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MObILe AppS AnD enGAGeMenT<br />
Thursday, May 10th<br />
3:10pm - 4:10pm<br />
Communicorp Ballroom<br />
@jonathanckay<br />
@prernagupta<br />
@espn<br />
Apps of the Future<br />
Prerna Gupta<br />
CeO, khush<br />
@DIGITALSUMMIT_ #DSUM12<br />
Prerna Gupta is CEO of Khush, a start-up that develops intelligent music apps, like the #1 hit app Songify, which turns speech<br />
into music. Prerna has led Khush to profitability through Khush’s apps, with over 10 million downloads and 200 songs created<br />
to date. She is also responsible for producing viral videos for her products that have reached over 180 million views. Khush<br />
was recently acquired by Smule, the leading developer of social music apps. Prior to her foray into entrepreneurship, Prerna<br />
worked in consulting at Monitor Group and early-stage venture capital at Summit Partners. She studied Economics and<br />
Computer Science at Stanford University. Prerna was voted one of FastCompany’s Most Influential Women in Technology<br />
2011, and her writing has been featured in the New York Times and TechCrunch. She is also a Resident Mentor at 500<br />
Startups.<br />
ESPN Mobile Ecosystem: Complimenting Live Sports<br />
Michael Bayle<br />
Senior Vice President & General Manager, ESPN Mobile<br />
Session Emcee: steve brady, smartOnline<br />
36<br />
www.digitalsummit.com<br />
Questions in this session? Reach the<br />
speaker by tweeting with the hashtags<br />
#dsum12 #room1<br />
A New Way to Get Involved in Mobile - Lessons in App Valuation & Monetization<br />
Jonathan kay<br />
Founder & COO, Apptopia<br />
Jonathan is the Founder and COO at Apptopia, a marketplace designed to help broker mobile app acquisitions. Their goal<br />
is to make buying & selling mobile app ownership (code, users, revenue, etc.) as simple as eBay. Jonathan is extremely<br />
passionate about branding, story telling, and customer engagement. More than anything though he loves meeting and<br />
connecting new people. Before starting Apptopia Jonathan was the Ambassador of Buzz at Grasshopper, Founder of<br />
BarCamp Tour, and author of Learn2Buzz.<br />
As Senior Vice President and General Manager, ESPN Mobile, Michael Bayle is responsible for developing and managing all<br />
aspects of ESPN’s mobile strategy and execution, including content production, programming and publishing on every ESPN<br />
Mobile platform.<br />
Most recently, Bayle was Vice President of Monetization and Marketing at Amobee, a leading mobile marketing developer,<br />
where he led global ad operations, North American business and market development and strategic partnerships. Prior to<br />
Amobee, Bayle was Senior Director of Global Mobile Monetization at Yahoo!, where he launched Yahoo’s mobile advertising<br />
business, while building a global team that created mobile campaigns for Fortune 500 partners in 29 markets.