Leen L. Segers
COO, Tech.eu
Belgium
Leen Segers is an experienced online media and entertainment consultant who has worked for Accenture, followed by leading Strategic Marketing Partnerships with the European startup Netlog (backed by Index Ventures and Atomico). In this role, she collaborated with We7 (acquired by UK retailer Tesco) to launch the first music streaming service in Belgium. In 2011, she moved to London and out off the co-working space Techhub. She evangelized Massive//Media’s unique online properties Netlog, Twoo, Gatcha! and Ekko. Between 2012-2014, still based in London, she worked as an online video consultant for Kaltura (US/IL) and Saffron Digital (UK) and excelled in managing complex, strategic Media & Entertainment opportunities with unique use cases. Currently, she is COO with the only publication dedicated to covering the European technology industry in depth, Tech.eu. She is passionate about start-ups, entrepreneurship, the collaborative economy, the mobile ecosystem, cloud video & music, APIs and (algo)-rhythms.
Leen started her career as consultant for Accenture, a multinational management consulting, technological services and outsourcing company. She later joined a very popular Belgian social networking website, Netlog where she was responsible for its marketing and strategic partnerships. Leen also architected a new product at Netlog, known as We7, a social music streaming service. In January 2011, Netlog became part of Massive Media, a global media group. Soon after, Leen moved to London to head Netlog’s operations as Business Development and Country Manager.
Leen later joined Kaltura, an open source online video company that provides tools such as online video player, open source editor and open source video for website. She headed the strategic business development and sales across EMEA and was responsible for several substantial partnerships with leading Media & Entertainment companies. After Kaltura, Leen joined a video technology agency, Saffron Digital’s team of EMEA sales team to develop business and build partnerships across the region.
A few months ago, Leen moved back to Belgium to join Tech.eu as COO where she heads business development, media partnerships, and marketing, and non-editorial services. Tech.eu, launched at the end of 2013, is a digital publication dedicated to covering the European tech industry in-depth highlighting innovation and reporting on the trials and tribulations of its technology industry from a big-picture perspective.
Leen’s passion for startups and technology along with her savvy business development and sales skills have lead her to a promising skyrocketing career and we cannot wait to see what she will be doing next.
