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Julian is well known in the European community as an expert in breakthrough forms of entertainment for new media. He is the former EMEA president of MFORMA, the world's leading wireless entertainment publisher. While at MFORMA, Julian managed the growth of the EMEA as a stand alone business taking it from start-up to a multi-million dollar operation, with the most extensive market share across Europe. Prior to MFORMA, Julian was CEO of Scan Mobile, an SMS applications company building leading edge products for mobile carriers. Other notable positions include: President, EMEA of Sorrent-a leading wireless entertainment publisher; managing director at Freeserve, the UK's first free ISP and portal managing the portal; vice president Europe for MTVi; and commercial director for IPC Electric, a part of IPC Magazines Group Ltd. Earlier in his career, Julian was commercial director at Capital Interactive, an innovator of digital entertainment and cross media promotion, and a co-founder of EMAP Online, one of Europe's largest media groups. Julian Hardy is an advisor to a number of start-up mobile ventures including: Telcogames, Ariadne Capital, Oberon Inc, Vividas PLC, and Globalia S.A. | 