Where does David A. work?

David A. is Principal at Dubai Future District Fund.

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).

David A.

Investor

Principal at Dubai Future District Fund · Governance Advisor at Iron Key Capital

Austin, Texas, United States

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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

+12 more

AngularJSWindowsRubyCMongoDBPythonJavaSQLjQueryDockercasperjsGoogle 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

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Colleagues at Dubai Future District Fund

Abdelaziz Al Jaziri

Board of Directors Member at Dubai Future District Fund

Adil El Yacoubi

Investment Committee Independent Member at Dubai Future District Fund

Arif Amiri

Board of Directors Member at Dubai Future District Fund

Essa Kazim

Oversight Committee Member at Dubai Future District Fund

H.E. Arif Amiri

Board of Directors Member at Dubai Future District Fund

H.E. Essa Kazim

Oversight Committee Member at Dubai Future District Fund

H.E. Khalfan Belhoul

Board of Directors Chairman at Dubai Future District Fund

H.E. Omar bin Sultan Al Olama

OC Chairman at Dubai Future District Fund

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 Principal at Dubai Future District Fund.
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).