PocketGear names former Motricity exec to lead business development

Updated July 8, 2009

PocketGear names former Motricity exec to lead business development

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Durham, N.C. —

Tim Horan, one of the earliest hires at Motricity, is teaming up again with Jud Bowman at Bowman’s latest venture PocketGear.

Horan joins the Durham-based startup that is developing “stores” for applications and content to run on smart phones and other mobile devices as vice president for business and development.

“I'm thrilled to have the chance to work with Tim again at PocketGear and have his help and experience to accelerate PocketGear's success with powering app stores for handset manufacturers and carriers around the world,” said Bowman, one of Motricity’s founders who left the company in 2008 to launch PocketGear. Motricity provides mobile data solutions and services.

Horan was Motricity’s first vice president for sales, business development and customer operations. In that role, he helped Motricity win early, crucial contracts with 02 and AT&T, Bowman noted.

Horan has more than 15 years of experience in mobile, search and online media. Before joining Motricity he worked at Excite, an early search engine and content portal.

"I am really excited by the rapid consumer adoption of smartphones and other mobile Internet devices, the innovative and unique applications that are being developed to take advantage of their advanced capabilities, and the incredible global growth prospects for PocketGear," Horan said in a statement. "I look forward to working with mobile operators, handset manufacturers, OEM’s, and media companies to help them leverage the real-time, always-on capabilities of these advanced devices to extend and deepen their customer relationships."

PocketGear operates PocketGear.com, SymbianGear.com, PalmGear.com, Smartphone.net, and Mobile2Day.de.