Co-Founder/Organizer at TED Amsterdam
Rotterdam Area, Netherlands
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- Co-Founder/Co-organizer/Sales at NextHealth Conference 2010
- Co-Founder/Organizer/Sales at TED Amsterdam
- Freelance Specialist on Online and Mobile Marketing/Sales as well as Metaverse Marketing at Trend8
- Co-Founder / Sales at Mobile Monday Amsterdam
- Editor at Emerce
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- Co-Organizer at Android Development Camp Amsterdam (ADCA)
- Co-Founder / Partner at SPRXmobile
- Program Manager Internet/Internet Marketing Manager at Nuon
- Business Development at Mediakabel
- Managing Consultant at AdValue/Reddion
- Business Researcher & Internet Project Manager at Compaq/HP
- University Teacher on Innovation Management and Strategy at Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Education
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- NCOI
- Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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Yuri van Geest’s Summary
15 years of digital cross media experience. Focus on digital media in general (fixed and mobile Internet, Metaverse, DTV, iTV, IP TV). Some facts:
- One of the Top 100 Marketeers in the Netherlands in 2008 and 2009 (May, Journal of Marketing/Tijdschrift voor Marketing)
- Concept + Execution for Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2008 and 2009 (150.000 euro prize money for UK and NL mobile start-ups)
- Jury member for SpinAwards Mobile in 2008 and 2009
- External participant for Innovation Platform 2008
- Part of the China Innovation / Business Trip 2008 for Digital
Media / Mobile Track (www.chinareis2008.nl) organized by Marketingfacts and InterimIC.
Clients:
- MIT
- Vodafone (Vodafone Mobile Clicks & Mobile Widget Camp)
- T-Mobile/Google (Android Dev Camp)
- eBay/Marktplaats.nl
- PON Automotive
- UPC
- Direct Wonen
- Ricoh
- Schiphol
- Media Republic
- Lost Boys
- BVH
- Ziggo
- Essent
Sites: http://tedxams.ning.com/ and www.mobilemonday.nl
Twitter : www.twitter.com/vangeest
Blog : www.yuri.typepad.com
Yuri van Geest’s Specialties:
Experience in mobile internet, vision, digital strategy, offline events, concepting, digital sales and marketing, consultancy and business development. Different references and recommendations available in the context of successful (freelance) project deliverables.
My specialties are trends, mobile internet and online marketing
Yuri van Geest’s Experience
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Co-Founder/Co-organizer/Sales
NextHealth Conference 2010
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
This will be a new, cutting edge, international, high profile Health conference with innovative digital media. More later.
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Co-Founder/Organizer/Sales
TED Amsterdam
(Internet industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
The first TED event in Amsterdam
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Freelance Specialist on Online and Mobile Marketing/Sales as well as Metaverse Marketing
Trend8
(Internet industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Customers:
- MIT
- eBay (Marktplaats.nl)
- Pon Automobiel (VW)
- Direct Wonen
- BVH
- HRO
Mobile, online and Metaverse activities:
- Interim
- Project management
- Presentations + Moderator
- Workshops
- Consultancy
Frequently, I am a speaker in national and international conferences on topics like the Metaverse, online and mobile marketing, web 2.0, social media and digital media trends. E.g., InnoEurope 2008, Nijenrode Masterclass Interactive Marketing, Platform Innovation Marketing, 3MO, NIMA and DDMA iLounge.
Occasionally, I am a columnist/blogger for Marketingfacts, the number one marketing blog in Holland. -
Co-Founder / Sales
Mobile Monday Amsterdam
(Wireless industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Mobile Monday (MoMo) is open for partnerships. Current Dutch partners: Vodafone, CM and Nedstat.
Mobile Monday (www.mobilemonday.net) is a global market leader in communities for mobile internet with more than 100.000 mobile professionals. It is a global community of offline events fostering cross-border business development to share best practices from global markets. Active in 70 places around the world: from New York to Tokyo, from Mumbai to Toronto, from LA to Seoul, from Shanghai to London.
The Amsterdam chapter (MoMoAMS) has 2.800+ members since May 10th, 2007.
More info: http://www.mobilemonday.nl.
Keynote speakers in our events:
- Bruce Sterling (Wired, Well, Shaping Things)
- Joseph Pine II (MIT, Multiverse, Authenticity, Experience Economy)
- Doc Searls (VRM, Cluetrain)
- Tomi T Ahonen (Digital Korea, Communities Dominate Brands)
- Jyri Engeström/Jaiku (Google)
- Howard Rheingold (Smart Mobs)
- Alan Moore (Mobile Society)
- Jamais Cascio (Worldchanging.com, IFTF)
- Robert Rice (AR) -
Editor
Emerce
(Publishing industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Emerce is the leading digital media magazine in the Netherlands since 1997. Monthly editor/book reviewer related to marketing, digital media, innovation, technology and trends.
Some examples of book reviews:
- Daemon: Bot-Mediated Reality / Daniel Suarez
- ANATHEM / Neal Stephenson
- Emotionomics / Dan Hill
- Theory U / Otto C. Scharmer
- Knowledge Management / Mathieu Weggeman
- Future of the Internet / Jonathan Zittrain
- Mobile Advertising / Chetan Sharma
- Everything is Miscellaneous / David Weinberger
- Authenticity - What Consumers Really Want / Joseph Pine II
- The Wealth of Networks / Yochai Benkler
- The Long Tail / Chris Anderson
- The Search / John Battelle
- Emocode / Susanne Piët
- Convergence Culture / Henry Jenkins
- Wikinomics / Don Tapscott
- Rise of the Creative Class / Richard Florida
- World Changing / Alex Steffen
- Radical Evolution / Joel Garreau
- Blink ! / Malcolm Gladwell -
Co-Organizer
Android Development Camp Amsterdam (ADCA)
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
December 2008 — February 2009 (3 months)
First Android Development Camp in the Netherlands. Sold out in 2 weeks with 250 mobile Android developers.
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Co-Founder / Partner
SPRXmobile
(Wireless industry)
May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)
Services:
Mobile Vision
Mobile Strategy Consulting (scenario planning, strategy and roadmaps)
Mobile Concepting
Mobile Marketing Campaigns
Mobile Workshops
Mobile Presentations
Mobile Think Tank
Mobile Experiences / Events (Mobile Monday Amsterdam) -
Program Manager Internet/Internet Marketing Manager
Nuon
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
June 2005 — May 2007 (2 years)
- Site owner for the consumer website (> 2 million consumer households); commercially responsible for www.nuon.nl (conversion) and eMarketing (qualified traffic)
- Commercially responsible as project executive for developing new Nuon website (business case, requirements, stakeholder management and supplier(s) selection)
- Driving Internet traffic to www.nuon.nl using RMX, search engine optimization (SEO) and ads, affiliate marketing, e-mail marketing, web survey leads and viral marketing.
- Strategic overview of key Internet projects (program management)
- Change management on different organizational levels
- Evaluation of different Internet agencies (strategic, financial)
- Developing content sponsoring deals with top10 portals like eBay
- Road map/vision for digital media until 2011
- eGovernance within Nuon Retail -
Business Development
Mediakabel
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
November 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 7 months)
- Setting up new cross digimedia venture with different partners like LogicaCMG, MoMac and Jet-Stream (IP TV, DTV, mobile TV)
- Creating financial models/business planning/business case for cross media platform for mobile and fixed Internet as well as IP TV
- Product marketing plan for mobile video services (tactical, operational)
- Spotting emerging niche content for mobile Internet (US, user generated mobile movies)
- Sales Consultancy for Casema IP TV deal (one of the first IP TV pilots in Holland) -
Managing Consultant
AdValue/Reddion
(Internet industry)
February 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 9 months)
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Business Researcher & Internet Project Manager
Compaq/HP
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)
September 1998 — December 2000 (2 years 4 months)
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University Teacher on Innovation Management and Strategy
Erasmus University Rotterdam
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1997 — July 1998 (11 months)
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