David Kopp

Current

• Sr. Director, Ad Product Marketing at Yahoo!

Past

• VP / GM, Net Nanny at LookSmart
• President at Kopp Enterprises
• President at Sonicity

• Co-founder and CEO at Winfire
• Director of Product Management at AdForce
• Director of Sales, Marketing, BusDev at Synerdyne
• Sr. Brand Manager at Walt Disney Company

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Education

• Harvard University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

David Kopp’s Summary

Veteran strategy, product, marketing and technology leader with a track-record of execution in the online advertising business: building teams, bringing products to market and driving success for partners and customers.

David Kopp’s Specialties:

General Management, Product Management, Marketing

David Kopp’s Experience

• Sr. Director, Ad Product Marketing

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  Lead the display advertising product marketing team at Yahoo! which focuses on advertisers. Our product strategy and marketing scope includes products like behavioral targeting for display ads, dynamic and rich media display ads, next generation targeting products and advertiser analytics.

• VP / GM, Net Nanny

  LookSmart

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; look; Internet industry)

  January 2002 — January 2005 (3 years 1 month)

  General Manager of the Net Nanny division of LookSmart, producing world's leading parental control software purchased by LookSmart to be integrated with parentally-controlled search.

• President

  Kopp Enterprises

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2005 (6 years )

  Internet ad business consulting. Clients included AOL, AdAuction.com, Healthline.com and others.

• President

  Sonicity

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2000 — April 2001 (11 months)

  Joined an early-stage start-up with unique content delivery technology. Responsible for go-to-market strategy, hiring key executives and raising capital.

• Co-founder and CEO

  Winfire

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  March 1999 — December 1999 (10 months)

  Co-founded and led this Internet-enabled desktop software start-up from inception to 50 employees and successful sale to a DSL provider. Hired key executives and built the team. Personally landed and negotiated key monetization deal.

• Director of Product Management

  AdForce

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  April 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 8 months)

  Joined early-stage Internet advertising targeting and management company as Director of Marketing (responsible for closing 21 of first 40 clients) before taking over responsibility for product management (executing on founder's vision for precise online targeting).

• Director of Sales, Marketing, BusDev

  Synerdyne

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 1995 — April 1997 (1 year 7 months)

  Worked closely with owner / CEO to launch a spin-off business (raised seed capital, hired spin-off CEO, defined business plan, built business model); and to market and sell original company's software and hardware design and development services.

• Sr. Brand Manager

  Walt Disney Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; dis; Consumer Goods industry)

  July 1991 — October 1995 (4 years 4 months)

  Led brand and product marketing and management for a $35MM division of Disney Consumer Products (P&L responsibility).

David Kopp’s Education

• Harvard University

  BA , Literature , September 1987 — June 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  Magna Cum Laude (Literature); President, Harvard Student Agencies ($2+ million student-managed corporation).

Additional Information

David Kopp’s Interests:

woodworking, biking, reading

David Kopp’s Groups:

•    Harvard Jobs
•    The Internet Marketing Conference (IMC) Group
•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
•    Internet Marketing Conference (IMC) Vancouver

David Kopp’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch