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David A.

Investor

Governance Advisor at Iron Key Capital

Austin, Texas, United States

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.

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Experience

  1. Awad Law PCAttorneycurrent2024 — present
  2. LuminanceManaging Partnercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
  3. Dubai Future District FundPrincipalcurrent2025 — present
  4. Dubai Future District FundAssociate2022 — 2025Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  5. IEEE-USAMember of Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Systems Policy Committeecurrent2020 — present
  6. FirstGen GrowthPartner2024 — 2025Sunnyvale, California, United States
  7. Archetype LegalSummer Associate2024
  8. ecoverseChief Technology Officer2021 — 2023
  9. Georgia Institute of TechnologyFaculty Instructional Associate2020 — 2022Atlanta, Georgia
  10. Georgia Institute of TechnologySenior Teaching Assistant2019 — 2020Atlanta, Georgia
  11. Georgia Institute of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2018 — 2019Atlanta, Georgia
  12. Cairo AngelsPrivate Angel Investor2020 — 2022Cairo, Egypt
  13. GoingVCVenture Scout2019 — 2022
  14. R3Developer Evangelist2020 — 2021New York City
  15. Harvard UniversityFranklin Fellow2020
  16. Bluebonnet DataFellow & Mentor2020
  17. Archangel Raphael's MissionChief Technology Officer2016 — 2020New Brunswick, New Jersey
  18. iconectivSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Bridgewater, New Jersey
  19. iconectivSoftware Engineer (CSF Corp, acquired by iconectiv)2017 — 2019Somerset, New Jersey
  20. New Brunswick Office of InnovationSoftware Infrastructure Engineer2018 — 2020New Brunswick, New Jersey

Education

  1. Northwestern California University School of LawJuris Doctorate, Law & Jurisprudence2020 — 2024
  2. Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science2017 — 2019
  3. Rutgers UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2012 — 2016
  4. UdacityNanodegree - Self Driving Car Engineering, Artificial Intelligence / Robotics / Computer Vision / Machine Learning2016 — 2017
  5. Edison High SchoolHigh School Diploma, Musical Theater2008 — 2012

Skills & more

Public Speaking21Leadership15Teamwork14Writing4Communication4Team Leadership1JavaScript12PowerPoint8C++12Databases8Computer Hardware4HTML55
+12 moreAngularJSWindowsRubyCMongoDBPythonJavaSQLjQueryDockercasperjsGoogle Analytics

Languages 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.

Same school

Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology169

Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 VenturesTom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesWill McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategyRaymond WangInvestor at GGV CapitalJaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures

+ 163 more

Also attended Rutgers University86

Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at StripesBrigitte KleineOperating Partner at Stripes

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Also attended Udacity31

Luke BugbeePortfolio Support at 8VCAyesha AroraVenture Partner at S32Rahul ThayyalamkandyDirector, Communications & Community at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Jordan CroomInvestor at Side Door VenturesOliver HammondPartner at Fuel VenturesCate DavisSenior Analyst at Midnight

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Shared employers

Also worked at GoingVC6

JJ MacLeanInvestor at Side Door VenturesKevin BernalSenior Associate at Mighty CapitalMichael HuangManaging Partner at Taiwania CapitalDan CliffProgram Manager at Remarkable VenturesNeetu PuranikmathAnalyst at Basecamp FundBen HasslerGeneral Partner at Polymath Capital Partners

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