CEO of Gowalla is coming to SIME. Where will you be checking in on November 17-18?

We have invited Gowalla’s founder and CEO Josh Williams to talk us through the mobile geo-location boom – how there are endless opportunities for marketers using hyperlocal information to target and send out relevant information for users. Have we found an important piece in the holy grail to connect marketing and advertising to the right eye balls and segments? Welcome to join our quest in finding out at SIME Stockholm!

So, now where will you be checking in on November 17 and 18?

Josh Williams is cofounder and CEO of Gowalla, a social network inspiring people to discover and share amazing places with their friends. People around the world have now visited, commented on and photographed over 1.8 million places in 170 countries with Gowalla. Like a passport on your phone, Gowalla was born out of a desire to share remarkable places and life journeys in a fun, easy and social way. The service was launched in 2009 and is backed by Greylock Partners, Founders Fund and Alsop-Louie Partners. Prior to Gowalla, Josh was cofounder and CEO of Blinksale, an online invoicing service, as well as Firewheel Design, an award-winning digital and mobile design consultancy whose clients included Microsoft, Samsung and Hewlett Packard. An avid skier and snowboarder, Josh’s favorite places include Taos, New Mexico; Park City, Utah; and Whistler, British Columbia. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife and two young daughters where he enjoys plenty of live music and breakfast tacos.