Crisp Voices Blog
Boris Fridman, CEO
Leader and visionary for Crisp Wireless, Boris is a mobile and wireless industry veteran. Boris is found passionately expounding on the virtues of mobile advertising and the mobile web. Co-author of Wireless Business for the Enterprise: Making Sense of Wireless Business, published by McGraw Hill in 2001, Boris is also a frequent speaker at conferences and events including CTIA Wireless. If he’s not tirelessly working, Boris will be found indulging his refined palate in gourmet restaurants around the city or commuting to his home in NJ. Boris blogs about his take on the industry, events, and the future of mobile advertising. Follow Boris on Twitter at http://twitter.com/borisf
Tamara Gruber, VP of Marketing
The energy behind Crisp Wireless marketing, Tamara keeps busy shaping and supporting the Crisp Wireless brand. With over 15 years in high tech marketing, including 10 in mobile and wireless, Tamara has learned a thing or two along the way and likes to comment on the hype and reality of mobile. She spent five years as a marketing consultant for mobile/tech companies and previously held management positions at Scan Mobile, Broadbeam, and Kyocera. In her second life as mom and long-distance commuter, she stays connected through social networking, on mobile of course. Follow Tamara on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tgruber
Tom Foran, Chief Revenue Officer
Tom Foran is an accomplished interactive marketing professional who specializes in growing revenue and building teams at industry-leading and start-up companies. At Crisp, Foran is the senior Sales and Marketing executive tasked with global revenue responsibility. Foran comes to Crisp after serving as GM of Ad Sales & Operations for Quigo. As a member of Quigo’s senior management team, Tom was instrumental in driving the company’s rapid growth (Quigo was acquired by AOL in November of 2007). Prior to Quigo, Tom spent five years in the Search industry, including senior Business Development and Strategic Alliances roles at Overture and Yahoo. He also worked in Business Development for United Online and NBCi. Tom graduated summa cum laude/Phi Beta Kappa from Tufts University.
Tom Limongello, Sr Director of Business Development
Tom recently used up some of his 15 minutes of web micro-fame with his role in the launch of the Failwhale. Tom writes about the power of sharing news and trends via social networks for increasing mobile web usage, global trends in mobile and how mobile web offers more of the day for targeted advertising, and why that's ok. During the day, Tom also handles many of Crisp Wireless' relationships with major news and entertainment companies. Follow Tom on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tlimongello
Nick Smolney, Director of Project Management
As Director of Project Management at Crisp Wireless, Nick oversees the development of mobile websites for Crisp’s prestigious clients. His responsibilities include the day-to-day operations of the Professional Services development team, ensuring that all projects are completed on time and with the high level of quality that the Crisp name has come to represent. With a background in programming, Nick has the reputation of being a bit of a problem solver, and often helps brainstorm, plan and design many of the custom solutions that are present on the Crisp Publisher Network. Nick has spent the last seven years focused on mobile and game development, and has worked at such companies as N-FUSION Interactive, Sonic Boom, Gameloft, and Dow Jones. In his spare time, Nick likes to dabble in mobile web and game technologies and most recently had an entry in the 2008 Come Out and Play Festival. He also teaches at Bloomfield College and NJIT and is the treasurer of the NJ IGDA, the preeminent professional association for game developers. Nick holds a dual bachelors degree in Computer Science and Physics from Rutgers University. Follow Nick on Twitter or find him on LinkedIn.