Dave combines Blue Chip training with start-up practise. After graduating from the University of Melbourne, he worked for branding giants like Procter and Gamble and Unilever, combining sales with new technology. After a bit of time travelling, he pioneered SMS text message applications in London before being involved Bolt, an early social network based in New York.

More recently Dave co-founded Lateral Syncing, a specialist sports marketing company, built to utilise new media to help sponsors activate using emerging technology. Lateral Syncing’s clients included sports giants like NASCAR, Manchester United and MotoGP.

Favourites:

Movie: Step Into Liquid
Book: The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson
Hobby: Photography, Travel
Drink: Old Fashioned
Meal: Thai Green Curry Chicken
Transport: Good shoes
Sport: Sailing, Surfing, Windsurfing
Quote: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
Place: Laos
Destination: First step of the next journey
Gadget: Blackberry Pearl
Moment: the one after this one
Likes: not having to wear shoes
Dislikes: inefficiency, excuses