Dave Allen

Current

Board Member at NARAS aka The Grammy's
Director, Insights & Digital Media at Nemo Design
President, co-founder at Pampelmoose, LLC

Bass Player at Gang of Four

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Past

President at Overland Entertainment, LLC
Director, Business Development at Intel Corp.
General Manager, Los Angeles Division at EMusic.com

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Dave Allen’s Summary

I am a founding member of the highly-influential post-punk band, Gang of Four, whose debut album, Entertainment! was recently included in the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" by Rolling Stone magazine. Recently Gang of Four's song 'Natural's Not In It' was the title track in the Sophia Coppola film, 'Marie Antoinette.'

I have spent the last ten years working in the online, interactive and digital arenas with companies as varied as Intel, eMusic.com and Overland Entertainment. I started my own online company Pampelmoose LLC in 2004.

In early 2006 Pampelmoose changed business direction to focus entirely on its highly-trafficked blog, Pampelmoose.com In the same year Pampelmoose became aligned with Nemo Design (Nemodesign.com), a Portland-based integrated branding, marketing and design shop whose clients include Nike, HP, Smith Optics and Mastercraft to name a few. In February 2008 I was promoted to a new position at Nemo Design. As Director, Insights & Digital Media I am responsible for all of the companies outward facing PR and communications via the Internet. I will continue to work closely with Nemo Design's Interactive Department as it continues its expansion and growth.
My roles include being a blogger and being the content editor for all of the company's blogs. I will also continue to be an evangelist and networker for one of the Northwest's most talented design firms in both the print and interactive worlds. Nemo Design offers brand development and integrated marketing through print, web and TV and the team has extensive experience in interactive campaigns including motion, flash and 3D. We do integrated campaigns and develop brands. Clients and projects include Nike, HP, Smith Optics and more.
I was recently voted to the Board of the Northwest Chapter of NARAS, more commonly known as the Grammy's.

Dave Allen’s Specialties:

Internet music distribution, blogging, podcasting. Panelist and speaker for conferences or private events. Online strategist especially at the confluence of branding, marketing, and music distribution.

Dave Allen’s Experience

Board Member

NARAS aka The Grammy's

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Music industry)

June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

I have to say it was a fine honor to be voted to the board of the Northwest Chapter of the Grammy Organization.
Director, Insights & Digital Media

Nemo Design

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

February 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

In February 2008 I was promoted to a new position at Nemo Design. As Director, Insights & Digital Media I am responsible for all of the companies outward facing PR and communications via the Internet. I will continue to work closely with Nemo Design's Interactive Department as it continues its expansion and growth.
My roles include being a blogger and being the content editor for all of the company's blogs. I will also continue to be an evangelist and networker for one of the Northwest's most talented design firms in both the print and interactive worlds. Nemo Design offers brand development and integrated marketing through print, web and TV and the team has extensive experience in interactive campaigns including motion, flash and 3D. We do integrated campaigns and develop brands. Clients and projects include Nike, HP, Smith Optics and more.
President, co-founder

Pampelmoose, LLC

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

April 2004 — Present (4 years 7 months)

Pampelmoose was formed in February of 2004 by a coalition of likeminded creative individuals with strong ties to the local Portland, Oregon music scene.

Our team believes that the current music recording and distribution system is broken. With the vast array of new technologies now available providing musicians and labels with the means to market, promote and distribute their products via the internet, new eco-systems have been created rather like Nerve-nets, that spawn from each other and keep growing exponentially. With that in mind we consider the music recording and distribution system rather gauche and old-fashioned. The answer is the internet. It has provided us with a carte blanche on which we can impose our ideas. Everything is possible.
Bass Player

Gang of Four

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

May 1979 — Present (29 years 6 months)
President

Overland Entertainment, LLC

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

June 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 10 months)

Overland Entertainment creates unique online tools for independent musicians' web sites that help them reach their core audience and sell more music. We provide a propriertary Flash streaming player with a built-in CD store that allows music fans to purchase music directly from the artists' web site. Information can be ofound in our FAQ here - http://www.oebase.com/player
We also run an online, boutique music store called OEbase.
http://www.OEbase.com
Director, Business Development

Intel Corp.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Music industry)

August 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 7 months)

Responsible for licensing music-related content for an in-home Internet-connected device that wirelessly streamed content from a computer to a legacy hi-fi system. Negotiated license deals with the major record companies and Internet services such as MusicMatch, Full Audio and Launch.
General Manager, Los Angeles Division

EMusic.com

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Music industry)

October 1998 — August 2000 (1 year 11 months)

Ran a business development team that was responsible for licensing as much music content as possible that was then offered as a paid download from the EMusic.com web site to our end users.