Who are the most influential women in mobile?
Last year we compiled a list of the most influential people in the mobile industry. It was a fascinating exercise, and one that proved controversial in places. But perhaps the most interesting thing about the list was who wasn’t on it. Of the 40 people included, only one was female. Clearly there are very few women occupying the most senior positions within the companies that make up the industry.
And that got us thinking. If the top jobs are dominated by men, who are the most senior women in the industry, and what are their jobs?
Telecoms.com and Mobile Communications International magazine are setting out to find the most influential women in the mobile industry – and we want your help. We already have an idea of some of the women who we’ll be profiling but we’re pretty sure you’ll have ideas of your own, and we want to hear them.
Either send your suggestions and comments to: mike.hibberd@informa.com or post them in the comments box below.
Mike HibberdMike Hibberd is editorial director at Telecoms.com and Mobile Communications International magazine | Follow him @telecomshibberd
Big Hitters
40 leaders who are shaping the industry
Issue 160 August 2009
Top 40 to watch in mobile: MCI presents its list of 40 key industry executives to watch in the mobile sector. Restricting our list to just 40 wasn’t an easy task but we think it gives a good idea of who holds the reins in the mobile communications industry. And it’s not always the CEOs…
Top 40 to watch in mobile
Who really holds the reins in the mobile communications industry? This is a question with an endless answer, so intricate and complex are the webs which create the mobile services on which billions of people rely every day.
Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for the Information Society and Media
Probably the most influential woman in the mobile industry, Commissioner Reding has not won a great deal of friends among mobile operators. Whether you see her as a slick, populist politician interfering in a market that is best left to set its own levels, or as a consumer champion who has broken the back of cosy operator pricing cartels, there is no denying her impact.
Ren Zhengfei, founder and chairman, Huawei
Since founding the firm in 1988, Ren Zhengfei has built Chinese vendor Huawei into arguably the most disruptive infrastructure player in the mobile market. When the next of the big name vendors exits the market through one route or another, and it really is a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’, then it won’t be an exaggeration to lay a portion of the responsibility for this at Huawei’s door.
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N.L. Goodman, (Nora Goodman) President of Finally! TV / Film Entertainment is a Key Leader in the Mobile Industry. Her twitter is @MsMobileConverg She’s a conference speaker, Exec and Mobile Media Producer – mprogramming, mlearning, mcommercials, mpoliticians, mfilms …very influential, very in the know, very insightful.
to John Swan on Most influential women in mobileLucy Lombardi, Head of International Groups and Standard within Telecom Italia, is the only woman in the 20 top manager of the group.
to Jason Bourne on Most influential women in mobileMary McDowell, newly appointed head of Mobile Phones for Nokia. It doesn’t get higher than that.
to Simone on Most influential women in mobileJulia Dimambro – Managing Director and Founder of Cherry Media
to Paulo Bartolomeu on Most influential women in mobileDaphna Steinmetz, head of innovations at Comverse is a very high profile woman, in both the company and the indstry as a whole. Not only is she one of Comverse’s leading spokespeople, She also heads up the Innovation Labs and is responsible for some of the company’s most innovative and unusual products.
to Rachael Thomas on Most influential women in mobile