David Fridley

Experience

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  PsiTech Inc.

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1994

  Engineer to Engineering Manager

  Participated in and ultimately led a 9-person engineering department working on products in video conferencing, multimedia, video and graphics over IP. Participated in design, implementation, test and release of a variety of hardware and software projects

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  Visicom Labs Inc.

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  Sr. Project Engineer

  Created and released product that supports video compression, multiple video windows, accelerated graphics, audio; Translated marketing and customer requirements into architectures and specifications; Led project by designing hardware, managing the design and development of software, setting up schedules, presenting project status, visiting customers, debugging hardware and software, releasing projects. Improved the development process by generating release procedures as part of a cross functional team and creating a web based project management site Show less

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  Multilink

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Principal Engineer

  Product concept for an IP conferencing gateway, Setup project to add continuous presence to a Multipoint Conference Unit, Increased development process efficiency by introducing web based project management, built a multimedia conference simulator.

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  Analogic Corporation

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2001

  Procuct Marketing Manager

  Directed the marketing, product, and customer support functions of a new subsidiary while launching the company and managing the marketing budget, consultants, agencies, and employees.-Created preliminary business plan, including sales projections, cash flow analysis, and product roadmap for spinning the company out of parent-Developed and executed the final marketing plan and budget to launch the subsidiary, managing internal and external resources to create the brand through web site, collateral, and promotional campaign in 45 days.-Created 3 new products by generating product requirement, market analysis, competitive analysis, forecast, ROI calculation, datasheets, etc. according to an ISO 9001 product development process -Monitored standards bodies and incorporated appropriate specifications in products and product roadmaps-Found customers by generating leads through web seminars, trade shows, advertising, business development programs, industry organizations, and organizing multi-vendor interoperability events-Closed sales by responding to RFPs, generating quotes, tracking sales forecasts, managing the sales funnel-Created new products and supported current products by generating data sheets, market analysis, market requirements, and competitive analysis-Supported sales with application engineering, customer support management, PowerPoint presentations, white papers, and other collateral-Generated leads through the web site, trade shows, speaking engagements, web seminars, advertising, email, direct mail, editorial and press releases-Directed the marketing strategy and tactics through the annual business plan-Maintained competitive position by following standards bodies and industrial organizations (IETF, IMTC, ECTF, ITU) Show less

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  Lucent Technologies

  Apr 2002 - Jul 2002

  Product Manager

  Create new products to address the need for integrated voice and data services in the enterprise- Created customer and market requirements documents, internal and external product presentations- Generated five-year sales forecasts and ROI calculation by conducting customer interviews, utilizing market research, and extrapolating historical sales data- Managed cross-functional team including marketing, quality, manufacturing and engineering members

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  Acadia Communications

  Sept 2002 - Mar 2003

  Co Founder

  Co-Found and seek funding for a company to build integrated voice and data communications appliances for wired and wireless networks, working with one partner, a VP of sales and a team of 4 engineers.

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  Toshiba

  Apr 2003 - Dec 2013

  Product Management of cloud based VoIP unified communications, hybrid cloud and premise solutions, and SIP Trunking including investigate internal and external opportunities.Launched and managed many products including:A software based Unified communication platform that unifies the applications of multiple vendors into a complete product for SMB and multi-site enterprises.Audio, Web and Video conferencing application -based on Linux and software media processing that integrates with the PBX using SIP, targeting the SMB market.Fixed Mobile convergence application for WiFi to Cellular hand-off of calls for iPhone and Android Show less

  • Product Development Manager

    Oct 2009 - Dec 2013

  • Director Product Management

    Jul 2008 - Sept 2009

  • Sr. Product Manager

    Apr 2003 - Jul 2008
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  Synaccord, LLC

  Dec 2013 - Dec 2020

  Founder and CEO

  Launched CivilPursuit.com a platform for online deliberative discussion so we can overcome our polarization and gridlock to find the solutions to what divides us. In-person, deliberative forums get people talking and understanding each other and finding agreements. Online, on social media, discussions get negative, polarized and it's not working. We're changing that. Synaccord builds the tools to make productive, deliberative discussions work online. written in Node, React, and Mongo

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  EnCiv

  Oct 2019 - now

  EnCiv is addressing the problem of how millions of people talk about tough topics online, productively. Volunteers welcome, see github.com/EnCiv/volunteers EnCiv is doing democracy better by taking proven process from dialog and deliberation online and automating them. Our first process is undebates, an open source project, licensed with a Public Good condition, that you can find on https://github.com/EnCiv/undebate. We are also working on this with help and guidance from https://hackforla.orgJoin Us! Your voice matters

  • CEO

    Apr 2021 - now

  • CTO (Volunteer)

    Oct 2019 - now