I am one of the most seasoned professionals in the still young digital signage industry, with deep experience in everything from business development and sales to technical operations, product development and start-up strategy and fundraising.

I have a wide range of industry experiences and am just as comfortable working in corporate environments as I am in start-ups. I am highly strategic and customer focused, thoroughly grounded, and able to come up with innovative and powerful ideas that lead to exciting, action oriented and profitable initiatives.

Over the last three decades, I have done everything from interview rock stars and cover national political campaigns to launch ground-breaking digital products, raise start-up funds, sell advertising, sell software, and juggle multiple portfolios, as perplexed staff asked how I was pulling all that off and seemingly staying sane.

I've opened offices and markets, hired and fired, and taken ideas from the lightbulb-goes-on stage to fully realized, market-launched products.  I can pull things off on shoestring budgets, and really make things soar when the necessary dollars and support are there.

I started my working life as a journalist and have for the last several years pursued a deep interest and passion for digital media. I have been repeatedly told I am one of the most knowledgeable, seasoned, respected and, most importantly, pragmatic people in this emerging industry.

My favorite quote from an industry colleague: "Dave, I wish I would have met you about half-a-million dollars ago."

If you work in or follow the digital signage industry, chances are good that you've read my Sixteen:Nine blog. It's a no-BS, pitch-free look at the industry from the perspective of someone who sees great opportunity, but considerable nonsense out there.

Increasingly, I am being asked to speak to industry or other interested groups about the past, present and future of the digital signage industry. I know one of the reasons I get asked is I try very hard to educate, not sell. There's a time and place for both.
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