Meet Michael “Luni” Libes
Oct 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Panelist Profile
As Co-Founder and Chief Architect of Media Systems (Seattle, USA), Libes is a serial entrepreneur who has designed, developed, and shipped over 50 commercial products over the last 15 years. Most recently, Libes was the head of Mforma’s Application Studio, leading the company’s efforts beyond mobile games. An early Mforma employee, he helped build the company’s developer support, handset porting, and quality assurance departments. Prior to Mforma, Libes co-founded 2WAY Corporation, designing and developing enterprise-scale collaboration and instant messaging software. Libes and the other founders of 2WAY are Smithsonian Laureates, and 2WAY’s primary software product was inducted into the Smithsonian’s Permanent Research Collection.
Before 2WAY, Libes founded and was CEO and CTO of Nimble Corporation. Nimble developed and licensed software for the early handhelds from Sony, Motorola, Panasonic, Philips, and EO, plus early wireless pioneers McCaw Cellular, AT&T Wireless, and General Magic. Prior to Nimble, Libes was an architect on IBM’s Workplace OS. Libes received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics/Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington.
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