David Marcus

Current

Board Member at echo6
Founder and CEO at Zong
Co-Founder at Twitterfone

Founder & Chairman at VOX telecom
Founder & CEO at Echovox

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Past

Chairman at echo6
Founder, Chairman & CEO at GTN Telecom

Education

University of Geneva

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David Marcus’s Summary

Founded GTN telecom, the 1st alternative telecommunications operator in Switzerland in 1996. Raised over USD 17 million in VC funding and managed the exponential growth of the operations to become Switzerland's #3 alternative carrier. Sold the company to World Access in 2000.

Founded Echovox in 2000 and developed the company's activities in over 18 countries. Development of the company includes signing partnership agreements with over 100 mobile carriers for mobile content delivery and billing and providing mobile entertainment services to the largest European media companies. Echovox is now processing over 30 million mobile transactions a month on its infrastructure and is an established player in media monetization through transaction-enabled mobile entertainment applications (Interactive TV, Games, Downloads, Content Storefronts).

Founded VOX telecom in 2003, a wholesale voice carrier with interconnections throughout the Americas (North, South and Latin America), Europe, Middle East and Asia. VOX telecom now serves over 60% of the incumbent operators across the globe.

In 2006, co-founded echo6, a Joint Venture between Echovox and French media group M6 (Metropole Television), active in mobile media entertainment and TV-Mobile interactivity and convergence.

Moved to Silicon Valley in early 2008 to spearhead the launch of Zong (part of Echovox), now the leading mobile payments platform for gaming and social networking companies. Zong enables seamless payments for more than 350 Facebook and MySpace applications as well as dozens of leading virtual worlds and gaming platforms.

David Marcus’s Specialties:

Inception and management of fast-growing companies with a strong focus in mobile/online entertainment and web services. Strong technology, Internet and telecom background and global large scale deployments experience.

David Marcus’s Experience

Board Member

echo6

(Online Media industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

echo6 is a joint venture between Echovox and the French leading media group M6 (through its interactive subsidiary M6 Web). The company is leveraging its shareholders assets and capabilities to create the leading French mobile multimedia company through the development of TV-Mobile interactivity and mobile entertainment services.

The company is not only the exclusive provider for M6, it also runs its own D2C (Direct to Consumer) campaigns and offers packaged mobile content and entertainment services for other media groups, operators, and advertisers.
Founder and CEO

Zong

(Internet industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Zong, the leading mobile payments solution for gaming and social networking companies. Zong now powers over 350 Facebook and MySpace apps as well as dozens of leading virtual worlds, MMOGs and MMORPGs.
Co-Founder

Twitterfone

(Internet industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Twitterfone allows anyone to update their Twitter account from any phone while on the move. Users simply call in a phone number and record their "tweet". It is then converted to text and shows up on the user's Twitter account.
Founder & Chairman

VOX telecom

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

March 2003 — Present (6 years 5 months)

Founded VOX telecom, a wholesale telecommunication carrier servicing all the European incumbent carriers for long distance VoIP and mobile destinations.
Founder & CEO

Echovox

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

October 2000 — Present (8 years 10 months)

Echovox is a leading Mobile Monetization company helping large media groups and Web companies monetize their audience through transaction-based mobile services. Echovox is behind Zong, the leading mobile payments solution for gaming and social networking companies. Zong now powers over 350 Facebook and MySpace apps as well as dozens of leading virtual worlds, MMOGs and MMORPGs.
Chairman

echo6

(Online Media industry)

October 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 9 months)

echo6 is a joint venture between Echovox and the French leading media group M6 (through its interactive subsidiary M6 Web). The company is leveraging its shareholders assets and capabilities to create the leading French mobile multimedia company through the development of TV-Mobile interactivity and mobile entertainment services.

The company is not only the exclusive provider for M6, it also runs its own D2C (Direct to Consumer) campaigns and offers packaged mobile content and entertainment services for other media groups, operators, and advertisers.
Founder, Chairman & CEO

GTN Telecom

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 1996 — October 2000 (4 years 2 months)