Dave Zinman
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Occupation | Internet executive |
| Location | Burlingame, California, United States |
| Introduction | Dave Zinman is chief executive officer of Infolinks, Inc. Prior to joining Infolinks, Dave was chief operating officer for Inadco. Before Inadco, he was vp and general manager, running the display advertising business for Yahoo! in North America. He joined Yahoo! as part of the BlueLithium acquisition. At BlueLithium, he was svp and general manager of the company's advertising network. Dave also founded AdKnowledge, the pioneer of the first central ad server, as documented in Wikipedia. The company was then successfully sold to CMGI. Prior to AdKnowledge, where he also served as CEO and vp of marketing, sales, bd and client services, Dave was a technology consultant to Fortune 500 companies at Deloitte & Touche. He also worked in marketing, sales and strategic planning for MetLife. Dave is an active evangelist, with appearances on CNN and NPR, numerous speaking engagements and university lectures. He holds an MBA degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BA from Tufts. |
| Interests | Politics, great technology, great marketing, music, hiking, skiing, sports spectating. |
| Favorite movies | Schindler's List, Casablanca, Diehard, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Rope. |
| Favorite music | U2, Dire Straits, Beatles, traditional and Chicago blues. |
| Favorite books | Bonfire of the Vanities, Power Broker, Robert Caro's four part series on LBJ |