Ron Cohen is RipFone's founder and CEO. Prior to RipFone, Ron was the founder of Evryx Technologies (now LinkMeMobile), the world's first mobile visual search company. Previously, Ron was a Program Manager at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a systems engineer at TRW / Northrop Grumman, and a Space Shuttle mission controller at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Ron has 7 patents and 27 patents pending in mobile search and content discovery. He holds BS & MS engineering degrees from Penn State and Stanford. Yes, a real rocket scientist. ron@ripfone.com.

Michael Tasooji is EVP and CIO of Quiksilver. He was previously EVP and CIO of Gap Inc.  Prior to Gap Inc., Michael held several CIO positions at the Walt Disney Company, including VP of IT for Disneyland Resort, CIO of the Theme Parks & Resorts segment, and Global CIO for The Walt Disney Company.  Michael also spent 5 years in the pharmaceutical distribution industry as head of applications. Michael holds BS and MBA degrees from the University of Southern California. He served on the Corporate Advisory Board of University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and is on the board of directors of INTECO Systems, Inc.

Roger Lakhani was VP of Finance & Operations at GuardTime. Previously, he was CFO of the $100MM/yr Atlantis Group, and co-founder and CTO of Wina Corp. Roger holds BS and MS engineering degrees from MIT, a PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. He is fluent in Japanese and French. Roger has more brain cells than... well, it's just not fair.

Jay Maharjan is a passionate advocate for entrepreneurship, sustainable innovation and conceptual thinking in business. He was Influenced by the teachings of the legendary management guru Peter Drucker. Jay is the Founder of 4entrepreneur.net and a managing equity partner of multiple companies.  He has been a consultant to executives in multiple verticals, including sports, entertainment and technology. Jay has a huge Twitter following, but whether this had led to any hot dates for him is not clear.

Conventional media is one-way. You are entertained or informed by TV, concerts, sporting events, and the like. At RipFone we provide a platform to make these media and events two-way interactive, facilitated by mobile technology. Our passion is to enable a richer user experience and new forms of communication, entertainment, learning, and marketing, most of which have not yet been imagined.

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