Education
Columbia University.
Columbia University.
SLOW STORE" published by Simon & Schuster. Schwartz is presently writing a book on the Internet of Things (IoT) titled IF THINGS COULD SPEAK. Schwartz is Chief Executive Officer of Impact Mobile Incorporated. and Chairman of 4More Innovation Incorporated and Mapiary. Schwartz worked as a journalist and editor in Japan from 1988 through 1992 for United States. News & World Report as well as The Asia Foundation"s Op-Editor Division.
He was producer and anchor for television Asahi and Japan"s startup music channel "SpaceShower".
Subsequently, Schwartz worked with CTB/McGraw-Hill, Scholastic Corporation, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund and the World Bank Group developing new media guidelines and programming. In 1996, Schwartz published My City with CTB/McGraw-Hill and Scholastic Corporation and continued to develop the Street Business Toolkit with Street Kids International working with street children and street organizations in Nicaragua, Ecuador, Tanzania, Kenya, Thailand and Nepal.
In 2002, Schwartz developed best practices and standards for the first cross-carrier mobile marketing short code campaign in North America. In 2006, he founded the mobile committee for the Interactive Advertising Bureau (Institute for Advanced Biosciences) in New York City.
In 2007, Schwartz established a joint task force between the Mobile Marketing Association (Mobile Marketing Association ) and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences with the aid of the Media Rating Council (Medical Research Council) to develop global, auditable mobile measurement standards.
Schwartz worked with Mobile Entertainment Forum to established a partnership between the Accredited Standards Committee ASC X9 to develop m-commerce security standards in the United States. Schwartz is working with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Dell and Impact Mobile to launch the first North American implementation of Next Generation 9-1-1 emergency services. The Next Generation 9-1-1 mobile messaging service will launch early 2014.
These essential services include non-emergency mobile messaging services at a municipal level
Schwartz is an alumnus of Columbia University and Stanford University Center in Japan.
Schwartz is the recipient of the Japan Foundation Fellowship in 1988, The Asia Foundation Fellowship 1989, Macromedia People Choice Award and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation award for innovation 1996, Institute for Advanced Biosciences award for industry excellence in 2009, the Minnesota Education Fairs award for industry excellence in 2010., in 2013 was recognized as the "Mobile Commerce Evangelist of the Year." and in 2014 was selected as the "Retail Innovator of the Year.".
In 2012, Schwartz was re-elected for his third term as the Chair of the Mobile Entertainment Forum North America and served as a member of the Mobile Entertainment Forum Global Board out of London, United Kingdom.
