Richard Ferraro

Golden Gekko

  • Barcelona Catalonia

Mobile evangelist and author on Location-based apps

Contact

Media

Social

Biography

Based in Barcelona, Richard is Business Development Director for EMEA at Golden Gekko, a leading developer of mobile applications. Richard joined Golden Gekko following a two-year stint at GeoMe, an LBS start-up which he co-founded in 2008. He was formerly with the GSM Association as Program Director, chairing the Technology Showcase Committee for the Mobile World Congress and establishing the Barcelona.mobi project with the dot.mobi consortium. Richard has a successful mobile technology blog with over 100,000 readers which is included in the official Mobile Monday Bloghive and W3C Mobile Web Initiative Blog. He has specific expertise in Location Based and Location-Aware Services, Mobile App Marketing, Social Media, Privacy Management and Mobile Web and App Monetisation Strategies. He holds an MBA from EADA Business School in Barcelona. You can read his blog at: www.mobverge.blogspot.com . His book, Location-Aware Applications (ISBN 9781935182337) was published by Manning Publications (USA) in July 2011: http://www.manning.com/ferraro/ and was described as ´the Rosetta Stone of location-based mobile services” .It is available on Amazon.com worldwide

Industry Expertise

Media - Online
Advertising/Marketing
Telecommunications

Areas of Expertise

Location Based Services
LBS
Location Aware Applications

Accomplishments

Author of Location Aware Applications

2011-07-01

My book, Location-Aware Applications (ISBN 9781935182337) was published by Manning Publications (USA) in July 2011: http://www.manning.com/ferraro/ and was described as ´the Rosetta Stone of location-based mobile services”. It is available on Amazon.com worldwide.

Education

EADA Business School

MBA

Business Administration

2005

Affiliations

  • EADA Alumni
  • MMA

Event Appearances

Location Everywhere

Appworks o2 Oslo  Oslo, Norway

2011-05-07

Future of Location Based Services

Mobile Monday Malta  Malta

Panel on mobile gaming and presentation on Location Based Services

InMediaTe EU Mobile Gaming Summit  Malta

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Sample Talks

The Evolution of the Mobile Web

A presentation on how the landscape of Mobile 2.0 is changing, the importance of SoLoMos and a quick glance at future web technologies.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Author Appearance

Fees

$0 to $1000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee