Brad Blanken heads up iSkoot's global carrier relations and sales efforts. He brings to the company more than 10 years of technical and sales experience in the telecom space. Prior to joining iSkoot, Brad led the Carrier Relations team at Third Screen Media, a mobile advertising software firm acquired by AOL in May of 2007. Previously, Brad served as a Director of Business Development at Syniverse Technologies, managing delivery of third-party content to opt-in subscribers of more than 330 global communications companies, including the ten largest mobile carriers in the US. Brad was formerly the Assistant Vice President of Technology Programs for the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), where he acted technical and business lead on all CTIA Wireless industry inter-carrier issues, from inter-carrier SMS to the creation of the US Common Short Code program and wireless AMBER alerts. Brad was a Close Combat instructor in the United States Marine Corps. |