Michel van Velde

Currently: Owner, Founder en CEO of One Shoe, a full service advertising and digital agency with more then 40 specialists in open source (drupal) webdevelopment, advertisement & communication, mobile marketing & digital branding. Started my career at Vodafone Australia as a business Analyst / Consultant.

In 2000 i returned to the Netherlands where i was asked to work as a projectmanager Marketing for Vizzavi, a company backed by Vodafone and Vivendi. Vizzavi introduced mobile internet (WAP) and Vodafone Live.

After 2,5 years i decided to set up an expedition. With my wife i started Drivetheplanet.com and drove from Amsterdam the Netherlands to Beijing China in order to promote the work of the NGO SOS Children's Villages. We succeeded and drove in 7,5 months with more then million euro's in media coverage to China.

Back in the Netherlands i started a new career in television working for Palazzina, an independent tv production company. I was responsible for selling commercial television formats and sponsorship deals as well as online positioning of formats.

By the end of 2005 i decided it was time to start my own agency. Together with Floris Derksen i started One Shoe, a full service advertising and digital agency. We currently service global clients and have more then 40 employees. Check www.oneshoe.nl for more information or follow my company on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/oneshoe