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Founder & CEO: Chris Hambly MA ODE (Open)
Chris Hambly MA ODE (Open) is an experienced educational technologist, and successful internet entrepreneur. As well as being a distance learning pioneer (he founded the first ever online learning portal of its kind, and saw it through a merger), Chris has considerable face-to-face academic and professional experience in both the further and higher education sector having taught A Levels through to leading BSc and BA degree authoring and management for a number of UK universities as well as external examining and consulting for oversees technology related degrees in the Asia Pacific region.
With over 10 years of delivering online education Chris is a skilled moderator of social media communities, conversation, experienced Chair on countless academic boards, and has racked-up numerous commercial web development experiences with household brand names such as The Coca Cola Company.
Chris has significant experience in leading and managing Internet start-ups where he excels at defining systems and processes which enable greater efficiency of resources, both human and material. He is a keen musician, critical thinker, and has been working as an Internet professional since 1994, having been a recording studio/PA engineer and a Royal Navy aircraft communications technician previously. He is studying for his PhD in Educational Technology and social communications and is prolific in the social media space, through founding and leading the Social Media Mafia which runs regular new-media unconferences and educational events, in many countries, with the mission of facilitating critical thinking amiably.
Chris also heads up SAEOnLine the online portal for the largest network of Creative Media Colleges in the world.
Business Development Manager: Nigel Clarke
Press enquiries
If you are a member of the press, with questions about SMiB or any events we are planning to cover please email info@socialmediainbusiness.co.uk
Sponsorship opportunities
There are a number of flexible sponsorship options available for SMiB. If you want to engage your brand with thought leaders in the social media landscape who have significant networks, SMiB is the stage! Too good to be true? Call us to find out what sponsorship packages are available.
Who we are
Social Media in Business is based in Marlow, just outside London
Audana Ltd (our parent company), and specifically Chris Hambly, our CEO, has been involved in the internet since 1994.
From the outset, we have been a full-service company delivering internet services that developed new business lines and competitive positions in the internet.
We've built up a commanding position in the provision of online education sector. Through that work we have acquired the nuts-and-blots and cross-business experience of strategic web marketing, online networks, search optimisation, education & training.
We also host the Social Media Mafia, community of social media specialists, marketers, engineers, geeks, social scientists and artists, in UK and beyond, who work with us on common projects and who will be delighted to work with you when you want to refine your work.
Contact
SMiB is a Trading Name of: Audana Ltd, Kingshott Business Centre, 84 Station Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1NX, United Kingdom, +44 (0) 845 901 1685