About

About Mobile Monday

Mobile Monday is the world’s largest mobile industry community with chapters in over 80 cities worldwide. Mobile Monday Boston started in 2006 as an informal meeting at a bar and since has grown into one of Boston’s biggest technology networking organizations. We are organized under Mobile Monday America which is a volunteer-led, grassroots, 501(c)(6) nonprofit trade organization based in Boston.

Mission

Our mission at Mobile Monday is to increase the size and innovation of the local mobile industry by facilitating connections between companies and people: helping investors connect with new mobile startups, companies connect with new employees, entrepreneurs connect with each other, and bringing new professionals and students into the mobile industry.

Our community includes hackers, entrepreneurs, mobile professionals, investors from angel groups and venture capital firms, and CEOs and senior management of mobile companies.

Our activities in Boston include running monthly networking events for 300-700 people, managing a mailing list for thousands of local mobile professionals, and publishing research on the mobile industry.

Most importantly, we strive to create a fun and innovative culture in which our industry can thrive.

People

Matt Gross

Matt Gross is founder of Mobile Monday Boston. Matt’s experience includes launching the WHERE consumer product line which has received over 2 million downloads and running MapQuest Mobile, the first mainstream US mobile application which at its peak accounted for 20% of all US mobile application revenue. Matt’s currently working on his new stealthy project and can be reached through his blog or matt.tv.Matt@momoboston.com

Itay Sharfi

Itay serves as treasurer and co-organizer of Mobile Monday. He is a product manager at Nokia’s strategy and portfolio management . He recently joined us from MIT Sloan where he led the MIT Mobile Club and won the MIT 100K Mobile prize. Before joining us in Boston, Itay worked at HP software and served as an officer in various technical and managerial positions in Israel. itay@momoboston.com

Maggie Taylor

Maggie Taylor is Marketing Manager at Skyhook Wireless and co-organizes Mobile Monday events in New York and Silicon Valley.

Samantha Hammar

Samantha Hammar is a public servant in Boston. She thrives on better communications for all and always wanting to do more. Currently working on: InnovationDistrict.org

Tamara Gruber

Tamara Gruber, Principal of Red Giant Consulting, is a marketing consultant and advisor to technology start ups and mobile companies including Crisp Wireless and Marlin Mobile.

Sarah R. Davis

Sarah is a student at Northeastern University majoring in Communications.

Mobile Camp Organizer: Keith Erskine is organizer of the annual Mobile Camp Boston.

Legal Advisor: Michael Barron helped established Mobile Monday as a non-profit and serves as our advisor.

Many thanks to our co-founders of Mobile Monday, who have since moved away from Boston:
Kate Imbach – Currently based in San Francisco
Alessandro Pace – Currently based in Italy
Tom Schmidt – Currently based in San Francisco

Video

Wonder what Mobile Monday is like? See a video of one of our recent events:

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino speaking at Mobile Monday