Geoffrey Kwitko

Current

• Owner, Head Consultant & Trainer at GoodCatalyst.com.au
• Co-founder, Entrepreneurship mentor at The Startup Club
• Online Community Strategist & Lead Programmer at ShareScene.com

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Past

• Advertising & Partnerships Manager at EcoLivingScene.com.au
• Managing Director at NewsAlerts.com.au
• Web Strategies Consultant at Xentech Web Solutions

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Education

• Bond University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Geoffrey

Connections

85 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• The Startup Club Adelaide

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Summary

Geoffrey Kwitko is a leading internet and creative marketing consultant and provides strategic advice to top Australian companies. Geoffrey’s unique consulting skills are based on the experience of personally running a number of very successful startup companies over the past six years.

• ShareScene.com - sharemarket community with 18,000 investors
• Xentech Web Solutions – an internet marketing and web programming firm
• NewsAlerts.com.au – a media monitoring alert web service
• The Startup Club – a 300+ Adelaide business networking group

If your project requires cutting edge strategic planning, internet marketing or web programming management it will benefit from Geoffrey’s guidance. Specialising in developing innovative business ideas and solutions, Geoffrey’s true passion for entrepreneurship, modern marketing techniques and internet technology is refreshing and energising.

Geoffrey's proven practical experience is complemented by a strong academic foundation of both business and technology. Geoffrey was awarded a full scholarship to study a Bachelor Business (E-commerce) and Bachelor Information Technology (Internet Technology) at Bond University. Placed first in class in nearly half of his courses, Geoffrey was the highest performing business/information technology student for both 2005 and 2006, earning him the Australian Computer Society Award for best IT graduate in 2006.

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Specialties:

Key Business Skills
• Cutting edge strategic marketing
• High impact presentation training
• Project management and planning
• Organisational behaviour and productivity
• Entrepreneurship & business idea generation

Key Technology Skills
• Online community strategy
• Creative internet marketing
• Website design & php programming
• Web based business systems

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Experience

• Owner, Head Consultant & Trainer

  GoodCatalyst.com.au

  (Internet industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Internet marketing strategy consultant and entrepreneurship training workshops

• Co-founder, Entrepreneurship mentor

  The Startup Club

  (Internet industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  The Startup Club is a business networking group of 300+ highly motivated entrepreneurs, technologists and future thinking professionals. The club meets face to face to discuss small business strategy and creative marketing in a fun, casual environment. Geoffrey is the co-founder of The Startup Club and enjoys the mentoring role he takes in the club. In just 5 months the club has grown to 300 members and has run 8 events including the BarCamp technology conference and a 3 day business success seminar. Startup Club revenue streams include seminar sales, online training courses and referral commissions.

• Online Community Strategist & Lead Programmer

  ShareScene.com

  (Internet industry)

  October 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)

  ShareScene.com is an Australian share market discussion community with over 18,000 high net worth investors. Each day Australian investors discuss the investment news, company operations and share analysis on ShareScene. Geoffrey is the lead programmer and provides online community strategy and advice.

• Advertising & Partnerships Manager

  EcoLivingScene.com.au

  (Environmental Services industry)

  July 2008 — March 2009 (9 months)

  Organising online promotional campaigns for eco-friendly service companies.
  
  Building relationships with key environmental industry partners, including seminar organisers, journalists, technologists and government.

• Managing Director

  NewsAlerts.com.au

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  NewsAlerts.com.au is a semantically aware online media monitoring service that instantly sends an email alert when an ASX listed company is mentioned in the press. Geoffrey bought the python/XMLRPC based technology from a colleague in May 2007. Quickly commercialising the opportunity, NewsAlerts continued to grow to over 2,200 active users at which point it was sold 18 months after purchase. See http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/bootstrappr/soa/NewsAlerts-com-au-shuts-down/0,2001092438,339294638,00.htm

• Web Strategies Consultant

  Xentech Web Solutions

  (Internet industry)

  May 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  Xentech Web Solutions is an internet marketing and web programming firm founded by Geoffrey Kwitko and his brother Andrew. Xentech Web’s unique strength is providing technically advanced web strategies that made solid business sense.
  
  As well as providing ongoing high level leadership to the programming staff, Geoffrey also led the XenLabs R&D division with over 15 international technology consultants from 5 diverse countries. At the 16 month mark Geoffrey sold his share in Xentech Web following the successful negotiation of a major programming contract with a financial institution.

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Education

• Bond University

  Bachelor Information Technology & Bachelor Business , [Internet Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Software Development, Web Technologies] , 2004 — 2006

  Completed two degrees in 2 years 8 months on a 100% Vice Chancellor's Scholarship for 'exceptional academic achievement, proven leadership ability and personal character'.
  
  12 times ranked first in class over both business and IT subjects. 6 semesters on Vice Chancellor's List of Academic Excellence. High Distinction average (86%).
  
  -Poole Book Prize Best Business/IT Student 2006
  -Makepeace Bennett Medal Best IT Student 2006
  -Australian Computer Society Best IT Grad. 2006
  -Poole Book Prize Best Business/IT Student 2005
  -Student Council Academic Excellence Award 2004
  -Faculty of IT Prize For Academic Excellence 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Bond University Drama Society (BUDS)
  Bond University Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE)
  Bond University Choir Society (BUCS), Director
  Bond University Music Society (BUMS), Director

Additional Information

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Websites:

• The Startup Club Adelaide

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Interests:

entrepreneurship, internet technology, creative marketing and business strategy, teaching productivity / self development and life skills concepts, rapid web application development using the CakePHP framework, sharing intelligent discussion and advice with others.

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Groups:

Australian Computer Society
The Startup Club Adelaide

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs
•    Australian IT Industry
•    Php developers
•    SEO Australia
•    International Entrepreneur Club
•    Innovation and Entrepreneurship
•    AIMIA Mobile Industry Group Australia
•    Semantic Web
•    The Churchill Club
•    The Hive
•    Global Entrepreneurship Week
•    Sales, Marketing, Technical and Senior Executive Club - Asia Pacific
•    Online Marketing & Advertising Australia / NZ
•    Open Source Industry Australia
•    Australian Professional Selling Association
•    Bond University Alumni (500+ members)
•    UK/Australia/NZ Affiliate Marketers
•    Australia Business and Professional Network
•    Business Network Australia
•    Collaborating for a better marketing future - Australian Marketing Institute
•    LIONS of Adelaide
•    Australia's Elite ICT Community
•    1 Australia - Australian ICT Professional Network
•    Networking Australia (Only!)
•    Australian Institute for Commercialisation
•    Software & Engineering Professionals in Adelaide
•    Australian Recruiters and Search Professionals from www.recruitingblogs.com
•    AIMIA National
•    Silicon Beach Australia
•    St Peter's Old Collegians
•    Digital Media Group - Australia and New Zealand
•    Young Professional Careers in Australia & New Zealand
•    The Startup Club Adelaide
•    Young Professionals Group, Adelaide, South Australia

Geoffrey Kwitko’s Honors:

-ShareScene.com voted 'Best Stock Forum 08' in Traders Choice Awards
-100% Vice Chancellor's Scholarship for B.Bus & B.IT at Bond University
-12 Times Ranked First in Class for Business & IT
-6 Semesters on Vice Chancellor's List of Academic Excellence
-High Distinction 86% Average in B.Bus & B.IT
-Poole Book Prize Best Business/IT Student 2006
-Makepeace Bennett Medal Best IT Student 2006
-Australian Computer Society Best IT Grad. 2006
-Poole Book Prize Best Business/IT Student 2005
-Student Council Academic Excellence Award 2004
-Faculty of IT Prize For Academic Excellence 2004

-99.85 TER Highest 0.1% Australian Students 2003
-First Prize Young Composer’s Awards 2003
-Saint Peter’s Grummett Service Prize
-Honours in Trinity Sixth Grade Violin Exam
-Honours in AMEB Fifth Grade Music Theory
-Finalist in National Youth Week 2003 (DesignIT)
-Finalist in National Youth Week 2000 (RockIT)

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