Top 50 Women in Mobile Content

ann williams, founder oktoAs 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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