David Dawson is a seasoned technology founder and CTO with 11+ years leading product and engineering teams and two decades of hands-on systems experience stretching back to Unix kernel work. He co-founded and scaled startups (eWebinar, Mast Mobile) that turned live services into automated, productized experiences and has a track record of architecting scalable consumer platforms including music services for Xbox and blockchain-enabled dApp frameworks. At Microsoft he grew and managed large agile teams, designed search and indexing systems, and shipped enterprise-grade products integrated across Windows and mobile operators. Now based in Amsterdam, he advises early-stage startups on product strategy, roadmaps and remote build-outs, blending executive leadership with day-to-day technical delivery. A pragmatic operator, he pairs deep systems knowledge with a knack for turning one-off live experiences into repeatable, automated products.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
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