Making something from nothing
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- CEO & Founder at Performable
- Advisor at Shareaholic
- Advisor at Sonian Inc.
- Advisor at Visible Measures
- Past
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- Member, Board of Directors at Geezeo
- Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Lookery
- Advisor at Compete, Inc.
- Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Compete, Inc.
- Chief Technology Officer at BuyerZone.com
- Founding Member - Lycos Advanced Product Development Research Group at Lycos.com
- Chief Architect at Bolt.com
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David Cancel’s Summary
I am currently the CEO & founder of Performable.
Most recently I was the co-founder & CTO of Lookery. Before starting Lookery I started Compete where I was the CTO; acquired by Taylor Nelson Sofres / WPP [LON:WPP]. Before Compete I was the CTO of BuyerZone; acquired by Reed Elsevier [NYSE: RUK]. In the late 90’s I was a part of the founding team of Bolt.com & part of Lycos.
I’m originally from New York City and now live in the Boston, MA area with my superstar wife and daughter.
I sit on the advisory boards of Visible Measures, Sonian Networks, MyPerfectGig, and Shareaholic.
My "nights and weekends" projects include:
1. Ghostery - http://www.ghostery.com/
2. Bzzster (Acquired by Shareaholic)
David Cancel’s Experience
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CEO & Founder
Performable
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Advisor
Shareaholic
(Computer Software industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you're on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service
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Advisor
Sonian Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Sonian has developed a next generation hosted archive service utilizing cloud-based compute and storage infrastructures to deliver an affordable, easy to use, archive solution.
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Advisor
Visible Measures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Visible Measures Corp. (VMC) enables Internet TV publishers, platforms, and advertisers to deeply measure and analyze how users experience and engage with specific moments within a video.
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Member, Board of Directors
Geezeo
(Financial Services industry)
October 2007 — October 2009 (2 years 1 month)
Geezeo combines free, easy-to-use online personal finance tools with the power of social networking to provide the resources and motivation consumers need to achieve their financial goals.
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Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Lookery
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
July 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 1 month)
Lookery is an online advertising network that makes money for content publishers and social networks using anonymous, hard-data user profiles.
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Advisor
Compete, Inc.
(Privately Held; Market Research industry)
July 2007 — October 2007 (4 months)
Compete provides marketers with actionable digital intelligence to improve their online and offline marketing effectiveness. Hundreds of clients, including the world’s leading brands, rely on Compete to help them create more effective websites and more targeted advertising campaigns. Compete’s products include online measurement tools available at Compete.com, as well as deep consumer and competitor insights in the automotive, consumer goods, financial services, media, retail, telecom and travel industries.
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Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Compete, Inc.
(Privately Held; Market Research industry)
October 2000 — July 2007 (6 years 10 months)
Compete provides marketers with actionable digital intelligence to improve their online and offline marketing effectiveness. Hundreds of clients, including the world’s leading brands, rely on Compete to help them create more effective websites and more targeted advertising campaigns. Compete’s products include online measurement tools available at Compete.com, as well as deep consumer and competitor insights in the automotive, consumer goods, financial services, media, retail, telecom and travel industries.
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Chief Technology Officer
BuyerZone.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
August 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 3 months)
BuyerZone is the leading online marketplace for buyers and sellers of business products and services.
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Founding Member - Lycos Advanced Product Development Research Group
Lycos.com
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
January 1999 — August 1999 (8 months)
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Chief Architect
Bolt.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; gofh.ob; Internet industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years )
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