Michael Pinto: President and CEO
Benjamin H. Ziskind: Chief Technology Officer
Ron Nenni: Senior Vice President of Business Development and Global Licensing
Daniel Blackwell: Vice President of Operations
Michael Pinto: President and CEO
Mike has 15 years of entrepreneurial experience including 8 years of
international business development. Most recently Mike entered the European
wireless entertainment space in early 2000 leading a start-up team to
profitability in 6 months. He is responsible for leading the overall vision of
the company as well as planning the commercial distribution strategy.
Prior to mobZilla, Mike was the Managing Director of Sonar Telecom, a
European-based wireless service provider which specialized in selling wireless
entertainment products to major media properties. While at Sonar he
successfully signed and led the national launch of the first branded
interactive phone version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”.
Prior to Sonar, Mike was the Managing Director of Advanced Telecom Group, a
European-based company specializing in premium billing and content aggregation.
Mike led a team that aggregated premium sms billing with 23 operators in 6
countries, and formed strategic revenue partnerships with over 50 media and
content companies, including major magazine, newspaper and television networks.
A partial client list while at those companies includes; Monstermob, Lycos,
Telegraph.co.uk, Cat Games, Stealthnet Interactive, TV5 Spain, Canal Sur, Grupo
Correo, Bauer Group, The Phone House (60 independent shops), Active Media,
Wicked Colors, RTL 4, Teletext (Valencia, Galicia, Canal Sur), Channel 25
Barcelona, DooYoo (bought by Yahoo!), and BattleMail.
Mike served 6 years as a Marine, during which time he graduated in the top 5% of
Platoon Leadership Class and earned 2 citations for personal achievement.
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Benjamin H. Ziskind: Chief Technology Officer
Ben has over 9 years of experience developing and designing online,
interactive, and collaborative applications. He is responsible for defining and
managing mobZilla's technology and product strategy. Ben has held a wide range
of positions throughout his career including serving key roles in product
design, development, strategy, and partnership development.
Prior to mobZilla, Ben served as Chief Experience Officer (CXO) and co-founder
of Qove Studios, a development studio focused on online, mobile, and
educational entertainment software. Prior to that Ben was the Director of User
Experience and Product Development Manager at Bantu, a leader in Instant
Messaging and Presence (IMP) solutions. While at Bantu, Ben led the company's
wireless strategy deploying the world's first wireless and wired interoperable
enterprise instant messaging solution. That platform was deployed and is still
being used today by the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, State, and Commerce
Departments around the world. Ben has additional experience working at Time
Warner Cable: Road Runner, American Management Systems, a $1B information
technology consulting firm, and a mobile community portal.
Ben received his BS in Human-Computer Interaction and Information & Decision
Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Ron Nenni: Senior Vice President of Business Development and Global Licensing
This uniquely qualified programming executive has successfully blended a distinctive career in radio broadcasting with experience in the digital space. Ron brings his expertise to mobZilla in an effort to develop compelling content and partnership strategies by leveraging relationships in the music industry, traditional broadcasting and syndicated network programming.
Most recently, as Executive Director of the AOL Radio Network, Ron and his team developed and executed the programming strategy of the number one rated AOL Radio Network of 200+ stations, created synergies with Business Development to engage 3rd Party programming , managed the relationship with Advertising Sales to monetize the product and collaborated with AOL Music to build successful partnerships with the Music Industry.
Ron's first foray on the digital side was with one of the first solutions that allowed listeners to enjoy a personalized mix of content from a variety of genres and side channels, as Vice President of Programming at the XACT Radio Network. While there, he created business opportunities with major broadcasting companies, record labels, artist management by developing revenue generating custom radio programming for corporate brands.
Ron spent 16 years as Program Director / Operations Manager with Viacom's Infinity Broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Program Director of heritage rock station, KOME in San Jose, Ron and his team achieved the highest listener ratings in the station's history, providing the company with the target demographic audience to deliver revenue goals. To achieve the next level of success, Ron orchestrated the effort to bring Howard Stern show to the Bay Area and managed the transition of this successful programming and sales strategy to LIVE 105, San Francisco's leading Alternative Rock station.
As a graduate of the Syracuse University Newhouse School of Communications, Ron holds a degree in Television and Radio Broadcasting.
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Daniel Blackwell: Vice President of Operations
Dan is founder and President of Memory Depot, Inc. which for the past 10 years
has been a significant reseller and distributor for custom manufacturing for
computer hardware solutions. Dan grew the business from a start up into an
established company managing over 100 regular clients in all phases of the
resale market. He is responsible for leading and managing operational
initiatives at mobZilla.
Memory Depot specializes in helping high-end corporate clients like LSI Logic
Systems, Texas Instruments, Titan, Inc. and Qualcomm to meet their development
and research computer needs. In addition, Memory Depot has 10 years of
experience in the wholesale markets with special emphasis in direct channel
distribution, including working relationships with Hewlett Packard and Compaq.
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