[AISWorld] Invitation to free talk by Andrew Fisher, Executive Chairman, Shazam - 22/9

[Crispin Coombs]

Centre for Information Management - Distinguished Speaker Programme

Building a Billion Dollar Business through Data and Social Virality
Andrew Fisher, Executive Chairman of Shazam (the global music identification app)

This is a unique opportunity to listen to an industry leader who has led significant growth at a number of technology focused enterprises. Andrew will discuss the challenges and opportunities of using data to enable agile implementation of business decisions, providing personalised and relevant experiences to millions of users and maintaining consumer trust.

Andrew Fisher joined Shazam in 2005, serving as Chief Executive Officer until 2013 when he became Executive Chairman (Andrew is also a Non Executive Director of MoneySuperMarket Group PLC). Shazam launched its music recognition service in the UK in 2002 and during Andrew’s tenure it has become one of the world’s top ten most downloaded apps, connecting more than 525 million people to music, television shows and adverts. Shazam is used more than 20 million times each day and accounts for over 10 per cent of worldwide digital music sales. When Andrew became CEO the company was valued at $2 million. Today Shazam is valued at over $1 billion.

CIM Distinguished Speaker Programme offers an opportunity to attend lectures from prominent and innovative experts from the world of information management.

 -  Regular Seminars
 -  Open to internal and external participants
 -  New and Challenging ideas
 -  Cutting edge Information Management practices

Lecture Details

Date:   Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Venue: Design School Lecture Theatre, LDS0.17, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU

Programme Schedule

5.30pm    Light refreshments
6.00pm    Lecture and Q&A
7.00pm    Networking


To attend for this free talk please register online<http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sbe/forms/cim-lecture/>

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sbe/forms/cim-lecture/

Kind Regards

Crispin Coombs
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Dr Crispin Coombs
Director, BSc Information Management and Business
Deputy Director, Centre for Information Management
School of Business and Economics
Loughborough University, UK
01509 228835
www.lboro.ac.uk/cim<http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cim>
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