{{short description|American journalist}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Ken Rutkowski | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|05|05}} | birth_place = | occupation = Inspirational and Nexist Speaker, radio broadcaster | political_party = 'Cyber Party' (2015) | awards = Digital Entertainment Award 2005 | spouse = }}

'''Ken Rutkowski''' (born May 5, 1966) is founder, president and host of KenRadio Broadcasting<ref>{{cite press release |author = Fraser Lovatt |title=Ken Rutkowski – the IBC Digital Lifestyles Interviews |publisher=Digital Lifestyles |date=29 July 2004 |url=http://digital-lifestyles.info/2004/07/29/ken-rutkowski-the-ibc-digital-lifestyles-interviews/ |accessdate=2010-03-19 }}</ref> which is syndicated on CBS Radio,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Interview with Ken Rutkowski on Socaltech |publisher=Socaltech High Tech News and Information for Southern California |date= February 19, 2010 |url= http://www.socaltech.com/mobilestory.php?storyid=0026934 |accessdate=2010-03-19 }}</ref> He is also the founder of the media, entertainment and technology alliance known as METal. Rutkowski is the Local Partner of Founder Institute Chapter Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite press release |title= The Founder Institute Announces Sessions And Mentors For Its Los Angeles Semester |publisher= PR Newswire |date= 2010-02-23 |url= http://www.thestreet.com/story/10687391/the-founder-institute-announces-sessions-and-mentors-for-its-los-angeles-semester.html |accessdate= 2010-03-19 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110606010031/http://www.thestreet.com/story/10687391/the-founder-institute-announces-sessions-and-mentors-for-its-los-angeles-semester.html |archive-date= 2011-06-06 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Career== Rutkowski is the former host of ''Business Rockstars'', a two-hour weekday afternoon program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113101514/dr-michio-kaku-will-be-interviewed-by-business-rockstars-ken/ |accessdate=March 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325162548/http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113101514/dr-michio-kaku-will-be-interviewed-by-business-rockstars-ken/ |archive-date=March 25, 2014 |title=Dr. Michio Kaku will be Interviewed by Business Rockstars' Ken Rutkowski on a Live Google Hangout Today - Technology News - redOrbit }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpstonestreet.com/jp-stonestreet-radio-interview-business-rockstars-ken-rutkowski/ |title=Radio Interview on Business Rockstars w/ Ken Rutkowski |publisher=JP Stonestreet |date=2013-12-23 |accessdate=2015-11-23 |archive-date=2015-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804001530/http://jpstonestreet.com/jp-stonestreet-radio-interview-business-rockstars-ken-rutkowski/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The program features discussions with CEOs and entrepreneurs about financing, marketing and networking.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/business_rockstars_radio_host_ken_rutkowski_to_interview_google_social_media_expert_yifat_cohen/prweb11420083.htm |title=Business Rockstars Radio Host Ken Rutkowski to Interview Google+ Social Media Expert Yifat Cohen |publisher=Prweb.com |date=2013-12-13 |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>

Rutkowski is a founding member of the Streaming Media Executive Committee and on the boards of several media, entertainment, and technology companies. He appears regularly as a guest correspondent for KTTV-TV Fox 11 and Fox's ''Good Day LA''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbimXrHPP54 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/CbimXrHPP54 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Ken Rutkowski on FOX News |publisher=YouTube |date=2006-10-04 |accessdate=2015-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.streamingmedia.com/europe2000/speakers.asp |accessdate=March 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823055605/http://www.streamingmedia.com/europe2000/speakers.asp |archive-date=August 23, 2009 }}</ref> Rutkowski has created and hosted various technology programs on NPR, ABC, WLS Chicago, KHOW Denver, CNET Radio San Francisco, and BBC Professional associations.<ref>{{cite news |author= Elisa Batista |title= Internet Radio's Biggest Geek |url= https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/03/58231 |publisher=Wired.com |date=2003-03-31 |accessdate=2010-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Michelle Meyers |title=Could Spielberg become a video podcaster? |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6030560-7.html |publisher=CNET |date=January 24, 2006 |accessdate=2010-03-19 |archive-date=2011-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616235123/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6030560-7.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2001-February/009591.html |title=Ken Rutkowski's Daily Tech News Clicks |accessdate=2010-03-19 |date=February 2, 2001 |archive-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706114159/http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2001-February/009591.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rutkowski is also on the board of several media, entertainment and technology companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhollywood.com/07DHNXTcom/DHNXT07TuesEleven.html|title=Digital Hollywood at NXTcomm|accessdate=2010-03-19|date=June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211052726/http://digitalhollywood.com/07DHNXTcom/DHNXT07TuesEleven.html|archive-date=2010-02-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 1990, Rutkowski established ''KenRadio Broadcasting'', a daily technology podcast focused on the high tech industry.<ref>[http://www.kenradio.com/content/view/10/25/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810191311/http://www.kenradio.com/content/view/10/25/ |date=August 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.commnexus.org/programs/gadgetfest-2009-emcees-judges.php ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003121733/http://www.commnexus.org/programs/gadgetfest-2009-emcees-judges.php |date=October 3, 2009 }}</ref> Since 1995, Rutkowski's daily talk show, "The World Technology Roundup," has also focused on high tech business worldwide.

In January 2003, Rutkowski founded Media Entertainment Technology Alpha Leaders (METal). The group aims to provide members with a variety of opportunities, intellectual interests, and support mechanisms built on shared values across the media, entertainment, and technology spaces.

In 2005, Rutkowski received a Digital Entertainment Award for his activity in new media and emerging technologies.

In 2006, he moderated panels at the Milken Institute Global Conference in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=detail&eventid=GC06&EvID=708 |title=Milken Institute Panel Detail |accessdate=2010-03-21 |publisher=Milken Institute |date=April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228024751/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=detail&EvID=708&eventid=gc06 |archive-date=2010-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=bio&EventID=GC06&SPID=2271 |title=Ken Rutkowski's Bio on Milken Institute Global Conference |accessdate=2010-03-21 |publisher=Milken Institute |date=April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927235211/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=bio&EventID=GC06&SPID=2271 |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He returned for another Global Conference in 2015 as a speaker. He informed listeners about electronic currencies and where they were headed in the future.<ref>{{cite web|title = Global Conference 2015|url = http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/global-conference-2015/speakers#R|accessdate = 2015-06-18|archive-date = 2015-06-12|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150612085657/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/global-conference-2015/speakers#R|url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2007, Rutkowski was one of the runners of Seoul Digital Forum.

Since July 2009, Rutkowski has been a board member at Opportunity Green, an event that addresses innovation opportunities for industry leaders and thought leaders in pursuing sustainable business solutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://techzulu.com/ken-rutkowski-launches-business-rockstars-academy/ |title=Ken Rutkowski Launches Business Rockstars Academy - TechZulu |date=18 April 2013 |publisher=Techzulu.com |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opportunitygreen.com/board-of-advisors.php |title=Board of Advisors &#124; Green Business Conference 2010 &#124; Los Angeles |publisher=Opportunitygreen.com |accessdate=2015-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130181222/http://www.opportunitygreen.com/board-of-advisors.php |archive-date=2016-01-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2009, Rutkowski was named an intelligence analyst at the Oprah Winfrey Network, where he created research analysis focused on identifying and providing updates on people, companies, events, technologies, trends, and conferences relevant to the Oprah Winfrey Network.<ref>[http://metnet.sg/?page_id=115 ]{{dead link|date=November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/print-edition/2013/09/13/whats-up-with-that-kent-rutkowski.html?page=all |title=What's up with that: Ken Rutkowski |date=September 13, 2013 |publisher=Bizjournals.com |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref> He concluded this occupation in 2012 when the network lost three hundred thirty million dollars and could no longer afford a surplus of workers.

In January 2010, Rutkowski became a partner and analyst in innovation and social media at Free Form, a media company that translates "potent thinking into stories that move people." Rutkowski has been a guest lecturer at various universities, including Loyola University, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a guest speaker at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Diego, and University of California, Berkeley, among other universities.<ref>{{cite press release |title= The Founder Institute Announces Sessions and Mentors For Its Los Angeles Semester |publisher=The Forbes |date=2010-02-23 |url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/02/23/prnewswire201002231114PR_NEWS_USPR_____LA59148.html |accessdate=2010-03-19 }}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In January 2010, Rutkowski became a Los Angeles local partner at the Founder Institute, a training program for entrepreneurs that prepares founders to lead technology companies in industries from biotechnology to the Internet.<ref>{{cite news |author= Stan Holt |title=Interview with Ken Rutkowski, The Founder Institute |publisher=Socaltech High Tech News and Information for Southern California |date= February 19, 2010 |url= http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_ken_rutkowski__the_founder_institute/s-0026934.html |accessdate=2010-03-19 }}</ref>

At about the same time, Rutkowski became a board member of TEDx San Francisco, an independently organized Technology, Entertainment, and Design event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedxsf.org/aboutus.html |accessdate=March 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308133251/http://www.tedxsf.org/aboutus.html |archive-date=March 8, 2010 |title=TEDxSF }}</ref>

Rutkowski has been profiled in ''The Wall Street Journal'', Fox News, BBC, ''BusinessWeek'', ''Wired'', ''Internet World'', ''Electronic Media'', ''Online Journalism Review'', ''Boston Times'', ''Chicago Tribune'', ''Chicago Sun-Times'', ''Finland Helsingin Sanomat'', ''Asahi Shimbun'', ''Bangkok Times'', among other publications worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cal-entertainment.com/portfoliotype/ken-rutkowski/ |title=Ken Rutkowski &#124; Exclusively Represented by CAL Entertainment |publisher=Cal-entertainment.com |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kenrutkowski.com/public-speaking/previous-appearances |title=Previous Keynotes, Panels and Moderation |accessdate=2010-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326041955/http://kenrutkowski.com/public-speaking/previous-appearances |archive-date=2009-03-26 }}</ref>

His honors include nomination for the fifth UCLA's Wireless Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wireless.ucla.edu/2003w/speakers.asp |title=Wireless 2003 Winter Conference |publisher=Wireless.ucla.edu |accessdate=2015-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172437/http://wireless.ucla.edu/2003w/speakers.asp |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==2016 Cyber Party vice-presidential candidacy== Rutkowski was briefly the vice-presidential nominee of the now-defunct Cyber Party in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, running alongside software entrepreneur John McAfee.<ref name="cyberVP">{{cite web | url=http://ballot-access.org/2015/11/21/cyber-party-chooses-vice-presidential-nominee/ | title=Cyber Party Chooses Vice-Presidential Nominee | work=Ballot Access News | date=November 21, 2015 | accessdate=November 23, 2015 | author=Winger, Richard| author-link=Richard Winger }}</ref> McAfee chose in December 2015 to instead switch to seeking the Libertarian nomination, but Rutkowski did not join him in seeking the Libertarian vice-presidential nomination.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/12/24/mcafee-run-libertarian-party-candidate-president/77877980/ | title=McAfee will run as Libertarian Party candidate for president| website=USA Today}}</ref> McAfee later selected photographer Judd Weiss as his Libertarian running mate, but neither were nominated at the 2016 Libertarian National Convention.

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==External links== * [http://businessrockstars.com Business Rockstars official website] * [http://KenRutkowski.com Ken Rutkowski official website] * [http://KenRadio.com KenRadio Broadcasting website]

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