David Mclauchlan Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, WA, US

Los Angeles, California, US

Currently executive consulting on a stealth project for a well-established startup ($250m+ of revenue). Building an entirely new product line, targeting a nine-figure business size in three years.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Engaged as both an advisor to the CEO and interim Chief Commercial Officer to set up two new businesses within the organization (one AI based, one mobile device based), which provides AI & large language model (LLM).
• CCO remit to create the commercial structure around these two new businesses, win the first significant sales for these businesses, and then hire sales leadership to position the organization into scale mode.
• Advisory remit to provide advice to the CEO on scaling, product growth and expansion.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

• Co-founded and scaled Buddy Technologies from a backend cloud service to a smart home and building technology company.
• Led the company's public listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as the first Internet of Things (IoT) company on the ASX, growing the company's market capitalization to over $400 million post-IPO.
• Managed investor relations, raised venture capital from US and Asian sources, and conducted over $50 million in public equity fundraisings.
• Led a multinational team and managed three P&Ls across the US, Europe, and the APAC region; managed various financings of debt and working capital facilities; executive ownership of business and product roadmap.
• Executive product management of all aspects of the company's matrix of hardware platforms, software platforms and cloud infrastructure, spanning 114 SKUs across all markets.
• Led development, manufacturing, and sales of the Buddy Ohm connected energy & utilities monitoring and reporting platform, comprising a building energy edge gateway and IoT sensors for remote asset health monitoring.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Chairman and CEO of Buddy prior and up to IPO'ing the business on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).Consistent with ASX listing rule guidelines separating the Chairman and CEO roles, David stepped down from the Chair role at the IPO to take up the CEO seat on the company's Board of Directors.

Cremorne, Victoria, AU

• Acquired by Feit Electric in 2022.
• Led acquisition of LIFX, the world's #2 smart lighting brand; served as CEO post-acquisition.
• Executive management of 100+ staff distributed globally, spanning product management, operations, sales & program management, engineering (firmware, cloud, app, QA), design, supply chain & operations and finance.
• Developed the world's first anti-bacterial germicidal smart light and led company's entrance into smart switching markets in U.S./AU.
• Led change management efforts which reduced debt by nearly $15 million (60%), increased gross margins from ~25% to ~47%, improved manufacturing terms, and drove deeper focus on product analytics, data science and.
• Grew the business and supporting infrastructure technologies to over 1 million customers and over 3 million connected devices sold world-wide.

San Francisco, California, US

Acquired by Rezolve AI in 2024, IPO'd as RZLV:NASDAQ in August 2024.Bluedot offers powerful new technology that allows precise location awareness, without the typical battery drain issues commonly associated with high fidelity location identification.

Founded in March 2005, Bonza Bash Productions is an event management and production company hosting the most exclusive large-scale private events in the Pacific Northwest.Bonza Bash events are either "Bonza Bashes" or white labelled (production consulting for third party events) and the company has attracted a reputation as a provider of high quality.

New York, NY, US

Acquired by Betterment, Inc. in February 2022.Makara is an investment advisor for cryptocurrency, based out of Seattle, USA. This SEC-registered company, launched in 2020, is a sister organization of Strix Leviathan, and uses the same technology as Strix.

London, London, GB

Invited to guest judge at the Australian Pitch@Palace with HRH The Duke of York. Represented the Australian judging panel at the global finale at St. James' Palace, London, UK.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

ANZ Innovyz START is a 13-week intensive accelerator program aimed at facilitating prospective and existing entrepreneurs to develop and grow their businesses for success.Twice a year, ANZ Innovyz START looks for ten successful tech enterprises with potentially break-through ideas ready for accelerated growth. The program includes mentoring by successful.

Seattle, WA, US

Member of the Technology Partner Network, hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a group of “invite-only” global technology experts assembled as collaborative advisors and diverse resources to accelerate tech-related solutions for global good.

Acquired by Tagboard, Inc. in March 2014.TVinteract develops software that allows on-air TV talent to curate and display social media (tweets initially, more to come) in real-time, on television. Designed the software for ease of use by television professionals in a studio environment while live on air. Designed the output to accommodate television studio.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Responsibility for porting prominent iPhone and Android mobile applications to the then-nascent Windows Phone as well as Windows Phone connectivity in the automotive environment.
• Conducted (M&A) due diligence on domestic and international companies in the app-porting space.
• Partnered directly with Facebook, Twitter, eBay and others to port their apps to Windows Phone.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Key member of the Zune business development team at Microsoft, primarily mobile applications and games, connectivity, media and content partnerships, new marketing strategies, and Microsoft Zune 1st/3rd party.
• Led the integration of Zune into automotive environments, spending 3 years on a monthly rotation to Detroit, Busan, Munich, Ingolstadt and Stuttgart in support of Microsoft's goals of ubiquitous Zune device integration.
• Co-hosted an industry partnership event at Audi AG HQ showcasing Zune Connectivity in Audi vehicles with Bill Gates, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the Chairman of Volkswagen Group.
• Led integration of Zune with United Airlines, negotiating content, rights protection, and security of content with Hollywood studios resulting in Zune devices becoming the first consumer products adapted for inflight.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Led the Windows Media Devices Group standards setting efforts (concurrently with other responsibilities) for over 8 years, representing the interests of the business and the Office of the CTO in standards setting.
• Represented Microsoft's Office of the CTO in technical negotiations with Intel's Office of the CTO on UPnP creation and development.
• Co-authored the Media Transfer Protocol ("MTP"), implemented by devices such as the iPhone to communicate the transfer of images, video, and content over USB.
• Chaired a global industry workgroup of some 80 international tech companies that developed the "PDMI" connector, later implemented in products such as HP printers, for device connectivity.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Led team in program management and business development for Windows support for digital still cameras using the Media Transfer Protocol.
• Managed adoption of Windows Media, DRM & streaming technologies in the car as PM for Windows Media for Automotive, growing automaker support for Windows Media technologies by 35%. Traveled extensively through China.
• Program managed PlaysForSure, a program for portable & networked media playback devices, ensuring compatibility with certified online download services & streaming experiences, growing the ecosystem to more than 100.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Managed printing and scanning protocols in Microsoft's Windows client product, led product management of the printer dialog experience in Windows and scanner interface for third-party applications.
• Program managed the first support for digital camera connectivity in Windows and managed the team of vendors that interfaced with digital camera manufacturers globally to grow Windows' support for digital cameras to.
• Spoke & presented extensively at over 20 conferences & international partner events on support for digital imaging in Windows XP and beyond.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Had responsibility for writing and maintaining automated test harnesses (and executing manual ones) for the Visual C++ Resource Editor in Visual Studio.

Arlington, VA, US

• Served as chair of the CEA's R6WG15 "Portable Device Media Interconnect" work group, built leadership experience guiding over 80 globally significant technology companies and arbitrating technical, IP, legal and.
• Designed and commercialized the "PDMI Connector" as a cross-market competitive response to the Apple connector; deployed post-release on printers and assorted consumer electronics devices globally.

• Chaired the MTP Device Working Group, comprising 50 member companies spanning the global consumer electronics industry, created & published the Media Transfer Protocol standard for the global connectivity of portable.
• Separately led negotiations with Intel's Office of the CTO to agree on the implementation of MTP between Microsoft Windows and Intel’s USB reference designs.
• As a result, MTP found in over 1 billion devices (every digital camera, iPhone, iPad, nearly all media players, default connectivity protocol in Windows).

GB

• Member of 120-consultant team on a project for Norwich Union, a financial services provider in Australia.
• Team remit to develop a new financial advisory software package - with adviser-side, client-side and backend deliverables.
• Managed IT infrastructure and connectivity between project location and corporate HQ for the team.

Self-employed as a professional pianist. Performed regularly on network television, recorded and released an album called "Memories of Madison" in November, 1997.Performed in various venues around Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Additionally performed in Las Vegas, NV, Seattle, WA, New York, NY and later Tokyo, Japan, Singapore and London, UK.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

One of two resident pianists at the Adelaide Casino (now renamed SkyCity Adelaide).

Master Of Engineering: It, Telecommunications & Business Management, Gsm Phone Networks, Satellite Communications

Bachelor Of Engineering: Electronic Engineering (Honors), Robotics, Microelectronic Engineering

High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates