Music, Sound, and Audio Technology
Exec Departs Apple to Lead Tech for New Cloud-Based Music Service, Thumbplay Music
By Staff
posted Mar 1, 2010, 12:41
Pablo Calamera Named Chief Technology Officer at Thumbplay
Pablo Calamera Named Chief Technology Officer at Thumbplay
(New York) Pablo Calamera has been appointed to the newly-created role of Chief
Technology Officer for Thumbplay, the leading mobile entertainment company in
the U.S. Calamera joins Thumbplay from Apple® Inc where he oversaw technology
development for MobileMe(SM), a pioneering, cloud-based data-syncing product
for iPhones®, PCs and Macs®. As of March 8, 2010, Calamera will be based
in New York, reporting to Evan Schwartz, Thumbplay CEO and Co-Founder.
Calamera brings with him more than 25 years experience in PC, Mobile, set-top
box and cloud-computing–this includes a total of 10 years at Apple, six
years at Danger (acquired by Microsoft) and two with WebTV (also acquired by
Microsoft). Calamera will have oversight of all technology initiatives for the
company, including its recently launched Thumbplay Music. Thumbplay Music is
a cloud-based service that provides unlimited, on-demand access to millions
of songs and is now offered in the U.S. in Private Beta by invitation-only (http://music.thumbplay.com).
Commented Schwartz: "We are thrilled to have Pablo join our team. He has
unique experience with Apple, Danger and WebTV in delivering and syncing content
across multiple platforms for a scaled customer base. He has also managed major
integrations with U.S. and international carriers; an area of ongoing strategic
importance for us. Over the course of his career, he has done an extraordinary
job of building state-of-the-art consumer products and services from concept
to completion. Technological innovation is paramount to Thumbplay, and Pablo's
talent, experience and commitment to excellence will play a vital role in keeping
us at the forefront of mobile entertainment offerings."
Remarked Calamera: "Thumbplay has an incredible talent pool, and they
have done a remarkable job in building robust, feature-rich services that deliver
beautifully across multiple platforms. This is a very difficult thing to do,
and I have been consistently impressed with the energy, smarts and creativity
on display. I am greatly looking forward to working with Evan and the entire
Thumbplay team to deliver against our very ambitious goals for the future."
Calamera most recently served as Director of Apple's MobileMe, a mass scale
premium consumer service providing client/server solutions that are integrated
into devices, operating systems and desktop applications. MobileMe supports
millions of worldwide active users on a daily basis. Prior to Apple, from 2001–2006,
he was the Senior Director of Service Engineering and Support for Danger Inc.,
where he lead the service engineering team for the first real consumer smartphone
- the Sidekick. Before that, he was at NotifyMe Networks as CTO and Vice President
of Engineering for a trailblazing voice alerting application service provider
(ASP) which, for the first time, brought the dynamic/interactive power of the
Internet to every telephone. He has also served in critical roles at AT&T
Labs, WebTV Networks and also held previous positions at Apple early in his
career.
Thumbplay's latest offering, Thumbplay Music, is currently available on select
BlackBerry® smartphones and its companion app for PCs/Macs is available
through a downloadable Adobe®AIR® version. Thumbplay Music is a next
generation service, built by experts in mobile content delivery and will be
available for BlackBerry, Android™ and iPhone smartphones within the first
quarter of 2010. Today, the service has more than 8 million tracks under license
from EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group
and more than 25,000 independent labels.
Thumbplay Inc., which enjoys sustained profitability, has an award-winning
service centered on delivering millions of pieces of mobile content to 95 percent
of U.S. devices among every major carrier. Thumbplay will leverage its existing
network of more than 8,000 distribution partners to promote Thumbplay Music.
Resources:
Thumbplay, Inc.: www.thumbplay.com
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