Rodrigo Sepúlveda Schulz, 37, is the co-founder and CEO of vpod.tv, an-award company enabling corporations to create their own Internet TV channels on any connected device.

vpod.tv raised a $5.1m series A from Innovacom, the investment arm affiliated with FT Group Orange. Recent innovation awards for his company include Supernova 2006 in San Francisco, Innovate!Europe ’06 in Zaragoza, Global Mobile Monday Summit in Helsinki, Best Demo award at Capital-IT in Paris, RedHerring 100 Europe.

Previously, he was the co-founder and managing partner of RISC Partners, a seed-stage investment boutique, where he was instrumental in the successful launch of glowria.fr, a leading online DVD rental and VOD service, serving as a board member for two years and later as interim CEO where he helped raise the first $12m in financing. In 2004, he also led the mobile strategy team for AOL Europe, redefining the group’s online and mobile presence. Earlier, Rodrigo was a principal with Gemini Consulting, and a manager (founder of the e-business practice) at KPMG Consulting France, leading large scale European e-commerce and media projects. He started his career as a consultant to the European operations of Intel and Novell.

Rodrigo is a Computer Science Engineer from EPITA, a graduate from the Sorbonne MBA (IAE de Paris), and holds an MBA from INSEAD, including an exchange term at the MBA program of the Wharton School in Philadelphia. He is a Chilean national, and settled in France almost 20 years ago.

His tongue-in-cheek video blog http://sepulveda.net is among the top blogs in France. In his spare-time, Rodrigo is an avid genealogist. He is also a sought-after speaker at industry events. He can be reached at rodrigo@vpod.tv.