Dave Evans
Dave is currently the CTO at SurfKitchen, a company dedicated to delivering scalable mobile platforms to the mobile ISP sector. SurfKitchen was acquired by Teleca early 2011.
Dave joined SurfKitchen from O2 where he was VP of Product Platform and Architecture, responsible for the development of the O2 Active programme and delivery of O2’s core data services platforms such as Games, WAP, Variable Charging, Music and emerging Service Delivery Architecture. Dave was also part of the core data products group driving O2’s strategic objectives of leading in Data.
Prior to O2, Dave was CTO of BTLooksmart delivering comprehensive search/directory solutions and associated advertising solutions to major internet portals such as Altavista, and MSN. As technical lead within the bid team at Looksmart to create the BTLooksmart Joint Venture with British Telecom. Prior to this Dave held senior IT positions in Encyclopaedia Britannica and Argos. Dave brings Somo huge insight to the international mobile business as well as structure and architecture in a heavy-lift capacity.
