FunMobility's management team includes senior executives with extensive experience in wireless technology development, carrier services, animation, special effects rendering technology and multi-channel direct to consumer sales and marketing. The unique makeup of the management team enables FunMobility to create robust and compelling mobile platform applications for the next generation of wireless entertainment experiences for the mobile consumer.
– Founder and CEO
Adam Lavine has deep experience in technology, animation and the wireless industry. Prior to founding FunMail (now FunMobility), in 1999, Adam was founder and CEO of Specular International, a 3D graphics and animation software company whose customers included Disney, ABC Television and Industrial Light and Magic. Specular was sold to MetaTools, a publicly traded company in 1997, where Adam worked on streaming 3D technologies before leaving to found FunMail. Before Specular, Adam was an Animation Instructor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he produced and directed animations for the National Science Foundation. Adam graduated Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts, where he holds degrees in English and Educational Computer Animation.
– Founder and CTO
Mr. Chen is responsible for the overall technical direction at FunMobility, and focuses on both advancing FunMobility's core technology and on developing new applications. Prior to founding FunMobility, Mr. Chen was the founder and Chief Scientist of Specular International. At Specular, Mr. Chen assembled and lead an elite engineering team that designed and developed many award winning 2D and 3D professional graphics software such as Infini-D, Collage, Logomotion and Backburner.
– Chief Operating Officer
Arvind Narain is the Chief Operating Officer at FunMobility. In this role, Mr. Narain drives the organization's growth and manages the day-to-day operations of FunMobility, including sales and marketing, corporate development, content partnerships, engineering, and finance.
Mr. Narain brings to FunMobility extensive leadership experience, spanning over 20 years in technology innovation, marketing, sales and business strategy. Mr. Narain was most recently Senior Vice President of McAfee, where he spearheaded their mobile market development and deployment activities around 'security as a service". As co-founder and operational leader of Network Associates (NAI) subsidiary myCIO, he helped create the world's first business-to-business security application service provider (ASP). In these roles, he partnered with global carriers such as NTT DoCoMo, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and Verizon, and was responsible for more than $100 million in revenue. In other leadership roles at McAfee, he directed global execution, planning and professional services around their flagship enterprise products.
Prior to McAfee, Mr. Narain also held executive, marketing, and technical positions at Discussions, Sybase and Cincom.
Mr. Narain holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Madras, India and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University.
– Vice President, Sales
Mr. Baldocchi has over 15 years experience in the telecommunications industry in both the wireless and wireline space. Mr. Baldocchi is responsible for FunMobility's Sales and Business Development efforts. Prior to FunMobility, Mr. Baldoccchi was the Director of Sales for ICG Communication's Commercial Business Segment where he managed 7 western sales offices - 55 direct reports. Under his leadership, his business unit became ICG's most profitable sales region. In addition to his wireline experience, Mr. Baldocchi spent 8 years working for Nokia Mobile Phones as a Sales Director calling on the North American Carriers. He successfully negotiated buying contracts with Verizon, US West, Alltel, Western Wireless, Comcast, Bell Atlantic, AT&T, Vanguard and SBC. Mr. Baldocchi holds a Master's Degree from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.
– Vice President, On Deck Applications
Mr. Leach is FunMobility's VP of Content and is responsible for content strategy, creation, licensing and merchandising. In this role Mr. Leach has assembled a stellar team of Content Specialists, who have built FunMobility's massive content library from the ground up. Prior to joining FunMobility Mr. Leach was an independent film maker who's responsibilities included the management of a Profit & Loss Statement for a $150 million dollar business. Mr Leach is also an award winning director of several short films and feature length screenplays.
– Vice President, On Deck Content
Ken has 15+ years of mobile media, content, and wireless telecom experience. Previously, Ken was GM for InfoSpace Los Angeles Mobile Studio including managing a team of approximately 90 individuals and $13M in monthly revenues. Ken was an Associate Partner with 15 years experience at Accenture/Andersen Consulting in their wireless communications practice and has worked with many carriers in the US and abroad. Ken has deep Telecom and Mobile skills with a BS from the University of Illinois (Computer Engineering) and a Masters from the University of Colorado (Interdisciplinary Telecommunications)
- VP of Business Development
Kurt joined Funmobility after working at Mitsuis Technology Investment Group where he led the merger between Funmobility and Zapptrio. Previous to Mitsui, he worked in China for two years where he ran an online and mobile sports games startup and three years in Hong Kong at the GE Asia Pacific Capital. He has a MBA from Dukes Fuqua School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Davidson College. He also advises other startups in the mobile and media space.
