Founder & CEO at Echovox / Zong
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Board Member at echo6
- Co-Founder at Twitterfone
- Founder & Chairman at VOX telecom
- Founder & CEO at Echovox
- Past
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- Chairman at echo6
- Founder, Chairman & CEO at GTN Telecom
- Education
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- 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 15 countries. Development of the company includes signing partnership agreements with over 50 mobile operators for mobile content delivery and monetization and setup of one of the largest mobile content billing and delivery network in Europe and the US.
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.
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
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Board Member
echo6
(Online Media industry)
June 2008 — Present (4 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. -
Co-Founder
Twitterfone
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2008 — Present (6 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.
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Founder & Chairman
VOX telecom
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
March 2003 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Founded VOX telecom, a wholesale telecommunication carrier servicing all the European incumbent carriers for long distance VoIP and mobile destinations.
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Founder & CEO
Echovox
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 2000 — Present (8 years)
Echovox is a leading Mobile Media company helping large media groups and Web companies monetize their audience with transaction-based mobile services. Echovox is behind Zong, the Open Mobile Platform. Zong connects to over 55 mobile carriers across the US and Europe and allows anyone to bill and deliver content to 500+ million mobile subscribers.
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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)
David Marcus’s Education
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University of Geneva
Economics 1992 — 1994
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