Virtual worlds, social media, augmented reality, and mobile apps entrepreneur.
Greater Denver Area
- Current
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- CEO - Managing Director at GoWeb3D LLC
- Executive Director at Association of Virtual Worlds
- Principal at Elchoness Law Firm, LLC
- Past
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- Founder & CEO at VRWorkplace, Inc.
- Director, Information Technology at Qwest
- Senior Attorney at Qwest
- Associate at Goodwin Procter LLP
- Associate at Littler Mendelson, PC
- Education
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- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
- Edison High School
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Dave Elchoness’s Summary
I am an award winning virtual worlds, web3D, social networking, and augmented reality entrepreneur. I am also an accomplished attorney and former Fortune 200 business executive.
Dave Elchoness’s Specialties:
virtual worlds, GoWeb3D, VRWorkplace, Second Life, 3Dxplorer, opensim, Layar, mobile, augmented reality, employment law, human resources, HR consulting, executive management, litigation, litigation management, training, workplace investigations, alternative dispute resolution, information technology, vendor & contract management
Dave Elchoness’s Experience
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CEO - Managing Director
GoWeb3D LLC
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
GoWeb3D is a virtual worlds, web3D, social network, and augmented reality designer and builder based in the US and India. We have developed virtual environments using a variety of different platforms. Our recent augmented reality work includes Yelp, Wikipedia, Mazda, Flickr, UDR real estate, and others. We are currently engaged in a collaboration with Syracuse University's iSchool related to mobile augmented reality.
GoWeb3D is the winner of a US Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) innovation award and is a 2008 Nasscom Top 50 IT Innovators in India. -
Executive Director
Association of Virtual Worlds
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
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Principal
Elchoness Law Firm, LLC
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Law Practice industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Elchoness Law Firm, LLC: Global Workplace Counsel provides employment law and HR consulting services to organizations of all sizes. The firm strives to be your in-house counsel and advisor, on a consulting basis. The firm provides the entire range of employment law and HR services from advice and counsel, workplace investigations, training, and policy and agreement development to offshoring/outsourcing consulting.
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Founder & CEO
VRWorkplace, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 10 months)
VRWorkplace uses virtual reality in the workplace to make geographically distributed workforces and relationships with clients more cohesive, collaborative, and effective. We advise company on how to use virtual reality to enhance their businesses. VRWorkplace is now part of GoWeb3D.
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Director, Information Technology
Qwest
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Q; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2005 — February 2007 (2 years )
Direct vendor management, software license and asset management, global service delivery.
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Senior Attorney
Qwest
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Q; Law Practice industry)
February 2003 — March 2005 (2 years 2 months)
Practice labor and employment law.
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Associate
Goodwin Procter LLP
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)
January 1998 — January 2003 (5 years 1 month)
Practice labor and employment law.
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Associate
Littler Mendelson, PC
(Law Practice industry)
October 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 3 months)
Practice labor and employment law.
Dave Elchoness’s Education
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University of Pennsylvania Law School
J.D. , 1993 — 1996
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
B.S. , Finance , 1990 — 1993
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Edison High School
1985 — 1989
Additional Information
Dave Elchoness’s Websites:
Dave Elchoness’s Interests:
Layar, mobile, augmented reality, AR, GoWeb3D, Opensim, human resources, organizational development, virtual worlds, virtual world technology, workplace, VRWorkplace, Second Life, emerging technologies, outsourcing, offshoring, social media, web 2.0, web3D, employment law
Dave Elchoness’s Groups:
Association of Virtual Worlds, Colorado Bar Association, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)Colorado Human Resources Association (CHRA), Boulder Area Human Resources Association (BAHRA), Northern Colorado Human Resources Association (NCHRA), Moderator of Linkedin Association of Virtual Worlds
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On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
LInked Business Strategists -
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IT/Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring -
International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs -
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Virtual Networker Society -
Rutgers Alumni -
Association of Virtual Worlds -
Linked Group Moderators -
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Coffee Connections -
Generation X -
New media group -
Private Equity Investment Group -
Boulder Network of Professionals -
----- The Startups & Societal Ventures Network ----- Innovating more effectively -
CIO Forum -
Twitter -
RU Scarlet Knights Alumni Networking Group -
U of P Alumni -
Advertising Professionals -
Penn Alumni -
SpeakerMatch -
Green -
Augmented Reality Professionals -
Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick - Alumni -
Media Professionals Worldwide -
UPENN Alumni -
BD Networking -
Qwest -
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Casino Industry Executive Network -
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Alumni of University of Pennsylvania -
Ivy League Alumni -
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Qwest Current Employees and Alumni -
Virtual Job Candy -
Penn Law Alumni -
Game Based Learning -
SuperGroup Founders -
Immersive Technologies (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Gestural Interfaces) -
Mobile Augmented Reality -
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Social Advertising -
Mobile Advertising
Dave Elchoness’s Honors:
I have addressed large audiences in business and academia on subjects such as virtual worlds, web3D, mobile augmented reality, outsourcing, offshoring, employment law, and human resources. My work has been featured in numerous news stories and research reports on virtual worlds in the workplace, mobile augmented reality, and on employment law and human resources matters. I have also been published in these areas.
Dave Elchoness’s Contact Settings
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