Cingular), Sprint, T Mobile, and Alltel. Soren managed 70% of the traffic for Deal or No Deal -- the most successful premium mobile voting campaign ever. Soren has been active with industry groups setting the standards for mobile commerce and services including Board positions with the Mobile Marketing Association (2005, 2006, 2007), Mobile Entertainment Forum (2009) and work on numerous committees (Consumer Best Practices 2004-2010; CTIA / MMA Advocacy Committee 2007, MEF Studio Outreach 2009-2010, MEF Carrier Relations 2009-2010). Soren was the CEO for a direct to consumer content provider (QMobile; 2006-2008) and General Manager, Americas for Fox Mobile Group (2008-2010) where he managed the Jamster business (personalization) and prepared the launch of the Mobizzo (mobile quizzes and prizes) and Bitbop (advanced, full length, on-demand video) businesses.
David Miller, PRODUCT MARKETING
David Miller is an experienced wireless and digital media executive. His professional experience spans both start-ups and Fortune 100 companies. David was most recently CEO of Mobile Discovery, a next generation mobile marketing company. Previously, he was a founding member of Sprint’s corporate-wide Innovation program. At Nextel, David helped lead the rollout of the nation’s first 4G wireless network. Earlier is his career David worked for Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse doing management consulting. David’s focus areas are Strategic Planning, New Product Development & Introduction, Product Marketing and Management, Business Development, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships. David holds an M.S. in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University where he was a Merit Scholar, and a B.S. in Accounting from Syracuse University where he was a member of Beta Alpha Psi the Accounting honor society. David is also a licensed CPA.
Ric Rodriguez, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Rodriguez has over 13 years experience in taking software products to market. At Hook Mobile, Rodriguez is responsible for managing the Rich Media platform products and services as well as establishing the strategic roadmap by leveraging his diverse mobile background. Prior to Hook Mobile, he was the Product Manager at WeatherBug Mobile where he led the development of the entire mobile suite of products. His responsibilities included managing mobile application catalog across multiple platforms, maintaining carrier & device manufacturer relations and supervised out sourced development. Earlier, Rodriguez held various technical positions launching software products at EMC, Legato Systems and Micro Systems. He holds a BS from Cornell University.
