MobileIron
Launched 2009, Sunnyvale, CA
Twitter: @orege

Missed MobileIron? They just presented today at Under the Radar: Mobility. Below, check out their company profile and their pitch.

Company Description | “MobileIron is solving the security, cost, and usability problems CIOIOs and end-users face as smartphones crash into the enterprise. Smartphones will become the primary computing platform for the mobile worker but will create much more complexity for ITIT than laptops ever did. The MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform is the first solution to provide a central view of smartphone data and activity. ITIT can now get smartphone operations under control quickly and cut wireless bills by up to 20% while delivering compelling MyPhone@WorkTM end-user services like the enterprise app store. MobileIron makes smartphones enterprise-ready.”

Competitors | Good Technology, Sybase
Customers | Windsor Foods, Fenwick & West
Partners | Cellular Optimization, Enterprise Mobile, Info Plus International, Invisible IT, Mission Critical Wireless, Mobility Partners, Unwired Revolution
Investors | Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures

Presenter | Ojas Rege | Vice President of Products
Ojas runs product management and marketing at MobileIron. Before MobileIron, he was VP Mobile Products at Yahoo. Ojas started in mobile in 2000 as VP Product Marketing at AvantGo, one of the first software developers for PDAs. Before AvantGo, Ojas managed the online video gaming team at Acclaim Entertainment, spent several years with Boston Consulting Group, and started his career in 1988 at Oracle. He is also a Board Member of Pact, a non-profit focused on adoption services for children of color and their parents. Ojas has a BS/MS in Computer Engineering from M.I.T. and an MBA from Stanford.