Geokiwi. HeyCrowd. FlagFriend. 23minutes. Sherry Coutu. Dan'l Lewin. Dan’l Lewin, corporate vice president for Strategic and Emerging Business Development (SEBT), is responsible for Microsoft Corp.’s global relationships with startups, venture capitalists and the business relationships with industry partners such as Adobe Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. Based in Silicon Valley, Lewin also has executive and site responsibility for the company’s operations in Mountain View, Calif., which currently employ 2,000 people. The SEBT includes three groups: the Emerging Business Team, the Local Software Economy (LSE) and the Strategic Relations Group, whose common goal is to support software startups and established companies working on the Microsoft platform while helping develop and grow local software economies worldwide.
Lewin has spent more than 30 years as a Silicon Valley-based executive leading sales and marketing divisions for companies including Apple Computer Inc., NeXT Inc. and GO Corp. Recent Milestones Videos Sources. Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz. “Rodrigo is a serial entrepreneur, and early stage investor in technology companies such as amiando.com and trigami.com.
He was the co-founder and CEO of vpod.tv, a multimedia platform enabling corporations to create their own convergent InternetTV channels. Customers included global brands such as L’Oreal, Danone, BNP Paribas, French Government, Fanta, Leroy-Merlin, GDF-SUEZ; media groups; telcos such as SFR, Ono and large e-commerce sites. vpod.tv received numerous Innovation awards in Europe and the USA. In 2006, vpod.tv raised a $5.1m series A from Innovacom, the investment arm affiliated with Orange. Angel investors and advisors included serial entrepreneurs Martin Varsavsky (Fon) and Loic Le Meur (Seesmic). Xavier Niel (Iliad/free.fr) was on the advisory board. Previously, as acting CEO, he was instrumental in the successful launch and recent sale of glowria, a leading European online movie service. In 2004, he led the mobile strategy team for AOL Europe.
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