David Spark is a new media
consultant and
producer with more than fourteen years
knowledge
and experience as a journalist
reporting on the tech industry in
print,
radio, TV, and online. His articles and
advice have
appeared in more than 25
publications including eWEEK, Wired
News, PC
Computing, PC World, and Smart Computing.
You may have
seen Spark dispensing his
"how-to" advice and punditry on TechTV
(formerly ZDTV, now morphed into G4), a
cable station about
computers and the
Internet. Watch his
two minute
on-air reel
from ZDTV/TechTV.
In addition, Spark spent ten years in advertising
and
corporate entertainment as a new media
director and marketing
creative. Most recently he left Publicis Dialog in San Francisco
where he launched the agency’s custom publishing and new media
divisions.
And just to add a little color, Spark squandered more than a dozen years working as a stand up comedian and comedy writer for Second City comedy troupe in Chicago.
Having the dual experience of covering tech and working in the advertising industry Spark formed a comfortable niche as liaison between the client world and new media vendors. As a journalist, a new media consultant, and an analyst for the Guidewire Group and Gerson Lehman Group, Spark has spent years analyzing and fostering relationships with vendors who provide services in blogging, podcasting, mobile content, interactive TV, online video, social networking, Web 2.0 technologies, and in-game advertising.
Today, Spark can be heard on the radio in a tech advice and news segment called the “Spark Minute” for the progressive talk station, Green 960 online and radio in San Francisco. Spark is also a regular tech contributor for ABC Radio in NYC and tech commentator on TV for KQED's "This Week in Northern California." In addition, Spark was the host of two Sprint podcasts, The Communications Insider and phoneIQ.
David Spark lives in San Francisco, a city he loves so much he's become a local historian offering walking tours to locals and tourists. When you're in town, make sure to sign up for one of Spark's tours. He loves showing off the city.
