David Van Wie

David Van Wie (born 1964) is an American inventor, scientist and entrepreneur. Van Wie was educated at Pomona College and the University of Wisconsin.[1]

Van Wie worked for Nimbus Information Systems, a subsidiary of Maxwell Communications, between 1989 and 1991, where he managed the development of a high-speed data retrieval system. In 1991 became president and CEO of CD-ROM Solutions, a position he held until 1992, when he became a co-founder of InterTrust Technologies. There, in addition to work on patent development, he first served as the Chief Technology Officer, before taking on the position of senior vice president, research and chairman.[1][2][3] He took the company public in 1999, just before the 2000 Stock Market Crash.[4]

In 2007, Van Wie co-founded Sococo (Social Communications Company),[1] where he developed several new communications technologies from lab to market[5] and became chairman in August 2011.[1] He serves as both chairman and CEO.[6] Among other things, the company produced virtual office spaces for online employees to interact, through something called Team Space.[5][7][8] He later founded Aventurine in 2013, a venture capital company specializing in intellectual property.[9] Over his career he has received 45 patents on DRM technologies,[1] and has stated he has his name on more than 250 patent applications.[10]

References
  1. "Executive Profile: David Van Wie". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  2. "Taurel, Wendt shelters draw fire". Indianapolis Business Journal. 28 July 2003. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. Roger Parloff (December 30, 2002). "Can This Man Bring Down Microsoft? Maybe not. But his company's patent suit is the biggest legal threat to Microsoft since the antitrust case". Fortune Magazine.
  4. "Stock Option Blues: Slide Leaves Little But a Big Tax Bill". The New York Times. 18 February 2001.
  5. Clark, Don (October 15, 2010). "Sococo Offers a Virtual View for Office Workers". The Wall Street Journal.
  6. "Sococo Hires Chris Wheeler as President". 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Lizette Chapman (December 3, 2010). "Sococo takes Sims to the next level: Efficiency at work". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
  8. "Sococo grabs $4.2M to build a collaborative online office". Venture Beat. 13 January 2011.
  9. Aventurine.com.
  10. "David Van Wie - Aventurine".
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