David Crow

About

Professional Background

Currently

• Catalyst for hire and consultant
• Working on a health IT startup
• Author, commentator, troublemaker at StartupNorth.
• Board of directors nominee: Lymbix Corporation
• Board of advisors: TribeHR, Bunch, BuzzData
• Mentor: FounderFuel, JoltCo

Previously

• Marketing and Product at Maintenance Assistant, Inc.
• Board member: Mobile Experience Innovation Centre (MEIC)
• Cofounder & Chief Product Officer at Influitive Corporation
• Platform Strategy Advisor at Microsoft Canada focused on local software economy and startups
• Board member: RIC Centre
• Organizer of DemoCamp Toronto, Founders & Funders, StartupEmpire, and other events.
• Champion of local community: StartupDrinks, UXIrregulars, TorCamp and other things
• Director of Product Development at Ambient Vector. Led design and development of Nakama mobile and web application. Seed funded by Celtic House.
• Built, maintained and supported  HR, payroll and recruiting systems for Ryerson University.
• Design lead at Reactivity in Austin, TX. Led early stage product design and market fit for startups including MetalSite, Fisheye, AllMyStuff, Living.com, Salion, and others.
• Interaction designer at Trilogy Software in Austin, TX. Focused on pre- and post-sales customer engagement helping identify customer and market needs for configuration, catalog and compensation tools for sales force.
• Research at Rockwell Collins focused on soldier-centric solutions for dismounted soldiers and battlefield visualizations.
• MS from HCII at Carnegie Mellon University
• BSc from University of Waterloo

Personal Background

• I am originally from London, ON and I now live in Toronto, ON.
• I have lived in London, ON; Waterloo, ON; Pittsburgh, PA; Lisle, IL (western Chicago suburb); Austin, TX; Toronto, ON.

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