WASHINGTON STATE
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2017 - Company DIRECTORY
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EPICENTER OF MOBILE TECH INNOVATION
W A S H I N G T O N S T AT E D E L E G AT I O N
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Apptentive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Buddy Platform Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County (EDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Glympse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Guppy Games | Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Meylah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Qikspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sirqul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Syntonic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Touchbase, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tupl, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Uptop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Washington State Department of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Washington Technology Industry Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Geekwire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Your Partner in Mobile Washington State maintains a network of foreign offices to provide no-cost international business development assistance and attract foreign investment. Our team of business experts stands at the ready to help you do business in and with Washington State. As a mobile company you’ll find that the state is ideally suited to your business goals, whether you’re a one person start-up bent on reinventing mobile entertainment or a large firm overseas that wants to expand operations into the US. Mark Calhoon Senior Managing Director Small Business Export Assistance Washington State Department of Commerce T: +1 206 256 6137 M: +1 206 669 7578 mark.calhoon@commerce.wa.gov Robert Fiddick Information & Communication Technology Business Development Manager Washington State Department of Commerce T: +1 206 256 6141 M: +1 206 257 8362 robert.fiddick@commerce.wa.gov Lucy Atkinson Europe Representative Washington State Department of Commerce T: +44 1451 822252 M: +44 7899 804036 lucy.atkinson@tfdi.co.uk Laura Checa Europe Representative M: +34 637 46 14 87
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Washington State Department of Commerce
Washington State. Building business legends
The birthplace of tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia, Cray and F5 and home to engineering offices for Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Salesforce, Washington State has established itself as an internationally renowned center of excellence in mobile apps, gaming, hardware and software. In fact, few places in the United States can match our talented pool of nearly 200,000 technology-based workers employed by the 14,000 ICT companies statewide. Top-tier talent is drawn to the region by its entrepreneurial mindset, 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.
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There is a spirit of cooperation and collaboration in Washington State that is hard to find anywhere else. New ideas are readily embraced and improved upon, spurring advances across the board, from revolutionary mobile apps that redefine how smart a smartphone is to the next big thing – cloud computing and big data. Innovation isn’t limited to the ICT sector either. There is a spillover effect in Washington State where hardware, software and mobile apps 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; supported by cutting-edge R&D from our universities and national laboratory – one of only 10 in the United States – a robust networking infrastructure, and a passion for creating the most amazing products and services in the world.
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The ability to work and live in vibrant urban cores appeals to Millennials who value their five minute commute as much as the energy and diversity of metropolitan centers where trendy eateries, restaurants and entertainment venues are just steps away. And when they’re not punching code, it’s a quick drive to go snow skiing, mountain biking, kayaking or to the border – Canada is just a few hours away from the state’s major population centers.
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Apptentive Apptentive’s mobile customer experience software helps companies listen to, engage with and retain their customers. The product empowers companies to build brands customers love by understanding their behavior and expectations through intelligently timed surveys, messages and prompts. Integrated into thousands of mobile apps, Apptentive helps companies proactively engage customer segments, track customer sentiment, boost app ratings, drive downloads and earn loyalty. The company powers millions of customer interactions every month for companies including eBay, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Philips and Viacom.
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CRM Systems Content Management Messaging Mobile Advertising and Marketing Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Apptentive’s software helps companies achieve: • Improved customer retention and LTV • Better app ratings and reviews • Proactive, targeted mobile surveys and messaging • Feedback for product roadmap • Data-driven decision making • Customer sentiment tracking MEETING GOALS Meet with companies seeking software vendors to improve their mobile customer communications, ratings and engagement. Meet other mobile and SaaS companies to explore opportunities for business partnership. KEY CONTACT Robi Ganguly CEO & Co-founder M: +1 415 939 7143 robi@apptentive.com 815 Western Ave, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98014 www.apptentive.com
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MBaaS PaaS SaaS M2M / Telemetry Systems Data Analysis Cloud Services Data Clearing Application Development – General
Buddy Platform is a trusted technology provider for the monitoring and verification of energy and water resources in large commercial buildings, dense residential complexes, and university and government campuses. Buddy helps turn energy savings into a strategic asset. Mobile applications continue to play a critical role in the deployment, management and control of IoT systems from energy monitoring, to cities and beyond. To address this need, Buddy built a fully hosted and fully featured mobile backend as a service called Parse on Buddy. It was built to be the most similar to the original Parse service, thousands of developers around the world came to trust. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Buddy Platform • Buddy provides real-time energy and water monitoring for commercial/ retail, industrial, government, education and utility facilities • Accurately track and manage energy generation and usage to turn energy savings into a strategic asset Parse on Buddy • Parse on Buddy is as similar to the original Parse service as possible to service the most highly trafficked apps in the world • Migrating an app from Facebook’s Parse to Buddy’s Parse is a simple three step process • Parse on Buddy eliminates hosting and management pain points by adding functionality like cloud code, jobs, webhooks and more MEETING GOALS Meet with large building and building complex owners and managers to help turn energy savings into an asset. Also interested in meeting with local, state and federal governments to discuss major Smart City initiatives. KEY CONTACT Brian Seitz Vice President of Marketing and Communications M: +1 425 241 2172 brian@buddy.com 1418 3rd Ave NE #300 Seattle, WA 98101 +1 425 372 7930
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& The Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County (EDC) is the only public-private economic development partnership encompassing King County and its 39 cities. We provide one-on-one, confidential consulting services, free-of-charge, to individual businesses seeking to establish, expand or relocate to Seattle and King County. Unique Selling Points • Seattle-King County is the birthplace of some of the world’s most influential information & communications technology (ICT) firms, including: Microsoft, Amazon, Nintendo, Expedia, T-Mobile, Zillow and Cray. • Seattle-King County is a hotbed for tech talent with the largest concentration of application software engineers in the United States. • Seattle-King County is home to strategic locations for major out-ofstate companies, such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Apple, BestBuy, and Alibaba, and more than 50 other engineering centers. • Seattle-King County supports a growing list of ICT sub-sectors, including: big data/analytics, consumer/internet of things (IoT), digital media, e-commerce, enterprise software, hardware, interactive media/ virtual reality, devOps, mobile and SaaS.
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Business Expansion and Relocation Site Selection Economic and Demographic Data Foreign Trade Zone Information Business Counsel and Advice Access to Business Financing Options Relocation Incentives Information Facilitation with Permitting Processes Workforce Development/ Training Resources
Meeting Goals To identify and work with ICT companies from around the world who are considering either opening a US headquarters or satellite operation in Seattle-King County and need to understand how to get the most out of the region and site selection. Our business development manager representing the ICT sector will be onsite to help provide business counsel and advice. Key Contact David M. Jennings Business Development Manager, IT Sector M: +1 206 465 4925 DJennings@EDC-SeaKing.org www.edc-seaking.org
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PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Location Technology and Services Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services
Glympse, the pioneer and global leader in real-time location sharing services for consumer, IoT, and enterprise platforms is the standard in connecting people and brands through the devices they use most. Through its robust platform, Glympse provides a simple way to integrate location sharing across messaging, IoT, auto, navigation and more. From consumer integrations to enterprise, Glympse is giving companies tools to improve customer experience, increase engagement and offer operational insights through location. Glympse partners with a wide-variety of top-tier companies for integrations into their products, services and applications. This includes Amazon Echo, ADT, Blackberry, BMW/MINI, Charter Spectrum, Comcast, Ford, Garmin, General Motors, GoGo, Google, IBM iX, Jaguar/Land Rover, Logitech, Mercedes, Microsoft Dynamics, Pizza Hut, Rogers Communications, Samsung, Verizon, Vodafone and Volvo. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS The Glympse platform offers powerful, cross-platform, device-agnostic integrative location sharing solutions for partners into new or existing products and services. MEETING GOALS To meet and increase awareness with carriers, OEMs, automotive, Home IoT and mobile application partners looking for an integrative location sharing solution. Seeking to meet with larger enterprise scale companies with field service or delivery operations, such as cable/telco, food or package delivery, home services and more looking to improve CX, CSAT/NPS scores and customer engagement. KEY CONTACTS Timo Bauer SVP New Business Development M: +1 425 442 9917 tbauer@glympse.com David Troll, SVP Sales and Customer Operations M: +1 216 334 9454 david@glympse.com
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1424 11th Ave Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98122 www.glympse.com
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 intelligent DSP. GameDrop.me is a pre and post launch engagement platform for mobile app developers, which results in a 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. Our Intelligent DSP is connected through all major RTB networks. 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
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Mobile Advertising and Marketing Mobile Gaming Mobile Internet and Search Social Media / Networking Application Development: General
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. KEY CONTACT Alex Choe CEO M: +1 206 200 0444 alexc@guppygames.com 2531 152nd Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 +1 425 450 9494 www.guppymedia.com
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Cloud Services Application Development General and Shopping Business Support Services Business Intelligence Education and Training Consulting and Engineering Services Mobile Payments and Remittances Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services Social Media/ Networking Content Provider
Meylah is a premier Cloud Solution Provider that enables cross industry and vertical solutions with managed services to dramatically streamline marketing and customer support operations. A founding member of Ignite Washington, Meylah is focused on digital readiness for SMBs to support growth and innovation. In addition, Meylah also offers turnkey mobile platforms such as marketplace as a service, mobile stores for small businesses and resource kit for “Smart City, Smart Businesses” initiative. Our vision is powering an ecosystem of connected marketplaces in which small businesses can thrive and provide a strong foundation for global economy. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Meylah’s solutions help companies achieve: Strategic consulting services for developing disruptive digital business models • Launch turnkey marketplace • Drive lead generation • Enable mobile commerce • Easily launch mobile assessments • Couponing • Small business mobile stores • Business intelligence • Smart city, Smart businesses solutions • Business accelerators MEETING GOALS • Meet CEO/CTO/CMO and decision makers to launch Smart City, Smart Business solutions • Identify companies seeking cloud services to build new business models and services • Meet enterprises companies to discuss marketplace solutions to build healthy ecosystems online • Meet resellers to resell our cloud solutions • Identify companies who are interested in developing cloud first or move to cloud strategies KEY CONTACT Chaitra Vedullapalli Founder/CMO M: +1 510 579 4945 Chai@meylah.com 3600 136th Place Southeast #300 Bellevue, WA, 98075
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Helping individuals and teams manage their workflow, content, interactions, tasks and events. Providing enterprise level solutions with the ease of use, and cost, of a consumer product.
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With Qikspace group discussions, meetings, tasks and workspaces become innovation. Sharing files, notes and pictures keeps a team connected and productive. Individuals and teams require more than group messaging. When Slack isn’t enough, try Qikspace.
Mobile Consumer and Enterprise Solution
Business App “team workflow, made simple”
Big Data & AI Engine
Based in Seattle, Qikspace was founded in 2012 by David Smith and has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Competitors believe working together is just group messaging. MEETING GOALS Meet ESPs, Carriers, CRMs, enterprise software providers and OEMs interested in integrating productivity services into their offerings. KEY CONTACT David Smith Founder +1 732-673-2370 dsmith@smithstillion.com www.qikspace.com
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Application Development - General Consulting and Engineering Services IoT/M2M Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services Retail
Sirqul™ (www.sirqul.com) provides an Engagement-as-a-Service (EaaS) IoT Platform to drive engagement, operational efficiency, rapid innovation and create new revenue streams. Headquartered in Seattle, WA, Sirqul is led by Robert Frederick, the original technical founder of Amazon’s first forays into Secure Mobile Commerce (Amazon Anywhere) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). At the foundation of Sirqul’s platform are 67 APIs and starter kit templates for rapidly creating IoT solutions with a building block approach. Our mission is to empower people to easily imagine and deliver engaging experiences via connected devices and ecosystems. From the smallest development teams to the Fortune 100, innovative organizations use Sirqul to reduce the time from IoT inspiration to reality. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Location / presence / engagement • Smart mesh edge computing / orchestration • Personalization / machine learning / optimization • Advanced routing and logistics • Big data (prediction & analysis) • Resource management MEETING GOALS To find key strategic partners and customers who are looking to innovate with IoT and mobile solutions across smart buildings, cities, retail, healthcare, transportation and autonomous robotics. KEY CONTACT Scott Kurttila VP Business Development M: +1 917 518 9390 scott@sirqul.com www.sirqul.com
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Syntonic is transforming the economics of mobile content and application access for consumers and businesses. Freeway by Syntonic® provides a frictionless way for application developers, content publishers and advertisers to reach, acquire, engage and monetize mobile users, and it’s a new way for consumers to freely access apps without impacting their mobile data. The service expands global reach to Android and iOS smartphones, and is integrated within the world’s leading operator networks. Syntonic DataFlex® separates business and personal expenses on employee owned BYOD smartphones allowing businesses to confidently expand BYOD while reducing mobile costs, increasing workplace productivity and advancing business analytics. Visit www. syntonic.com.
Product/Services
Mobile Advertising and Marketing Mobile Payments and Remittances Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Sponsored data and usage based data rewards • Comprehensive brand awareness, acquisition, engagement and monetization • Native application support: no SDK required • Integrated and over-the-top operator solutions • Mobile split billing for BYOD • App-level analytics MEETING GOALS Pursue Freeway sponsored data and rewards business opportunities with app developers, content owners, advertisers and mobile operators. Seek DataFlex BYOD mobile split billing opportunities with mobile operators, expense management providers, system integrators and enterprise mobility management vendors. Key CONTACT Gary Greenbaum CEO +1 206 408 8072 x702 gary@syntonic.com www://syntonic.com
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PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Application Development – General Mobile Enterprise Solutions and Services Content Management
TouchBase provides rapid mobile application development for companies seeking to expand their reach across all mobile devices. In as little as two weeks, TouchBase can create and launch a customized mobile app for both Apple and Android platforms. TouchBase also provides enterprises with custom mobile app solutions for business process improvements, operational efficiencies, and sales enablement. TouchBase’s award winning platform software is a leading mobile app developer for restaurants, construction and education sectors. TouchBase was founded in 2014 and is funded by Technology Accelerator Techstars. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Mobile applications are developed and launched within two weeks. • Simple, user-friendly software for managing content within app. • We also do custom mobile app development. MEETING GOALS Need to meet VPs of engineering, marketing, CMOs, COOs, VPs of sales, director of sales and business development to discuss their mobile app development needs. KEY CONTACT Santosh Khare CEO M: +1 425 492 6980 santosh@touchbaseinc.com 1100 NE Campus Parkway #200 Seattle, WA 98012 www.touchbaseinc.com
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Tupl automates the most critical and complex tasks within the network operations. We have gone beyond the big data insights, and built world’s first use cases with complex automation all the way to closed loop level. Our live deployments are showing 10x improvement in resolution speeds, 4x improvement in accuracy, with 100% consistency. We are headquartered in United States, with presence in Spain, Mexico and Japan, and looking into further expanding our footprint during 2017. Join us in MWC for: • Technical customer care automation • Network operations automation • Solving any other critical operational issues with big data
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Data Analysis Network Management Operational Support Systems (OSS) Managed Network Services Network Planning and Design
UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Network operations closed loop automation by AI • Immediate ROI • From telecom experts, to telecom operators - we know your business • Open environment for in-house/3rd party applications on TuplOS MEETING GOALS • Customers: mobile operator CxO/directors such as CTO, NW directors, strategy officers/directors, network operations executives • Strategic partners/channels: companies serving mobile operators and willing to include Tupl solution to their value proposals for their customers KEY CONTACT Petri Hautakangas CEO M: +1 425 633 7368 Petri.hautakangas@tupl.com 3600 136TH Place SE Suite 300 Bellevue, WA 98005 www.tupl.com
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UX (User Experience) Design Interaction Design E-commerce Web and Mobile Development Web Portals, CMS, CRM, WCM Application Development – General IoT / M2M
UpTop supports your business goals by developing and improving the usability of everyday digital interactions, making them more appealing and intuitive to your end users. Our user-centered approach to research, evidence-based design, and test driven development creates lasting and engaging experiences. We see ourselves as your partner, from conception and strategy to design and deployment. Whether you’re looking to refresh an outdated application or design an entirely new product, we’re here to help. UNIQUE SELLING POINTS • Located in Seattle, one of the world’s greatest centers of technology talent • Data and evidence based design approach • Clients include Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, Starbucks, Clarisonic, Warren Miller • 16 years of experience MEETING GOALS • International companies preparing to market a product or service inside the U.S. • Organizations with complex portal solutions for customers, employees and partners • E-commerce companies looking to convert more traffic into sales KEY CONTACT Adam Schuster Business Development Manager M: +1 206 923 8334 aschuster@uptopcorp.com 1501 Fourth Avenue Suite 2100 Seattle, WA 98101 www.uptopcorp.com
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Washington State Department of Commerce
Whether you’re investing, exporting, expanding, relocating or growing your market share, our team of experienced business professionals at the State of Washington can provide you with adaptive and customized programs and services you need to succeed. Services include • • • • • • • • • • •
Site selection Permitting & regulatory assistance Infrastructure Financing Workforce training Export assistance Overseas trade offices Trade shows and trade missions Business matchmaking Market research Investment assistance
Contact
+1 206 256 6100 moreinfo@choosewashingtonstate.com www.choosewashingtonstate.com
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The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) is the unifying voice for the technology community in Washington State. We inform and motivate industry, education and government professionals to collaborate productively in building the education systems and physical infrastructure needed to ensure that our region continues as one of the world’s most influential technology hubs. Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) offers connections that can help you: • Build successful business partnerships • Network with peers, including tech talent, executives, investors and entrepreneurs • Stay current on topics relevant to your business • Provide continuing education to your employees • Advocate for public policy that helps grow the technology sector • Post job opportunities • Provide competitive health benefits to your employees • Position yourself as an industry thought leader 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. CONTACT 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 390 Seattle, WA 98121 +1 206 448 3033 info@washingtontechnology.org washingtontechnology.org
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GeekWire is a fast-growing national technology news site with strong roots in the Pacific Northwest and a large audience of loyal, tech-savvy readers around the globe, who follow the site for breaking news, expert analysis and unique insights into the technology industry. GeekWire is uniquely positioned to cover some of the most widely followed and innovative tech companies in the world, including Microsoft and Amazon, and one of the most vibrant startup markets in the country. In addition to its coverage, GeekWire’s events bring out thousands of people to connect, learn, recruit, do business and have fun with people from across the technology community. The site was started in 2011 by two longtime journalists, John Cook and Todd Bishop; and startup veteran Jonathan Sposato. GeekWire informs, entertains, connects and inspired the smartest people on the planet. Visit us today: geekwire.com
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