An Internet Decade - Thursday 7th October 6-8pm
The names are listed alphabetically, by surname, and grouped as follows:
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Managing Director |
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Fernhart New Media Limited |
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Since 1996 with start up capital of £8,000 I have been riding and managing the rollercoaster of boom and bust within the most dynamic and frantic paced industry sector ever unleashed upon the human race. I have had the privilege of being part of a decade that has re-written the way humans communicat...[more »] |
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adam freeman |
| Current Position: |
Head of Commercial Development |
| Current Organisation: |
Guardian Unlimited |
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Co-founder |
| Current Organisation: |
E-consultancy |
| Background: |
I started out working in digital TV and multimedia production. I then worked at the Financial Times on arguably the first commercial application of Video on Demand (1996) before getting involved with FT.com as a Producter / Project Manager.
In 1997 I moved to digital communications agency Wheel ...[more »] |
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Group Head of Sales Strategy |
| Current Organisation: |
Wanadoo |
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I started my research career at Carlton TV after graduating from university. As an advertiisng researcher I was responsible for looking after the commercial research needs for the advertising sales team. I then moved to Freeserve (now Wanadoo) to do a similar role and champion the role of online in ...[more »] |
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New Media Editor |
| Current Organisation: |
Media Guardian |
| Background: |
I've been chronicling the boom, the bust and the gradual assimilation of new media companies, people and ideas into the mainstream media.[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Managing Director |
| Current Organisation: |
Digivate |
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In 1998 I co-founded the e-commerce agency Digivate. Digivate's primary focus is to enable retailers and catalogue businesses to trade online by providing transactional web design, build and management and online marketing services. Prior to my current role, the majority of my career has been spent ...[more »] |
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Head of eCommerce |
| Current Organisation: |
Bradford & Bingley Group |
| Background: |
Russell Gould is Head of eCommerce for Bradford & Bingley Group.
He is responsible for the Group’s e-commerce business, delivering the Online Retail business’ profit and loss, managing the online customer proposition and web development, and developing e-commerce strategy. BBG’s web sites incl...[more »] |
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Editor |
| Current Organisation: |
Need To Know |
| Background: |
I and Danny O'Brien set up the irreverent (yet influential!) technology update Need To Know ("NTK") early in 1997, which was arguably the UK's first large-scale independent email newsletter, and broke stories on everything from the first "copy-protected" CD spotted in the wild to new linguistic coin...[more »] |
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Managing Director, Digital Media |
| Current Organisation: |
Newsquest Media Group |
| Background: |
With Neil Ellul in 1994 launched Europe's first Internet monthly magazine. Then, with Carol Dukes set up Emap Online which created and ran a number of award-winning pioneering (and still successful) online medi/e-commerce websites in the travel, sport, rock and pop and theatre sectors.[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Managing Director |
| Current Organisation: |
Smart Interactive |
| Background: |
Mike Grehan is founder of the UK’s longest established internet marketing consultancy. Incorporated in 1996, the company rapidly developed a relationship with leading UK and European businesses.
Mike has become one of the most respected practitioners in the field of search engine marketing. His d...[more »] |
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Director |
| Current Organisation: |
Dowcarter Ltd |
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I've been continuously involved in online publishing since 1979 when I was the senior journalist the world's first public 24-hour
online sports service run by news agency Extel on BT's pioneering Prestel viewdata network.
1981: founded Gwynn Williams Viewdata which provided travel, sport, entert...[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Managing Director |
| Current Organisation: |
Interbrand |
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Prior to joining Interbrand in 1998, Jez worked in the advertising industry, initially as an account handler in the United States, and more recently as a Strategic Planning director in London for DMB&B and Saatchi & Saatchi, where he co-directed the Planning department.
During his advertising car...[more »] |
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Co-founder |
| Current Organisation: |
OD2 (Online Distribution) |
| Background: |
Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician, writer and video maker.
When at school he co-founded the group Genesis, which he left in 1975. His albums, live performance and videos since then have won him a succession of awards.
In 1980 he collected a...[more »] |
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Editor, Creative Business |
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Financial Times |
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Carlos Grande is the editor of Creative Business, the FT’s popular weekly section covering media, marketing, advertising, PR and technology within businesses. Before that, he was a media correspondent and the e-business correspondent. He started at the FT in October 1999.
From 1995 to 1998, he ...[more »] |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Egg |
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Paul has been a director at Egg since January 2000. He joined Prudential Banking plc in January 1996 as Operations Director, becoming Chief Operating Officer of the bank in August 1998. He became Deputy Chief Executive of Egg from its launch in October 1998 until December 2000. On 1 January 2001, he...[more »] |
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The names are listed alphabetically, by surname, and grouped as follows: