Author, Consultant and Motivational Speaker

New Mobile Ecosystem track, Thu Oct 7th at 13:50

Mr Tomi T. Ahonen is the author of nine bestselling books on mobile. Translated into several languages, he is the father of numerous industry tools, theories and concepts, and already referenced in over 90 books by other authors. Mr Ahonen has been quoted in over 350 press articles from Wall Street Journal, Business Week, the Economist and Financial Times on, and seen often on TV on all six inhabited continents. He lectures twice per year at Oxford University's short courses on digital convergence and next generation telecoms and he has presented papers at over 250 conferences in 40 countries on six continents. His Twitter feed @tomiahonen is widely followed.

Before starting his own consulting company in 2001, Tomi Ahonen was the Global Head of Business Consultancy for Nokia. Before that he worked for Elisa and Finnet Group in Finland, and started his technology career on Manhattan at one of the world's first internet service providers, OCSNY. Mr Ahonen's accomplishments include creating the world's first fixed-mobile service bundle; setting the world record for taking market share from the incumbent; and creating the world's largest billing system covering 45 independent telecoms operators.

Tomi's six hardcover books are Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media (2008), Digital Korea (with O'Reilly, 2007), Communities Dominate Brands (with Moore, 2005), 3G Marketing (with Kasper & Melkko, 2004), m-Profits (2002) and Services for UMTS (with Barrett 2002). He has also authored three eBooks: the Tomi Ahonen Almanac; Pearls Vol 1:Mobile Advertising; and Pearls Vol 2: Mobile Social Networking. Mr Ahonen holds an MBA with Hons from St Johns University New York. For more see www.tomiahonen.com

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