Our roster of esteemed authors and commentators is growing daily. Together we are a brave new force in the mobile content space, producing insight that impacts thinking on mobile search, personalization, recommendation, targeted mobile advertising, and social networking.

Be part of this exciting exchange: MSearchGroove welcomes guest essays and commentary from professionals and practitioners on all things digital at the intersection of content and context. If you are interested in contributing a guest column, please contact me directly at peggy@msearchgroove.com

Andrew Grill

Blog: www.london-calling.org.uk
Andrew, a recognized mobile advertising evangelist, draws from an extensive background in mobile advertising and a career in location based services to provide MSearchGroove with news and opinion on mobile advertising, location, and mobile social networking. He is best known as author of top 50 U.K. blog on mobile advertising London Calling. Andrew held a variety of positions in the telecom industry, most recently serving as General Manager, Sales and Marketing, at Seeker Wireless, a pioneer in location based services. Andrew is currently consulting in the mobile advertising space, connecting companies with smart mobile advertising solutions with brands, agencies, operators and end-users

Andreas Constantinou

Director of VisionMobile Ltd
Web: www.visionmobile.com
Blog: www.visionmobile.com/blog
VisionMobile Ltd. is a market know-how firm delivering industry research and strategy advisory services in the wireless sector. Andreas has eight years experience in research, development and strategy in wireless. He specializes in mobile handsets, the mobile software market, device management, operator strategy, and open source. Andreas has worked on several product and marketing strategy projects for clients including France Telecom, T-Mobile, OMTP, Teleca, Red Bend, Abaxia, and Trolltech, and authored numerous research reports for analyst firms Informa, Ovum, and ARCchart.

Pamir Gelenbe

Web: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pamir
Pamir Gelenbe is an Entrepreneur in Residence with Newtonmore, a family office based in London. His most recent investment is Seatwave, Europe’s leading fan-to-fan ticket exchange. He is still looking for a fantastic mobile media company in which to invest. If you know one, Pamir can be reached at gelenbe@gmail.com.

Dr. Rick Hangartner

Chief Scientist, Strands
Web: www.strands.com/
Blog: http://blog.strands.com/
Dr .Hangartner is Chief Scientist at Strands, a company developing technologies to better understand people’s taste and help them discover things they like and didn’t know about. To this end, Strands has created a social recommender engine that is able to provide real-time recommendations of products and services through computers, mobile phones and other Internet-connected devices. Dr. Hangartner has nearly 30 years experience developing computing hardware and software in the aerospace, data communications, heavy-trucking, and supercomputing industries. Prior to joining MyStrands, he worked for seven years at Cray, Inc., developing high performance computing hardware and software.

Jakomi Mathews

Blog: http://themusicvoid.com
Jakomi Mathews is a digital music and media practitioner who has held executive positions at the helm of many successful mobile media and music initiatives in the U.K. His career has given him insights and access to an impressive network of industry leaders and innovators. Jakomi, who established a digital technology and content consultancy in 2006, joined Oplayo in 2007 as a Business Strategy and Development Director. A brave voice in the mobile music industry, he has provided technology and digital marketing strategy consulting to clients including Diageo, Synrgzy, Hutchinson 3G, Find Tunes, jTV, and a number of recording labels.

John Puterbaugh

Founder & Chief Strategist, Nellymoser
Web: www.nellymoser.com
Blog: Mobile 2.0 and Emerging Mobile Media Services
Nellymoser enables media companies and network operators to establish and grow their mobile businesses, providing a mobile services platform that effectively gives customers everything they need to deliver extensible, Mobile 2.0 services that engage broad audiences with rich, interactive experiences. John has over 15 years experience in creating and developing interactive multimedia solutions for IP networks, mobile phones and other consumer products. Before Nellymoser, he was CTO of Reelworks, which provides voice technology solutions for the film and entertainment industry. John is a frequent speaker at industry events – including the CES, CTIA, Game Developers Conference, Digital Music Forum, and 3GSM – on a wide range of topics such as technology roadmaps for Mobile TV, on-deck and off-deck strategies, and business models for mobile music.

Chetan Sharma

Web: www.chetansharma.com
Blog: AORTA
Founder and President of Chetan Sharma Consulting, Chetan is a recognized industry expert in strategy and implementation of wireless data and pervasive computing solutions. He has a strong background in developing and launching technologies, products and solutions for the wireless Industry, including extensive experience in managing and delivering all phases of the product development cycle. He has served as an advisor to senior executive management of several Fortune 100 companies in the mobile space. Clients include NTT DoCoMo, Disney, KTF, Samsung, Virgin Mobile, Sprint Nextel, AT&T Wireless, Cincinnati Bell, Reuters, Qualcomm, Reliance Infocomm, SAP, Merrill Lynch, American Express, Infospace, BEA, and HP.

Barry Smyth

Chief Scientist, ChangingWorlds
Web: www.changingworlds.com
Prof. Barry Smyth is the Chief Scientist at ChangingWorlds, a company specializing in personalized mobile content discovery, pioneering the intelligent delivery of personalized content for the purposes of mobile portal navigation, content recommendations, mobile advertising, and mobile search. Prof. Smyth has chosen to launch a series of Thought Leadership articles on MSearchGroove, providing insights into best-practice for the implementation of personalization strategies to deliver measurable results, as well as the pivotal role of personalization in mobile search, mobile advertising and mobile content services.

Martin Wilson

Web: http://www.indigo102.com/
Martin has been involved in digital media for over 12 years, during which time he gained a wealth of experience in the fixed line and mobile Internet, voice, and messaging. As Head of Mobile at Yell, one of the world’s leading directory publishers, he was responsible for developing mobile and media channel strategies and service propositions. In January 2008, Martin established Indigo 102, an independent consultancy, to drive interest in mobile Internet services and identify the business models and approaches that deliver positive results. Today, Indigo 102 works with leading directory publishers, media owners, and online service providers, helping them take their brands – and value propositions – to mobile.