Todd Emerson





 Todd is currently the Executive Director of Sales and Business Development for Medio Systems Inc., a mobile platform and application provider focused on mobile search, marketing and advertising. Todd specializes in working with wireless carriers to architect and integrate technical solutions with carriers' various internal organizations, platforms and vendors. 


Todd's experience managing integrations with major US carrier's technical infrastructures includes:
  • messaging - SMS, MMS, WAP-Push
  • browsing - WAP (WML,XHTML), HTTP
  • authentication, billing, entitlement & storefront solutions
  • networking
  • API design and integration
Todd's background in project and program management enables him to service his carrier customers with a focus on user experience and customer management processes:
  • Statement of Work: Clarifies deliverables for all parties involved in each project.  For complex integration and user experience project, each Statement of Work includes detailed use cases that outline both systems integration and user experiences.

  • Use Case Documentation: Often included or appended to the Statement of Work, detailed Use Cases outline the step-by-step flow of the application or system calls.  Use Cases include appropriate alternate and exception paths and feed the product functional and technical specifications.

  • Deliverables Tracking:  Identifies status of project deliverables (as well as post-launch deliverables) and the customer and provider stakeholders accountable for each deliverable as well as a running history of the project and completed deliverables.

  • Customer Advocacy:  Representing the customer's short and long term business and technical objectives within the delivery organization, resulting in products and technology that align with customers' needs.
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Personal Information
When Todd isn't working with Medio Systems projects, he manages kikata Inc., a business technology solutions company focused on managing technology and solutions for small businesses and enterprise or franchise remote offices.

Todd lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and two daughters and dreams of becoming a pseudo-famous songwriter and/or performer.

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Personal (non-professional) Links to Friends and Interests
  • Hound Dog Hill Boys -- A Staunton, Virginia "sneergrass" (traditional bluegrass with a twist) group featuring a cast of outstanding bluegrass musicians, including my brother, Michael Emerson (aka "Emerson").

  • Blackbird, an online journal of literature and the arts - published by VCU's Department of English. Edited online by my old friend, M.A. Keller.

  • Blue C Sushi -- my friends and customers of kikata.

  • Pike & Western - before I made a living with technology, I barely survived selling wine.  Michael Teer and Peter Schmalzer are responsible for giving me a boost once I landed in Seattle. Thanks guys.

  • Therese Frare - an extraordinary photographer, neighbor and friend, Therese was featured in Time Life's 100 Photographs that Changed the World.  Currently Therese is best known for her wedding photography.  She and her husband, Greg Davis, also shoot stock photography and video.

  • Peter Schmalzer - a friend.

  • Nougat.org - an old Go2net colleague who is also responsible for the someday famous Poetry Postcard Project. 

  • Guitarville and Guitar Emporium - guitars, mandos, strings, oh my.

  • Another Todd Emerson - Film and Television actor, not me. Though I once had a brief impromptu performance (as a breast-obsessed "Romeo") on stage with Christine Deaver at Teatro Zinzanni.

   Feeling diss'd? Lemme know, I'll add ya.

todd at toddemerson dot com