Andrew Duncan
Over 30 years in Consumer Electronics, Media Content Streaming, Mobile and Technology Licensing business with Thomson Multi-Media(Technicolor), Gemstar TV Guide (Rovi), Global TechLink Consultants, MAGLA Entertainment and Metalert Inc. Extensive experience in North America, Europe, and Asia with large corporate and smaller start up companies in Business Development, Product Management, Go To Market strategies, I.P. strategy, licensing and development worldwide. Currently serves on one private and one public boards and is board advisor to several others.
Andrew Duncan has been working in the consumer electronics, mobile, media content streaming and technology licensing business for over 30 years; living and working in various countries in Europe as well as the U.S. where he currently resides. He has gained extensive experience in all aspects of product management, business development, marketing, IP licensing and digital content distribution.
In 2000 he founded Global TechLink, a technology consultancy company, specializing in licensing, business development and management on a local and global basis, including OTT, Digital Streaming and Content, Mobile, LBS and Consumer Electronics.
Mr. Duncan currently runs Global TechLink as well as MAGLA Entertainment, a successful Content Distribution company established in 2016 to deliver Movies and TV content to the major Chinese Media companies like China Mobile and Shanghai Media Group. He also serves on the board of Metalert Inc, a public company and leader in telehealth and wearable technology, where he also heads up business development, product management and I.P. management worldwide. He is Chairman of the board and CEO of Smart Kiddo International, a U.S. subsidiary of an established EdTech company specializing in robotics and coding for young children. From 2007 to 2010 he was the founder and CEO of ClearPlay International, based in London and Paris where he raised $4 Million and signed worldwide contracts with companies like LG and Samsung for consumer electronics products and other VOD deals for the Middle East market.
From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Duncan worked as Vice President Consumer Electronics for Gemstar TV Guide International (now called Rovi). His responsibilities included product development, business management, licensing and marketing a portfolio of multimedia licensed features including the highly successful VCRPlus+ and Electronic Program Guide – TVGuidePlus+. Both technologies are highly successful standards within the home Entertainment industry that still bring in many hundreds of millions of dollars in annual licensing revenue. He worked directly for Mr. Henry Yuen (President and CEO of Gemstar) having been invited by him to join the company from Thomson Multimedia (now Technicolor).
Mr. Duncan lived and worked for TMM from1987 to1994 in Germany, France and his native U.K. in various Pan –European marketing and global product management roles. He has a deep experience of business relations and markets in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Mr. Duncan earned his honors degree in Chemistry from Nottingham University and postgraduate qualifications in Marketing and Direct Marketing from London University (Kings College) and UCLA Anderson School of Business in Los Angeles.
He is co-author of a number of patents; more recently five in the area of wearable GPS and BLE based tracking devices embedded in footwear. He also enjoys mentoring undergraduates at Nottingham University and post graduates at UCLA Anderson School of business.