Brendan
Ciecko.

Brendan Ciecko is the founder and CEO of Cuseum.

Ciecko founded Cuseum in 2014 with the mission of helping museums, public attractions, and nonprofits engage their visitors and members using the power of digital. Today, Cuseum works with over 750 cultural institutions around the globe and has raised over $1.4M in funding, backed by Techstars, one of the world's top startup accelerators. In 2015, Cuseum was acquired by BID Equity.

Prior to Cuseum, Ciecko started Ten Minute Media, an agency specializing in digital media and creative services for the music entertainment industry. Since its establishment in 2003, Ten Minute Media has worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment.

Ciecko's entrepreneurial career and projects have gained the attention of the national press. In October 2008, Ciecko appeared on the cover of Inc. Magazine in the feature article "Cool, Determined, Under 30: Meet the brains behind America's smartest new companies." He has also appeared in Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, The New York Times, The Guardian, BMW Magazine, Boston Globe, and PC Magazine. He holds eight patents in mobile technology.

He currently sits on the Steering Committee of the Museum Council at Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Community Advisory Board for the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts. Ciecko has also served on the Massachusetts "It's All Here" Advisory Board, the Board of Washington Gateway Main Streets, Boston's ONEin3 Council, the Digital Advisory Board at Neue Galerie New York, and the Regional Leadership Team of Technology for Obama.

Ciecko's work has been exhibited at the Commonwealth Museum in Boston, MA and is in the digital archives of the Klingspor Museum in Germany.

Brendan currently lives in Boston, MA with his wife Elizabeth and their little dog Misiu.