Client Testimonials

Founded in 2003 by Lisa Whelan, Socialize Mobilize has a strong track record of success providing management consulting expertise to clients of all sizes and stages of growth including internationally recognized corporations like Motorola, Photobucket, Palm, Inc. (acquired by HP) and Kodak Gallery as well as early and late stage start-ups including Face.com, ShoZu (acquired by Critical Path), Hands-On Mobile (acquired by GoTV) and others (see full client list.)  Scroll down to read what clients have to say about working with Lisa and Socialize Mobilize:

“I initially hired Lisa for a 3-month business development contract at Palm, Inc.  My team and I were so pleased with her work that I extended Lisa’s contract to nearly two years and later recommended her for a project at Motorola.  She successfully secured over 120 partnerships with independent software vendors in just a few short months for Palm’s first Windows Mobile launch and subsequently played an integral role in our multinational roll-out of Windows Mobile devices.  Lisa closed global software licensing and bundling deals worth millions of dollars for Palm, and she proved herself as a skillful negotiator of complex, international transactions.  She has a strategic understanding of the mobile landscape and mobile and web convergence.  My team and I enjoyed working with Lisa and were thrilled with her results.  Most recently, I worked with Lisa indirectly while she consulted for Motorola, and I continue to recommend her wholeheartedly.” – Paul Leeper, Director, Business and Market Development at Motorola, Inc. (Formerly: Director, Palm Developer Network, Palm, Inc.)

“Lisa came on-board to help us pursue some specific partner relationships, and her take-charge, go-getter attitude was quite refreshing, and just what our team needed. She went above and beyond what we were asking for, helping us with strategic advice, finding areas our product designers had overlooked, and she even helped us refine our marketing materials. Her rich network of contacts brought us additional opportunities that we weren’t expecting, and her gentle persistence helped us bring in a number of important deals.  She always delivered on-time and at or under the budget that we agreed.  I’m really glad to have had the opportunity to work with Lisa. I’d work with her again the next time we’re looking for experienced tech BD and Marketing help, she’s a tremendous asset!” -Dave Sifry, Founder and CEO Offbeat Guides Inc.

“During 2009, I worked with Lisa on developing strategy scenarios for ShoZu.  Her mobile and social network domain expertise coupled with her great strategic brain has been on many occasions invaluable.” – Chris Wade, Chairman and CEO ShoZu.

“Lisa is a true professional and has represented us well in our business development activities. Her willingness to simply jump in and run with a project is a true asset. Lisa’s knowledge of the mobile and social networking space would be an asset to any company navigating those rapidly changing businesses.” - Rich Newman, Worldwide Director of Business Development,  Kodak Gallery

“I had the pleasure to work with Lisa during the birth of the smartphone in the US and she’s top notch at understanding the potential of new products and ideas. She could always be relied upon to ask the hard probing questions and diplomatically drive towards a concensus as we broke new ground. Would love to have the chance to work together again.” - Joe Fabris, Senior Director of Wireless Marketing, Palm, Inc.

“Lisa is passionate about her work and skilled as a negotiator. I value her strong technical background and ability to drive projects to success. I first met Lisa while managing a highly complex and time sensitive project. The success of the project was very much due to Lisa’s efforts.” - Tona Hess, Product Line Marketing Manager, Palm, Inc.

“Lisa is, not only, a superb evangelist for our company, but she has also brought an unparalleled level of professionalism and synergy to all our dealings with Palm, she has a fantastic grasp on both consumer and enterprise markets, as well as an enthusiasm and ownership for her projects that far exceeds any liaison I have ever worked with previously.” -John Phillips, VP Business Development Astraware Limited (Acquired by Handmark)

“Lisa is a terrific person to work with. I wouldn’t hesitate to outsource our business development needs to her in the future.” -Gil Hirsch, CEO Face.com

“I hired Lisa Whelan as a business development consultant to investigate growth opportunities for Chomp, Inc.  I was impressed by Lisa’s professionalism, strategic insight, and ability to hit the ground running from day one in our fast-moving start-up.  Within a very short period of time, Lisa helped Chomp understand what it needs to do to from a product and marketing perspective to gain traction among mobile distribution partners. I highly recommend Lisa as a business development, strategy and marketing consultant to anyone that needs help refining their business model and/or gaining traction in the mobile ecosystem.” - Ben Keighran, CEO Chomp, Inc.

“I hired Lisa to work on several projects, and she executed in a turn key manner that ensured my company’s and client’s success every time.  She has the unique ability to listen carefully, quickly assess challenges, and develop strategic action plans that rapidly improve performance. ” - Julia French, Founder and Managing Director of Covered Communications (Marketing Agency for SocialMedia Networks)

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“I worked with Lisa on a complex, intense project redesigning an organisation while its underlying infrastructure and systems were replaced.  Lisa is exceptionally bright and motivated – delivering her work to a high standard but also adding huge value to the team through her ability to absorb pressure, generate ideas and contribute to the debate.  An automatic choice on the team for future projects.” – Matt Gardom, Colleague, PA Consulting Group

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