San Mateo, Calif., — June 12, 2007 —Keynote (Nasdaq: KEYN), the global leader in Internet and mobile test and measurement services, today announced that Manny Gonzalez, Keynote’s senior director of mobile technologies, will join other industry leaders in Foreword Financial Expo’s Webinar entitled “Mobile Financial Services: Catch the Wave”. As the financial services sector starts deploying mobile applications and services, a new set of operational testing & monitoring services are needed to ensure service quality and availability. Gonzalez will join experts from Microsoft and Broadway National Bank in educating participants on the opportunities afforded by the emerging mobile Web including emerging technologies that will ease adoption and the associated challenges, risks and hazards that could hinder it. The Webinar will be held from 2 – 4 p.m. EST on Thursday, June 21; participants can learn more and register for the event at http://www.fwfinancial.org/2007/chicago/html/webinars.htm.
For the Webinar, Gonzalez will leverage his expertise in the mobile space to educate participants on the technological tools and options associated with financial services and mobility, service availability, diversity of technology and quality of service issues, as well as helping attendees understand content compatibility issues across mobile devices.
About Keynote’s Manny Gonzalez
Manny Gonzalez serves as senior director of mobile technology at Keynote. He is responsible for the product management, engineering and advanced technical support of Keynote's Mobile Test and Monitoring services. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing and delivering software solutions in the high-tech industry.
At Keynote, Manny led the development of web-based visualization and provisioning applications. This includes the company's alarms engine, on-line reporting and real-time data feed services. In his current role, he oversees all facets of mobile test and monitoring technology and is engaged in delivering next generation solutions for Keynote's family of mobile services.
Prior to Keynote, Manny served as R&D manager and software architect at Mentor Graphics Corporation. There he held positions in engineering, technical marketing and program management, working on alliances and technology integration ventures with Motorola, HP, LSI Logic, VLSI Design (NXP) and a variety of business partners.
About Keynote
Keynote Systems (Nasdaq “KEYN”) is the global leader in test & measurement solutions that improve mobile communications and online business performance. As an independent and trusted third-party, Keynote provides IT and marketing executives with an unbiased view into their Internet services from around the world. For over a decade, we have been providing measurement data and testing capabilities that allow companies to understand and improve their customer’s online and mobile experience. Keynote has four test and measurement businesses: Web performance, mobile quality, streaming & VoIP, and customer experience/UX. In addition, our industry analysis group called Keynote Competitive Research publishes proprietary studies measuring customer experience and service levels across a wide range of industries.
Known as The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority™, Keynote has a market-leading infrastructure of 2,400 measurement computers and mobile devices in over 240 geographic locations around the world. Keynote also maintains one of the most representative panels of online users consisting of 160,000 consumers. Our on-demand, hassle-free infrastructure allows businesses to access services they need, when they need them to pinpoint and fix mobile quality and Internet problems before they impact customers.
We help over 2,600 corporate customers become “the best of the best” by helping them improve online business performance and mobile communications quality. Our customers represent top mobile and Internet companies including American Express, BP, Caterpillar, Dell, Disney, eBay, ESPN Mobile, E*TRADE, Expedia, FedEx, Microsoft, SonyEricsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone.
Keynote Systems, Inc. is headquartered in San Mateo, California and can be reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at (650) 403-2400.
Keynote, The Internet Performance Authority and Perspective are registered trademarks and The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority is a trademark of Keynote Systems, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2007 Keynote Systems, Inc.
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