David is Co-founder & CEO of Via, which helps businesses get new customers through relationship AI. He is also a Founding Member at TBD Angels. As an entrepreneur, he has held operating roles at 6 startups that raised $150M and were acquired for $750M. He was previously GM at Hunt Club, CEO of Gradifi (E*TRADE), Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School, and Director of the Babson Summer Venture Program.
David has played product and marketing roles at 5 other Boston-based startups. He led PayPal Boston, where he co-founded the Start Tank innovation space and Where Angel Fund. Before WHERE’s acquisition by PayPal, he was VP of Product, leading strategy and corporate development.
Earlier in his career, on the consumer side, David was Director of New Products at Tripadvisor (IAC), where he launched new features to meet consumers’ needs. He was Co-founder & VP of Marketing at SnapMyLife (Exclaim Mobility), where he led product and marketing efforts. On the enterprise side, he was Director of Product Marketing at m-Qube (Verisign), a pioneer in the mobile content space. He was a Senior Product Manager at edocs (Siebel) and a VP of Technology at Goldman Sachs.
As a leader in the entrepreneurship community, he is a trustee at the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MTLC) and Wentworth Institute of Technology, and a lecturer at Tufts University. He has made 110 angel investments in startups such as Crashlytics, clypd, Amino, Logz, CarePort Health, Dashfire, Mogul, and through the Where Angel Fund and TBD Angels. David frequently speaks on startups, fundraising, and the Boston tech ecosystem, and he actively mentors founders and students. Awards include The Boston Globe’s Tech Power Players 50, Boston Business Journal’s Power 50: Most Influential Bostonians, BostInno’s 50 on Fire: Education Winner / Investment Winner / Tech Finalist, and Finalist for both NEVY Angel of the Year and Startup Boston Community Builder of the Year.
David holds a BS with Distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.