Richard Ferraro 
Golden Gekko
Barcelona, Catalonia, SPAIN
Mobile evangelist and author on Location-based apps
Media
Publications:
Documents:
Videos:
Audio/Podcasts:
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 (3)
Advertising/Marketing
Telecommunications
Media - Online
Areas of Expertise (3)
Location Based Services
LBS
Location Aware Applications
Accomplishments (1)
Author of Location Aware Applications (professional)
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 (1)
EADA Business School: MBA, Business Administration 2005
Affiliations (2)
- EADA Alumni
- MMA
Links (1)
Event Appearances (5)
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
Panel on Mobile Developer Ecosystem
QTel/GSMA Innovation Exchange Barcelona
2010-01-01
Future of Mobile Web
KoreaComm 2008 (Guest of the Korean Government) Seoul, Korea
2008-10-06
Sample Talks (1)
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
Social