David Wendell Phillips

David Wendell Phillips
Born (1962-11-21) November 21, 1962
Alexandria, Virginia
Alma mater Pomona College
University of Chicago School of Law
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David Wendell Phillips is an American lawyer, businessman and investor. He is an angel investor in Silicon Valley, an experienced Internet executive, entrepreneur, and attorney. He has served in several leadership roles over the past 20 years with companies such as AOL, AOL Europe, iCrunch.com/Music Choice, Napster/Bertelsmann, IGN Entertaimnet/Fox Interactive, NaturalPath Media/Six Apart (now SAY Media), and, most recently, SideCar Technologies.[1]

Educational Background

David W Phillips graduated from The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J. in 1981. After high school, Phillips attended Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1985. In 1988 he received his J.D. from The University of Chicago School of Law.[2][3][4]

Early Legal Career

Phillips' career in law started in 1988 at Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells) in Washington, D.C.[5]). In 1991, he went on to serve as a Corporate Counsel & Business Development Attorney at ComTech Systems.[6] In 1993, he joined the law firm of Cameron & Hornbostel in Washington, D.C., specializing in international trade and technology law.[7]

Tech career

In 1994, David Phillips began his career in the growing internet field, when he joined America Online as its second lawyer. There he delved deeply into emerging web issues ranging from data privacy and copyright to first amendment issues. [add cites].

In 1997, Phillips moved to London to join AOL’s joint venture with German Media Conglomerate, Bertelsmann AG. He served first as AOL UK General Counsel, then becoming the General Counsel of AOL Europe, reporting to Heinz Wermellinger in Zug Switzerland. After AOL and Bertelsmann AG acquired CompuServe and Netscape in Europe, Phillips transitioned to a business general management roll as Managing Director of AOL UK.[8][9]

Phillips left AOL in January 2000 to become CEO of UK digital music pioneer, Crunch Music (acquired by Music Choice PLC in 2001.)[10]

In 2002 Phillips served as a senior executive at Napster.[11]

From 2005-2006, Phillips served as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development & General Counsel at IGN Entertainment.[12] During his tenure as EVP, David Phillips helped IGN acquire and integrate five digital entertainment companies and execute IGN's sale to News Corp in 2005 for $650 million.[13]

In 2006, Phillips left IGN to become the founder and CEO of NaturalPath Media, which became the largest green ad network in the US (comScore), and was acquired by Six Apart in 2009 (now SAY Media.)[14]

Since 2010, Phillips has been an active angel investor and advisor in the Silicon Valley startup community where he has invested between $10,000 and $50,000 per investment deal. Notable investments include: Motion Math, Massive Health, Talkable, Postling, Ekso Bionics, Say Media, Onfleet, Rock Health V5 Fund, Haystack TV, Shuddle, SONR Labs, and FocusAtWill.[15]

David Phillips joined Joe Born in 2011 to found Hale Devices (previously called Sonr Labs, Inc,), a provider of Android audio peripherals. Phillips served as the Company’s first CEO and now serves on its Board of the Company that now does business as AIWA US.

In 2012, he joined SideCar Technologies as Executive Vice-President For Policy & General Counsel.[16]

Awards and Recognitions

• The Pomona College George S. Burgess Award in Constitutional Law. The George S. Burgess Prize is awarded to the student earning the highest grade in constitutional law.

• Rotary Club Professional Fellowship to Brazil in 1991.

• American Bar Association, Chairman, Cyberspace Committee January 1995 - November 1996.

Published Works

Recommendations for the Evolution of Netlaw: Protecting Privacy in a Digital Age (1996) Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.[17]

Web-Linking Agreements: Contracting Strategies and Model Provisions (1997).[18]

Riding Giants: Surfing the next great waves of the Internet - Silicon Valley comes to Oxford 2013.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "David Phillips". CrunchBase. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "David Wendell Phillips". Seed Equity. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pomona Alumni". Angel.co. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "David Phillips, '88: An Early Adopter Focuses on Sustainability". The University of Chicago Law School. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hogan & Hartson LLP". CrunchBase. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Comtech Systems". CrunchBase. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cameron & Hornbostel LLP". CrunchBase. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "David Phillips, '88: An Early Adopter Focuses on Sustainability". The University of Chicago Law School. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Business: The Company File AOL plans free UK Net service". BBC Online Network. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Newsline". Google Books - Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bertelsmann buys Napster for $8 million". MacWorld. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "ING Entertainment". Google Books -. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "EXPERIENCE DETAILS Fenwick & West Represents IG". Fenwick & West LLP. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Executive Profile David Phillips". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "David W. Phillips". AngelList. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Facing Regulatory Scrutiny, Ride-Sharing Service SideCar Hires A Head Of Policy". TechCrunch. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Recommendations for the Evolution of Cyberlaw". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Web-Linking Agreements: Contracting Strategies and Model Provisions". Amazon. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "DAVE PHILLIPS - Surfing the next great waves of the Internet - Silicon Valley comes to Oxford 2013". YouTube. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Worlds will collide in third great wave of internet disruption, predicts SVCO speaker". University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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