Founder, Socialight
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Founder of New York chapter at MobileMonday
- Founder at Socialight
- Past
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- Founding member at unmediated.org
- Consultant at Vaultus (formerly Katahdin)
- internet strategist at Web Zeit
- radio sales at Bloomberg L.P.
- production at CNBC
- Education
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- New York University
- University of Pennsylvania
- University College London
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Dan Melinger’s Summary
I'm a technologist and practitioner in social media. Lately, I've been building and running the business around Socialight, a mobile platform that anyone create communities around location-based content - see http://socialight.com for details.
In the past, I've worked as a technology consultant to multinational banks, helping them develop and deploy mobile solutions. I also have experience in radio and television production. I hold a Master's degree from ITP - the Interactive Telecommunications Program - at New York University and a B.A. in Communications from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dan Melinger’s Specialties:
technology, strategy, media, user-generated content, mobile, location-based services, user experience design
Dan Melinger’s Experience
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Founder of New York chapter
MobileMonday
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
May 2005 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Mobile Monday New York is part of the worldwide network of Mobile Mondays, first established in Finland in 2000. It's a community of professionals, students, and others from the NY metro area interested in and working in the mobile space. We typically gather one Monday each month. The open community promotes the mobile industry in New York and fosters cooperation and networking among members and their companies or organizations by providing opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.
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Founder
Socialight
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Co-founder of this social media firm, which makes the mobile social platform, Socialight. Socialight uses mobile data networks, social networks and location-based services to connect people to each other and allow them to share media.
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Founding member
unmediated.org
(Online Media industry)
February 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 11 months)
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Consultant
Vaultus (formerly Katahdin)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1999 — June 2002 (2 years 11 months)
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internet strategist
Web Zeit
(Internet industry)
May 1998 — August 1998 (4 months)
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radio sales
Bloomberg L.P.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
May 1997 — August 1997 (4 months)
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production
CNBC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ge; Media Production industry)
May 1996 — August 1996 (4 months)
Dan Melinger’s Education
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New York University
Master's, Interactive Telecommunications Program, September 2002 — May 2004
- Activities and Societies:
- http://itp.nyu.edu
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University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor's, Communications, Economics, September 1995 — May 1999
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University College London
Economics January 1998 — May 1998
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Dan Melinger’s Groups:
NextNY, MobileMonday, unmediated
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MobilOpen :: the International Mobile Internet Group -
University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Communication Major Alumni
Dan Melinger’s Contact Settings
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