Improving the Mobile Web Experience

Mr. Cranstone has founded four technology companies since he vacated the captain’s seat at American Airlines in 1989. His focus has consistently been on internet communications technologies, with 10 years focused in the areas of security and privacy – and of course, mobility. Prior to founding 3PMobile, Mr. Cranstone founded Secure64, winner of the 2007 Entrepreneurial Innovation Award from the Itanium Solutions Alliance; Remote Communications and The James Group. He led these organizations as CEO, chief evangelist, technical innovator, and Chief Solutions Architect. He has a successful track record of delivering innovative technologies that solve big problems. He co-invented and managed the release of Mod_Gzip with Mr. Kevin Kiley. Mod_Gzip has since become the de facto standard for Internet content acceleration. Mr. Cranstone has two patents and multiple technical papers and speaking engagements to his credit and has been recognized as a Privacy Ambassador for his efforts in promoting best practices in Web privacy and Privacy by Design standards.
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Ms. Coker brings 27 years of marketing, sales, operations, and management experience to the 5o9 team. Prior to co-founding 5o9, Ms. Coker spent eight years helping early stage businesses develop and execute their go-to-market strategies in her roles as President of Aspenwood Consulting, and Vice President of Marketing and Consulting Services for Tactical Marketing Ventures. While at Access Graphics, Ms. Coker led a $250 million products division, regularly exceeding both GP and net income goals. Ms. Coker successfully brought to market and managed the market-leading Jumbo product line for Hewlett-Packard’s CMS division, and served in national account sales, operations, and marketing roles during her 10-year tenure with Merisel, where she launched hundreds of products and companies into the channel, including, Intuit, Toshiba, Lotus, Compaq and Microsoft.
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Mr. Kiley has been developing leading edge Data Communications Technology (DCT) for over 27 years. Prior to co-founding 5o9, he helped numerous people and organizations to efficiently deliver data and content over increasingly complex networks. During his time with IBM, and as an independent consultant, Mr. Kiley’s work has directly enabled companies such as Wal-Mart and UPS to achieve their worldwide logistical dominance. Mr. Kiley’s early development accomplishments helped lay the foundation for Internet communications, with his code still resident in many of IBM’s best selling solutions. On a broader scale, Mr. Kiley’s DCT development efforts in software such as ELSEWARE, mod_gzip, RIPL, and PFACOM have irreversibly changed the foundation of network communications and enabled faster and easier communications over the Internet.
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With more than 20 years of IT experience, Steve is an expert in Web server infrastructure (IIS) in areas of security, scalability, and high-availability – with an emphasis on simplifying Intranet and Internet manageability.  Recently, Steve has focused on Web Operations and is the community organizer for the London Web Performance Meetup.  Steve is a Chartered IT Professional (CITP) with the British Computer Society (BCS) and completed his MBA from Henley Management College. Steve has worked with top government and corporate clients in Australia and the UK, including Vodafone, CSFB, IBM, Schroders Investment, Norton Rose, Totaljobs Group and TSL Education.
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