Empact Showcase List

John Arrow is a veteran of entrepreneurship with a passion for harnessing disruptive and emerging technologies. His ability to combine market vision with methodical execution has propelled Mutual Mobile, Inc. to become the world’s largest and most called-upon mobile consulting company. Over the last ten years, John founded successful businesses in the online payment processing industry and the consumer and enterprise software spaces. He also created one of the first site targeted PPC advertising networks. An adventurer and an innovator, John founded Mutual Mobile with the vision to unite the best minds in emerging technologies to pursue world changing endeavors.

• Age: 37
• Ethnicity: Caucasian

Mickey Ristroph guides Mutual Mobile’s research and development efforts for next-generation tools and platforms. He consults on the strategic direction of the company and has been the driving force behind Mutual Mobile’s ability to extend both the technological and market impact of the mobile platform. Before founding Mutual Mobile, Mickey wrote software for a global data mining initiative by the Department of Defense, designed the infrastructure and reporting tools for automated high frequency financial trading systems, and performed computational research in bioinformatics. Mickey co-founded AccessAble Systems, LLC, for which he won the Dell Social Innovation Challenge, and made it to the finals of the DARPA Grand Challenge for his work on autonomous vehicles. He has also designed multiple games and utilities for the iPhone, including the successful telephony app SparkPhone. At Mutual Mobile, Mickey advises clients on enterprise mobility and leads the consulting team to devise both short- and long-term strategies for every customer’s mobile initiatives. His intimacy with financial services and Big Data has enabled him to deploy secure, highly scalable mobile solutions for such organizations as Cisco and BancVue.

• Age: 37
• Ethnicity: Caucasian

As Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Mutual Mobile, Tarun Nimmagadda has helped clients such as Google, Cisco, and Xerox take full advantage of the evolving mobile platform. A natural entrepreneur, Tarun has worked tirelessly to elevate Mutual Mobile to where it stands today. Before founding Mutual Mobile, Tarun founded and served as Chief Information Officer of AccessAble Systems, LLC, for which he won the Dell Social Innovation Competition. His work on robotics took him to the finals of the DARPA Grand Challenge and was published in the Journal of Physical Agents. With partner Mickey Ristroph, now CTO at Mutual Mobile, Tarun designed the successful mobile application Sparkphone. Tarun has also worked with GM on V2I and V2V communication and is a founder of the SmartPhone Entrepreneurs Group. Tarun now heads the fulfillment and operation side of Mutual Mobile. Under his supervision, the company has managed to combine award-winning designers and world-class engineers under one roof. Despite the ongoing talent war, Tarun’s vision has continued to attract the smartest, best minds in mobile. As a testament to this process, Mutual Mobile is now the single largest hirer of iOS developers in the country. Tarun is a natural leader and motivator. New Mutual Mobile developers and designers quickly learn that there is no static, hidebound development process within the company. Rather, under Tarun’s collaborative supervision, teams are encouraged to create ways to heighten innovation and maximize efficiency.

• Age: 37
• Ethnicity: South Asian

Sam Gaddis is a results-focused marketing strategist whose years of experience in marketing and web psychology drive strategy for both clients and the internal marketing division. Through consistent evaluation of marketing platforms, Sam has been able to generate innovative advertising models, bring marketing automation to mobile, and bridge the gap of technical complexity to make mobile marketing requirements accessible to all clients. Before joining Mutual Mobile, Sam honed his skills working in digital marketing agencies, serving as Technology Director for a non-profit organization, and founding an SMS marketing company. Sam has been published in ‘Psychological Science’ for his ground-breaking research on Facebook and continues to author work on the psychology of online social networking. Sam keeps the ROI goals of every project front and center, stressing the integration of analytics and user feedback to both measure a campaign’s success and enable iterative refinement. His unique blend of marketing expertise has helped Mutual Mobile attract such clients as Dell and Audi.

• Age: 39
• Ethnicity: Caucasian

Prior to joining Mutual Mobile, Jason Story founded the IT services and security firm Gravity Technical, Inc., since acquired by White Glove Technologies. A seasoned entrepreneur, Jason brings to Mutual Mobile a history of forward-thinking business leadership. Jason has overseen strategy development for many of Mutual Mobile’s projects, helping companies define their mobile ROI and establish long-term plans for the next 5 to 10 years. While he has participated in mobile launches for numerous industries, Jason possesses a particular interest in interfacing with health care and has worked alongside companies such as Philips and TouchMedics to devise their mobile solutions. Jason’s integrity and commitment have earned him many trusted partnerships within the mobile development world. His openness and dedication to clients is the reason many of our one-off projects have evolved into long-term alliances.

• Age: 38
• Ethnicity: Caucasian