David Zito Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Having fun and working hard to combine the best technology with the best of humanity (and doing with it with the best humans).

Santa Monica, California, Us

Launched Schoolyard (a mobile app for small groups to motivate each other to effect lasting behavior change) and DuelTrends (solving compensation and fractionalized ownership of internet trends using blockchain).

We were on a mission to fairly compensate everyone involved in the creation, sharing, and popularization of internet trends (primarily on TikTok). We built a blockchain platform to fractionalize ownership of trends and create smart contract sponsorships that would unlock value while trends were trending.

Los Angeles (Pasadena), California, Us

Co-inventor of Flippy the AI-powered Fast Food robot (10BN UAV with zero marketing spend from a garage). Raised $20M, partnered with Compass Group, Walmart, and more to bring Flippy to the world.

Launched mobile application @ TechCrunchSF 2015We attempted to leverage social interaction between strangers struggling with the same problems to support each other for positive behavior change. Went to 19 countries world-wide within a week-- but failed to reach our internal goal of 10k DAU.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Built and ran the product and marketing teams for Cramster the original online homework help business. Helped grow from $3M to $18M+ in sales in under 3 years. Sold to Chegg pre-IPO.

Built up the technology and product teams for this pioneering Brand Engagement advertising platform.Recently sold to Fox Media for $200M

Co-founder and co-inventor of Flameless Candles CPG (now a $1BN+ category worldwide). We grew to 100+ SKUs and sold candles to Target/Kmart/Vons et. al.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Built and ran technology team behind consumer facing applications for Yahoo Publisher Network (Google AdSense competitor). Came to Yahoo via acquisition from Overture where I helped the Chief Architect keep the then worlds largest DB from exploding.

Built and ran technology, product, and design teams for the only "complete set-it-and-forget-it" bill pay service. Almost sold to Paypal before 1.0 bubble burst. Sold later to Paytrust/Quicken.

Costa Mesa, California, Us

Acquired 1-800-Tickets and integrated into Tickets.com building real-time VOIP->Web ticket auction system. Merged with Advantix and went IPO.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Helped Bill Gross across various companies and projects-- ranging from 360 degree camera, Goto.com search engine, customer service for selling of "ideas" online, and eToys marketing campaigns.