Venture and Technology Consultant
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Board Member at Local Music Vibe, Inc.
- Advisory Board Member at Elanex, Inc.
- Advisory Board Member at Imaging Perspectives, Inc.
- Chairman and Director at Custom Media Works, Inc.
- Principal, Venture Consultant at Currie Capital, Inc.
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- Chairman and Director at ScanAlert, Inc.
- Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer at ScanAlert, Inc.
- Chief Technology Officer at MeetChina.com
- Chief Operating Officer at Etera Systems Corporation, San Francisco, CA (Acquired by Corio in 1999)
- CIO, Vice President of Info Services Group, 1996 – 1997 at Neopost North America, Hayward, CA
- Director of Services at Centerview Software, Inc. (Acquired by Informix, Inc. in 1996)
- Senior Partner at The Application Group, San Francisco, CA (Acquired by ADP in 1995)
- Principal Consultant, ERP Implementation at Oracle Corporation
- Product Planner at Eclat Intelligent Systems
- Education
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- San Francisco State University
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David Currie’s Summary
I offer established and emerging company leaders with advice, resources, and investment help to achieve profitability, maximize sustainable growth, and reach liquidity.
I have in depth experience with Software as a Service (SaaS), Internet Security, Social Media, Privacy and Spam, Translation and Localization, CRM, Financial, and International Trading Platforms. I enjoy helping companies round out their teams, focus their operations, and pull together the resources and knowledge needed to fully monetize their ideas and inventions.
While many of the business I have been involved with over the years have been successful, two of the three companies I personally founded or co-founded have resulted in highly successful liquidity events. The most recent being ScanAlert, Inc., an internet security company and the inventor of "Hacker Safe(tm)" which grew to be the most recognized trust mark on the Internet until its successful acquisition by McAfee in January of 2008.
Another was Corio, Inc., which had a successful IPO in 2000. Corio and its predecessor Etera Systems were the first companies to find success in delivering Software as a Service (SaaS) to SME companies. Now SaaS is common.
At present, in addition to consulting activities, I advise or serve on the boards of several young companies and an educational non-profit, all of which are doing well through very difficult economic times.
I also enjoy fatherhood, my two great kids, travel, rock climbing, skiing and scuba diving and do these things as often as I can.
David Currie’s Specialties:
Business Development, Venture Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, IPOs, Board Directorship, Product Strategy, and Operations. Creative problem solver on a range of growth issues in small to medium sized entrepreneurial companies.
David Currie’s Experience
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Board Member
Local Music Vibe, Inc.
(Music industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Local Music Vibe provides local musicians with tools, technology and resources to reach their audiences and promote their events. Local Music Vibe consists of a network of local music sites, such as marinlocalmusic.com which connect musicians and audiences locally, regionally and nationally.
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Advisory Board Member
Elanex, Inc.
(Privately Held; Translation and Localization industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Elanex is a language translation services and technology company. We develop cutting-edge technology and combine it with our growing global network of 22,000 of the best available human translators, to provide top-quality translation at highly competitive prices. Elanex is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Silicon Valley, Albuquerque, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Sydney, Melbourne and Warsaw. For more information about Elanex visit us at http://www.elanex.com.
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Advisory Board Member
Imaging Perspectives, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Imaging Perspectives offers EBuilts, a revolutionary approach to as built construction documentation for residential, commercial and industrial construction projects.
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Chairman and Director
Custom Media Works, Inc.
(Consumer Electronics industry)
October 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Custom Media Works integrates the latest in advanced, networkable technology solutions for AV entertainment, lighting, security and energy management for residential and commercial applications.
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Principal, Venture Consultant
Currie Capital, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)
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Chairman and Director
ScanAlert, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
July 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 7 months)
Served first as Chairman, then as a Director until the company's successful acquisition by McAfee in late 2007.
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Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
ScanAlert, Inc.
(Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2001 — July 2003 (1 year 10 months)
Co-Founded and led the start-up of this internet trust and security company. Oversaw the development and launch of HackerSafe(tm), which rapidly became the most recognized trust mark in the world. Launched enterprise grade vulnerability scanning engines and management applications needed to implement the services. The company was very successfully acquired by McAfee in January of 2008.
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Chief Technology Officer
MeetChina.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Developed and implemented cohesive product and technology strategy for leading international build-to-order supplier integration (xSP) service provider (see www.meetchina.com)
• Delivered award winning secure XML messaging technology platform in four months
• Delivered technology projects in the US, China, Vietnam, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia
• Saved ~$1 million in software costs using offshore development to augment US team
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Chief Operating Officer
Etera Systems Corporation, San Francisco, CA (Acquired by Corio in 1999)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Built technology and operations from the ground up for the worlds first Oracle ASP, seeing it through its successful acquisition by Corio (see www.corio.com). Participated in the highly successful Coreo IPO.
• Closed initial seed funding of $400K and first customer contract
• Created ASP delivery platform for Oracle’s financial applications
• Very rapidly acquired by Coreo, Inc. for stock -
CIO, Vice President of Info Services Group, 1996 – 1997
Neopost North America, Hayward, CA
(Public Company; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
Led complete IS departmental transformation without disrupting systems projects or operations at leading postage and shipping systems company (see www.neopost.com)
• Reconfigured poorly functioning MIS shop into a customer driven services organization
• Delivered an integrated CRM systems supporting 900 sales and service users
• Passed multiple Postal Service security audits for $1.2B/year in electronic transactions
• Defined and launched financial, supply chain, and order entry systems projects -
Director of Services
Centerview Software, Inc. (Acquired by Informix, Inc. in 1996)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
Established and led client services department for startup object oriented software tools company. The company was quickly and profitably acquired by informix as their data blades layer. (see www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/csdk/)
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Senior Partner
The Application Group, San Francisco, CA (Acquired by ADP in 1995)
(Public Company; ADP; Information Services industry)
1993 — 1995 (2 years)
Developed and delivered ERP implementation consulting business in North America and Europe for the companies new ERP consulting division (See www.nas.adp.com/solutions/professional/index.html)
• Developed more than $1.5M of new business per year and was promoted within 6 months of hire
• Implemented Oracle Applications for ADP, validating competencies prior to ADP acquisition
• Delivered multiple Fortune 500 and mid sized ERP projects, including Neopost
• Later hired by client as CIO (See Neopost above) -
Principal Consultant, ERP Implementation
Oracle Corporation
(Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
1990 — 1993 (3 years)
Managed many successful Oracle Applications and custom development projects for Fortune 500 and mid-sized technology, industrial, financial and government clients.
• Solved escalated product support and customer satisfaction issues with Oracle Applications
• Selected to present several papers at OAUG -
Product Planner
Eclat Intelligent Systems
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1987 — 1990 (3 years)
Developed software plans for multi-media CD-ROM catalogs and AEC specification tools. Products included rule driven CAD software, bill of materials, and a product specification engine.
David Currie’s Education
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San Francisco State University
BA , Interdisciplinary degree in Industrial Design, Business, Economics , 1984 — 1987
I followed an interdisciplinary course of study focusing on industrial and product design and fabrication, economics, accounting, and marketing.
- Activities and Societies:
- Golden Key Honor Society, Magna Cum Laude
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David Currie’s Interests:
entrepreneurship, interesting new ideas, information technology, software as a service (SaaS), localization technology, translation technology, social networking technology and theory, music technology, green building, green energy, green cars, fatherhood, reading (love The New Yorker, Harpers etc.), cooking, nature, rock climbing, hiking, scuba.
David Currie’s Groups:
Translation Automation User Society (TAUS),
Translation Data Association (TDA),
Consumer Electronics Dealers and Installers Association (CEDIA),
Churchill Club,
Mayflower Society,
Local Music Vibe
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MyCredentials - Career Presentation
David Currie’s Honors:
Magna Cum Laude, San Francisco State University, 1987
Golden Key Honor Society
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