Authors

Jim O’Reilly is an Emerging Technology specialist currently working for the Korean ICT

International Cooperation Agency (KIICA) as Portfolio and Alliance and Partner Manager for the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region based out of London. He is an experienced International promoter, speaker and authority on business development Alliances. Working at all levels of Government, commercial, R&D and Media and accurately matching the latest emerging and mass market technologies, intelligence and companies at the cutting edge of Digital IT and Telecoms.

                  In this role since late 2002 he has helped hundreds of leading edge Korean ICT companies and executives with hands on support, strategies, business development and partnering advice in over 20 countries across EMEA. This unique and exciting role had deepened his instinct and appreciation of the complex resources, markets, technology and finances to succeed internationally.

                  Jim is a passionate emerging technologist, known for his endurance and hunger for developing and marketing new opportunities and still confesses to wake up in the middle of the night with ideas for the next best start-up and venture business plans. Prior to the Alliance manager role for the Korean ICT portfolio, he was co-founder and one of key investors in his own Internet software start-up in Korea . Based near Seoul for nearly three years during the adrenalin rush of the first internet boom in 2000, he created and developed the business plan, models and an International team from 5 countries working and competing within the white hot Korean venture business and Internet explosion .He has built significantly on these first hand experiences of developing technology teams using mature and open source platforms and experienced the ultimate pleasures and merciless realities of being an entrepreneur, investor and leader in the most competitive and dynamic cyber culture in the world.

                  Jim has a growing reputation for evaluating and developing leading edge technology potential and is regularly consulted for product, solution and company portfolio matching by many of the European Blue chip IT, Telecoms, Broadcasting ,Venture Capital and Government groups from developed and emerging countries wishing to share the intelligence, experience and partners required to emulate impressive Korean ICT growth. He has unique experience covering end to end solutions from chipsets through software and innovative terminals for example sectors such as Broadband, Mobile TV, Mobile WiMAX, IPTV, 3G, VOIP, core networks, Value added services and more.

Tomi T Ahonen is a five-time bestselling author and independent technology
consultant based in Hong Kong. He is a guest lecturer at Oxford University on
digital convergence courses and is the co-host of the popular "Communities Dominate Podcast" on the Horizon Channel, which deals with topics in engagement marketing and digital convergence and new media. He authored the three pioneering books on the business, services and marketing of next generation mobile telecoms, each a bestseller, as well as the world's first book on the business of digital communities and social networking.

Tomi is known as an evangelist for new technologies and business who has discussed over 1,000 of his "Pearls" in the public domain, and has delivered keynote addresses at over 160 conferences on six continents and been quoted in over 180 press stories including the leading world media such as the Wall Street Journal, Economist, Business Week, Barrons and Financial Times, and is often seen on TV on six continents. His columns have appeared in New Media Knowledge, Market Leader, Ohmy News, Financial Times, Mobile Handset Analyst, Asia-Pacific ICT and Telecom, European Communications, IEE Communications Engineer, Telecommunications, Mobile Communications, Total Telecom, etc. A founding member of the Wireless Watch, Carnival of the Mobilists and Engagement Alliance he co-chaires Forum Oxford and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Telecoms Management. Tomi writes a daily blog at www.CommunitiesDominate.com

Tomi’s client list reads like the who’s who of high tech, including BT, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoComo, Orange, Qualcomm, Siemens, Telenor, TeliaSonera and Vodafone. Tomi has also provided consultancy to numerous giant non-technology customers including Aller Group, Bank of Finland, BBC, DHL, Economist Group, HSBC, Kemira, Ogilvy, Pohjola, Royal Bank of Scotland, Turner Broacasting, United Nations Security Council, UPM Kymmene etc. Tomi has advised numerous industry associations all round the world from the Communications Industry Association of Japan to the Irish Marketing Association and from the Canadian Wireless Telecoms Association to the Infocomm Development Agency of Singapore. For this book Tomi has worked closely with the KIPA Korean IT Promotion Agency and through it with most leading Korean industry associations.

Tomi set up his own telecoms, IT and media consultancy in 2001. Before that he was employed by Nokia as its Global Head of 3G Consulting where Tomi also oversaw its end-user 3G Research Centre. Previously at Nokia he was Nokia's first Segmentation Manager and started his Nokia career building internet gateways. Prior to that he worked in telecoms in Finland with Elisa and the Finnet Group where his accomplishments include the world’s first fixed-mobile service bundle, and setting the world record for taking market share from the incumbent. Prior to that Tomi was Head of Marketing and Sales for New York's first internet service provider, OCSNY. He started his professional career on Wall Street.

Tomi holds an International Finance MBA (with hons) from St John’s University NY and a bachelor’s in International Marketing from Clarion University (with hons). His previous books are Communities Dominate Brands (2005, with Alan Moore), 3G Marketing (2004, with Timo Kasper and Sara Melkko), m-Profits: Making Money with 3G (2002) and Services for UMTS (2002, with Joe Barrett). Tomi is working on his sixth book around Mobile as the 7th Mass Media Channel. For more see  www.tomiahonen.com