Kristopher Tate
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Kristopher Tate is the founder and chief technologist of the Zooomr
website and BlueBridge
, a company that works on metadata enhanced communication technologies.
Kristopher is best known for creating and operating a popular photo sharing website called Zooomr
and also for his influence in the Japanese Web industry through his company BlueBridge. Multiple books and magazines articles have been written about him including Jon Swartz's Young Wealth: Trade Secrets from Teens Who Are Changing American Business
Born in Seattle, Washington, Kristopher started working with HTML
at age 4, programming in Think-C
at age 5 and started Zooomr
at age 17. Because of Kristopher's involvement in entrepreneurship from an early age, he has been featured as a role-model for young entrepreneurs and aspiring teenagers.
In August, 2007, Kristopher moved Zooomr's HQ to Harajuku
, Japan and has since brought on a team of dedicated people to help him with his projects. On June 9, 2009, Kristopher launched Japan's first ever society-based community website called keireki.jp, which features many notable CEOs as members including the CEO of Mixi
and the CEO of Paperboy&co., among others. Membership to the service is invite only.
Zooomr
- History :Zooomr was created in 2005 by Kristopher Tate and Michael Van Veen of BlueBridge Technologies Group. On June 19, 2006, Thomas Hawk, a well-known photographer and blogger from San Francisco, was recruited by Zooomr as its so called "Chief Evangelist." On July 17, 2006, Zooomr released...
website and BlueBridge
Bluebridge
Bluebridge is a New Zealand ferry operation between Wellington in the North Island and Picton in the South Island.-History:Bluebridge was formed in 2003 by Strait Shipping to compete with the Interislander...
, a company that works on metadata enhanced communication technologies.
Kristopher is best known for creating and operating a popular photo sharing website called Zooomr
Zooomr
- History :Zooomr was created in 2005 by Kristopher Tate and Michael Van Veen of BlueBridge Technologies Group. On June 19, 2006, Thomas Hawk, a well-known photographer and blogger from San Francisco, was recruited by Zooomr as its so called "Chief Evangelist." On July 17, 2006, Zooomr released...
and also for his influence in the Japanese Web industry through his company BlueBridge. Multiple books and magazines articles have been written about him including Jon Swartz's Young Wealth: Trade Secrets from Teens Who Are Changing American Business
Born in Seattle, Washington, Kristopher started working with HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
at age 4, programming in Think-C
THINK C
THINK C was an extension of ANSI C for Mac OS developed by THINK Technologies; although named Lightspeed C in the original mid-1986 release, it was later renamed THINK C. THINK Technologies was later acquired by Symantec Corporation and the product continued to be developed by the original author,...
at age 5 and started Zooomr
Zooomr
- History :Zooomr was created in 2005 by Kristopher Tate and Michael Van Veen of BlueBridge Technologies Group. On June 19, 2006, Thomas Hawk, a well-known photographer and blogger from San Francisco, was recruited by Zooomr as its so called "Chief Evangelist." On July 17, 2006, Zooomr released...
at age 17. Because of Kristopher's involvement in entrepreneurship from an early age, he has been featured as a role-model for young entrepreneurs and aspiring teenagers.
In August, 2007, Kristopher moved Zooomr's HQ to Harajuku
Harajuku
Harajuku is the common name for the area around Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan....
, Japan and has since brought on a team of dedicated people to help him with his projects. On June 9, 2009, Kristopher launched Japan's first ever society-based community website called keireki.jp, which features many notable CEOs as members including the CEO of Mixi
Mixi
mixi, Inc. is one of several social networking websites in Japan, founded in 2004. As of May 2008, mixi had over 21.6 million users and an 80% share of the social networking market in Japan...
and the CEO of Paperboy&co., among others. Membership to the service is invite only.
External links
- Kristopher Tate on LinkedIn
- Kristopher's Zipline on Zooomr
- Kristopher's Profile on Keireki.jp
- Kristopher's Company - BlueBridge
- TV Spotlight on BlueBridge and Kristopher, TV TokyoTV Tokyois a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
, May 27 (Japanese) - TV Interview of Kristopher on LCI, La Chaîne InfoLa Chaîne InfoLa Chaîne Info, or LCI is a French cable news channel. The network provides 24-hour national and global news coverage.-History:LCI was created on June 24, 1994, by Christian Dutoit on behalf of the media group TF1....
, Oct 26th (French)