An Internet Decade - Thursday 7th October 6-8pm
The names are listed alphabetically, by surname, and grouped as follows:
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Director of Strategy and New Product Development |
| Current Organisation: |
Telewest Broadband |
| Background: |
The last ten years of my professional experience have been spent in the media and telecommunications industry, working in marketing, strategy, and operational roles for both start-ups and large organisations. The only professional downtime during that period was taken to do an MBA at Harvard Busine...[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Director / Co-Founder |
| Current Organisation: |
Webcritique.co.uk / ilikemusic.com |
| Background: |
Cheryl Rickman has been writing for the web and internet marketing since 1997, supplying web related articles to Internet Works, Better Business, Exec-Woman.com, Refresher.com and supplying content to a number of leading websites. She is co-founder of ilikemusic.com and author of two booklets, publ...[more »] |
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Co Founder |
| Current Organisation: |
CD WOW! |
| Background: |
Serial entrepreneur specialising in the Music & Entertainment sector.
Developed the CD WOW! brand using common sense business principles just as the .com crash happened in 2000.
Simplfied the entertainment offering by sticking to our "best value" concept and Free Delivery Worldwide.
Also kept...[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Chief Executive |
| Current Organisation: |
IMRG |
| Background: |
James Roper is CEO and Founder of IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group) - the international forum for electronic retailing via networked screens in the home, office and pocket. Founded in 1990 to represent the needs of pioneer interactive merchants, today IMRG serves some 4,000 individuals in 20...[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
CEO |
| Current Organisation: |
Figleaves.com |
| Background: |
Michael Ross set-up FootPrints in 1990 which published a range of advertising funded maps across the UK. He sold the business in 1994 and joined McKinsey and Company where he spent five years consulting to a range of media and retail clients. He left McKinsey in September 1999 and joined easyshop....[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Director of Strategy |
| Current Organisation: |
Ask Jeeves UK |
| Background: |
Prior to Ask Jeeves, Myles worked at BBC Online as Research Manager and spent time working in Corporate Strategy focusing on new media and at BBC Worldwide. This included extensive liason with industry bodies in developing and putting tinot practice measurement tools and techniques. He has also spen...[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
W3C Fellow (Canon) |
| Current Organisation: |
W3C/Canon |
| Background: |
Over the last decade, I have been closely involved with the development of the core standards for the Web, following earlier work on hypertext and expert systems at HP Labs. I launched standards work on HTTP at the IETF and played a key role in work on HTML from 1992 onwards at both the IETF and s...[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Founder and CEO |
| Current Organisation: |
EasyNet |
| Background: |
David Rowe, 44, founded Easynet in 1994, and has steered the Group for the last eight years, six of which have been as a publicly listed company. David has a background in sales and sales management and has a Masters Degree in Information Technology.[more »] |
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| Current Position: |
Managing Partner |
| Current Organisation: |
Atlantic Leap Ventures Ltd |
| Background: |
I've worked in the online industry since 1986 -- over the past 10 years I have been in New York, Silicon Valley and London, working for the likes of News Corporation, Excite and Excite@Home.[more »] |
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The names are listed alphabetically, by surname, and grouped as follows: