Benjamin Koe

Current

• Consultant & New Media Specialist at Hill & Knowlton (Singapore)
• Co-founder at Scoopasia.com

Past

• Technology Editor at TechPlanet Asia
• Sub-Editor at CMP Business Media

Education

• The University of Queensland

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Benjamin Koe’s Summary

Public relations consultant focused on technology PR and the advances in online media technologies. A former technology journalist with an interest in Web 2.0 technology startups.

Benjamin Koe’s Specialties:

Social media expert and Web 2.0 evangelist. Background in journalism, a future in new media.

Benjamin Koe’s Experience

• Consultant & New Media Specialist

  Hill & Knowlton (Singapore)

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  July 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  I work at Hill & Knowlton in Singapore as a PR consultant in the technology practice as well as the company's new media specialist where I experiment marrying PR and the social media.

• Co-founder

  Scoopasia.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  June 2006 — Present (2 years)

  Built Scoopasia (scoopasia.com) to be a free online service for the PR and media industry in Asia. I provide the technological direction for the company.

• Technology Editor

  TechPlanet Asia

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  Built and wrote for the series of enterprise technology blogs called under the branding TechPlanet Asia. Other than building the platform on Web 2.0 technologies, I focused on covering server technologies including virtualization, operating systems, and data centre technologies.

• Sub-Editor

  CMP Business Media

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  May 2004 — January 2005 (9 months)

  Part of the editorial team that published enterprise IT and telecom magazines. I did reporting, copy editing, and magazine layout.

Benjamin Koe’s Education

• The University of Queensland

  Bachelor of Arts, Journalism & Information Management, 2001 — 2003

Additional Information

Benjamin Koe’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Benjamin Koe’s Interests:

social media, web 2.0, technology, tennis, business ideas

Benjamin Koe’s Honors:

Speaking Engagements

* December 4, 2007 - Keynote Speaker, 5th BICSI Southeast Asia Conference 2007 (Topic: Web 2.0)
* March 14, 2007 - Guest Lecture, University of Buffalo, Singapore Institute of Management (Topic: Online Communities)


Interviews & Media Mentions

* October 2007 - MEDIA - The monitisation of blogs
* September 2007 - Marketing Magazine - Reaching Out
* July 17, 2007 - Digital Life, The Straits Times - More netizens open up to blog scene
* May 6, 2007 - theorycast.19 - Using the Ruckus MetroFlex on Wireless@SG
* April, 1 2007 - Theory is the reason - Face-to-Face with Benjamin Koe (of Scoopasia.com)
* March 1, 2006 - Singapore Entrepreneurs - Interview with Benjamin Koe, eOK network and Scoopasia.com

Benjamin Koe’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
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• job inquiries
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