Advisory Roles


Current Advisory Roles



WebMynd

Advisor, November 2011 - Present

WebMynd gives you native apps on multiple platforms from a single HTML5 codebase. Generate native apps for multiple platforms from a common codebase, and package production builds ready for distribution on different app stores and web browsers, all quickly and conveniently without having to code for each platform.



Leftronic

Advisor, November 2011 - Present

Leftronic makes beautiful dashboards for real-time analytics. Deploy powerful dashboards to track the data that matters most to your company, optimized for large format display in network operation centers, sales groups, or other departments where visibility is key.



SmartSignin

Advisor, May 2011 - Present

SmartSignin is smart, secure, and simple identity in the Cloud. The SaaS platform provides web and cloud identity, that includes Single Sign-On (SSO); Virtual Private Network (VPN); Identity and Access Management (IDM); and multi-factor authentication, secured by a unique algorithmic “smart key”.


Past Advisory Roles


eRealInvestor

Interim VP Sales & Marketing
April - August 2010
Member, Advisory Board
2007-2011
eRealInvestor provides online, real-time analysis tools for real estate investors and their professional advisors. Leading real estate websites, including ZipRealty, Wall Street Journal, Williams Auction, as well as thousands of real estate agents and brokers have adopted eRealInvestor's eRealAnalyzer platform. 

As an Advisor to eRealInvestor, I provided early feedback on business strategy and branding, as well as Google Adwords campaign implementation and testing, web site optimization, and web hosting infrastructure advice for high availability.


Centro Las Olas
Board of Directors, President
2010-2011
Board of Directors, Treasurer
2009-2010
Centro Las Olas is a cooperative Spanish immersion preschool in San Francisco's Mission District. As a member of the Board of Directors and the Board Treasurer I assisted with budgeting and bookkeeping, as well as other financial and administrative tasks. During my second year on the board I served as board President.


GoGrid
Co-Founder, Advisor
2010
Co-Founder, CMO
2001-2009
GoGrid is the pioneering cloud infrastructure hosting service from ServePath. GoGrid allows startups to deploy complex server networks in just minutes via API or Web UI, all on-demand and with high performance and easy scalabillity. After co-founding the company and overseeing its rapid growth for 9 years, in January 2010 I moved into a part-time advisory role at GoGrid, focused on marketing and product strategy.



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Hectic.com

Making Startups Less Hectic Since 1996

Hectic.com is blog and site of David Hecht, a cloud computing entrepreneur, startup advisor and Internet marketing guy based in San Francisco. Most recently I ran sales and marketing at Cloudkick (acquired by Rackspace), and prior to that I was the co-founder and CMO of GoGrid. 


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