Niko Drakoulis – Cutting Pickles

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Niko Drakoulis, one of the featured delegates at the 2010 KIN Global Summit, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, and founder of Akoo. He provides the leadership, strategic direction & vision for the Company.

Niko has led a distinguished 19-year career as an entrepreneur, inventor and investor in the telecommunications, Internet technology, and broadcast media industries. Throughout his career, he has pioneered several next-generation digital media and technology solutions for leading Fortune 500 companies.

Niko founded Akoo in October, 2001. The company has since become the largest social music television network in the world delivering major label music videos and original programming to 89.6 million monthly consumers in premium out-of-home environments across America.

Akoo empowers social engagement by uniquely enabling viewers to control programming on its high-definition TV screens with their mobile devices. Viewers can select music videos from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI, via text message request or Akoo’s mobile app, and share them on the network, free and on-demand. Akoo’s ability to engage media-elusive demographics, while integrating brand sponsors within the media experience, results in increased advertising effectiveness.

In recognition of its innovative technology, Akoo has been profiled in the New York Times, CTIA’s SmartBrief, Reuters, Associated Press, Advertising Age, and BrandWeek, among hundreds of additional media outlets.

Niko holds four United States Patents and currently has several patents pending.

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