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Xavier Damman

Cofounder/CEO
OpenCollective
Country or state 
United States
Available to 
Global
Fee 
Languages 
English,
French
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Engineer in computer science and Entrepreneur. Cofounder of Storify.com, the largest social media curation platform used by top publishers, brands and organizations around the world (CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, BILD, The White House, The United Nations, Ford, IBM, TED, ...). Acquired by Livefyre in 2013 (acquired by Adobe in 2016).

Now cofounder/CEO of OpenCollective.com. A new form of association to enable the Internet generation to fund communities in full transparency.

I believe that we are living a new renaissance. Technology empowers people to become producers and creators instead of passive consumers. Internet is a collaboration platform where everyone has a role to play. So go excite some electrons and empower people around you to contribute to this new world.

Current position (2)

Cofounder/CEO

OpenCollective

Member of the Social Media Global Agenda Council

World Economic Forum

Degrees (3)
Civil Engineer, Computer Science
Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, UCL
2001 to 2006
Master's degree, Entrepreneurship (CPME)
Université catholique de Louvain
2003 to 2006
Ingeniero en informatica, Computer Science
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
2005 to 2006

Presentations

Past talks (1)
How Social Media is Changing the News
TEDxBrussels
Brussels
December 31, 2011
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Books & Articles (2)

A New Form Of Association for the Internet Generation
A New Way to Fund Open Source Projects

Expertise (9)

Technology
Social & Political
Product Management Web Development Web 2.0 JavaScript Smart Cities Startup

Awards & certifications (1)

Innovator of the year
MIT Technology Review
2016
Recommendations
Why choose me? 

Inspirational speaker on the digital renaissance.

Affiliations
Entrepreneur Expert Agency
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