Paul Papadimitriou
Founder, Intelligencr
London, UK
Intelligencr founder Paul Papadimitriou is a management consultant, a digital futurist and a true citizen of the world. He started off quite young, in 1996, by developing websites to pay for his studies. In 2000, Paul’s career took off when he joined the company that created the first public WAP portal, prior to joining the Geneva Business Federation. In 2008, Paul moved to Japan where he launched Driving Left, a digital business development company, and started co-organizing several communities. In 2009, he moved to Europe but kept commuting between there and Japan to attend to his duties.
Paul is an expert in the emerging digital movement and how it transforms businesses and societies. He travels the world researching trends, witnessing new identities and behaviors as they appear. He analyzes how different cultures shape innovation and how technological advancement impacts societies. The accumulated intelligence is delivered to his clients to guide them through the opportunities and challenges of innovation, and to better understand the gap between online and offline behaviors. As an innovation scout, Paul always keeps an eye out for startups that redefine innovation and add value to the digital world, and advises them on how to understand the ever-changing ecosystem.
With a busy schedule like Paul’s, it is hard to understand how he also finds the time to produce and host a weekly video series on digital innovation, The Digital Loop, and travel 4 continents as a keynote speaker.
As citizen of the world, digital futurist, lobbyist, management consultant, and keynote speaker, the multitalented Paul Papadimitriou is always ahead of the game. He truly impacts the technology and startup world by providing companies with insight on the future of their industry.
