Raphael Dana Growth strategy in tech, mobile & digital

I have a passion for technology & working on projects that add value to our world. Self-employed most of my career which enabled me to work with many CEO's & tech teams helping to find product market fit & grow a company from scratch both in the U.S. and internationally. Started in tech in 2005 working on local search & marketing. Worked on numerous local projects & founded a print publication (Webirectory) to promote local websites. Eventually, I moved to Silicon Valley working for Zvents (acquired by StubHub) as the Director of Local Sales & Advertising. Companies I’ve worked with have been venture backed by: Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, Shasta Ventures, SoftTech VC, AT&T, NAVTEQ, Nokia Growth Partners, Red Rock Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, The Entrepreneurs’ Fund III, Innogest Capital, TLcom... Three years ago I shifted my focus to mobile technology working with: Appbackr (Winner PayPal X) we created the worlds' first wholesale marketplace for mobile developers & Xchange for Android distribution. Worked w/ thousands of publishers helping to crowdfund millions of dollars & w/ Paramount Pictures to get mobile IP for: Naked Gun, Old School & The Untouchables. Most recently worked with Beintoo (Winner LeWeb 11') creating a true loyalty program for app users. Helped team scale to over 150 million reachable users and raised $7 million in series A capital. I'm Co-Host at SF New Tech - San Francisco's Largest, Longest Running and Most Loved Tech Event. Featured in NYT, WSJ, Forbes.... 10,000+ members and some of the best networking on the planet. 400+ companies have demo'd and still growing strong.

Mr. Palumbo is a serial entrepreneur with a highly creative and assertive “lead by example” management style, combined with a heart for helping people through business and charitable initiatives. He has 17 years worth of experience of starting companies in charity management and Internet marketing, and the culmination of this impressive career is OfferAll, a radical new Life linked Offers platform that gives back to causes people care about. Before founding OfferAll, Palumbo helped to start, fund and build the successful tech company Wantsa Inc. (www.wantsa.com, a.k.a. United Media Partners), a deal origination and syndication platform for enterprise companies, where he was instrumental in the growth of the company as an executive. Among the many companies Palumbo has helped to establish are I.M.E.C.A. (Incubator for Music, Entertainment and creative arts), which assisted Detroit-area music entrepreneurs; Printorweb.com, a business solutions provider; FreePickles, a daily deals site; FavoriteSpots, a mobile check-in platform; and DailyDealTraining.com, a resource for emerging daily deal companies. Palumbo’s entrepreneurial work is not strictly limited to business and marketing solutions. He also has a history of philanthropic leadership, co-founding the Believe for Boey Foundation, a nonprofit to aid families suffering from pediatric cancer, in 2007. In 2009, he founded the nonprofit KIDlanthropy to assist parents, teachers and leaders in raising philanthropic children. In addition he supports tech start-ups at the technology accelerator Lighthouse Labs where he has mentored companies in may fields of business. Jeff’s innovative work in merchant marketing, his vast knowledge of technology, and passion for charity have led to his success in creating multiple platforms that empower publishers and merchants and engage consumers. This experience is brought in full force to OfferAll. Specialties Business Development, Social Entrepreneur, Loyalty, Charity management, charity fund raising, Charity Tech, Partnerships, Daily Deals, New media, CPG Deals

Angel investor, founder and media mogul/nobody (depending on the year)