Saturday, April 17, 2010

Oliver Roup - VigLink

http://oroup.com/resume/oroup-resume.pdf

Former national champion rower, sailing race coach, and avid snowboarder. Independent travel to over 30 countries.

2007 – 2009
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL BOSTON, MA
Master in Business Administration, June 2009. Winner John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship. Participant China/Vietnam immersion. 2nd place VCIC competition. Member: VC/PE, Tech/Media, Entrepreneurship clubs.

Oliver brings over 15 years of software experience to the company. Prior to VigLink, he was a Director at Microsoft in charge of product for various media properties including XBOX Live Video Marketplace, Zune Marketplace and MSN Entertainment. Oliver was also an early employee at Internet Radio pioneer Echo Networks and has worked for Paul Allen at Vulcan, for iPlayer at the BBC and for the Founders Fund. Oliver has issued and pending patents covering micro-transactions, media and metadata. He received his Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science from MIT and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Master's Thesis, Hive: A Software Infrastructure for Things That Think is also available.

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