Stephen Alstrup is the CEO and co-founder of Octoshape, a company that provides streaming solutions based on the unique Grid Casting Technology, ensuring a stable high quality stream to large audiences at low cost. The Octoshape Streaming Solution is employed by a wide range of broadcasters such as Turner Broadcasting Inc., RTVE (The Spanish National Radio) and Deutsche Welle, just to mention a few. Octoshape streaming technology is being used for streaming of CNN.com Live, NBA League Pass Broadband, NASCAR Raceview and the EBU Eurovision family of events.

Dr. Alstrup received his PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from the University of Copenhagen in 1999 and went on to hold a position as associate professor at The IT University of Copenhagen prior to founding Octoshape in 2004.