PWK.it - Peter W. Kruger

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My profile in a nutshell:
Over ten years experience in project management, business development and strategy planning for the media, Telco and IT industries, with special focus on on-line video and IPTV. Strong editorial, scientific and technological background. Active public speaker, journalist and academic lecturer on technology transfer and new media. Working on the Internet since 1993. Strong European footprint.
Recent Assignments:
  • CEO of UndiciDue S.r.l, an Italian media company owning the daily newspaper Terra
  • ICT & New Media Consultant to the Italian Minister of Communication, as well as to a number of private companies and organizations including the API (the Italian Association of Independent Film Authors and Producers), Eurinvest SGR (an Italian Fund managing firm), Glitner etc.
  • I am President and Chairman of Glitner, the Pan-European 2.0 on line market place for trading of VoD rights
  • I sit as Board Member on the Board of Directors in Postecom S.p.A., the IT company of Poste Italiane S.p.A.
  • I am a member of the Executive Committee of Glocus, a major national policy Think-tank
  • I sat in a number of governmental bodies, including the National Broadband Committee, the National ICT Accessibility Committee, the National Round Table on the “Internet Bill of Rights”, the Campania Region Broadband Committee.
  • I also give lecturing in New Media as well as write regularly on the national press
 
Short Bio:
Peter Kruger, is a Senior Policy, Strategy, Marketing and Business Development Consultant with over ten years experience in media, Telco and IT. His clients include the Italian Government, the Film Industry and Media Companies. As a Policy Advisor he primarily worked for the Italian Minister of Communication, and sits on several governmental panels as well as board director of Postecom, the ICT company of the Poste Italiane S.p.A. Group. Recently appointed President and Chairman of Glitner, the Pan-European 2.0 on line market place for trading of VoD rightsIn the past he has worked in RAI (the Italian public broadcaster, from 1997 to 1999), Gruppo Editoriale l’Espresso and Mediaset (two leading private Italian media companies, from 1999 to 2001), and more recently, between 2001 and 2006, as a senior manager in Tiscali, a leading paneuropean ISP. During this last experience he has lead the development and operations of all on line audio-video and IPTV services in the main European countries where Tiscali operates (Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and UK). Italian, born in Milan in march 1970 (his father being South African while his mother Polish) he now lives in Rome where he also completed his education as a theoretical physicist with a Master degree in Science. His profile combines a strong scientific and technological background with established business development and strategy experience. An active public speaker and academic lecturer on technology transfer and new media, he regularly reports in leading Italian newspapers and magazines (La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore, Il Riformista, Il Foglio, Liberal, Left). He is also member of the Executive Committee of Glocus, a leading Italian think tank.
 
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Phone: +39 06 6780600
Email (remove VIALAMONNEZZA): pwk@VIALAMONNEZZApwk.it
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