David Beach

Current

• Board Member at Citizen Santa Cruz
• Senior Manager, Brickhouse at Yahoo!
• Co-Chair Search SIG at SDForum - Search SIG

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Past

• Director Product Management at Wink
• Senior Product Manager at Yahoo
• EVP Creative Services at I-Storm, Inc,

• Chief Information Architect, Co-Founder at LVL Interactive
• Art Director at IUMA - Internet Underground Music Archive

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Websites

• About David Beach
• My Blog
• My Video Status

David Beach’s Summary

My biography and resume can be found here:

http://www.itsbeach.com/blog/david_beach.html

However here are some highlights if you like:

In 1995 I co-founded LVL Interactive and designed and built Egghead.com, then later that year, Cisco’s Internet Junction which was their first venture in e-commerce and digital software distribution. I became Chief Information Architect and then CCO of I-Storm Studios specializing in e-commerce development and online product marketing experiences. Our clients included Cisco, Disney, Sun, HP, AIG, Netscape, Sony, Philips, Oracle, Sears, Egghead, Palm, Computer Associates, E-Trade, DirecTV, Acer, beyond.com, Toshiba, Digital Island, fatbrain.com, Bank of America, Broadvision, The Fox Network, The Burning Man Project, Warner Bros. Records, Winamp, Grand Royal Records, IUMA, Addicted to Noise, and others... I worked with some of the greatest people back then. Steve Venuti, Chris Coluzzi, Cale Peeples, Ramon Colcer, Pat Goddard, Dave Brinda, Danny Vendrell, Stuart Mangrum, and Scott Beale, among many others.

I was once selected by NetGuide magazine as one of the 25 most influential people online with Charles Schwab, Al Gore, and Susie on Sex... so what does that tell you?

My design and product work has been featured in several books and other magazines including Lynda Wienman's web design series, 10 Secrets to Web Success, Designing Interactive Communities, The Web After Hours, Wired, Time Magazine, and Entertainment Weekly.

I'm passionate about my work and my life. My hobbies include the world of digital music distribution, building kick-ass online communities, collecting music, photography, and playing the Theremin

David Beach’s Specialties:

Product Management, Information Architecture, Graphic Design, Interface Design, Community Development, Management, Photography, Videoography, Sound Design, Business Development

David Beach’s Experience

• Board Member

  Citizen Santa Cruz

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  December 2007 — Present (6 months)

  Citizen Santa Cruz is an online citizen journalism community for Santa Cruz, CA.

• Senior Manager, Brickhouse

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; yhoo; Internet industry)

  July 2007 — Present (11 months)

  Senior Manager of Products Yahoo! Network Division

• Co-Chair Search SIG

  SDForum - Search SIG

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2006 — Present (2 years)

• Director Product Management

  Wink

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Director of Product Management for wink.com - Wink is a social people search engine.

• Senior Product Manager

  Yahoo

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2001 — 2006 (5 years)

• EVP Creative Services

  I-Storm, Inc,

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

• Chief Information Architect, Co-Founder

  LVL Interactive

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  1995 — 1999 (4 years)

• Art Director

  IUMA - Internet Underground Music Archive

  (Internet industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year)

Additional Information

David Beach’s Websites:

• About David Beach
• My Blog
• My Video Status

David Beach’s Groups:

Chair Person SDforum - Search SIG, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BayCHI

•    Santa Cruz Design and Innovation Center member
•    Santa Cruz NEXT member

David Beach’s Honors:

Cool Site of the Day: IAMfree, IUMA, Burning Man Official Site (http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/), 1998 Addy Award, Best Online Marketing: Philips Nino Product Site, 1997 Adweek’s Agency of the Year, 2003 Search Engine Watch Awards: Best Shopping Search Engine, 2003 Webby Award: Product Customization/Personalization Yahoo!, 2007 Time Magazine’s Top 10 Site of the Year, Wink (#3)

David Beach’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
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