Jonathan Ruff

Senior Director of Technology Solutions Product Marketing for the Applied Research Center, Motorola Mobility

Jonathan Ruff is senior director of technology solutions product marketing for the Applied Research Center, Motorola Mobility, where he is responsible for positioning the Company’s future technologies and innovations.

Mr. Ruff joined Motorola in 1989. He has participated in the evolution of the mobile and wireless data and communications industry and led internal start up efforts in new data and multimedia communications services, most recently in next generation TV experiences across multiple screens and devices.

Mr. Ruff is one of the founders of Motorola’s internally focused venturing team, providing business development leadership in the acquisition of technology to support future research efforts. He was also chief to the Chief Technology Officer and responsible for technology product marketing.

Prior to joining the chief technology office organization, Mr. Ruff was senior director of portfolio marketing for Motorola’s Internet services and content group positioning, where he directed the group’s efforts in new Internet services and experiences on mobile devices. Mr. Ruff has been at the forefront of the evolution in mobile networking. He helped double the size of the first analog cellular network in the United Kingdom and led product marketing and business development for Motorola’s early foray’s into WLANs, wireless corporate e-mail, camera phones and synchronization technologies.

Energetic and a strong believer in participative efforts, Mr. Ruff was one of Motorola’s leadership team members in the wireless application forum (now OMA), Symbian, and the SyncML Forum and a judge in 2007 for Chicago’s Science in the City Top Ten Scientific Achievements. Mr. Ruff has a Bachelor’s of Science Honors Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Brunel University in London England.

My First Job after graduating from University was for a defence company working on Homeland Security before the term existed, having previously also delivered the Royal Mail on a bicycle in my home village.

His first introduction to the Cable and TV industry was in the product marketing of Motorola’s Next Generation TV solution, enabling delivery of linear, on-demand in channel TV and SocialTV to the set top-TV screen, mobile device and tablets such as the Motorola XOOM TM.