David Sze

Current

• Board Member at Pandora
• Board Member at Social Gaming Network
• Board Observer at Kongregate

• Board Member at Revision3
• Board Observer at Facebook
• Board Member at Digg
• Board Member at VUDU
• Board Member at LinkedIn
• Board Member at Oodle
• Board Member at SEVEN Networks
• General Partner at Greylock

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Past

• Investor at Wink
• Investor at Jelly Cloud
• Board Member at Softcoin

• Board Member at Glimpse.com
• Board Observer at Farecast
• Board Member at Troux Technologies
• Board Member at New Edge Networks
• Board Member at NOCpulse
• SVP, Product Strategy at Excite@Home
• VP, Network Programming and Content at Excite, Inc
• General Manager at Excite, Inc
• Director, Marketing at Architext
• Producer at Crystal Dynamics
• Associate Producer at Crystal Dynamics
• Associate Product Manager at Electronic Arts, Inc
• Assistant Product Manager at EA
• Student at Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Associate at The Boston Consulting Group
• Associate at Marakon Associates
• Senior Analyst at Marakon Associates
• Analyst at Marakon
• Student at Yale University
• Market Research Analyst at Home Box Office

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Education

• Stanford
• Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• Yale

• Buckingham Browne & Nichols (BB&N)
• Shady Hill

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Recommended

49 people have recommended David

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

David Sze’s Summary

David joined Greylock Partners in 2000. His areas of focus include consumer Internet and services, media convergence, wireless data, and technology-assisted marketing services.

Before coming to Greylock, David was SVP of Product Strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home. As an early employee at Excite, David also held roles as GM of Excite.com and VP of Content and Programming for the Excite Network. Before Excite, he was in product marketing and development at Electronic Arts and Crystal Dynamics, respectively. He started his career in management consulting for Marakon Associates and The Boston Consulting Group, and also spent time at HBO.

David holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University.

David Sze’s Specialties:

Consumer Internet, Digital Media Convergence, Wireless Data

David Sze’s Experience

• Board Member

  Pandora

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

• Board Member

  Social Gaming Network

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  a/k/a SGN

• Board Observer

  Kongregate

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Board Member

  Revision3

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  a/k/a Rev3

• Board Observer

  Facebook

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

• Board Member

  Digg

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  October 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

• Board Member

  VUDU

  (Privately Held; Consumer Electronics industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

• Board Member

  LinkedIn

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

• Board Member

  Oodle

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  September 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)

• Board Member

  SEVEN Networks

  (Privately Held; Wireless industry)

  April 2001 — Present (8 years 8 months)

• General Partner

  Greylock

  (Partnership; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

• Investor

  Wink

  (Public Company; WINK; Computer Software industry)

  June 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 5 months)

  Bought by Reunion.com

• Investor

  Jelly Cloud

  (Internet industry)

  April 2000 — September 2008 (8 years 6 months)

• Board Member

  Softcoin

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2002 — June 2008 (6 years 3 months)

  Bought by You Technologies, Inc.

• Board Member

  Glimpse.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  July 2004 — August 2007 (3 years 2 months)

  Acquired by thefind.com

• Board Observer

  Farecast

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)

• Board Member

  Troux Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2003 — July 2006 (2 years 11 months)

• Board Member

  New Edge Networks

  (Public Company; ELNK; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2002 — April 2006 (4 years 1 month)

  a/k/a NEN
  Acquired by Earthlink (ELNK)

• Board Member

  NOCpulse

  (Public Company; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  March 2000 — November 2002 (2 years 9 months)

  Acquired by Red Hat (RHAT)

• SVP, Product Strategy

  Excite@Home

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year )

• VP, Network Programming and Content

  Excite, Inc

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1998 — December 1998 (1 year )

• General Manager

  Excite, Inc

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1997 — December 1997 (1 year )

• Director, Marketing

  Architext

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

  March 1996 — December 1996 (10 months)

  Renamed Excite

• Producer

  Crystal Dynamics

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 1995 — March 1996 (1 year 3 months)

  Acquired by Eidos Interactive, Plc which is now part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (Public, LON:SEG)

• Associate Producer

  Crystal Dynamics

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  August 1994 — January 1995 (6 months)

  Acquired by Eidos Interactive, Plc which is now part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (Public, LON:SEG)

• Associate Product Manager

  Electronic Arts, Inc

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

  January 1994 — August 1994 (8 months)

• Assistant Product Manager

  EA

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

  August 1993 — December 1993 (5 months)

• Student

  Stanford Graduate School of Business

  (Higher Education industry)

  September 1991 — May 1993 (1 year 9 months)

• Associate

  The Boston Consulting Group

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  June 1992 — September 1992 (4 months)

  a/k/a BCG

• Associate

  Marakon Associates

  (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  June 1990 — May 1991 (1 year )

• Senior Analyst

  Marakon Associates

  (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  September 1989 — June 1990 (10 months)

• Analyst

  Marakon

  (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  September 1988 — August 1989 (1 year )

• Student

  Yale University

  (Higher Education industry)

  September 1984 — June 1988 (3 years 10 months)

• Market Research Analyst

  Home Box Office

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  June 1987 — September 1987 (4 months)

  a/k/a HBO, Time, Time Warner, AOLTime Warner

David Sze’s Education

• Stanford

  MBA , September 1991 — May 1993

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  MBA , 1991 — 1993

• Yale

  BA , Economics and Political Science , September 1984 — June 1988

• Buckingham Browne & Nichols (BB&N)

  HS , 1980 — 1984

• Shady Hill

  1971 — 1980