Manfred (@ManfredBo) works with and for developers. He leads the developer-facing go-to-market strategy for Network APIs (GSMA OneAPI). This involves API and technology co-evolution with developers, as well as establishing strategic partnership between developers and mobile network operators. Before that Manfred was lead platform evangelist for Samsung’s mobile app ecosystem all over Europe. He founded and led the Sun Center-of-Excellence for Location-based Services, wrote 2 books related to mobile computing, and gives mobile software engineering lectures at Universities. He developed a first photo sharing app for mobile phones in 2003.

In his spare time Manfred blogs about topics around APIs and developer evangelism (http://manfredbo.tumblr.com/) and curates articles for the API Magazine (http://www.scoop.it/t/api-mag).