| EADA, MBA | 2005 |
| International Business |
Based in Barcelona, Ric is VP Business Development & Sales, Mobile Directory Services at Golden Gekko, a leading developer of mobile applications.
Ric joined Golden Gekko following a two-year stint at GeoMe, an LBS start-up which he co-founded in 2008. He was formerly with the GSM Association as Program Director, chairing the Technology Showcase Committee for the Mobile World Congress and establishing the Barcelona.mobi project with the dot.mobi consortium.
Ric is an Official Blog Contributor to the Mobile Monday Bloghive and W3C Mobile Web Initiative and has specific expertise in Location Based Services, Mobile Apps, Social Networks, Social Mobile Media, Privacy and Monetisation Strategies.
He holds an MBA from EADA Business School in Barcelona. You can read his blog at: www.mobverge.blogspot.com .
His book, Location Aware Applications (ISBN 9781935182337) is published by Manning Publications (USA) in 2010: http://www.manning.com/ferraro/.
