Ryan Birkin, interactive director of mobile services company Exactmobile, has joined the 2012 management committee of the Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (Waspa) as chairperson of its public relations working group.
Taking the reins from veteran committee member Gavin Penkin, Exactmobile's director of portal and mobile entertainment, Birkin will represent Waspa and its member wireless application service providers at a public level.
Waspa chairman and founder, Leon Perlman, says the group will continue to promote the industry, enforcing and refining its code of conduct.
Birkin says, as the committee's newest member, he will work with the group to ensure the flow of communication between Waspa, mobile consumers and the mobile industry.
Incumbent members
Waspa says its 2012 management committee will remain unchanged, apart from the inclusion of Birkin.
The other 2012 Waspa management committee members and their working groups are: Smartcall Technology Solutions' Janene Matsukis (co-chair of networks with Birkin); Casper de Villiers, Clickatell's co-founder and operations director (finance); Perlman (Waspa chairman and chair of the regulatory group); Dieter van Rooyen, operations director of Integrat (aggregators); Deon van Heerden, chief operating officer at ViaMedia (membership); and Russel Stromin, head of Strike Media (code of conduct).
“While the names of the members and the portfolios and working groups they will be responsible for are largely unchanged, members say their increased joint experience will stand the association in good stead as its promotes its mandate of encouraging mobile uptake,” says Waspa.
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