Top 50 Women in Mobile Content

ann williams, founder okto

ann williams, founder okto

As Sarah O’Keeffe of Bango received one of the Mobile Entertainment Awards 2008, the celebration of the 2008 Mobile Entertainment magazine’s list of the Top 50 Women in Mobile Content is continuing. In view thereof, we publish this list and point out some of the female internet heroes on it, i.e. the founders, CxO’s and investors.

Carole Faure (France) Founder and CEO, Kaolink, the French developer, which works closely with Gameloft.

Sabine Irrgan (Germany) Founder and COO, GoFresh. Over one million users signed up to itsmy.com, its an ad funded social network.

Louisa Jackson (UK) Founder and Director of Content, VidZone, the UK music and video distributor, which now takes content to 140 services globally.

Ann Williams (Brasil) Founder and CEO, Okto, a powerhouse in the huge Brazilian content market offering SMS and WAP services to operators, brands and financial institutions.

Virginjia Juodyte (Lithuania)
CEO, Vertex

Vertex develops and sells various products under the Lithit Networks umbrella.

Emma Kaye (Africa)
Founder  and CEO, Gate7

Kaye’s background in animation led her to create Gate7, one of the foremost mobile media companies in the fast-growing African market.

Helen Keegan
Founder, Beep Marketing

Beth Marcus
CEO, Zeemote

Marcus created the industry’s first gaming controller, Zeemote, which launches imminently.

Ji Young Park (Korea)
CEO, Com2Us

Park’s passion and ideas have made Com2uS number one in Korea, and a growing presence outside it.

Claudia Poepperl (Denmark)
CMO, mobilePeople

After many years as the face of Qpass, Poepperl left to join the Danish search specialist. She is currently closing partnership deals with brands and directory companies.

Lorane Poersch (US)
CEO, Crazyfunbabe

For others on the list, see the names below, For a full description see the Mobile Entertainment article.

Julia Dimambro
MD, CherryMedia

Anne Baker
VP of Marketing, Action Engine

Kate Barry
Operations Director, Pitch

Linda Bernstrom
Sales Director for Asia-Pac, Kamera

Jill Braff
SVP of Global Publishing, Glu

Therese Cedecreutz
Director of Business Development, THQ Wireless

Linda Chaplin
Vice President, Sega Mobile

Camilla Crabbe
Head of Content, Blyk

Rubaba Dowla
Head of Marketing, GrameenPhone Bangladesh

Jana Eisenstein
UK General Manager, Screentonic

Tanya Field
Group Head of Mobile Internet, Telefonica O2

Amelia Gammon
Director, NBC Universal Mobile

Melissa Goodwin
Controller of Mobile, ITV

Kim Hagberg
Head of Mobile Content Services, TeliaSonera

Francine Havila
VP of Corporate Marketing, Spin3

Sandi Isaacs
VP of Interactive,
Paramount Pictures

Peggy Johnson
Exeuctive VP of the Americas and India, Qualcomm

Karine Kaiser
Deputy Director of Marketing and Licensing, Gameloft

Sarah Keefe
VP of Marketing, Bango

Alice Kim
SVP of Business Development, MTV Networks

Sissel Henriette Larsen
Director of Content, Telenor

Bernadette Lyons
MD, End2End

Katie McMahon
VP of Business Development, Shazam

Laura Marriott President Emeritus, MMA

Cindy Mesaros/Carolyn Schloeder

VP of Marketing/President, Moderati

Yoshimi Ogawa
Director of Mobile, Index Corp

Yen Ong
General Manager, Soundbuzz

Rimma Perelmuter, Executive Director, MEF

Lucia Predolin
Head of Int’l Marketing, Buongiorno

Jessica Sandin
Head of Mobile Practice, Fathom

Suzanne Schantz
Head of Content, Vodafone Global

Liz Schimel
SVP of Music, Nokia

Ingrid Silver
Partner, Denton Wilde Sapte

Sophia Stuart
Director of Mobile, Hearst Digital

Rosemary Tan
Director of Mobile, Sony Pictures TV

Anne Thomas
Head of Business Development, Wapple

Geraldine Wilson
VP, Yahoo Europe Connected Life

Midori Yuasa
President, Capcom Mobile

Fiamma Zarife
Director of Value Added Services, Claro

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