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San Mateo's Taptatap is looking to hire a BD VP in its San Mateo office. The startup has raised $2.5M in Series A funding from Gabriel Venture Partners, says PEWire. The company has yet to launch but says it will compete in the mobile social networking arena and will be "Your Contest Community" offering infinite contests for fun and prizes."

The company was co-founded by 3 top Infospace execs, led by CEO Isaac Babbs who was GM/VP Mobile Games at Infospace Mobile. This sounds very much like new launches that we have been covering including Kyte.tv and Zannel.

Send a brief overview about yourself and your resume to jobs@tapatap.com

Continue reading "VP BD/Sponsorships at Tapatap In San mateo" »

Posted by BT at 08:04 PM | Permalink

Aliph, the developer of Jawbone headsets and Noise Shield technologies, is a San Francisco based company founded in 1999. They are looking for a COO to manage their European ops. You'll work in London.

Send your resume (PDF Format) and compensation history as an email attachment with COO-EMEA in the title line to: aa@aliph.com

Continue reading "COO At London's Chic BlueTooth Wear Jawbone" »

Posted by BT at 09:23 PM | Permalink

Sunnyvale's VC-backed Mino Wireless says it has 150K users without a head of sales, but they just raised a round of financing (Canaan invested $7M in February) and are now bird-dogging for their rain-maker. You'll report to CEO Jing Liu whose on his 4th startup.

apply to info@minowireless.com

Continue reading "Sales Lead For Mobile VoIP's Mino In Sunnyvale" »

Posted by BT at 09:15 PM | Permalink

San Mateo's Taptatap recently raised $2.5M in Series A funding from Gabriel Venture Partners. The company has yet to launch but says it will compete in the mobile consumer social network craze. and will rely on contests. You can view details here.

They are looking for a head of marketing/CMO for whom job 1 will be to build traffic. "Nothing else matters!!!"

The company was co-founded by 3 top Infospace execs, led by CEO Isaac Babbs (your boss) who was GM/VP Mobile Games at Infospace Mobile. Infospace has a terrible reputation but they have great experience so key is to make sure you can trust these guys.

UPDATe: Tapatap gets in touch to clarify that founders of Tapatap previously started a company called Atlas Mobile that we sold to Infospace in July 2004. "In this regard, we were not core Infospace executives nor do we believe there are any issues of trust in our ability to execute." Fair enough.

Tapatap sounds very much like new launches that we have been covering including Kyte.tv and Zannel.

Apply here

Continue reading "CMO For DFJ-backed Consumer Mobile Contest's Tapatap" »

Posted by BT at 12:31 AM | Permalink

Launched in December 2006, Bluepulse is a social networking application for mobile phones. In the last 4 months the company say it has seen explosive viral growth. Bluepulse says it generates millions of page views per day.

Visit - site
To apply, email a resume to ben@bluepulse.com.

Continue reading "VP of Engineering For BluePulse. San Mateo-bases Mobile Social Network" »

Posted by Paul at 08:48 PM | Permalink

This positon - Products VP for Big Pond Solution - is based in Norway. The company develops platform solutions primarily for mobile products. The company was founded 12 years back and claims 40K customers. You would report to the co-CEO.

For further information please contact Naveed on 0870 7504356 or email naveed@bigpondsolutions.com

Continue reading "Products VP For Norway's Big Pond Solutions" »

Posted by Paul at 08:43 PM | Permalink

Microsoft spin-off Zenzui was the buzz of the internet today. The VC-backed startup left Redmond with IP and set-up shop in Seattle to earn a living from widgets for cell phones.

The argument for why Zenzui is the best of both worlds. Microsoft style benefits while working at a startup.
• 100% Premiums for Employees’ Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Great location in the heart of downtown Seattle.
• On-site Exercise Facility
• Cool Business Cards

You can view their technical and marketing positions here.
• Gratis Snacks and Beverages
• The ZenZui Film Festival

Posted by Paul at 06:38 AM | Permalink

Says Sonim's CEO Bill Plasche "Sonim is in the process of building out a $20 to 30M US revenue business by selling enterprise class cellular solutions including software and customized cell phones to major carriers in the US and Europe including KPN, Telefonica and Vodafone."

He is looking for someone that has some experience in the wireless sector to take on a central operational role that manages the interface between sales and mareketing and engineering and manufacturing. This role will forecast demand, determine manufacturing orders and ensure that product gets to the customer.

Sonim is backed by Accel, 31 and other VCs and has raised over $68M.

Apply to jobs@sonimtech.com.

The ideal candidate will have had 5 years of experience with some of that in the wireless world. The candidate will have a strong academic background with a strong prefernece for an MBA.

Posted by Paul at 12:07 AM | Permalink

Our sister site the a:c recently checked out Flurry and liked what it saw. San Francisco-based Flurry is a pretty simple deal. If you have a crummy cell phone, not a blackberry or some other smart phone, you can create a Flurry account and get free email and RSS. How are they going to cash in you ask? Flurry has an ad supported free version as well as premium services. Sequoia has invested in Flurry.

As it happens, we have have a crappy cell phone and Flurry works fine. Easy to set-up. No need to upgrade to a heavy duty business man's cell phone that creates an unseemly bulge in your pocket.

Flurry got some good reviews in the Web 2.0 rags, but has not overwhelmed with follow-through. They did random deals with NewsIsFree and Goowy Media so we see why they need a BD pro to prioritize.

Apply to jobs at flurry dot com
Visit - site

Continue reading "BD VP for SF's Seqouia-backed Flurry" »

Posted by Paul at 11:43 PM | Permalink

Visit the Mozes web site and you we doubt you will understand what they do. Something about cell phones, the Web and rock bands. This appears to be an angel funded outfit at this point.

Dorrian Porter is the founder and CEO. He is a lawyer who co-founded HigherMarkets, an on-demand software company that was bought 2 years after launch. Andy Stack is the Development VP at Mozes. He co-founded Stata Labs, which was acquired by Yahoo!

Apply to mktg at mozes dot com

Continue reading "Mktng Dir. For Palo Alto Mobile Music's Mozes" »

Posted by Paul at 11:31 PM | Permalink

Ontela’s PicDeck technology is supposed to make it easier to manage your camera phone photos. Uses include mobile blogging, business card scanning, mobile commerce applications. The start-up is still in non-public beta. Oak Investment partners has put money into it.

Why work there:
"Our offices are at the south end of Pioneer Square, surrounded by fantastic coffee shops, gelaterias, and restaurants. " Did you say gelaterias!

Ontella also has openings for: developers, testers, PMs and an office manager.

Send your resume and a cover letter to jobs@ontela.com.

Continue reading "Seattle's Ontela Pictures An Engineering VP" »

Posted by Paul at 11:50 PM | Permalink

Can you answer either of these questions:
With a standard 52 card deck, I deal 13 hands of 4 cards. What is the probability that no hand contains a duplicate suit? It is not necessary to reduce your answer to decimal form, but you should attempt to express the result as simply as possible.

When does X + ~X + 1 == 0 ?

If you cannot, don't bother to send you resume to WaveMarket because they will ask you that and more. Emeryville's WaveMarket has done two rounds from Draper Fisher , Blue Run Ventures (Nokia’s VC outfit), Qualcomm Ventures, and Intel Capital. The service which is currently available through Sprint and Bell Canada, helps adults to keep track of their kids using their GPS equiped cell phones. Other applications include the ability to track mobile assets—think your fleet of delivery trucks—being able to see where your friends are, or getting reviews of restaurants near your current location on your mobile.

WaveMarket needs some fresh hands on deck:
Software Engineer. Applicant should be comfortable working in UNIX environment. Experience with C++ and Java programming languages is required. job detail
Handset Software Engineer. Applicant should be comfortable working with Java and Tomcat in a UNIX

To apply: wavemarket_jobs [.at.] wavemarket [.d0t.] com

Posted by Paul at 11:30 PM | Permalink

"Your first task will be to close funding, and get the system operational." Uhh, why not just start a company your-self? The answer is: "This opportunity is not for everyone. Because all initial capital has been put into science and engineering to get the technology product in shape, no one in the company takes a salary yet. Therefore, we are looking for someone whose past success allows them to work without a paycheck for now, instead receiving equity in the company."

If that's your speed, contact max@peopleconnectstaffing.com
Reference Code: MNSCEO1016

Continue reading "CEO For SF Un-named Wireless Payment Start-up" »

Posted by Paul at 01:52 AM | Permalink

New York's Zingy is looking for software developers for wireless apps to work its Fashion District HQ. Zingy is owned by a Japanese public company called For-side. Zingy claims a network of 120 mobile operators in more than 60 countries which turn to it for its stable of ring-tones and wall-paper. It's mainstay seems to be its licensing deals with the rights owners to 50 cent and various fly girls. Vindigo is a sister company.

If you can pimp 50 cent ring-tones all day, check-out Zingy
Email your resume with job title in the subject line to zingyjobs@zingy.com

Continue reading "Zingy = NYC + Wireless Content + Hip-hop Attitude" »

Posted by Paul at 01:36 AM | Permalink

Zozomo looks like it's new hire will design the service from scratch. So the founders know where they will compete but now what they will sell exactly. We don't know much more about what is going down at Zozomo to be honest. See if you have better luck.

Contact - info@zozomo.com

Continue reading "Mountain View Stealth Wireless Co. ZoZoMo Seeks VP, Engineering" »

Posted by BT at 06:35 PM | Permalink

Fandango promises: "Casual dress, summer work hours, an open atmosphere, ping pong and foosball tables, Friday massages, great equipment and great people." Oh yea and $60M that is just raised to provide some runway.

Available Positions :
Project Manager
Sr. Financial Analyst
Sr. Financial Analyst - Data Integrity
Director, Channel Marketing
Senior Accountant
Manager, Fraud Prevention
Sr. Director of Merchandising
Sr. Partner Manager
J2ME Developer (Mid-level)
Database Developer
Contract Recruiter
Customer Care Representative
Executive Assistant

Apply to: jobs@handango.com

Posted by BT at 05:32 AM | Permalink

JiWire ws founded in 2003 by some CNET refugees. The S. San Francisco start-up gives consumers a directory so that they can locate wi-fi access points. Its gets distribution through partnership and makes money on this via locally targeted advertising. JiWire also sells a dynamic content management service enabling Wi-Fi access providers (wireless ISPs, aggregators, telcos) to outsource their hotspot location information.

In January '05, JiWire raised $2.35M in a second round from DFJ among others.

Apply here.

JiWire has these three open reqs:
Marketing - Marketing Manager Northern California, South San Francisco
Sales - Sales Manager Northern California, South San Francisco
Sales - VP of Sales Northern California, South San Francisco

Continue reading "Where Can I Get The Internet? JiWire Needs VP of Sales" »

Posted by Paul at 12:52 AM | Permalink

It goes without saying that you better know your stuff if you want to sit down with Boingo to talk over their Engineering VP position. This is the big leagues of wireless and venture capital.

Boingo has just raised another $65M from Matsui, NEA and others which brings its total take to nearly $100M. With Google and others offering free metro area Wi-Max, it has seemed to us that expensive wi-fi offerings like Boingo may come under threat, however, we haven't seen Boingo's numbers and their VCs seem cocky about the company's performance.

Oh, and if this sounds interesting, if you get the job, you'll want to start looking for digs around Santa Monica.

View Boingo Jobs

Posted by Paul at 06:22 AM | Permalink

This start-up is going places in a hurry. CEO Bruce Leak is an experienced hand who had founded WebTV. Big name VCs like Accel and Mohr Davidow have just plunged in $10M of a $12M first round and it has jobs reqs galore.

The target opportunity makes a lot of sense. Carrier IQ will embed technology in cell phones and sel the resulting data to carriers and hand-set makers. How many Nokia owners using Tmobile in Los Angeles are on the phone all day? Marketers will pay a lot to know that answer.

View - Carrier IQ jobs- Director, Applications Development
- Technical Lead / Architect, Web Applications Development (Devices)
- Technical Lead / Architect Web Applications Development (Network)
- Software Development – Office of CTO
- Senior Software Engineer - Device Certification Tools
- Senior Software Engineer - Device Integration
- Software QA Device Certification Engineer
- Sr. Software QA Device Engineer
- Wireless Integration Consultant
- Application Engineer - Architect
- Vice President, Product Marketing
- Service Product Manager (Product Manager – Wireless Services)
- Device Product Manager
- Director GSM Market Management (Europe Market)

Read - Cell Phone BigBrother - Carrier IQ - Gets $10M (the a:c)

Posted by BT at 08:56 PM | Permalink

Paris, France-based Sequans Communications has just raised $24M for its fixed and mobile WiMAX chips, and it needs plenty of people to finish the job.

Specifically, it wants people with these skills:

- DSP Engineer
- Senior Field Applications Engineer/Manager
- System Integration & Test Engineer
- Director Sales APAC
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Technical Writer

Posted by Paul at 07:02 AM | Permalink

AdMob is a pay-per-click marketplace for mobiles. The application debuted in January and has been receiving favorable reviews. It has self-service publisher and advertiser sign-ups that seem to function. The start-up is looking for a Sr. LAMP Developer. They say it’s a contract position “but we are looking to make a full-time offer to the right candidate.”

As a full-time position, a gig with AdMob sounds a bit dicey. Google Adsense and the other networks are rolling out mobile ads in a big way. So we think AdMob has a short supply of air in the room.

The start-up is boot-strapped so the obvious question in the interview is where does AdMob stand in terms of financing?

View - Sr. Lamp Developer
Read - Is AdMob the New AdWords? (MobHappy)

Posted by Paul at 04:48 AM | Permalink

This is a stealth company that is looking to build software for smart phones. They are incubated by NetService Ventures Group, which we hadn't come across before.

View - Software Engineer, Mobile Devices, Silicon Valley startup (Craig's List)

Posted by Paul at 11:16 PM | Permalink