Rudy De Waele

I am Belgian, living and working in Barcelona, Spain. Often invited as a speaker and contributing writer to a number of professional publications, my thoughts and ideas on Mobile 2.0 have gone around somehow :D You can view my last presentations on the subject here on Slideshare - www.slideshare.net/rudydw

I am the co-Founder of dotopen, a social platform for decision makers to connect & collaborate. dotopen is open to any organization interested in developing its ecosystem in order to advance its business and innovation - dotopen.com

I am the organizer of Mobile 2.0 Europe - mobile20.eu and part of the Organizing Committee of Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley (San Francisco & Mountain View) - mobile2event.com and the founder of MobileMonday Barcelona - www.mobilemondaybarcelona.com and MobileMonday Madrid - mobilemondaymadrid.com

My Blog: m-trends.org - about mobile media lifestyle trends

I am a regular jury member in various competitions on mobile applications and services, such as the MEX: The Mobile User Experience Conference & Awards, Under The Radar – Mobility, the Vodafone Mobile Clicks Awards and the TechCrunch Europas Awards.

Advisor, Strategy & Market Development – Enabling Next Generation Mobile & Web Services Strategies

Professionally one could desribe me as a creative, visionary, thoughtful and self-motivated strategist with excellent inter-personal and communication skills in several languages, and technology platform experience across the Internet, Mobile Internet and Wireless Media.

Well-connected among key players in the digital media distribution and global mobile value chain players, I’m passionate for the new and the innovative and not afraid of mixing the unmixable.

Work and interests: anything mobile: mobile 2.0, mobile strategy, innovation, enabling mobile application & services ecosystem, social media, strategic planning, business development, market research, branding, user generated content, mobile web, mobile marketing, mobilizing music, think-tank, events, location-based services (LBS), collaborative systems, carnival of the mobilists, mobilemonday