Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com

Current

• Product and Business Development at Peoplebrowsr
• Advisor and Evangelist at boxee
• G4TV Special Events producer and talent at Comcast Networks

• Advisor & Head of Intellectual Property at LANrev LP
• Partner at Idea Works, Inc.
• Founder at Telepixels

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Past

• Advisor & Board member at kwiry
• Analyst at Guidewire Group, Inc,.
• Forward Thinker - Director, Product Innovation at Sling Media, Inc

• Director, Product Innovation at RadioShack
• Channel Development at CipherOptics
• Co-Founder, Vice President New Technology at Digital Convergence Corporation
• Director, Internet Operations at CS Wireless Systems
• Director, Retail Systems at Communication EXPO

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Education

• Southwest Missouri State University
• Westridge...

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Consumer Electronics

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Summary

With more than fifty U.S. patents granted and many more pending my passion is to create products within the "white space" of technology capabilities and user acceptance. My expertise is in consumer products and services with a focus on the user experience around connected appliances and multimedia sharing throughout the home.

Bits want to be free and they like to be enjoyed in wide-screen and Dolby Digital on big screens as well as mobile devices!

Let me know if you are developing a converged media product, as I may have ties to technologies or products via consulting projects that I am presently working on.

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Specialties:

Patent, product and service development focusing on consumer readiness and awareness. Product management of internal and external resources. Marketing and channel partner development. On broadcast television and radio I'm known as the "Gadget Guy," a consumer electronics and Internet expert. I've written for well known technology publications, performed voice over work as well as employee and customer training and inspiration through live sessions or interactive video.

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Experience

• Product and Business Development

  Peoplebrowsr

  (Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Real-time Internet conversations occur on many platforms from blogs to social media sites and new web superstars like Twitter. Tools that you have used in the past, like Google or their email alerts feature cannot keep pace with these conversations.
  
  Peoplebrowsr is a real-time search engine and client for you to look into the pulse of digital conversations and engage across multiple social networks simultaneously. With filtering, you can bubble up "memes and themes" that are important to you or your brand across any "Web 2.0" service.

• Advisor and Evangelist

  boxee

  (Consumer Electronics industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  boxee has created an open-source, all-format social media player for Mac OS-X, Apple TV, Ubuntu Linux & Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. It is an alternative media player, much like Firefox is to Internet Explorer or Safari on a Mac. From a laptop or hardware connected to an HDTV, boxee gives users a 10-foot remote control enabled entertainment experience to enjoy your movies, TV shows, music and photos, as well as streaming content from websites like Hulu *sometimes, CBS, Comedy Central, Netflix, Joost, Last.fm, and flickr. This open source software is derived from the open source software XBMC Media Center.
  
  Boxee is the first place winner of CEA iStage event for the best new technology startup going into the 2009 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show.)

• G4TV Special Events producer and talent

  Comcast Networks

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  With an eye focused on gadgets that are compelling and differentiating to television viewers, I work with TV producers to screen new products under embargo that are later showcased on television for special events like the Consumer Electronics Show, Mac World and other special product announcements.
  
  For example, with several hours of live programming from the CES show floor, I work with both producers and other talent, as I too am a host, explaining these products to millions of television viewers.

• Advisor & Head of Intellectual Property

  LANrev LP

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  LANrev is the comprehensive solution to automate the management of all your enterprise computers - Mac, Windows and Linux from both a hardware and software inventory/asset tracking and patch management.
  
  I work with the CEO and CTO co-founders on product features and intellectual property protection of the unique aspects of the software suite.

• Partner

  Idea Works, Inc.

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2001 — Present (8 years 8 months)

  With a knack of knowing the "secret sauce" for a winning product, which equates to consumer readiness and product or service benefits, I help differentiate offerings in a competitive marketplace. Call me the geek who can speak as I help create vertical go to market campaigns and strategies with companies and their agencies. My skills also lie in developing a suite of intellectual property to protect assets. I've been known to educate companies with current market trends, product differentiations, and capabilities.

• Founder

  Telepixels

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 1993 — Present (16 years 11 months)

  Beginning with a couple stories in 2600 Magazine in the early 90's, where their payment was just a t-shirt, I'm a freelance writer for Ziff Davis' PC Mag, O'Reilly's Make, Young Money (technology mag for dozens of colleges) and The Guidewire Group. This knowledge and outreach provides the credibility as a consumer product expert within television and radio programs around the country.
  
  Specialties include fixed wireless, network security, multimedia, audio and video compression, 3G, 4G, WiMax, 3GPP, LTE W-CDMA wireless, convergence, machine readable code like bar code and optical character recognition, hardware remixing and hacking and acronyms that you've never heard of. Nor most people care to.
  
  Telepixels also provides video and voice over work, corporate training (in any media format or live venue) and public speaking on technology trends.

• Advisor & Board member

  kwiry

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 11 months)

  With the majority of users carrying standard mobile phones, (not the smartphones that early adopters carry) this service gives basic SMS capable phones the ability to send short and quick input capability into the short code 59479.
  
  These requests can be used to create lists or reminders that show up at your computer email in-box or in a rich interface via RSS feed that provides a single click into search, shopping or other sites.
  
  The service also brings "agent tasks" like Netflix, TiVo, Yelp, Amazon or other third party sites to add movies to queues, items to wish lists, etc. With Kwriy, a single text message like "TiVo Nova" or "Netflix Casablanca" can complete your request via their SMS to web agent.
  
  This company was closed at the end of April, 2009 and its intellectual property and code has been purchased by Wabco, LLC.

• Analyst

  Guidewire Group, Inc,.

  (Consumer Electronics industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  Working with Chris Shipley and the team who produces Demo, we research the up and coming companies in the technology product and services space. The Guidewire Report (TGR) is our newsletter that gives insight to VC and corporate clients regarding what they should look at in the world of new technology.

• Forward Thinker - Director, Product Innovation

  Sling Media, Inc

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  I developed a roadmap of devices to take the company into other product lines to stream images, surveillance and audio entertainment from Internet or local networks. Created a sourcing strategy for products developed outside of the organization that had the "your media wherever you want it" promise that the SlingBox delivered and worked with outside ODM and technology partners to create accessories utilizing HomePlug, 802.11x & UWB.
  
  As "chief problem solver" I used my skills and years of industry contacts to bring in suppliers and vendors that could provide solutions to hardware and software issues that arose during the development of the three second-generation Slingbox products.
  
  To help educate both end-users and the industry, I spoke at a number events and was a lively participant on dozens of panels and symposiums. Finally, I was a liaison between marketing and engineering, helping to build a better product and new vertical applications like the KPIX CBS 5 camera network.

• Director, Product Innovation

  RadioShack

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RSH; Retail industry)

  October 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 6 months)

  Create and predict the next consumer electronic devices for retail in the chain’s 7,200 stores and alt. channels.
  
  Develop sustained program of patent protection around product concepts to be manufactured by RadioShack or its partner vendors. Responsible for more than one dozen patents for unique consumer devices. Created a digital media training and information kiosk system for use in retail stores, online and for training retail associates. Instituted a process for outside inventors to streamline idea flow into the organization. Developed “Employee New Idea” program to motivate employees to create new products and bring efficiencies.
  
  Frequently spoke to large audiences of associates, vice presidents and top management on innovative and new technologies coming to market. Worked with third party companies to develop products to enhance their services and retain customers. Developed CE devices by determining consumer readiness then crafted features and product benefits.

• Channel Development

  CipherOptics

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

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

  Develop channel strategy and determine verticals in the private and government sector that would benefit from the protection of data in motion. Pitched the benefits of 3DES and AES encryption on links up to full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet. Worked in conjunction with network architects to reduce box count of aggregated encryption appliances into fail-safe redundant high-speed units.

• Co-Founder, Vice President New Technology

  Digital Convergence Corporation

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

  Co-Founder of the print and audio to web company and the associated technologies that powered the CueCat and CRQ television. Managed and created more than 100 patents around linking traditional media to the Internet automatically. Raised $200MM to build an idea into a product. Developed associated marketing and business plan for concept funding and launch with companies like Forbes, Wired Magazine, Parade and NBC television. www.digitalconvergence.com

• Director, Internet Operations

  CS Wireless Systems

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

  August 1997 — August 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  Directed Internet operations for The Beam, a 2.5 GHz MMDS spectrum high-speed wireless Internet and digital television. Managed technical and phone support team and subcontracted installation team while bringing efficiencies to both. Developed proactive support plan and network redundancy for a dual homed licensed wireless cable modem service launched throughout the Dallas area and surrounding cities a year before @Home (which became Comcast) was launched. Developed marketing, consumer awareness, public demonstrations and grass roots campaigns. This was a wireless Internet service that pre-dated 700MHz broadband connectivity by a dozen years.

• Director, Retail Systems

  Communication EXPO

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Retail industry)

  1993 — 1997 (4 years )

  Created the first 20,000 sq foot chain of retail stores to "solution sell" consumer electronics. Raised $37MM on the concept and launched stores in the Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex. Was responsible for bringing new technologies to retail such as satellite TV, GPS, two-way paging and online banking. Created 40 "demonstration zones" which let consumers try and test things like video conferencing, high-speed Internet and digital imaging before purchasing.

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Education

• Southwest Missouri State University

  Business Management and Computer Information Systems August 1989 — May 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  IBM Student Sales Representative, Computer Lab Associate, Entrepreneur.

• Westridge...

Additional Information

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Interests:

Writer for Ziff Davis, Make Magazine, 2600, Young Money and online publications. Frequent TV host and guest expert on radio broadcasts. www.ideaswillwork.com - Biz dev & consulting site. www.davemathews.com - Television and hosting. www.techtalkback.com - Blog on Technology & gadgets. www.telepixels.com - Blog on the convergence & multimedia.

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Groups:

Final Cut Pro Users Group, Geek Meet, HD Discussion Group, Texas Inventors Association.
Foo Camp (Tim O'Reilly and his team) 2003 (inaugural) and 2004.

•    NetSquared
•    CONNECTIONS™
•    Project Unite

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Honors:

Telly and WorldFest Platinum award in Television - Net Talk Interactive.
Technology & Engineering Emmy® award in 2007 for Slingbox from Sling Media.
CEA 2009 CES iStage winner for boxee.tv

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