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The Mobomo Team

Mobomo provides unparalleled delivery capability due to the fact that there are no junior members of our team. All of Mobomo’s employees have years of experience in mobile strategy, design, development, and deployment. Read more about our management team above.

  • Barg Upender, Founder and Chief Evangelist

    Mr. Upender has over twenty years of experience in developing software for federal and commercial customers. He specializes in mobile app development, user experience design, Web 2.0 designs, social media, cross-browser development and Agile project management. He has been active in the Agile community since 2002. He has written articles and presented workshops at various conferences. His focus on user experience has lead to numerous awards. Prior to Mobomo, Mr. Upender co-founded Intridea Inc., a successful web application development company located in Washington DC. Barg was elected as one of the Top 100 Tech Titans in the DC-metro area by the Washingtonian magazine in 2009. Barg is 2008 alumni of the prestigious MindShare CEO Network, the leading entrepreneur network in the DC-metro area.

    Barg Upender
  • Ken Fang, President

    Mr. Fang is the President of Mobomo and oversees the strategy and operations of the company. Mr. Fang is also the founder and Chairman of Altum, Inc. Altum is the market leader of enterprise grants management and performance management solutions for government and philanthropic organizations. Mr. Fang built Altum from a concept in 1997 to a global, multimillion dollar software company. Mr. Fang was recognized in 2009 by the Washington Business Journal as one of the Washington D.C. regions’ top minority business leaders. Altum was also ranked in 2008, 2009, and 2010 by Inc. Magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America. Prior to Altum, Mr. Fang worked at a number of technology companies including IBM, American Management Systems, the Applied Research Labs – Penn State, Broderbund Software, and D.C. Health and Company. His published works include educational software titles (French for Fun and Practice and Spanish for Fun and Practice) and articles in advanced computing technology (Neural network classification of laser welds from acoustical signals and “Trainable” fuzzy logic control of the laser process).

    Ken Fang
  • Wendy Kessell, Chief Operating Officer

    Wendy Kessell is Mobomo’s chief operating officer. She manages all financial and administrative aspects of Mobomo while actively working on project implementations. Wendy is also Altum’s Chief Financial Officer, where she oversees contract negotiations, financial statements, budgets, banking relationships, financing, audits, income taxes, human resources and payroll. Wendy became a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) in 2007. She also is a notary in both Maryland and Virginia. Wendy holds a BS in Accounting and Management from the University of Maryland University College and graduated in three and a half years while working full time. She passed the CPA exam at her first sitting in 1991. Prior to Altum and Mobomo, she was the Controller (1992-1994) of Keystone Corporation, a telecommunications company. Keystone was purchased in 1995 by the owner of National Telecom, USA.  Wendy was CFO of both companies from 1995 to 1998 when the telecom consortium relocated all operations to Florida.  Wendy started her own public accounting firm in 1998 which she sold to Metro, Metro and Associates in 2008.

     

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