Atif Hussein created Wocketfone in 2007 as a lab for advanced “skunk works” projects to better understand mobile and the onset of social media. To achieve this goal, he used his extensive network of friends and colleagues who have worked for top Silicon Valley companies for collaboration, advice and development. As such, Wocketfone is able to assemble just-in-time teams uniquely tailored to address each of our customer’s needs from a skill and experience perspective. Our range of expertise is extensive and spans the complete life cycle of a product’s development.
Joanna joined Wocketfone in 2011 as a customer insights adviser, and has been part of my extended team since 2008. In 2012 she became an active member of the team and manages projects ranging specifically from mobile and social apps for Gen Y and Women to intelligence gathering programs in the physical world by accessing users where they live and hang out.
As part of our incubation program, we undertook a “skunk works” project to enable easy and safe commerce at point of sale using your mobile device. After several months of hard work and a few “pivots” along the way, the PAIDPIPER concept was created. We skipped the business plan in favor of product and supporting business development efforts. PAIDPIPER Inc was funded in early Jan 2012 by Venture Capital firms in Silicon Valley and New York. We are very excited to see PAIDPIPER as spin-out into its own entity.
The fun stuff.
Professional Bio
Trina Ward started her consulting practice in 2003, after working for three consecutive Silicon Valley start-ups. Leveraging 25 years of sales and professional management experience, Trina has been responsible for successfully developing and driving direct and indirect sales for both hardware and software companies. And as a sales leader, she has been a key contributor to the success of companies such as Quantum, Netscape, Commerce One and Palm.
With her vast sales experience and operational expertise, Trina has developed sales expansion strategies and sales execution plans, including, but not limited to industry specific customer and partner acquisition programs and comprehensive go-to-market plans. Known for her ability to negotiate complex deals, Trina also assists her clients in acquiring and closing new customers and channel partners in the Telecommunications, Retail, Media and Financial Services industries. We are happy to have Trina as part of our virtual Team!
Our new client Hive - High Velocity TV. We are excited to help them since no player in the market has been able to gain access to behind-the-scenes original Hollywood TV content, and then synchronize both the footage and the network ads to mobile / tablet devices. And no solution creates an interactive, commerce-enabled mobile experience that engages “two screen” users during primetime viewing with exclusive actor interviews, clips, info, and real-time access to cast / crew.
The fun stuff.
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PAIDPIPER
PAIDPIPER is a VC backed start-up which is changing the way people will buy items at POS and online using their mobile phones. As a teaser for their product launch we created a “series” of video shorts or “frags” to air shortly. The unique approach to this project was to create an actual short movie from which we extracted the “frags”.
Current project at YR. Mobile photo sharing App.
