Echovox, Inc, a leading multinational mobile media solutions
provider servicing some of the world´s largest media groups, today
announced that Ned Walley has joined the company as General Manager of
Europe, Middle East and Africa for Zong. In his role, Walley will
continue market expansion of Zong, Echovox´s premier open mobile
platform for monetizing web content and mobile services. He will also
be responsible for managing product and engineering teams to ensure
all revenue opportunities are fulfilled. Walley will report to David
Marcus, Echovox´s chief executive officer.
"Ned Walley has forged significant relationships with a wide range
of media companies, both traditional and online," said David Marcus,
CEO of Echovox. "Ned´s experience in creating strong partnerships to
drive substantial revenues is impressive; consistently generating tens
of millions of dollars in annual revenue at Google bodes well for him
in his new role with Echovox."
Walley brings over 12 years of online and new media experience to
Echovox. Before Echovox, Walley started the European Strategic
Partnerships team at Google. As the first member of Google´s business
development team in Europe, he defined and implemented Google´s
strategic partnership strategy in major European markets. Prior to
Google, Walley developed European expansion, product and management
strategies for start-up Sharinga Networks, funded by AT&T´s Concert.
Immediately preceding Sharinga, Walley was Director of Business
Development and Director of European Product Development for
LookSmart, where he led and managed the Business Development team,
covering the largest strategic partnerships in the UK and Europe.
Walley was also a member of the initial launch team of CNET and their
Snap.com search engine and portal.
"I am thrilled to be leading business development at Zong, with
its unique, truly global, open mobile platform," said Ned Walley,
General Manager of Zong Europe. "I intend to call on my significant
experience to continue our expansion in Europe while build
relationships with partners around the world to ensure that publishers
and media firms can deliver and monetize their Web content,
capitalizing on the yet to be tapped mobile market."
Walley received two Bachelor´s of Arts degrees, East Asian Studies
and Sculpture, from Union College in Schenectady, New York.
About Echovox
Echovox, a leading multinational mobile media solutions provider,
was founded in 2000. Since then, Echovox has built a unique
infrastructure connecting over 60 mobile operators worldwide with some
of the world´s largest media groups to enable mobile content delivery
and billing capabilities to half a billion mobile subscribers.
The company provides live interactivity, mobile content,
entertainment and storefronts to TV, radio, Internet and press
companies across Europe and the US.
About Zong
Zong, the first open mobile platform provider, allows developers,
companies, social networks and web enterprises to launch
revenue-generating mobile services in minutes. Zong solves the
technical and business complexities of the closed, non-standardized
mobile sector, finally making it simple to launch mobile services and
applications. Zong is a division of Echovox, Inc, a leading
multinational mobile media solutions provider servicing some of the
world´s largest media groups.
