Benjamin Koe

Consultant & New Media Specialist at Hill & Knowlton

Singapore

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
Connections
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Industry
Public Relations and Communications
Websites

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 2006Present (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 2006Present (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 2005July 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 2004January 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, 20012003


Additional Information

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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


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  • career opportunities
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  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
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