Kevin Aires

Current

Director - Digital Experience at George P Johnson

Past

Virtual Worlds Specialist at IBM
Business Consultant at IBM
Chemical Engineer at Exxon

Education

Loughborough University

Recommended

23 people have recommended Kevin

Connections

343 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Kevin Aires’s Summary

Digital Experience Pioneer | Innovator | Community Builder

Kevin is Director - Digital Experience for George P Johnson UK Ltd. GPJ is the worlds premier experience marketing company and is a leader in integrating online and live experiences to create a whole new marketing paradigm we call OnLIVE.

Kevin was previously Events Manager for IBM’s Virtual Business Center in the online world of 'Second Life', and Guildmaster of IBM’s Virtual Universe Community of over 6000 IBMer’s who are exploring virtual worlds for business.

Kevin regularly presents on virtual worlds and has even hosted his own live virtual chat show! He regularly blogs on virtual worlds and web2.0 and assisted IBM UK with their web2.0 and client community building efforts.

Kevin has over eleven years professional experience working for blue chip companies (Shell, Exxon, IBM), and is generally valued for his proven ability to generate and promote creative strategic solutions to business issues and holds two IBM multimedia patents.

Other Characteristics:
- Myers-Briggs Profile: ENTP - "The Innovator"
- Belbin Team Roles: Shaper, Plant, Resource Investigator

Kevin Aires’s Specialties:

Subject matter expert on virtual worlds, especially running events and creating virtual videos (machinima).

Kevin has a track record of innovation with a number of internal business ideas raised and a contributor to 2 patents pending. e.g. : http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-preparing-a-multimedia-stream-dt20050623ptan20050138665.php

Kevin Aires’s Experience

Director - Digital Experience

George P Johnson

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)

Additional Information

Kevin Aires’s Groups:

Kraken, Coign Church, New Frontiers

The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
Association of Virtual Worlds
Eightbar
Loughborough University Alumni
Professional Second Lifers
IBM Virtual Universe Community
Virtual Job Candy
VirtualWorlds
Micro Focus Live 09
Open ThinkTank3D
Virtual Events Forum
HorizonWatching
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
NORTEL's Web.Alive Developers and Users
ThinkBalm Innovation Community
v-Business