WASHINGTON STATE MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2019 | COMPANY DIRECTORY BOOTH 8.1 | A11
OUR MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2019 TEAM Mark Calhoon Senior Managing Director Washington State Department of Commerce T: +1 206 256 6137 M: +1 206 669 7578 mark.calhoon@commerce.wa.gov
Julie Monahan Business Development Manager Washington State Department of Commerce T: +1 206 256 6147 M: +1 206 707 5324 julie.monahan@commerce.wa.gov
Lucy Atkinson Europe Representative Washington State Department of Commerce T: +44 (0) 1451 822252 M: +44 (0) 7899 804036 lucy.atkinson@tfdi.co.uk
Diana Marques-Bras Europe Representative Washington State Department of Commerce T: +44 (0) 1451 822252 M: +351 966 101 998 dianamarques-bras@tfdi.co.uk
Washington State Department of Commerce
WASHINGTON STATE DELEGATION MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2019 Apptentive ............................ 5
Hover .................................. 13
Asignio ................................. 6
Luma ................................... 14
Buddy ................................... 7
Pi Square.ai ..........................15
CoreStack ............................. 8
Pluto ................................... 16
DefinedCrowd ........................ 9
Syntonic .............................. 17
dTOOR & The Cyrcle Phone ....10
Tupl .....................................18
Fulcrum ............................... 11
WTIA ....................................19
Guppy Games | Media ............ 12
WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING BUSINESS LEGENDS The birthplace of Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia, Cray and F5 and home to engineering offices for Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Salesforce and countless others, Washington State has established itself as an internationally renowned center of excellence in mobile apps, IoT, VR, AR, AI and machine learning. In fact, few places in the United States can match our talented pool of nearly 200,000 technology-based workers who are redefining the mobile world of tomorrow. Top-tier talent is drawn to the state by our entrepreneurial mindset, a critical mass of world-class companies, energetic urban centers that appeal to young tech professionals, and the opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation and experimentation. New ideas are readily embraced and brought to market, spurring advances across the board, from revolutionary mobile apps that redefine how smart a smartphone is to the next big thing – augmented reality, robotics and artificial intelligence. Innovation isn’t limited to the ICT sector either. There is a spillover effect in Washington State where hardware, software, AR, VR and AI are being integrated into other industries, from aerospace, advanced manufacturing and clean technology to maritime and life sciences. This culture of creativity is fed by venture capitalists, startups, innovation partnership zones and incubators, with the support from cutting-edge R&D from our universities and national laboratory – one of only 10 in the United States. The result? A robust innovation economy that has a passion for creating the most amazing products and services in the world.
Apptentive’s customer engagement and analytics platform delivers 100x more mobile consumer feedback, at the right places and times, within your digital experience. Using intelligent tools, Apptentive helps enterprise brands proactively engage consumers, uncovering new data to reveal common sentiment, hidden issues, and to drive a better product roadmap. Apptentive gives product managers and CX leaders the keys to their customers’ hearts through new historical insights into brand loyalty to support customercentric decisions. The company powers millions of customer interactions on over two billion devices, helping the world’s top brands—including Disney, JetBlue, Buffalo Wild Wings, Saks Fifth Avenue, Viacom, Zillow, and eHarmony—enhance customer love over time to improve customer experience. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Apptentive helps companies: • Increase ratings and improve reviews overnight • Prioritize product development and quality initiatives, defined by customer feedback • Gain a holistic view of the customer, understanding their sentiment and responding to issues more quickly • Understand why customers churn, and mitigate problems quickly • Create a more customer-centric culture at your company
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Customer Experience Management Voice of Customer Solutions Mobile Enterprise Solutions & Services CRM Systems Mobile Advertising & Marketing
MEETING GOALS Meet with companies seeking software partners to improve their mobile customer experience and better understand their customers. KEY CONTACT Patrick McNulty Head of Growth +1 774 243 2875 patrick.mcnulty@apptentive.com 815 Western Ave, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98104 www.apptentive.com
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PRODUCTS & SERVICES Mobile Security Systems Fraud Management & Solutions Cloud Services
Asignio is a web-based, biometric authentication platform based on handwriting recognition technology. Asignio users create a signature unique to them, drawing a simple combination of letters or numbers directly on a touchscreen device. The web-based platform allows users to sign into any account, on any device, at any time—whether they are in line at the grocery store, or at home on the couch. Asignio’s platform is easily embedded into existing access systems with a few lines of code. Asignio can be used to comply with data privacy regulations, protect high risk transactions and secure user onboarding—all with the elegant and universal simplicity of a handwritten signature. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Asignio’s signature biometric provides: • Omnichannel access: can be used across touchscreen devices • Cost reduction: reduces support center calls • Fraud reduction: reduces account recovery & ATO fraud MEETING GOALS Seeking to meet with: • EU financial institutions looking for a PSD2-compliant multi-factor authentication solution • Corporations looking for a cloud-based, omnichannel biometric capable of working across touchscreen devices • Mobile number operators looking for authentication solutions solving account recovery & ATO fraud • Corporations looking to fortify sign-in authentication methods with a universally accessible biometric KEY CONTACT Yair Abed VP, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships +1 858 342 8761 yair.abed@asignio.com 5400 Carillon Point Kirkland, WA 98033 www.asignio.com
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At Buddy, we make spaces smarter. Our solutions are all about capturing the right data in any space, coordinating communications between various parts and visualizing it in useful – and awesome – ways to contribute to smarter, healthier spaces. Developed on our proven technology stack of software plus IoT hardware, our customers can monitor their spaces from anywhere. Buddy Platform also offers an affordable resource monitoring solution simplifying building operations and providing peace of mind by harnessing real-time utility and operational data to reduce risks and improve operations, savings and sustainability. The system measures energy, water and environmental conditions in all buildings—large and small. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Buddy Ohm: • Measure and manage usage of utilities like electricity, water, solar generation, gas, and temperature and humidity in real-time. • Typical installations require zero upfront capital expenditures, a simple $250+ per month, with ability to add additional capabilities. • Gain peace of mind by configuring alerts that notify you if sensitive areas extend beyond thresholds, potentially saving money on critical equipment. • Everyone benefits from Buddy Ohm—from building managers to sustainability professionals to building occupants with our clear, easy-to-understand charts and graphs as well as a our public-facing dashboard. • The system utilizes wireless IoT class hardware and sensors to collect utility and environmental data, which then is transmitted to the Buddy Cloud through onboard cellular connectivity.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES MBaaS PaaS SaaS M2M/Telemetry Systems Data Analysis Cloud Services Application Development
MEETING GOALS Meet customers who are likely to be (a) Telco (b) Managed Service Partners (c) Utilities (d) System Integration companies (e) Large consulting and IT firms that are interested in becoming potential distributors and resellers of a technology product—like Buddy Ohm—into Commercial, Industrial, Retail and Hospitality industries. Also interested in meeting with local, state and federal governments to discuss major Smart City initiatives, specifically ones that leverage building energy use as part of their strategies. KEY CONTACT Tim Ritchie Vice President of Sales and Partnerships +1 206 713 7812 tim@buddy.com www.buddy.com 7
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Cloud Services
CoreStack helps Enterprise customers in making overall cloud governance autonomous, intelligent and transparent. It governs the four critical components of cloud – Cloud Operations, Cost, Compliance and Consumption. CoreStack orchestrates cloud operations to significantly drive up efficiencies, minimize overall risks and increase reliability while optimizing overall cloud costs. • • • • •
Promote agility with self-service Significantly reduce cloud costs with automation, minimizing sprawl and resource optimization Gain actionable insights with centralized dashboards Mitigate security risks by automating monitoring for security vulnerabilities and auto-remediation based on alerts Minimize business disruptions by avoiding outages by automating redundancy, and proactive remediation based on historical data patterns
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS A modern platform that is: • Focused on building everything the cloud-native way • Technology agnostic • Built using a modern architecture and can be deployed the way the customer wants • Future ready MEETING GOALS 1. Meet the top Cloud Managed service providers (MSPS) in the North America region who are exploring ways to use modern technologies to reduce cost of cloud governance and operations 2. Enterprise customers from Telecommunications/Media/ Entertainment/Data Center managed service providers KEY CONTACT Ezhilarasan “Ez” Natarajan CEO +1 847 387 2470 ezhiln@corestack.io 3600 136th PL SE, Suite 300 Bellevue, WA 98006 www.corestack.io
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DefinedCrowd offers a platform that allows data scientists to collect, structure and enrich training data for AI and ML applications. By combining human intelligence, automatic tools and machine learning algorithms, we guarantee high-quality data in fast turnaround time with scale. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • DefinedCrowd is the only company truly specialized in Speech and Natural Language Processing. • Our value proposition is: ◦◦ Quality (95-98% guaranteed); ◦◦ Speed (5-10x faster than competition); ◦◦ Scale (70+ languages and dialects). MEETING GOALS • Meet and engage with large scale enterprise clients, across all industry sectors, looking to improve their AI initiatives with high-quality training data with a fast turnaround time and scale. • Reinforce DefinedCrowd’s position as the #1 data provider for AI and ML.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning NLP & Speech Computer Vision Machine Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction Big Data
KEY CONTACT Daniela Braga CEO + 1 425 615 3578 daniela@definedcrowd.com 111 W John St Seattle, WA 98109 www.definedcrowd.ai
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PRODUCTS & SERVICES Consumer Electronics Mobile Handsets
dTOOR creates “Non-Rectangular Phones for Non-Rectangular People” starting with a phone in the shape of a circle, called The Cyrcle Phone. The 2G prototype of The Cyrcle Phone was launched to customers starting in 2016. The 4G LTE Android version of The Cyrcle Phone is soon to be released. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • dTOOR is 4x faster in bringing products to market • Products manufactured in the USA • Non-rectangular devices • Non-rectangular people MEETING GOALS Seeking mobile handset distributors. Seeking investors with consumer electronics experience who are looking for a company which is ready to scale. Always happy to talk with suppliers who manufacture 3” round displays or other 3” non-rectangular displays. KEY CONTACT Christina Cyr CEO, CTO, Founder christina@dtoor.com www.dtoor.com www.thecyrclephone.com
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Based in Seattle with Asia Pacific headquarters in Gurgaon, India, Fulcrum is the leading provider of Mobility & Asset Lifecycle Management solutions for Mobile Operators, CSPs, Utilities and Enterprises around the globe. For two decades, Fulcrum has tracked hundreds of millions of assets, while saving CSPs hundreds of millions of dollars. Fulcrum has experience with many wireless carriers ranging from regional operators to the very largest globally.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Mobile Enterprise Solutions & Services
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Fulcrum is unique in that Network Asset Lifecycle Management for telecom operators is all we do. As a result we understand the many challenges faced by fixed and mobile operators alike. Our broad exposure in the industry allows us to adapt as our clients’ business models change. Fulcrum is the partner you need to control costs today, and keep control as you expand into new markets (Cable, ISP, etc.) MEETING GOALS We are interested in meeting individuals at mobile operators that are involved in some way with Network Asset Management. These may be in the CFO, Network Operations, Supply Chain or Engineering organizations. Our goal is to help our clients save money and time. We are interested in speaking with individuals from carriers interested in the same, specifically around the assets that make up their networks. KEY CONTACT Ric Reifel VP Global Sales +1 720 829 7969 rreifel@fulcrum.net 705 5th Ave S Floor 7 Seattle, WA 98104 www.fulcrum.net
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PRODUCTS & SERVICES Mobile Advertising & Marketing Mobile Gaming Mobile Internet & Search Social Media/ Networking Application Development
Guppy Games | Media is a digital media agency in Seattle, USA. Guppy specializes in user acquisition services for mobile app developers through its own mobile app engagement platforms, GameDrop, Appdango and EngageADX exchange. GameDrop.me is a pre and post-launch engagement platform for mobile app developers, which results in higher user retention and engagement. Appdango.com is a social rewards community where users earn rewards by trying new apps, participating in surveys and sharing their opinions. EngageADX.com is a programmatic ad exchange which is connected through all major RTB/XML demand and supply partners. Guppy Media can be reached at info@guppygames.com or +1 425 450 9494. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • We facilitate mobile app installation and retention • Direct traffic source for large scale user data acquisition • User acquisition and engagement services for mobile app developers MEETING GOALS We are looking for mobile app and game developers who are launching their apps and need to acquire new users, have users continue engaging in their apps, and need event promotion. We are also looking for social network marketers, programmatic supply and demand partners through RTB/XML connection. KEY CONTACT Alex Choe CEO T: +1 425 450 9494 M: +1 206 200 0444 alexc@guppygames.com 2531 152nd Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 www.guppymedia.com
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Hover creates seamless in-app payment experiences and enables lowbandwidth connectivity for Android application developers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hover’s multi-step USSD API for Android enables developers to automate USSD-based workflows and use USSD as a fallback transport layer. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Hover helps companies: • Integrate with banks and mobile wallets • Provide reliable services in low-bandwidth environments MEETING GOALS Meet with companies that provide Android applications in Sub-Saharan Africa and are seeking software partners to provide a relevant and reliable user experience. KEY CONTACT Ben Lyon CEO +1 206 294 9519 ben@usehover.com 705 2nd Ave Seattle, WA 98104 www.usehover.com
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Middleware Mobile Enterprise Solutions & Services Mobile Financial Services Mobile Payments & Remittances Systems Integration
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luma PRODUCTS & SERVICES Trackable Solutions Shipment Monitoring Location Technologies
Luma is a trackables company providing real-time shipment monitoring for tracking location and other sensory information of valuables in transit with a simple and easy to use hardware/dashboard solution at an affordable cost. With Luma’s one time use, disposable/recyclable hardware solution, companies don’t have to worry about managing their trackable solution. Just push the button and start monitoring. Luma’s current focus is on tracking shipments to: • Prevent loss of valuables • Prevent damage to environmentally sensitive items • Provide real time shipment data to consumers • Provide historical evidence of shipment characteristics Our system includes low energy and efficient hardware, software and an effective dashboard for enterprise. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Lowest cost of tracking and monitoring shipments per trip • One simple button for real-time tracking • No subscription or infrastructure required • Many onboard sensors • Monitor anywhere on a PC, phone or App • Review historical shipments on secure cloud • Share trip details with a link (similar to FedEx/UPS/DHL) • Autonomous provisioning and route prediction KEY CONTACT Daniel Daoura CEO +1 206 790 9087 daniel@lumalert.com 1269 120th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98005 www.lumalert.com
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Pi Square.ai is a data science consulting company that leverages artificial intelligence technology and data science to augment business decisions by encapsulating business knowledge in self-learning algorithms. We specialize in building custom machine learning solutions in Telecom and IOT. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Our custom solution approach is to start with business use case, establish success criteria, create a realistic achievable plan and ensure that everything we do drives to the expected business outcomes. We bring a hybrid onshore–offshore model to maximize value and speed to market. Our specialty is to provide simpler translation of AI in easy to understand/trust business language. We like to start small and scale fast to maximize return on innovation. Our areas of focus in the IoT, Telecom space are: 1. Data management and analysis 2. Real-time and automated insights 3. Predictive and Prescriptive analytics 4. Custom AI solutions
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Business Intelligence Consulting Data Analysis IoT/M2M Outsourcing System Integration
MEETING GOALS Seeking to meet with business leaders who are considering leveraging a world class consulting services company to help in developing custom solutions in IOT, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analysis. KEY CONTACT Vikram Modgil CEO & Founder +1 425 553 5441 vikram@pisquare.ai 16395 NE 16th CT Bellevue, WA 98008 www.pisquare.ai
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PRODUCTS & SERVICES Application Development Augmented Reality Social Media/ Networking
At Pluto, we are developing a global cross-platform communication service with spatial computing technologies like VR and AR. Pluto helps people connect with trusted friends and contacts even when they’re not in the same physical location. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Phone, text and video chat don’t provide the sense of face-to-face presence that comes from being able to see reactions and body language in real time. We’re working to bring the power of spatial computing to people who want to communicate with a sense of shared presence, like being together in physical space. That’s our vision for communication in the future: having the same level of rich interaction as when we’re face-to-face, even when we’re far apart. MEETING GOALS Seeking technical enthusiasts who want to try Pluto and provide feedback during the development process. KEY CONTACT Serah Delaini Director of Marketing and Communications +1 206 681 5384 serahd@plutovr.com 5245 Shilshole Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 www.plutovr.com
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Syntonic provides easy-to-deploy services for operators to generate more revenue from mobile data and the app economy. Syntonic has created the world’s leading unified revenue platform spanning mobile advertising, content monetization and commerce. Our carrier-grade service–designed with high availability, scalability and 100% revenue assurance—has been deployed and validated on the world’s largest networks, including Verizon Wireless, Vodacom and others. For app publishers, content creators and brands, Syntonic provides a more cost efficient means to acquire, engage and monetize mobile customers throughout their lifecycle. Unlike other technology solutions, Syntonic provides the only solution that supports hundreds of flexible use cases without requiring any changes to apps, browsers and the network. For enterprises, Syntonic DataFlex® provides an easy and convenient way to manage employee smartphone reimbursement. Syntonic separates business and personal expenses on employee-owned (BYOD) smartphones. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Only unified platform spanning mobile advertising, content monetization and mobile commerce • Tools, components and analytics to meet customized needs and support the entire customer journey and lifecycle • Native browser and application support, without client or network modification • Carrier-grade service (security, scalability, reliability) with 100% revenue assurance • Fast to deploy for rapid time-to-market • Integrated and over-the-top operator solutions • Validated on the world’s largest networks MEETING GOALS Explore business opportunities with mobile operators, content service providers, app publishers, content owners and advertisers. Seek DataFlex BYOD opportunities with enterprises, expense management providers, system integrators and enterprise mobility management vendors.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Mobile Advertising: Sponsored Data/ Data Rewards Micro Tariff Plans for Data & Content International Roaming Captive Portal Advertising Solutions Mobile Commerce: Paid Content/ Subscriptions Direct Carrier Billing Subscription Lifecycle Management Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services: BYOD Split-Billing
KEY CONTACT Randy Smith VP Business Development randy@syntonic.com www.syntonic.com
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PRODUCTS & SERVICES Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis Network Management Operational Support Systems (OSS) Managed Network Services Network Planning & Design
Tupl automates the most critical and complex tasks within network operations and engineering. We have gone beyond Big Data insights and built the world’s first use cases with complex automation all the way to closed loop level. Our live deployments are showing 100x improvement in resolution speeds, 90% level of automation, 4x improvement in accuracy, with 100% consistency. The Tupl approach is unique: operators provide their most pressing manual work problems, and Tupl automates those processes. Use cases range from customer care to network optimization, automated alarm handling, even to construction management and prediction. Tupl is the leader in operations automation by AI. We are headquartered in the United States, with presence in Spain, Mexico and Japan. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Network operations automation by AI • Immediate ROI • We are veteran telecom ops engineers - we know your business! • Open environment for in-house/3rd party applications on TuplOS MEETING GOALS • Customers: telecom operator CxO/Directors/VPs such as CFO, CTO, NW Directors, Strategy Officers/Directors, Network Operations executives • Strategic Partners/Channels: companies serving telecom operators who want to include Tupl solutions in their value proposals • Discuss Technical Customer Care Automation, Proactive Care, Network Operations Automation (Fierce Innovation Award 2017 winner) & Tupl NOC Automation KEY CONTACT Petri Hautakangas CEO +1 425 633 7368 petri.hautakangas@tupl.com www.tupl.com
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The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) is the unifying voice for the technology community in Washington State. We consolidate the power of member companies to solve business problems they can’t solve on their own. We represent Washington’s entire tech industry, from startups to small and medium-sized businesses to multinational corporations. In partnership with education and government leaders, we’re building a better Washington. WTIA creates programs, delivers services and forms partnerships that enable employers to: • Recruit, develop and retain technology talent in Washington State. Our priority is to help Washington residents gain access to ICT jobs. • Obtain private and public investment capital to expand technology operations in Washington State. Our priority is to increase the number of ICT jobs in Washington State. Whether you have a company in Washington already or are thinking about opening an office there, we’re here to help the Washington technology community prosper together. Join us. KEY CONTACT Toni Colman Director of Business Development and Member Relations +1 206 707 7957 toni@washingtontechnology.org 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 390 Seattle, WA 98121 www.washingtontechnology.org
PRODUCTS & SERVICES Apprenti™ Association Health Plan OptiFlex Health Plan 401(k) MEP Business Insurance Phone Plan Startup Club Founder Cohort Advocacy Committee Ion Collaborators Event & Program Sponsorship
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