| Website | agoramedia.co.uk |
| Blog | appmarket.tv/inde... |
| @expathos | |
| Birthplace | New Westminster, BC, Canada |
| Birthdate | 9/18/67 |
| WAP, Diploma | 1993 |
| Journalism - Photography |
W Beenen
Creative Technologist and Canadian Expatriate based in UK and Netherlands. Winner 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 - 5-year Atlantic Free Press project honoured for visionary application of IT to promote positive social, economic and educational change including category co-winners from NASA and Duke University. Finalist at IBC’s ConnectedWorld.TV Personality of the Year 2011 for work at Appmarket.tv - lost to Marc Zuckerberg from Facebook.
~CURRENT~ MD and Partner - Agora Media Group, London, UK Publisher - appmarket.tv, NL Columnist, Channel Magazine - Association of International Broadcasters, London, UK Columnist - Virgin.com Vice President United Kingdom, Connected TV Marketing Association Venture Partner (EU) Zephyr Technology Ventures, NYC, USA Advisor - Travolon, Leuven, Belgium
~SPEAKING~ MIPCOM and MIPTV 2010-2011 The Festival Internacional de Televisão 2010 & 2011 BRAZIL Appsworld, Social TV UK 2010 & 2011 Future of TV Advertising, UK The Social TV Revolution - Convergence Conversation, 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 Disruptive Technologies, MIPCOM, FRANCE IP&TV World Forum, UK Smart TV, USA Social TV Summit, USA IP and Cable, London, UK IBC, Amsterdam, NL to Canadian Delegation Guest Lecturer - University of Groningen, NETHERLANDS
~PAST~ Mentor - Startup Weekend Groningen 2011 NL Mentor - Oxygen Accelerator, Birmingham UK Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) - Worldticketshop, NL Advisor - Moho Internet Concepts, NL Founder - Expathos, NL Sparkling Media UK, Cross Media Social Platform Publisher Free Press Group Marketing Director of 2 Caribbean multinational marine companies Editor/Publisher Caribbean publications. Reporter - Native Press - Canadian Arctic Specialties
Strategist/Innovator - Open Source Evangelist - Technology Evangelist
Former offshore sailboat skipper (24,000 nautical miles) with outstanding leadership and problem-solving skills. Have demonstrated strong ability to identify and connect ideas, resources, opportunities, and key stakeholders to align missions, engage members, raise awareness, enhance credibility and reputation, and develop mutually-beneficial organizational and business objectives through strategic relationships.
Mobile Industry Review TV: Richard Kastelein of AppMarket.tv (Agora Media Innovation Ltd) talks at Connected Creativity on his roots in Social TV, Multiplatform, Interactive TV and more… as well as Appmarket TV and Agora Media Innovation, his company in
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