Jo Caudron

Current

Founder at Dear Media

Past

CEO at ONE Agency
Founding Partner at tvAgency
Founding Partner at Nousom

Founding Partner at theOriginals
Chairman at The Reference Group
CEO at xCA
CEO at The Reference

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Jo Caudron’s Summary

My goal is to help our customers and partners to find their place in the constantly changing world of new media.

- Founder of Dear Media, a consulting company specialized in (digital) media innovation
- Co-founder and CEO of ONE Agency, the innovative full-service interactive agency
- Co-founder of tvAgency, the first interactive TV production company in Belgium
- Co-founder of Nousom (2004), an "idea breeding" company
- Co-founder of theOriginals (2003), an internet advisory company
- Co-founder and CEO of xCA (2001-2003), an innovative multi-device product company
- Co-founder of Webware (1996), a portal and content company with portals like Webbel and IBS
- Chairman of The Reference (1993-2003)
- CEO, Sales & Marketing manager of The Reference (1993-2000)
- Co-founder of The Reference (1993)

Jo Caudron’s Specialties:

New media, online interaction, Internet and e-business strategy, social computing, the participating generation, interactive television, iTV, idTV, mobile, pervasive computing

Jo Caudron’s Experience

Founder

Dear Media

(Online Media industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

Dear Media is a consulting company specialized in strategies and concepts for a world of new (digital) media.
Our mission is to help everyone who is in need of pragmatic advice in the fields of rich and social media, mobile internet and other media innovations.
We want to help our customers find a balance between the certainties of their traditional business and the opportunities of disruptive innovation.
CEO

ONE Agency

(Online Media industry)

October 2006 — July 2009 (2 years 10 months)

ONE Agency is the Belgian market leader in web 2.0 services and interactive communication. The company was founded in 2006 and has rapidly developed a unique position as "new style" interaction agency, working with the newest technologies and focussing on social network services and rich media (video, internetradio, ...).
ONE Agency works for large customers like Connections, KBC, MTV Networks, Neckermann.com, Nuon, RTBF, Sanoma Magazines, Truvo, Vedior and VRT. More information on www.one-agency.be.
Founding Partner

tvAgency

(Broadcast Media industry)

June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)

tvAgency is the first interactive television (iTV - iDTV) company in Belgium. Our aim is to create, produce and implement, appealing quality content for interactive television.
We
- conceptualize, produce and manage
- interactive TV shows, interactive TV ads, interactive TV applications
- for networks, operators, advertisers, advertising agencies, corporate customers and (semi-)governments
Founding Partner

Nousom

(Internet industry)

2004 — October 2006 (2 years )

Nousom is an idea breading company
Founding Partner

theOriginals

(Internet industry)

2003 — October 2006 (3 years )

theOriginals is a consulting company advising large organisations on the interactive strategies. theOriginals is mainly active in internet, mobile and iDTV strategies. More info : www.theOriginals.com
Chairman

The Reference Group

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

2000 — October 2006 (6 years )

The Reference Group was the holding company grouping The Reference (web agency), xCA (software development company) and other related companies.
CEO

xCA

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

2000 — 2003 (3 years )

xCA was a software company that developed a revolutionary multi-device publication platform.
CEO

The Reference

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

1993 — 2000 (7 years )

The Reference was the very first web agency in Belgium. My job was to grow the company into a leading player in the market. Responsabilities : general management, sales, marketing, evangelizing.