Director of Innovation and Co-founder at All In
Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Digital Culture Associate at Made Media
- Director of Innovation and Co-founder at All In
- Co-founder at Help Me Investigate
- Fellow at Clore Leadership Programme
- The Daddy at Odadeo
- Co-founder at Type Records
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- Trustee at St. George's School, Edgbaston
- Co-Founder at Creative Republic
- Director at Fierce! Festival Ltd.
- Managing Director at 3form
- Director at Plus Expo Ltd.
- Creative Director at WebXpress
- Freelance Designer (Self-employed)
- Education
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- Clore Leadership Programme
- Enterprise City High Growth Programme
- The University of Birmingham
- The University of Birmingham
- Oaklands College, St. Albans
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Stef Lewandowski’s Summary
Award-winning digitally creative entrepreneur pursuing a number of innovative web ventures with some very talented partners, including Help Me Investigate, Odadeo and Type.
Currently in a two year leadership development programme as a Clore Fellow.
Stef Lewandowski’s Specialties:
Web, internet, innovation, leadership, public speaking, agile development
Stef Lewandowski’s Experience
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Digital Culture Associate
Made Media
(Internet industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
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Director of Innovation and Co-founder
All In
(Broadcast Media industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
I am relocating to London to work on an exciting creative industries startup - more info coming soon.
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Co-founder
Help Me Investigate
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
One of the first investments for Channel 4's new innovation fund 4IP, Help Me Investigate is a website for people to ask difficult questions that they can't get answered elsewhere and collaborate with other people in their local community to answer them. Eg. "Why was the tree outside my house cut down?" or "What was the £400,000 of regeneration funding for my area actually spent on?"
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Fellow
Clore Leadership Programme
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
I am undergoing an amazing and intensive two years of leadership development, training, mentoring, coaching, networking and personal development supported by the Cultural Leadership Programme.
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The Daddy
Odadeo
(Online Media industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Social networking and digital toolbox for dads - http://odadeo.com
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Co-founder
Type Records
(Music industry)
November 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)
Type is a record label specialising in modern experimental music. I co-founded the label, which is run by John "Xela" Twells.
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Trustee
St. George's School, Edgbaston
(Educational Institution; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
December 2006 — November 2009 (3 years )
School governor of St. George's School - Birmingham’s first fully co-educational independent day school for ages 2½ to 18 years.
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Co-Founder
Creative Republic
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
February 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 2 months)
I am one of the founding members of Creative Republic - an independent, representative group for the creative and cultural industries of Birmingham and the region.
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Director
Fierce! Festival Ltd.
(Performing Arts industry)
January 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 3 months)
Fierce! Festival is an annual festival of cutting-edge performing arts across the West Midlands, UK.
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Managing Director
3form
(Privately Held; Plastics industry)
May 2001 — March 2009 (7 years 11 months)
Award-winning digital creative agency.
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Director
Plus Expo Ltd.
(Design industry)
February 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Plus is an international festival of design held annually in Birmingham. I helped launch the festival, stepping down from the board in 2008 to focus on other ventures.
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Creative Director
WebXpress
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 1999 — May 2001 (2 years )
Whilst at WebXpress I was responsible for all visual output of the company. I joined the small team which quickly grew to a full-time staff of eight, quadrupling turnover in the time that I was there.
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Freelance Designer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
July 1995 — June 1999 (4 years )
Whilst studying I produced a number of websites, identity projects, print materials and video graphics for a wide variety of clients on a sub-contracted basis.
Stef Lewandowski’s Education
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Clore Leadership Programme
Fellow , Cultural and Creative Leadership , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
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Enterprise City High Growth Programme
2008 — 2009
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The University of Birmingham
Alumnus of the Year , 2006 — 2006
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The University of Birmingham
BSc , Computer Science / Software Engineering , 1996 — 1999
My main interest was in artificial intelligence, so I chose AI options where possible.
- Activities and Societies:
- BubbleUp!, Robots in Disguise
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Oaklands College, St. Albans
International Baccalaureate , 1994 — 1996
Additional Information
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Stef Lewandowski’s Interests:
Photography (one day I'll do an exhibition), music (mainly listening, but I DJ occasionally), new technology, hill walking, snowboarding, art, film.
Stef Lewandowski’s Groups:
Enterprise City High Growth Programme, Creative Republic, Birmingham University School of Computer Science Natural Computation Industrial Advisory Board, Birmingham University 1900 Society, British Humanist Association, Birmingham Future, Birmingham Forward,
PAST: Digital Central Interactive Steering Group, Digital Central Steering Group, Department for Culture Media and Sport Creative Economy Programme Working Group - Access to Finance for the Creative Industries 2006, Advisor on NESTA Creative Pioneers Programme 2006, Mentor on the Boost Scheme with Hi8us
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Urban Ideas Bakery -
c&binet
Stef Lewandowski’s Honors:
Top 5: Courvoisier The Future 500 2009
Clore Fellow 2008-09
Webby Award (plus double Honoree) 2008
Joint-winner of Guardian Innovation Award for Best Independent Blog 2008
World Record for the Big Picture (1 of 1000s)
Finalist RTS Innovation Award - User Generated Content 2007
British Council Digital Pioneer 2007
Alumnus of the Year, Birmingham University 2006-07
Birmingham Small Business of the Year 2005-06
Birmingham Young Professional of the Year 2005-06
Channel 4 Creative Class 2005-6
Champion of Industry, Mustard 2005 (top 1% high growth companies in West Midlands, UK)
O2 / Arena magazine - Shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year in Birmingham
Mustard Award: Best Start-Up Birmingham 2004
Birmingham Creative City Award: Outstanding Innovation 2004
Work featured in Browser 3.0 - Creative Review's Top 50 websites of the year 2002
Gold Award: Best Non-Profit Organisation Website - World Media Festival Hamburg 2001
NASTA winner of Best Title Sequence
Stef Lewandowski’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
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