David S. ChangShort Bio (150 word)David is GM, Expert Network at Hunt Club and Founding Member at TBD Angels. As an entrepreneur, he has held operating roles at 6 internet/mobile startups that raised $150m and were acquired for $750m, and he has invested in 100 companies as an angel investor. He was previously the CEO of Gradifi (E*TRADE), EIR at Harvard Business School, and Director of the Babson Summer Venture Program.
David played product and marketing roles at 5 other Boston-based startups. He led PayPal Boston, co-founded the Start Tank innovation space, and held roles at Tripadvisor (IAC), m-Qube (Verisign), edocs (Siebel), SnapMyLife (Exclaim Mobility), and Goldman Sachs. As a leader in the entrepreneurship community, he evangelizes startups, talent, and the Boston tech ecosystem. Awards include The Boston Globe's Tech Power Players 50, Boston Business Journal's Power 50: Most Influential Bostonians, BostInno’s 50 on Fire: Education Winner / Investment Winner / Tech Finalist, Finalist for NEVY Angel of the Year and Startup Boston Community Builder of the Year. David holds a BS with Distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Extended Bio (300 word)David is GM, Expert Network at Hunt Club and Founding Member at TBD Angels. As an entrepreneur, he has held operating roles at 6 internet/mobile startups that raised $150m and were acquired for $750m, and he has invested in 100 companies as an angel investor. He was previously the CEO of Gradifi (E*TRADE), Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School, and Director of the Babson Summer Venture Program.
David has played product and marketing roles at 5 other Boston-based startups. He led PayPal Boston and co-founded the Start Tank innovation space and the Where Angel Fund. Before WHERE’s acquisition by PayPal, he held the role of VP of Product, including strategy and corporate development. Earlier in his career, on the consumer side, David was Director of New Products at Tripadvisor (IAC) where he launched new features to meet consumers’ needs. He was VP of Marketing & Co-founder of SnapMyLife (Exclaim Mobility) where he led product and marketing efforts. On the enterprise side, he was Director of Product Marketing at m-Qube (Verisign), a pioneer in the mobile content space. He was Senior Product Manager at edocs (Siebel) and was a VP of Technology at Goldman Sachs. As a leader in the entrepreneurship community, David holds several advisor/board memberships. He is on the board at MITX, an advisor at Harvard Ventures, Nanigans, CO Everywhere, OpenFrame, and Linkwell Health. He has made 100 angel investments in startups such as Crashlytics, clypd, Amino, Logz, Cuseum, CarePort Health, Dashfire, Mogul, Uncharted Play, and through the Where Angel Fund and TBD Angels. David is a frequent speaker on the topics of startups, talent, fundraising, and the Boston tech ecosystem, and he actively mentors students and founders. Awards include The Boston Globe's Tech Power Players 50, Boston Business Journal's Power 50: Most Influential Bostonians, BostInno’s 50 on Fire: Education Winner / Investment Winner / Tech Finalist, Finalist for NEVY Angel of the Year, and Startup Boston Community Builder of the Year Finalist. David holds a BS with Distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
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Awards
Tech Power Players 50 2023
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Dealmakers’ Hall of Fame Inductee 2023
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Get Konnected! Boston’s Most Influential Men of Color 2023
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Startup Boston Community Builder of the Year Finalist 2022
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50 on Fire Winner (Inno Blazer) for Education 2017
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50 on Fire Winner for Investment 2015
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Power 50: Most Influential Bostonians 2014
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50 on Fire Finalist for Tech 2013
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Finalist for Angel of the Year 2013
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