Christopher Kaufman

Current

• Organizer at Meetup.com
• Consultant at WebChannel Management

Past

• CEO at E3N
• President at Global Telecom Media

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles
• Santa Monica College
• University of Southern California

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Recommended

1 person has recommended Christopher

Connections

181 connections

Industry

Civic & Social Organization

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• Latest Social Network Project

Christopher Kaufman’s Summary

Wide Area Application Architect, Database Administrator, and Project Manager in a wide variety of business applications. Particularly interested in client/server and interactive design using Microsoft MediaCenter Technologies, Web 2.0, and MS-SQL Server. Always interested in interactive TV projects, as well as close interaction with the Web Social Media players.

Christopher Kaufman’s Specialties:

Internet property competitive analysis, financing, franchising, merger and acquisition
Non-profits, Funding strategies, event planning, local code compliance
Java, C++, Visual Basic Net, XML, HTML, JavaScript, usability, CSS, WYSIWYG layout tools

Christopher Kaufman’s Experience

• Organizer

  Meetup.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  I organize and manage 5 social organizations within the Meetup framework. Our combined membership is over 2,500 members. Included this group is the Southern California Meetup Organizers group, which has members of southern california's largest groups.
  
  The groups I organize are diverse. From Dive Bar Adventure Tours to Cognitive Health. From Bowling to Cultural Exploring, I try to provide a fun, safe, and relaxing atmosphere to all of our events.
  
  Event size usually range to as small as 10-20 to as large as over 500.

• Consultant

  WebChannel Management

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2000 — Present (9 years 9 months)

  Research, develop, and implement strategies that maximize new media networks. From Interactive Television to Web 2.0 technologies, from 2-D web networks like MySpace to 3-D Networks like SecondLife, we craft and manage presence to extend your corporate message through social interactions or soft touch communications.

• CEO

  E3N

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  February 1996 — May 2000 (4 years 4 months)

  Founder and CEO of interactive Television software platform solution for local and independent over the air broadcasts.
  
  Deployed first over the air interactive broadcast in Los Angeles: June 1998
  
  Written two Patents pending; Personalized Broadcast Objects, and Interactive Broadcast Attention Exchange

• President

  Global Telecom Media

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

  Value Added Reseller of Vanity lines and specialty telecom services.
  
  We created complete packages around each telecom service.

Christopher Kaufman’s Education

• University of California, Los Angeles

  2007 — 2010 (expected)

• Santa Monica College

  A.A , Business Administration , 2003 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Theta Kappa

• University of Southern California

  Film 1983 — 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Sigma Alpha Mu

Additional Information

Christopher Kaufman’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• Latest Social Network Project

Christopher Kaufman’s Interests:

strategic planning, sociology, web programming, digital photography, local theater, professional networking, usability research, marathon running, international travel, gourmet cooking, urban bicycling, economic history, reading science journals, writing music, dining out at exotic locales, listening to 80's music, evenings at the Symphony,

Christopher Kaufman’s Groups:

Meetup.com, Mensa, American Psychological Association, American Dietetic Association, American College Sports Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science

•    Sigma Alpha Mu
•    CKO (Chief Knowledge Officers) Forum
•    Cooperation Science
•    The Sociology Network

Christopher Kaufman’s Honors:

Phi Theta Kappa, National Deans List,

Christopher Kaufman’s Contact Settings

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