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Advisory Board: Taewoo Danny Kim

Taewoo Danny Kim — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:00:09 +0000

Taewoo Danny Kim is known as the first “full-time” Blogger in South Korea and he is also member of the MOCOM2020 advisory board. He wrotes 10 korean language blogs and is author of the english blog technokimchi.

During a video-interview Danny talks about his work and current trends in Asia and in South Korea. Teens in korea send 52 text-messages a day, pay with their mobile (micro-payment) and surf on the web on the go. See the full video-interview here:

About Taewoo Danny Kim:
Taewoo Danny Kim is one of the leading Web 2.0/Tech bloggers in Korea behind TechnoKimchi (English) blog and qOoOp Media(qooop.kr) and Taewoo’s log (twlog.net)(Korean).

He’s also known as the very first full-time blogger in Korea. His passion is about informing the rest of the world about the “cool digital things” happening in Korea. He’s been featured on numerous mainstream media, such as CNN, SBS, and several other newspapers also has spoken at conferences such as X Media Lab, Open Web Asia, and Le Web.

Taewoo Danny is also the author of Meconomy, a book on the economic analysis of Web 2.0. Prior to becoming a full-time blogger, he worked for Samsung SDS as a researcher for 4 years and is currently helping Openmaru with global marketing. Danny holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees in computer science from Cornell University.

Advisory Board: Dr. Charles M. Savage

Dr. Charles Savage — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:55:14 +0000

Dr. Charles M. Savage, President and Mentor, Knowledge Era Enterprising International, helps companies discover the tremendous human potential of knowledge era enterprising. He writes, consults and speaks widely in the United States, Asia and Europe. His book, Fifth Generation Management, has been widely acclaimed and translated into Japanese and Korean. Tom Peters named it his business book of 1991. A revised edition, subtitled, Co-creating through Virtual Enterprising, Dynamic Teaming and Knowledge Networking, has been released in 1996 and German, Chinese and Portuguese translations are also available. And at present he is working on his next book, Co-Creating the (Ac)Knowledging Economy to help us prepare for the era after Peak Oil where we will have to again live in a very low carbon economy. In addition, he is a German patent holder of an innovative Future Center concept.

Video Interview and Introduction of Dr. Charles M. Savage:

Dr. Savage works with and coaches company presidents, division managers and other senior executives committed to improving their knowledge strategy, organizational culture, innovation approaches and customer focus. He has pioneered the discussion of Fifth Generation Management as a way to tap and team the creative capabilities of professionals within and between companies. In particular, he has been focusing on the shift from the steep hierarchies of the Industrial Era to flatter network organizations based on virtual enterprising for the emerging Knowledge Economy, including support for Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 developments. His clients include ABB, Alstom, British Telecom, Carl Zeiss, KarstadtQuelle, Optus Cable & Wireless, Heidelberger Druck, Intel, Sappi, Saudi Aramco, Suez and Siemens. He is a founding member of the Arabian Knowledge Economy Association (AKEA) and the Muslim Heritage Advisory Group, initiated by Prof. Salim Al-Hassani (see: www.1001inventions.com) .

Prior to forming his own company, he was responsible for Digital Equipment Corporation’s worldwide Organizational Effectiveness Practice. He has worked as a Vice President of Gray Judson, Inc., a management consulting firm in Boston; a Principle in the D. Appleton Co., Manhattan Beach, CA, where he pioneered the human side of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM); and as Director of the Boston Office of the Scandinavian Institutes of Administrative Research (SIAR). He has been active in the Computer and Automated Systems Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (CASA/SME) where he served for many years on their Board of Directors. He has also taught at Boston College, Suffolk University and is now teaching MBA courses in “Leadership” at the University of Applied Science, (FHM), the Munich Business School (MBS) and Fachhochschule für Ökonomie & Management (FOM).

Advisory Board: Marco Koeder

Monty Metzger — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:51:10 +0000

Marco Koeder is the Executive Director of CyberMedia K.K., one of Japans leading mobile and web communication agencies.

Part of his daily business is to develop and manage digital strategies for global brands in the Japanese market and beyond. Especially in the interactive and mobile field he spearheaded the global digital strategies of brands like Lufthansa, Renault, Volvo, Nikon and others. Being a digital expert and advisor who knows how to “walk the talk”, Marco published a wide range of reports and articles about Japans mobile and online industry and is frequently holding speeches and seminars on the future of mobile and digital communication for Japanese and international executives.

He just finished writing a book about ”The Six Immutable Laws of Mobile: A Manual for the Future Success of the Global Mobile Industry”, to be published by Wiley in mid 2009. Marco is also an independent advisor to several global companies in the telecommunication and digital content business.

Video-Interview and Introduction of Marco Koeder: