About
A veteran founder, mentor and investor with over three decades of experience and several successful exits. He founded Com Tech Communications, which he sold for an enterprise value exceeding $1 billion, and authored the 2021 book 'The Dumbest Guy at the Table'.
Experience
- OIF VenturesPartnercurrent2016 β presentDouble Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- MOQdigitalNon Executive Chairman2014 β 2022Australia
- Advance Womanβs Participation in Innovation and TechGovernment Advisory Board2018 β 2020Greater Sydney Area
- OurCrowdExecutive Director2014 β 2018Greater Sydney Area
- One Big SwitchMentor to Founders2012 β 2014Greater Sydney Area
- Centric WealthNon Executive Chairman2011 β 2014Greater Sydney Area
- eDiamond InternationalInvestor (Failed)2010 β 2013
- MacromatiXExecutive Chairman2004 β 2012Sydney, Australia
- MacromatiXNon Executive Chairman2004 β 2012Greater Atlanta Area and Sydney
- Holly ConnectsCEO and Chairman2002 β 2007
- Dimension Data AustraliaFounder and CEO1987 β 2001
Education
- University of the WitwatersrandB.Commerce and B.Accounting, Accountancy1980 β 1984
- King David High School1975 β 1977
- Highlands North High1973 β 1974
Skills & more
Team Leadership59Strategy95Team Management13Leadership63Management99Business Management4Marketing Communications21Investor Relations30Enterprise Architecture3Start-ups99Team Building51Cloud Computing47
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IT StrategyPrivate EquityTrainingSalesExecutive ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentVenture CapitalEntrepeneurBusiness MentorSaaSFrom David's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of the Witwatersrand70
David FrankelSeed Stage Venture Capital in the United StatesThomasGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcDaniel SassAssociate at aMoonDavid EsraAnalyst at aMoonIlian IlievChief Executive Officer at EMV CapitalEyal NivManaging Partner | First at Pitango
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Shared employers
Also worked at OurCrowd28
Fan WenPrincipal & Director of AI at Fin CapitalSianFounding Partner at Saas Ventures, L.L.C.Saul LevinInvestor at Entree CapitalKate HorinHead of Legal, Invisible Technologies at New Earth VenturesDavid StarkFounding Partner at Ground Up VenturesJordan OdinskyPartner at Ground Up Ventures
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Also worked at One Big Switch1
Colleagues at OIF Ventures
Adam Goldschmidt
Investment Team at OIF Ventures
Andrew Phillips
Advisory Partner at OIF Ventures
Andrew Yeo
Investment Team at OIF Ventures
Geoff Levy
Investment Team at OIF Ventures
Geoff Levy AO
Investment Team at OIF Ventures
Isabella Rich
Investment Team at OIF Ventures
Jerry Stesel
Investment Team at OIF Ventures
Jess Heffernan
Head of Distribution and Investor Relations at OIF Ventures


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