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Ken Rutkowski is founder, president and host of KenRadio Broadcasting which is syndicated on
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, He is also the founder of the media, entertainment and technology alliance known as METal. Rutkowski is the Local Partner of Founder Institute Chapter Los Angeles.


Career

Rutkowski is former host of ''Business Rockstars'', a two-hour weekday afternoon program. The program features discussions with
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s and entrepreneurs about financing, marketing and networking. Rutkowski is a founding member of the Streaming Media Executive Committee and on the boards of several media, entertainment and technology companies. He appears regularly as a guest correspondent for KTTV-TV Fox 11 and Fox's ''Good Day LA''. Rutkowski has created and hosted various technology programs on
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San Francisco, and
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Professional associations. Rutkowski is also on the board of several media, entertainment and technology companies. In March 1990, Rutkowski established ''KenRadio Broadcasting'', a daily technology podcast focused on the
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industry. Since 1995, Rutkowski's daily talk show, "The World Technology Roundup," has also focused on high tech business worldwide. In January 2003, Rutkowski founded Media Entertainment Technology Alpha Leaders (METal). The group aims to provide members with a variety of opportunities, intellectual interests, and support mechanisms built on shared values across the media, entertainment and technology space. In 2005, Rutkowski received a Digital Entertainment Award for his activity in new media and emerging technologies. In 2006, he moderated panels at the
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Global Conference in 2006. He returned for another Global Conference in 2015 as a speaker. He informed listeners about electronic currencies, and where they were headed in the future. In 2007 Rutkowski was one of the runners of Seoul Digital Forum. Since July 2009, Rutkowski has been a board member at Opportunity Green, an event that addresses innovation opportunities for industry leaders and thought leaders in pursuing sustainable business solutions. In October 2009, Rutkowski was named an
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Network, where he created research analysis focused on identifying and providing updates on people, companies, events, technologies, trends, and conferences relevant to the
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. He concluded this occupation in 2012 when the network lost three hundred thirty million dollars and could no longer afford a surplus of workers. In January 2010, Rutkowski became a partner and analyst in innovation and social media at Free Form, a media company that translates "potent thinking into stories that move people." Rutkowski has been a guest lecturer at various universities including Loyola University,
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. He has been a guest speaker at
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, among other universities. In January 2010, Rutkowski became Los Angeles Local Partner at the Founder Institute, a training program for entrepreneurs that prepares founders to lead technology companies in industries from
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to the Internet. At about the same time, Rutkowski became a board member of
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'', '' Bangkok Times'', among other publications worldwide. His honors include nomination for the fifth
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's Wireless Conference.


2016 Cyber Party vice-presidential candidacy

Rutkowski was briefly the vice-presidential nominee of the now-defunct Cyber Party in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, running alongside
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John McAfee John David McAfee ( ; 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British-American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States ...
. McAfee chose in December 2015 to instead switch to seeking the
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nomination, but Rutkowski did not join him in seeking the Libertarian vice-presidential nomination. McAfee later selected photographer Judd Weiss as his Libertarian running mate, but neither were nominated at the 2016 Libertarian National Convention.


References


External links


Business Rockstars official website

Ken Rutkowski official website

KenRadio Broadcasting website
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