Frank De Graeve

Current

• Media Relations Expert at Quadrant Communications

Past

• Launch Editor / Senior Editor at Minoc Business Press
• PR Manager at Microsoft Belgium & Luxemburg
• New Media Editor at De Standaard (VUM, now Corelio)

• Editor in Chief at Computer Magazine (VNU Business Publications)
• Freelance Journalist at my own

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Education

• Universiteit Gent

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Frank De Graeve’s Summary

I have been a journalist for about 15 years, and a PR Manager for about 3 years, so I deemed this a good time to use this experience in a new role.

Frank De Graeve’s Specialties:

- PR for IT and other technology companies, especially in B2C
- Reputation Management
- Using social media in a communications strategy

Frank De Graeve’s Experience

• Media Relations Expert

  Quadrant Communications

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Advise and assist technology oriented companies and people concerning their relationship with the press.

• Launch Editor / Senior Editor

  Minoc Business Press

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

  November 2006 — September 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  Initially: launch new publications in the B2C IT market. In a later stage, help launch new titles in B2B.

• PR Manager

  Microsoft Belgium & Luxemburg

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  July 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 3 months)

• New Media Editor

  De Standaard (VUM, now Corelio)

  (Newspapers industry)

  June 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 1 month)

• Editor in Chief

  Computer Magazine (VNU Business Publications)

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  July 1996 — June 2001 (5 years )

  I started as an news and new media editor in July '96, became editor in chief in October '97 and managed the testlab for this and the other VNU IT titles from November 2000 to June 2001.

• Freelance Journalist

  my own

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  February 1992 — May 1996 (4 years 4 months)

  mainly for the company that published the magazines of the University of Ghent and for tv production companies

Frank De Graeve’s Education

• Universiteit Gent

  Licentiaat , Germaanse Filologie , 1985 — 1990

Additional Information

Frank De Graeve’s Interests:

new technology, literature, film, photography

Frank De Graeve’s Groups:

BJIT, Lousbergpark, The Belgian Blogosphere, Corporate Communications Community (3C)

•    Information Security Community
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Twitter
•    Online Media Professionals Benelux
•    Alumni Universiteit Gent
•    Public Relations Professionals
•    PR 2.0 Lab
•    Public Relations and Communications Professionals
•    3C - Corporate Communications Community
•    Communication Professionals Belgium
•    Living/working in Gent
•    Tech PR
•    Communicatie, Pers en Voorlichting
•    GhentValley - professionals in or around Gent
•    Corelio Media
•    Microsoft - Current and Former Employees
•    QuizIT, the second ICT Quiz
•    BGG - Bond van Gentse Germanisten
•    New (ways of using) Media in Belgium
•    Belgian Media Professionals
•    Gent BC - Big in Creativity
•    Whitepaper Central
•    Dutch Media Intelligence
•    Social Media Sessions
•    Business meets IT
•    Twunch.be

Frank De Graeve’s Contact Settings

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