About
David A. is an attorney at Awad Law PC with a background in software engineering, holding an MS from Georgia Tech and prior roles at Tumblr and Codecademy. He is a California-bar attorney and principal investor at the Dubai Future District Fund, with portfolio investments including Lune, DxWand, Camb.ai, and MoneyHash, as well as late-stage personal investments in companies such as SpaceX, Anduril, x.ai, and Groq. He provides technical due diligence, product and security architecture reviews, contract structuring, and fractional CTO services to PE and VC firms, and has led engineering transitions and team rebuilds for portfolio companies.
Experience
- Awad Law PCAttorneycurrent2024 — present
- LuminanceManaging Partnercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
- Dubai Future District FundPrincipalcurrent2025 — present
- Dubai Future District FundAssociate2022 — 2025Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- IEEE-USAMember of Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Systems Policy Committeecurrent2020 — present
- FirstGen GrowthPartner2024 — 2025Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Archetype LegalSummer Associate2024
- ecoverseChief Technology Officer2021 — 2023
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyFaculty Instructional Associate2020 — 2022Atlanta, Georgia
- Georgia Institute of TechnologySenior Teaching Assistant2019 — 2020Atlanta, Georgia
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2018 — 2019Atlanta, Georgia
- Cairo AngelsPrivate Angel Investor2020 — 2022Cairo, Egypt
- GoingVCVenture Scout2019 — 2022
- R3Developer Evangelist2020 — 2021New York City
- Harvard UniversityFranklin Fellow2020
- Bluebonnet DataFellow & Mentor2020
- Archangel Raphael's MissionChief Technology Officer2016 — 2020New Brunswick, New Jersey
- iconectivSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Bridgewater, New Jersey
- iconectivSoftware Engineer (CSF Corp, acquired by iconectiv)2017 — 2019Somerset, New Jersey
- New Brunswick Office of InnovationSoftware Infrastructure Engineer2018 — 2020New Brunswick, New Jersey
- CodecademySeminar Lecturer2017Greater New York City Area
- TumblrSoftware Release Engineer2016New York City
- Major League HackingDeveloper Evangelist (Coach)2015 — 2016Greater New York City Area
- SendGridDeveloper Evangelist2015 — 2016
- CodecademyTeacher2015 — 2016
- MailChimpDev Ops Engineer2015Atlanta
- AddteqSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015Princeton, NJ
- Rutgers University Glee ClubTechnology Coordinator (Pro Bono)2014 — 2015New Brunswick, NJ
- Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalLead Developer (Pro Bono)2014 — 2015New Brunswick, NJ
- The Law Offices of Christopher J. McGinnParalegal2013 — 2014Highland Park, New Jersey, United States
- Five GuysFry Cook & Crew Member2011 — 2013South Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
- Pines ManorServer2007Edison, New Jersey, United States
Skills & more
Public Speaking21Leadership15Teamwork14Writing4Communication4Team Leadership1JavaScript12PowerPoint8C++12Databases8Computer Hardware4HTML55
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AngularJSWindowsRubyCMongoDBPythonJavaSQLjQueryDockercasperjsGoogle AnalyticsLanguages Arabic · English
- Member, Subcommittee on Tech & Software — ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
- Member, California Bar Association — State Bar of California
- Securities Investment Advisor Representative (Series 65) — FINRA
- Notary Public — State of New Jersey
From David's professional profile.
Colleagues at Iron Key Capital
Elaine R.
Partnerships at Iron Key Capital
Humaira C.
Chief of Staff at Iron Key Capital
Joseph Argiro
Founder at Iron Key Capital
Josh D.
CBDO at Iron Key Capital
Kenley P.
CTO at Iron Key Capital
Kris K.
Venture Principal at Iron Key Capital
Laura S.
Legal Advisor at Iron Key Capital
Madhav S.
Head of Operations at Iron Key Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is David A.?
- David A. is an attorney at Awad Law PC with a background in software engineering, holding an MS from Georgia Tech and prior roles at Tumblr and Codecademy. He is a California-bar attorney and principal investor at the Dubai Future District Fund, with portfolio investments including Lune, DxWand, Camb.ai, and MoneyHash, as well as late-stage personal investments in companies such as SpaceX, Anduril, x.ai, and Groq. He provides technical due diligence, product and security architecture reviews, contract structuring, and fractional CTO services to PE and VC firms, and has led engineering transitions and team rebuilds for portfolio companies.
- Where does David A. work?
- David A. is Governance Advisor at Iron Key Capital.
- Where did David A. go to school?
- David A. studied at Northwestern California University School of Law (Juris Doctorate, Law & Jurisprudence); Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Rutgers University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).
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