Neil Leyden

Winner of Your Country, Your Call

2010-09-29

In 2010, through the auspices of the Irish Presidency, a competition was run globally to come up with an idea to help Ireland out of economic turmoil. The prize was 100,000 euro for the individual and 500,000 euro towards the execution of the project. Out of over 9000 entries, I had the winning concept for an International Digital Services Centre. In the last quarter of 2012, we aim to launch the Centre.

University of Lusofona, Portugal

Cert

Interactive Television

2002

Scriptwriting, Pre-production, production, iDTV multimedia and post-production skills for interactive television.

University College Dublin

BA

English / History of Art

1994

New York University

Cert

Screenwriting

1996

Completed this summer course in scriptwriting theory and practice with mentors from NYU

CEO

Screen Leaders Europe

“Neil is a thought leader and highly insightful individual in digital media, film, financing and the digital landscape at a higher level. Ive always enjoyed meeting up, working with and working parellel to Neil and his work in the Digital media services centre project is outstanding not only from its scope, but also in the projects regenerative effect on Irelands previously floundering attitude towards digital services. In some way he has been a mentor to me from bak in the Windmill Lane picture days and he continues to be the voice of reason. I hope that Neil continues to break new boundaries and put in place the frameworks for our new smart economy.” J

Senior Vice President - Digital Media, Entertainment and Telcoms, Enterprise Ireland (business partner)

Digital Asset Management Conference

“Neil is one of those incredibly talented individuals who can combine brilliant creative talent with insightful business savvy. I have worked with Neil for years and have found him to be a truly talented entertainment/media executive with great vision. If you haven't had the privilege of working with Neil, I highly recommend working with him.”

International Digital Services Centre introduction

Digital Asset Management Conference  Los Angeles, United States

Doing Digital Business In Europe

Digital Asset Management Conference Europe  Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Digital transformation

Screen Leaders Europe  Barcelona, Spain

Gateway Ireland - Connecting the Dots

Presenting the interface of a Diaspora website to an invited audience.

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