Poshmark, HotelTonight and CBS Interactive Converge at Appcelerate

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Sep 12, 2013, 08:00 ET


(PRWEB) September 12, 2013 -- Appcelerate (Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel, San Francisco) features acclaimed app experts such as Manish Chandra of Poshmark, Sam Shank of HotelTonight and Rob Gelick of CBS Interactive, as they address the continued efforts of the mobile industry to drive revenue through apps. In addition, they will present their ground breaking strategies that have led to these companies’ sustained popularity in the mobile apps market. The full speaker line-up for Appcelerate has been announced today on the conference website (http://www.openmobilemedia.com/san-francisco/appcelerate-index.php).

Andrew Pym, Project Director of Appcelerate has noted, “To have the leaders of such successful mobile app companies present at the conference demonstrates how important this event and its message is.” He went on to say, “We are able to offer a platform from which the CEOs of hugely popular app start-ups and giants of internet publishing are able to directly address the mobile apps ecosystem.”

Together with Poshmark, HotelTonight and CBS Interactive, executives from Shazam, The Weather Channel, GetGlue, Sidecar, Mayfield Ventures, Ribbon and Bottle Rocket will be presenting their success stories to the focused audience of mobile apps professionals. In total, over 35 mobile app industry leaders will share how they see the landscape of mobile apps today.

They include:

  • Manish Chandra, CEO, Poshmark
  • Sam Shank, CEO, HotelTonight
  • Tim Chang, Partner , Mayfield
  • Daniel Danker, CPO, Shazam
  • Alex Iskold, CEO, GetGlue
  • Sunil Paul, CEO, SideCar
  • Calvin Carter, President, Bottle Rocket
  • Tony Alfaro, CEO, Ribbon
  • Rob Gelick, SVP & GM of Digital Platform, CBS Interactive
  • Alex Linde, VP Mobile and Digital Apps, The Weather Channel

These leaders and visionaries will demonstrate how they overcame the challenges of monetization, engagement and scale and UX design and developed a leading app for the mobile consumer.

For more information about the Appcelerate 2013 including speakers, agenda and venue, go to http://www.openmobilemedia.com/san-francisco/appcelerate-index.php
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Speaker Contact
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0044 207 375 7599
apym(at)openmobilemedia(dot)com

Emily Savage, Open Mobile Media, http://www.telematicsupdate.com/munich/, +44 2073757167 7167, [email protected]