Entrepreneur and Technologist. Founder of Offbeat Guides, Technorati, Sputnik, Linuxcare...
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder and CEO at Offbeat Guides
- Founder and Chairman of the Board at Technorati
- Past
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- Founder and CEO at Technorati, Inc
- Founder and CTO at Sputnik, Inc.
- Founder and CTO at Linuxcare, Inc.
- Software Engineer at Mitsubishi Electric
- Education
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- The Johns Hopkins University
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Dave Sifry’s Summary
Dave has been building and running software and internet companies for over 20 years. He has started and built 5 companies, varying from enterprise software, linux services, wireless, blog search, to his most recent endeavor, Offbeat Guides, which is making absurdly simple personalized travel guides for over 30,000 destinations around the world. He is founder and Chairman of Technorati, a conversation search engine at http://www.technorati.com/ . He was CEO there for the first 5 years of Technorati's lifetime. He was co-founder and CTO of Sputnik, where he directed the engineering of all Sputnik products, including its new WiFi security and management products, the AP120 and Sputnik Central Control. As co-founder, CTO, and VP of Engineering at Linuxcare, Inc., Dave built Linuxcare's services infrastructure, including its managed services business, a Linux-based, managed-server technology and service for xSPs. Dave is a recognized expert on Leadership development, blogs and the massive changes in the digital media environment, Open Source development, and the Linux operating system. He's created a bunch of moderately interesting websites like Projectdocs, Hoosgot, and myne.ws. He served on the board of Linux International, the advisory board of the National White Collar Crime Center, and the technical advisory board of the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University. Dave lived and worked in Kobe, Japan for Mitsubishi Electric, and speaks Japanese in a rusty kansai-ben. He now lives in foggy San Francisco, CA.
Dave Sifry’s Specialties:
Building a high-tech business, Venture Capital funding, technology due diligence, building scalable service architectures, building and leading great teams, doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
Dave Sifry’s Experience
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Founder and CEO
Offbeat Guides
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Founder, CEO, and Chief Bottlecap Washer.
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Founder and Chairman of the Board
Technorati
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2002 — Present (6 years 9 months)
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Founder and CEO
Technorati, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2002 — August 2007 (4 years 10 months)
Head honcho and chief bottle washer.
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Founder and CTO
Sputnik, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for the technical vision, architecture, and implementation of Sputnik's products.
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Founder and CTO
Linuxcare, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1998 — March 2001 (2 years 8 months)
Was responsible for the vision, technical architecture, and engineering implementation of Linuxcare's core businesses, providing Linux Technical Support, Professional Services, Training, and Product Certification to companies like Dell Computer, Sun Microsystems, Motorola, Oracle, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, NEC, and others.
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Software Engineer
Mitsubishi Electric
(Internet industry)
1991 — 1994 (3 years)
Dave Sifry’s Education
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The Johns Hopkins University
BS , Computer Science , 1986 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Kappa Psi, Intramural Lacrosse
