David Southgate

CEO, I:Avalanche Corp.

David Southgate, I:Avalanche CEO, has a unique combination of experience in technology and communications management in both North America and Latin America and directly manages all of I:Avalanche's client accounts, a partial historic list of client accounts which includes: Walker Art Center; Twin Cities Public Television (formerly KTCA-TV); the Independent Television Service; HotGigs, Inc.; WOSO Radio; Caribbean Barter; International Eye Foundation; Circle Studio; and Nancy Rose & Associates. As a marketing-communications veteran with nearly 20 year's experience in for-profit and non-profit sectors, David has led public relations and marketing campaigns that have repeatedly tied directly to client revenues, business objectives and metrics. A frequently published international writer (ITWorld, CNET, JupiterMedia, TechRepublic) and blog contributor, David has also run the editorial staff for two major Internet sites, techies.com and PuertoRicoWOW.com, as well as more than 50 Internet projects. David holds a bachelor's degree in journalism with a triple emphasis in news-editorial, public relations and advertising from the University of Minnesota's esteemed school of Journalism and Mass Communications. He has project management training and holds a certification from the Gartner Institute and is fluent in both English and Spanish. He currently resides in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Born British, raised American, and now I'm more Puerto Rican than the Puerto Ricans!