Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com

Current

• Mr. Experience at boxee
• G4TV Special Events producer and talent at Comcast Networks
• Advisor & Board member at kwiry

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

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Past

• 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...

Recommended

8 people have recommended Dave

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Consumer Electronics

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Dave Mathews - link@davemathews.com’s Summary

With more than thirty-five U.S. patents granted and many more pending my passion is to create products within the "white space." My expertise is in consumer products and services with a focus on 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!

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

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

Patent and product development along with consumer readiness and awareness. 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

• Mr. Experience

  boxee

  (Consumer Electronics industry)

  2008 — Present (less than a year)

  Creating the ultimate all-format social media player for Mac & Linux. Sign up for it at www.boxee.tv and watch for future releases if you are running other computing platforms.

• G4TV Special Events producer and talent

  Comcast Networks

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  With an eye focused on gadgets that are compelling to television viewers, Dave screens the gear that gets shown by him or the other hosts at special events like the Consumer Electronics Show, Mac World and other conferences or special product announcements.
  
  Do you have something unique that needs to be seen on air and on the Internet by millions of people? Reach out! But it better be different!

• Advisor & Board member

  kwiry

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  With the majority of users carrying standard mobile phones (not the smartphones that early adopters carry) this service gives SMS capable phones the ability to send short and quick reminders into a short code.
  Those reminders then show up in computer email in-boxes or on an RSS feed that provides a single click into search, shopping or other sites.

• Advisor & Head of Intellectual Property

  LANrev

  (Computer Software industry)

  2005 — Present (3 years)

  LANrev is the comprehensive solution to automate the management of all your clients - Mac and Windows from both 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.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2001 — Present (7 years 7 months)

  With dozens of product inventions and two-dozen patents granted, I have a knack of what determines consumer readiness and the benefits that differentiate technology products and services. 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 thoroughly protect company assets. I've also been known to educate companies with current market trends, product differentiations, and capabilities. Do you need a Mr. Innovation or technology disseminator?

• Founder

  Telepixels

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 1993 — Present (15 years 10 months)

  Beginning with a couple stories in 2600 Magazine in the early 90's, where their payment was a t-shirt, Dave is a freelance writer for Ziff Davis' PC Magazine, 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 barcode 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.

• 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 Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

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 - Business development and consulting site. www.davemathews.com - Television and media site. www.techtalkback.com - Blog on Technology and gadgets. www.telepixels.com - Blog on the convergence of multimedia on consumer devices.

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

Final Cut Pro Users Group, Geek Meet, HD Discussion Group, Texas Inventors Association.

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

Telly and WorldFest Platinum award in Television - Net Talk Interactive.

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