Monday, April 2, 2012

Application Developers Alliance reveals its founding directors

The ADA hasn't only been recruiting members, but founding directors too. It's succeeded in getting Google and RIM around its laptop-laden table, in addition to representatives from CBS Interactive, AT&T Interactive and various other companies listed within the PR after the break. In case you are an app developer, and in case you join, these guys could be your A-Team.

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Application Developers Alliance Announces Founding Board of Directors

Leading companies and industry experts bring
broad range of expertise and services to newly formed Apps Alliance

Google, RIM, Brad Feld, Robert Scoble and others join Alliance in commitment to serve developers, drive industry innovation and growth

Washington, D.C., (April 2, 2012) – The various top names in application development, app integration and digital media have joined the appliance Developers Alliance and are among its founding board of directors. The board will convene for the 1st time April 24 in San Francisco.

The Apps Alliance Board could be liable for guiding the organization, formally launched Jan. 3, 2012, to deliver services to developers and drive innovation and growth inside the development industry. Since its formation three months ago, Apps Alliance membership has already grown to greater than 4,500 individual developers and 45 corporate members and repair sponsors.

"It's gratifying that such significant individuals and firms are supporting our mission of providing developers with more resources to power innovation and growth," said Alliance founder and President Jon Potter. "By joining together in support of app developers, they're acknowledging that small and medium-sized developers are a critical source of talent and innovation that needs to be cultivated for the total industry to succeed."

The board members bring a broad range of relevant expertise to the Alliance, including global platforms Google and RIM; content publishers AT&T Interactive and CBS Interactive; leading tool developers and alertness producers equivalent to Media Chaperone, TMSOFT, Locaid Technologies, appMobi and The Echo Nest; and evangelists and innovators like Robert Scoble, Joel Spolsky and Brad Feld.

The whole board includes:
Philippe Browning, Vp, Advertising and Operations, CBS Interactive
Don Dodge, Developer Advocate, Google
Brad Feld, Co-founder, Foundry Group
Mike Fordyce, Senior Vp, Business Development, Publisher Products & Partnership Management, AT&T Interactive
Josh Hartwell, CEO, Mobile Deluxe
David Kennedy, CEO, appMobi
Ed Lewis, CEO and Founder, Media Chaperone
Jim Lucchese, CEO, The Echo Nest
Andrew Maltin, CEO and Co-founder, MEDL Mobile
Josh Matthews, CEO and Co-founder, Apkudo, Inc.
Todd Moore, Founder, TMSOFT
Naomi Morita, Vice chairman, Product Development, Locaid Technologies
Grant Neerings, Chief Technology Officer, DIY Media Services
Jose A. Vallés Núñez, Director, BlueVia
Alec Saunders, Vice chairman Developer Relations and Ecosystem Development, RIM
Robert Scoble, Startup Liason Officer and Developer Evangelist, Rackspace
David Simon, Managing Director, Woobaa Games, Inc.
Joel Spolsky, CEO and co-founder, StackExchange.com

The Alliance provides application developers with tools, resources and services to assist them grow, learn and create. Its services include training and education, business development support; public policy advocacy, and access to an internet collaboration network for developers.

About Application Developers Alliance
The applying Developers Alliance is newly formed industry association devoted to meeting the original needs of application developers. The Apps Alliance supports developers of each type, across all languages and platforms and works to make building, testing and shipping great apps easier for all developers. Alliance members include greater than 3000 individual application developers, software entrepreneurs and leaders, and beneficiaries of application innovation. Visit us at appalliance.org.


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