Brian Edwards
Political Science graduate from DePaul University. Currently working as Founder and Managing Director at Streaming Media Ventures, LLC.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Chinese, English, Languages |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | DePaul University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Streaming Media Ventures, LLC, Chicago, IL |
| Position: | Founder and Managing Director |
| Time period: | October 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Founded company, recruited partners, designed organizational structure and crafted sales strategy during start-up process.
• Designed business model, financial projections, and investor documents. • Established and maintained relationships with technology vendors and production partners in vertical media markets (i.e. Sports, Music). • Manage deal flow and product development, serving as the primary point-of-contact on all matters related to business development. • Recruit and manage highly specialized streaming media and content management software developers, network infrastructure designers and administrators (WiMax & Mesh WiFi Networks), and hardware vendors (i.e. Motorola) on behalf of local, state and federal agencies and stakeholders as consultant to groups nationwide building telemedicine communications systems. |
| Employer: | DePaul University- Department of Political Science, Chicago, IL |
| Position: | Lead Research Assistant, Kathryn Ibata-Arens Ph, D. |
| Time period: | September 2005 - March 2007 |
| Description: | • Coordinated research projects focused on innovation, public policy and management of technology practices of life sciences clusters in the Japanese cities of Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka, as compared to St. Louis, Minneapolis and Chicago. (In association with Dr. Ibata-Arens' Abe Fellowship at the Social Science Research Institute; findings and analysis to be published in book by Oxford University Press in 2009).
• Assisted in research design, survey distribution, recording and analysis of results for large international research project conducted for the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). • Initiated and managed all contact with top-level executive management and principle technology developers at Fortune 500 corporations, start-ups, academic institutions and public/private incubators and technology parks in the regions of focus. • Designed web-based academic research and news portal focused on Pacific Rim Political Economy Initiative in Political Science Department at DePaul University. |
| Employer: | Office of the Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, Washington, DC |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | May 2005 - July 2005 |
| Description: | • Assisted in constituent relations and policy research for Speaker's legislative staff.
• Attended lectures, hearings and briefings on various policy issues and reviewed policy papers, bills and floor speeches made by members, providing summary recommendations to staff members. |
EDUCATION
| University: | DePaul University |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Political Science, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | • Ibata-Arens, Kathryn and Brian T. Edwards. "The Entrepreneurial Environment for Science-Based University Start-Ups in the United States: Comparisons to and Lessons for Japan". Management of Technology, Working Paper, METI MOI/ NAIST Survey Project, 2006. |
Brian's Startups (1)
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Streaming Media Ventures
SMV develops streaming media services to content owners within niche distribution channels and monetized through numerous advertising strategies.
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Indomite Music
Indomite Music provides the opportunity to record your own music on your own computer, than share it on the web and play together with anyone anyone you want. Indomite Music can also connects between you and other players with similar taste.
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StartUpArabia
StartUpArabia is a blog dedicated to new Arab technology startups and services, profiling and reviewing them, providing interesting market news and information, and sharing tips and advice for entrepreneurs.
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heather anderson
English graduate from University of Kansas. Currently working as Independent Contractor User Experience Strategist at Pepper Interactive, as Independent Contractor Information Architect at Siegel + Gale, and as Consultant at Phlux Industries Inc.