The local mobile scene is hot. Boston is constantly pushing the bounds of mobile innovation and is home to a growing number of mobile startups, organization, and events coordinators. Behind every company or gathering, you’ll find some smart, passionate people. Here’s a list of some of the individuals who are putting the Boston mobile scene on the map.
These are some of our top mobile technologists, entrepreneurs, and evangelists – the people bringing people together, creating buzz, and forcing mobile investors to think twice about Silicon Valley.
Here’s our list of Boston’s top mobile players — the people who are most active in the community and helping shape the future:
| Rich Miner – Google Ventures Rich is a Managing Partner of Google Ventures. He joined the Google team five years ago through the acquisition of Android, which he helped co-found. His team is busy watching the horizon for the most promising mobile creations and are investing in local technologies like SCVNGR. |
| Dan Katcher – Rocket Farm Studios
Dan is founder of Rocket Farm Studios, one of the top mobile development companies in the area focusing on smart & stylish games and applications. Dan also speaks at various events and can be seen at many Meetups and conferences. |
| Greg Raiz – Raizlabs
Greg Is the founder of Raizlabs, a top local company providing mobile strategy, design and development services to businesses across the country. Greg is an active member of various local interactive groups and host DrinksOnTap, an informal Meetup of iPhone and iPad develeopers. |
| Matt Gross – MoMo Boston
Matt is the founder of Mobile Monday (MoMo) Boston, one of the largest mobile tech networking organizations in the area (& one of the world’s largest chapters). He previously worked on companies like mapQuest Mobile and Where, a local search and recommendation service. |
| Kate Imbach – MoMo Boston
Kate is co-founder of of Mobile Monday Boston and Silicon Valley and is actively working to bring together top professionals in the mobile industry. She is also VP of Marketing at Skyhook Wireless. |
| Giuseppe Taibi – iPhone Developers Roundtable Meetup
Giuseppe Taibi is a software engineer and Internet entrepreneur who has launched many top-ranking mobile applications. He runs the iPhone Developers Roudtable, one of the largest iPhone Meetups in the U.S., and teaches Smartphone App Development at Harvard. |
| Scott Janousek – Hooken Mobile Scott is an Adobe-certified Flash and Flash Mobile designer and developer, and an active member of various Flash and mobile user groups. Scott speaks at events and engagements about Flash and mobile and has written extensively on the topics. – Twitter handle: @scottjanousek – Personal website: flashmobile.scottjanousek.com |
| Brad Rosen – Drync
Brad is a mobile technologist, advisor, and entrepreneur. He’s the founder and CEO of Drync LLC, makers of the top iPhone app for wine (featured on BostInno this week). When not working on Drync, he’s involved in helping various local mobile companies with their projects. |
| Ted Morgan – SkyHook
Ted Is Founder and CEO of Skyhook Wireless, a company that’s become the foundation for many of the location-based services we use today. Since launching in 2003, Skyhook’s technologies and services can be found on most any smartphone on the market. |
| Walt Doyle – Where Inc.
Walt joined the company Where in 2005 and is responsible for running one of the top location-based search and recommendation providers for mobile phones. Where allows people to discover places, events and mobile coupons in their area. |
| Chuck Goldman – Apperian
Chuck is co-founder of Apperian, a company that’s dedicated to creating great iPhone/iPad applications for business and enterprises. Born out of Apple, Chuck and his team have intimate knowledge of Apple’s platforms and they’ve created mobile apps for some of the largest brands across the country. |
Who do you think are the biggest movers and shakers in Boston’s mobile scene? Who did we miss? Did we give anyone too much credit? Please share your thoughts on the leaders of this burgeoning community in the comments section below.
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