Jim Somers, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, Antenna Software

Jim Somers, an accomplished mobile executive with more than 15 years of experience in technology, communications and software industries, is responsible for overseeing Antenna Software’s global marketing and business development initiatives. Somers comes to Antenna with a proven track record of leading successful product launches in both the consumer and business technology markets.

 

Somers is responsible for further amplifying Antenna’s leadership voice in the enterprise mobility sector and managing partnerships in the VAR, System Integration, OEM and Carrier markets. Prior to joining Antenna, Somers was VP, Marketing for Fiberlink Communications, a leading provider of mobile workforce solutions for global multinational enterprises. During his time at Fiberlink, Somers was instrumental in repositioning the company from a network-centric access aggregator to a provider of secure mobility software and services.

 

Somers also spent 4 years at AT&T as a Marketing Director in the company’s Consumer Products Division, overseeing the launch of several new product initiatives including “00” INFO, One Rate, and the company’s initial roll-out of Cable Broadband. Prior to AT&T, Somers worked at Ogilvy & Mather and Lintas Worldwide, managing advertising campaigns for blue-chip brands including American Express, Ryder System, and Chesebrough-Pond's.

 

Somers earned his Bachelor of Arts in Government & Law from Lafayette College and lives in Northern New Jersey with his wife and three children.