The Application Developers Alliance, which is a newly formed industry association dedicated to meeting the unique needs of application developers named RIM VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, to the ADA Board of Directors. Alec will serve on the board along with fellow leaders in the mobile arena including the representatives at Google, AT&T Interactive and more. If you’re unfamiliar with the ADA, their goal is to deliver services to developers and drive innovation and growth within the development industry. Alec and gang are scheduled to meet for its first meeting April 24, 2012.
“It’s gratifying that such significant individuals and companies are supporting our
mission of providing developers with more resources to power innovation and growth,”
said Alliance founder and President Jon Potter. “By joining together in support of
app developers, they’re acknowledging that small and medium-sized developers are a
critical source of talent and innovation that has to be cultivated for the whole
industry to succeed.”
The Alliance provides application developers with tools, resources and services to help them grow, learn and create. Its services include training and education, business development support; public policy advocacy, and access to an online collaboration network for developers.
The full board includes:
Philippe Browning, Vice President, Advertising and Operations, CBS Interactive
Don Dodge, Developer Advocate, Google
Brad Feld, Co-founder, Foundry Group
Mike Fordyce, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Publisher Products &
Partnership Management, AT&T Interactive
Josh Hartwell, CEO, Mobile Deluxe
David Kennedy, CEO, appMobi
Ed Lewis, CEO and Founder, Media Chaperone
Jim Lucchese, CEO, The Echo Nest
Andrew Maltin, CEO and Co-founder, MEDL Mobile
Josh Matthews, CEO and Co-founder, Apkudo, Inc.
Todd Moore, Founder, TMSOFT
Naomi Morita, Vice President, Product Development, Locaid Technologies
Grant Neerings, Chief Technology Officer, DIY Media Services
Jose A. Vallés Núñez, Director, BlueVia
Alec Saunders, Vice President Developer Relations and Ecosystem Development, RIM
Robert Scoble, Startup Liason Officer and Developer Evangelist, Rackspace
David Simon, Managing Director, Woobaa Games, Inc.
Joel Spolsky, CEO and co-founder, StackExchange.com
For more info on the ADA visit http://appdevelopersalliance.org