Bebo, the leading social media network, today announced the appointment of Sean Kane to Global Head of Mobile. In his new role, Mr. Kane will head the development of relevant and compelling mobile experiences for Bebo's 45 million plus users worldwide, ensuring Beboers can interact and engage with friends, media and content whenever and wherever.
Welcoming Mr. Kane's appointment, Ziv Navoth, SVP Marketing & Business Development, Bebo said: "Sean has an impressive background in building businesses and in the delivery of mobile platforms. We feel confident that he will enable Bebo to deliver the best ‘social mobile' experience on the web to our users, who increasingly are logging on from their mobile phones to consume, create, discover and share great content."
"Mobile is emerging as a core part of the Bebo experience. By driving availability and adding compelling and unique mobile experiences we hope to make using Bebo Mobile as natural for our global userbase as connecting on a personal computer. We will ensure that our members can connect and enjoy the content, media and community Bebo has to offer in a mobile-relevant way," added Mr. Kane.
Mr. Kane joins Bebo from his role as General Manager International at Intercasting Corporation, a mobile social networking platform provider, where he was responsible for leading international markets and key product initiatives. Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice President, Business Development for Vivendi Universal Net, managing digital assets globally, and was General Manager, MP3.com Japan. He also held the role of Director of Technology for the City of San Diego.
In recent months, Bebo has partnered with leading mobile operators such as Orange UK, T-Mobile UK and O2 Ireland to introduce groundbreaking programs to engage and entertain users wherever they are. In February 2008, Bebo further expanded its mobile offering and partnered with Intercasting to give Beboers a new way to produce and share content on their mobile phones via ANTHEM, the leading platform connecting mobile carriers with social networking sites and entertainment companies.
About Bebo: Bebo is the world's leading global social media network. Building on the notion of traditional social networking websites, Bebo combines community, self-expression and entertainment to enable its users to consume, create, discover and share professional and user-generated content through the Bebo website. Bebo has over 11.5m unique users in the UK and a total membership of more than 45 million worldwide. Bebo's worldwide users spend an average of 30 minutes a day on the site.
Bebo forms part of AOL's newly created People Networks business unit which combines Bebo, AIM, ICQ, Goowy Media and Yedda and reaches about 80 million unduplicated users worldwide.
Bebo is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX).