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Richard Zeidel

Richard Zeidel joined Sonic Boom as Partner in October 2011. Sonic Boom is a digital and social media agency operating as an integrated subsidiary of NATIONAL Public Relations. Together with Managing Partner Sylvain Perron, Richard oversees all operations, financial management, staffing, top-level client service and overall business direction and growth for the firm at an international level.

Before joining Sonic Boom, Richard was Vice President, Strategic Alliances of Tungle.Me, a cross-platform social calendaring application. In his role, Richard led the strategic planning and execution of the company’s go-to-market strategy through to acquisition by Research in Motion (RIM) in April, 2011.

Prior to that, Richard was Vice President, Sales, North America for iPerceptions Inc, a Montreal based firm providing proprietary online research solutions for website optimization.

A natural entrepreneur, Richard has been involved throughout his career in the development and fast growth of some of Canada’s leading Internet start-ups working alongside them to develop their interactive strategies. Richard began his career by founding MediaFactory, a web development company in 1995 and later merged it with K-OS Multimedia. Subsequent to the merger Richard became the executive responsible for launching Publicis’ digital division in Canada.

Recent Milestones

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    Richard Zeidel — Two Canadian Digital Leaders Join Sonic Boom Creative Media (10/4/11)
    Posted 10/24/11 at 5:47pm via cnw.ca
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    Richard Zeidel — Sylvain Perron and Richard Zeidel Join NATIONAL (10/1/11)
    Posted 10/24/11 at 5:46pm via national.ca
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    Richard Zeidel — RIM Acquires Social Calendaring Application Tungle.Me (4/27/11)
    Posted 10/24/11 at 5:48pm via techcrunch.com
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    Richard Zeidel — BatchBook and Tungle Integrate Thanks to Customer's Tweet. (5/12/10)
    Posted 6/8/10 at 6:50am via prweb.com
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    Richard Zeidel added a position as VP of Strategic Alliances at Tungle.me. (2/1/10)
    Posted 2/5/10 at 7:59am
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    Richard Zeidel — Joined tungle.me as Vice President, Strategic Alliances (2/1/10)
    Posted 6/3/10 at 1:27pm via tungle.me

Videos

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Richard @SXSWI

Added: 5/4/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m7BMTpxo1E
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The Future of Scheduling with @scobleizer and @tunglerocks

Added: 6/4/10
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Richard with @scobleizer and @tunglerocks at Googleplex

Added: 6/4/10
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The Calendar of The Future - A Tungle.me Manifesto

Added: 8/23/10
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Interview Series: “What is Tungle.me?” with Richard Zeidel.

Added: 10/7/10

Sources

    Online Scheduling Pioneer Tungle Expands Executive Team To Drive Aggressive Growth (tungle.me) [edit]
    What Happens on Twitter: Biz Dev at the Speed of Real-Time (prweb.com) [edit]
    Sylvain Perron and Richard Zeidel Join NATIONAL (national.ca) [edit]
    Two Canadian Digital Leaders Join Sonic Boom Creative Media (cnw.ca) [edit]
    RIM Acquires Social Calendaring Application Tungle.Me (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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