Dave Matthews

Mr. Mathews is a consumer product expert and dynamic public speaker specializing in the convergence of digital entertainment devices.
In addition to holding more than two-dozen U.S.
patents in products, commerce, machine readable code, networking and communications, he has appeared on more than 300 television shows.
His television experience includes a five year stint as co-host of Net Talk Live - the first live interactive triple cast (a syndicated television, radio and Internet broadcast).
Currently, Mr. Mathews is a partner at Idea Works, a consulting company where he creates the go-to-market strategies for consumer electronic and service companies.
Before his tenure at Idea Works, he served as the Forward Thinker at Sling Media Inc, in San Francisco.
There he identified consumer trends leading to the development and creation of the latest in digital media products.
Previously, he was brought in by the former chairman of RadioShack as the Director, Product Innovation to develop their modern home strategy, introducing products such as the RadioShack USB Electronic Scale, Cinego portable DLP with integrated DVD player and power line transmitted whole-house audio systems.
Before joining RadioShack, he was co-founder of Digital:Convergence - creator of the CueCat - a first-ever consumer barcode reader, distributed through Forbes, Wired, Parade and Nielsen Media publications.
He also launched a TV to web broadcast hyper-linking technology licensed to NBC called CueTV.
He is an Advisor at Stage 1 Ventures LLC Mr. Mathews resides in San Francisco, California where he enjoys his daily views of the Golden Gate Bridge.