Speaker Spotlight: David Dalka

We’re excited to wlecome David Dalka to WordCamp Chicago. David is speaking Saturday afternoon on the topic of: Using Blogs to Create Marketing Innovation, Competitive Advantage. David’s website can be found at: http://www.daviddalka.com/

Prior to 9/11, David worked in institutional financial services including BlackRock (BLK) during it’s 80 to 800 person growth phase. At BlackRock he led initiatives that transformed quarterly and monthly reports into daily conversations with clients via web portals that created incremental improvements. BlackRock leveraged via customer driven innovation and creation of standards that reduced market frictions. David talked about this in a recent interview about social media as an innovation tool – which is similar to what he did at BlackRock with just a telephone and email back in the 1990’s.

After spending time in a Fortune 500 company after getting his MBA, David returned to his entrepreneurial roots, spending time recently in startups in mobile search and cost per action advertising. David has noticed correlations about how startups have trouble getting new technology to dislodge legacy providers and processes in large companies that struggle with innovation. David has identified several of the root causes of these issues and is ever so slowly starting to educate and speak about how to reorganize management profitably to senior executives (CEO, CMO, CFO, boards of directors, etc) as an executive search marketing management consultant.

On Sunday, after the conclusion of Matt Mullenweg’s speech, David will also be going to Portillo’s at 100 West Ontario, to experience the rare Chicago food delicacy known as Italian Beef. He welcomes fellow foodies to go on this excursion with him as well. Please tweet “@dalka Portillo’s Sunday #wcchicago if you want to go.

Some additional links from David:
Recent interview about social media as an innovation, Reorganize management profitably and Executive Search Marketing Management Consultant.