Innovation Ecosystem Manager
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- Innovation Ecosystem Manager at Lonely Planet
- Innovation Ecosystem Manager at Lonely Planet [BBC Worldwide]
- Innovation Ecosystem Manager at Lonely Planet Publications
- Innovation Ecosystem Manager at BBC Worldwide
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Matthew Cashmore’s Summary
Matthew is currently the Innovation Ecosystem Manager at Lonely Planet. His role is to open the doors of LP wide and allow external developers and content producers to engage with the brand and it's experience. He's responsible for making BlogSherpa and Groups a success by creating an ecosystem of amazing people around Lonely Planet and it's content.
Before working for Lonely Planet Matthew was the Senior Research Producer for BBC Research & Innovation. He co-ran the backstage.bbc.co.uk project; the BBC's developer network designed to encourage innovation and support new talent. Within his work for backstage.bbc.co.uk Matthew has run projects such as Innovations Labs a regional initiative inviting independent new media companies to respond to technology briefs set by the corporation. In addition Matthew was the Senior BBC producer of Hack London 2007 an event run in partnership with Yahoo! to open up APIs from both organisations to developers in Europe. Matthew also produced Mashed08 at Alexandra Palace, the second iteration of Hack Day in the UK as well as Over The Air, a dedicated Hack Day style event concentrating on mobile development.
Prior to joining backstage Matthew spent a brief period at UBC Media where he was integral in developing a working commercial model for podcasting, and produced the podcasts for The Times, The Sun, The Telegraph and the major record labels.
During his first period at the BBC Matthew rolled out the Where I Live sites, built the Travel News portal, and even launched the now defunct BBC Surfing Portal. He has constantly pushed the boundaries of technology and traditional thinking within the organisation.
Matthew started his professional life as an Aerospace Engineer, since then he’s presented Radio shows, built databases of interesting places to visit in England and struggled with the advanced concepts of XSLT and the delivery of complex podcasts.
Matthew Cashmore’s Specialties:
Negotiation, client side development, research, project managment, new technologies.
Matthew Cashmore’s Experience
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Innovation Ecosystem Manager
Lonely Planet
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Develop new external and internal innovation through events, connections, promotions and any other darned way I can.
Turn LP into the most forward looking innovative company out there. -
Innovation Ecosystem Manager
Lonely Planet [BBC Worldwide]
(Internet industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
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Innovation Ecosystem Manager
Lonely Planet Publications
(Internet industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
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Innovation Ecosystem Manager
BBC Worldwide
(Internet industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
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Senior Research Producer
BBC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
October 2006 — September 2008 (2 years )
Working for BBC Research & Innovation I ran Innovation Labs and organised Mashed08 - otherwise known as Hack Day.
Making sure the BBC was plugged into external impetus, I ensured that we worked with individual developers, SMEs and large R&D departments at Multinationals. -
Interactive Content Manager
UBC Media PLC
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; UBC.L; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 6 months)
Develop new interactive markets for a traditional radio organisation.
Grow new markets (primarily podcasting) for external clients such as The Times, The Sun and The Telegraph.
Manage internal recourses to deliver no traditional radio projects, such as DLS web output and cable output for BBC. -
Development Producer
BBC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)
July 2001 — May 2005 (3 years 11 months)
Roll out BBC Where I Live websites
Client Side Development for various BBC English Regions sites
Launch, design and development of bbc.co.uk/travelnews
Roll out of BBC CMS to 42 Where I Live websites
