About

Summary

Creative Technologist and Canadian Expatriate based in UK and Netherlands. Winner of 2010 Deloitte Tech., Media & Telcom (TMT) Predictions for Entrepreneurs in Holland for futurist views on Social TV and Media Convergence (Tech Visionary). 2011 Computerworld Honors Laureate for Innovation – his five year Atlantic Free Press project and Free Press Group were honoured for visionary application of information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change including category co-winners from NASA, Duke University, LexisNexis, and George Washington University.

CURRENT

• CEO – Agora Media Innovation (AMI), London, UK
• Founder and Publisher – appmarket.tv, Amsterdam, NL
• Venture Partner (Europe) Zephyr Technology Ventures, NYC, USA
• Advisor – Travolon, Leuven, Belgium

PAST

• Advisor – EU Ticket News, NL
• Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) – Worldticketshop, NL
• Advisor – Moho Internet Concepts, NL
• Advisor – Pixengo, UK
• Founder – V.O.F. Expathos, NL
• Board/shareholder of Sparkling Media UK, Cross Media Social Platform – Early Social TV
• Publisher Free Press Group – Atlantic Free Press
• Marketing Director of two Caribbean multinational marine companies.
• Editor /publisher of several Caribbean publications.
• Extensive media history with publications – Native Press in the Canadian Arctic, freelancer.
• Former yachtsman with over 24,000 NM offshore. 2 x Transatlantic and Med.

SPEAKING

The Festival Internacional de Televisão 2010 BRAZIL
Appsworld, Social TV UK
Web Summit Africa – Lagos, Nigeria
Future of TV Advertising, UK
D-Media Global Conference UK
Connected Home World Summit 2011, UK
Children’s Media Conference Sheffield UK
Multiplatform Apps and Social TV, MIPTV, FRANCE
Future of TV, TV 3.0, GERMANY
IP&TV World Forum, UK
Smart TV, USA
Social TV Summit, USA
Social Media Summit, SOUTH AFRICA
IP and Cable, Paris, FRANCE
IBC, Amsterdam, NL to Canadian Delegation
Guest Lecturer – University of Groningen, NETHERLANDS