Tastemade Co-Founder, UMaine Alumnus to Speak Oct. 27

The Maine Business School at the University of Maine is sponsoring a talk by Steven Kydd, a UMaine alumnus and co-founder of Tastemade, the world’s first global food network built for digital platforms.

Kydd, who graduated from UMaine in 1991 with a degree in business administration, will speak from 3–4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27 in D.P. Corbett Business Building, Room 100.

Tastemade’s mission is to connect the world through food by allowing creators to make and share video programming instantly on a global and social scale.

Before Tastemade, the Orrington, Maine, native was part of the founding team of Demand Media and executive vice president of Demand Studios, was vice president of business development and strategy for Yahoo! and served as vice president of Internet marketing with 20th Century Fox International in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Los Angeles.

To attend the talk, RSVP by Friday, Oct. 24 to Cindy D’Angelo at 207.581.1963 or dangelo@maine.edu.

More information about Kydd, including a Q&A with him, is online.