Dave Gwozdz

Chief Revenue Officer @ Spottail Digital

About

Dave is an experienced leader and entrepreneur with a 20+ year track record of launching, scaling, and successfully selling lower middle market companies. With a passion for building businesses from the ground up, he specializes in identifying growth opportunities, developing innovative go to market strategies, and leading companies to profitable exits. Dave is happiest when he closes complex deals. Throughout his career, Dave has helped companies in many categories tell their story, expand their market presence, optimize operations, and maximize shareholder value. His sweet spot is media, technology and consumer products. He thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments, and has a proven ability to turn startups and middle market struggling enterprises into thriving, scalable businesses. Dave was the sales leader of the founding team of DoubleClick, the internet advertising company, which was acquired by Google for $3 billion. He has worked in CEO and Advisory roles in Digital, Mobile, Video, Programmatic Advertising, SaaS, Fintech, Commercial Real Estate and Organic Solar Energy. Exits include: DoubleClick, Mojiva, Flyfish.com, and Hotlink Media. He has a deep understanding of finance, operations, and marketing, combined with a hands-on leadership style that empowers teams to drive results. From capital raising to strategic partnerships, his experience spans all stages of the business life cycle. When not working, Dave spends his time traveling with his family, fly fishing and playing golf at iconic courses around the world. Core Competencies: Business Strategy and Development Launching and Scaling Startups Capital Raising Strategic Partnerships Go to Market Plans Revenue Growth and Profitability Operational Excellence Leadership and Team Building Exit Planning

Country

United States

City

Charleston

Industry

Wine & Spirits

Skill

E-commerce, CRM, Real Estate, Integrated Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Mobile Strategy, New Business Development, Start-ups, Fundraising, Business Development, Lead Generation, Digital Strategy, Public Speaking, Online Marketing, Management, Strategy, SaaS, Social Media Marketing, Advertising, Entrepreneurship

Experience

Chief Revenue Officer

Spottail Digital

2025-5 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Business Development Advisor

Reflekta

2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Advisor

Soul Maté

2023-7 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

advise CEO, coordinate current angel investment round.

Advisor

GO-OPV

2019-11 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Business development, revenue generation, & capital raising work for this breakthrough organic photovoltaic power technology company which provides sustainable, clean energy to commercial real estate buildings, residential communities and transportation fleets . Arranged ORENgE Power's first commercial customer relationships & deployment partners for US government & Fortune 500 customers allowing them to generate local DC, off grid power while reducing their carbon emissions.

President

MIS Security

2018-9 - 2022-4 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Led corporate restructuring and complete product overhaul. MIS Security is a technology company that now has a leading threat detection system that combines an advanced SaaS platform, video, and patented sensor technology to detect weapons in an effort to thwart mass shootings at stadiums, train stations, corporate facilities, etc.. MIS Security now has the most advanced threat detection system available. * Identified existing corporate and product weaknesses *Led organizational turnaround, and restructuring. Hired new talent and brought in outsourced development team *Managed complete re-engineering of legacy product resulting in a highly scalable solution *decreased cash burn, lowered cost of production and increase gross margins *Identified new markets and top customers *designed and executed a winning Go To Market plan

Advisor

TransUnion

2016-3 - 2020-10 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Stamford, CT

Acquired by TransUnion

CEO

Mojiva, Inc

2008-11 - 2013-12 · 5 yrs 2 mos

NYC

Acquired by Pubmatic. Mojiva, Inc was an industry leading technology company serving the mobile advertising industry. In 5 years it's ad network business (The Mojiva Network) grew to become one of the largest global mobile advertising companies. Its proprietary technology helped many of the worlds largest brand marketers reach more than a billion unique mobile devices a month and monetized some of the most recognized apps and publishers of mobile content. As CEO, *Developed company vision and product strategy *Managed overall marketing and sales objectives *Raised over $45 Million in venture funding *Managed BOD and shareholders input

CEO

Mocean Mobile

2008 - 2013-12 · 6 yrs

NYC

Acquired by Pubmatic. Mocean Mobile was the core technology company within Mojiva, Inc. Mocean's proprietary SaaS ad serving technology was used by many of the leading sales and marketing teams around the globe.