David A. Knight

High-energy leader who enjoys empowering people, customers and businesses to achieve their goals and grow. Recognized for developing and leading teams that have achieved high-performance results and have grown personally and professionally.Highly skilled in leveraging data, analytical thinking and collaboration to exceed objectives.Leads with a positive mindset that promotes creative problem solving and motivates high performance.Experienced in executive leadership, SaaS software support and service operations, international support, Customer Experience principles, digital advertising operations, digital marketing, mobile commerce, mobile apps, digital media sales, corporate governance, digital revenue analysis, team building, managing business operations and leadership development. Yahoo! Innovator of the Year Award recipient. Graduate of the Y! Combinator Startup School Class of 2020. Selected for Leadership Cleveland Class of 2023. Class of 2022 Editor & Publisher "25 Over 50" Media Leaders Award. 2021-2022 Cleveland Clinic's Velosano Cure for Cancer Steering Committee Member. Featured in Cleveland Clinic Magazine May 2022 edition for contribution to charity. Member NAA New Media Fellowship Class of 1997. Award-Winning Toastmaster Public Speaker.Graduate of the Advance Executive Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Chairman of The Philadelphia Inquirer’s “Intelligent Investing Conference & Expo”. Board of Director for Newspaper Association of America Digital Media Federation. Board of Directors Florida Angels Non-Profit Youth Education and Sports Organization. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. Publisher’s Club Award. Knight Ridder Digital Above and Beyond Sales Excellence Award. Knight Ridder Excellence Award Nominee. Temple University Journalism Excellence Award. Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Merit Award.Guest Lecturer for Newspaper Association of America, National Association of Minority Media Executives, City of Philadelphia, Temple University, Chambers of Commerce, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton, American Advertising Federation, International Newspaper Marketing Association and Poynter Institute. Mentor for Newspaper Association of America New Media Fellowship, Maynard Institute and New York Times Company Manager Excellence Program.Community Focus: Providing food to the community and using digital marketing to increase usage of resources that help close the digital divide in underserved communities.