A digital entertainment expert with 15+ years experience, Yvan Boudillet is the founder of TheLynk, a strategic advisory agency dedicated to connect the dots between startups and creative industries with a focus on music & live experience.

In April 2020, TheLynk co-founded, with eight other partners, a pan-european remote hackathon & accelerator called #NextStageChallenge to come-up with innovative solutions for the live sector. 

A regular international speaker & jury member (SXSW, Wallifornia, Slush Music, Sonar+D, Midem, Music Inc. India, Mifa, 4YFN, ISMIR, Eurosonic) and lecturer specialised in music tech ecosystems and data-driven transformation of creative economy, Yvan is passionate about bridging artistic and tech talents in order to jointly invent new ways to create, discover, experience and monetise music.