Sunnyvale, Ca – January 23, 2007 -- Livingston to drive mBlox’s position as global mobile industry leader.
mBlox, the world’s largest mobile transaction network, today announced that Steve Livingston has joined the company as its chief marketing officer.
In this role Livingston will develop mBlox’s market leadership in the U.S., Europe and Southeast Asia, and enhance its visibility in meeting the growing needs of mobile businesses worldwide. Bringing more than 25 years of marketing experience to the mBlox management team, Livingston’s leadership and proven track record of success will deliver greater customer, industry and market focus on mBlox’s mobile savvy enterprise customers, including mobile entertainment and interactive TV.Livingston’s experience encompasses roles at IBM, AT&T Wireless and Bytemobile. He joins mBlox from Bytemobile, where as executive vice president of worldwide marketing, sales, business development and customer operations, he helped build the company into the world’s leading provider of data optimization solutions for mobile networks. He was responsible for all marketing, sales and customer support, and oversaw international growth to include more than 60 mobile carrier customers in 36 countries.
Prior to Bytemobile, Livingston was vice president of business marketing at AT&T Wireless. Livingston was responsible for all business-to-business marketing for the company. He also was vice president of marketing at CellularOne, where he was responsible for the company’s marketing and corporate communications programs. He developed products and services enabling CellularOne to obtain the number one position in market share. Livingston holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley and is a graduate of the Stanford Business School executive program.
“At mBlox we have built a totally new kind of global network, focused on mobile transactions,� said Jeff Clark, CEO of mBlox. “We serve thousands of industry customers, through partnerships with mobile carriers in dozens of countries. Our marketing opportunity is to execute on the growing number of exciting possibilities in existing and new sectors, countries and technologies. Steve brings world-class skills to the role, and will help lead mBlox to the next level.�
“mBlox has established itself as the global powerhouse for mobile transaction delivery and billing,� said Livingston. “I am thrilled to join the team at mBlox which is leading this expanding market by offering customers innovative new products and services.�
About mBlox
mBlox is the world’s largest mobile transaction network. Specializing in the commercial and technical complexities of mobile payment and message transmission, mBlox is in the business of connecting companies with customers. The result of this dedicated attention to messaging services is that mBlox delivers comprehensive and dependable SMS transport and financial settlement services. With an international network of offices, mature operator relationships and carrier-grade infrastructure, mBlox powers mobile business. mBlox is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with EMEA headquarters in London, Asia headquarters in Singapore and offices around the world. For further information visit www.mblox.com
Source: mBlox
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