Dave Ingram...

is the CEO and a co-founder of Brownbook, the free global directory that anyone can edit...

that was inspired by Wikipedia, Craigslist, Wikinomics, and The Long Tail...

I’ve been Scobleized on FastCompany.TV, and suffered this 'Intrusion'...

and Brownbook’s been featured on BBC, InfoCommerce, and many other places

Career...

Started selling e-commerce in 1995 before anyone else, then created a range of ground-breaking e-commerce products for Scoot when it first floated on FTSE and NASDAQ...

Managed global e-commerce products for Infobank, before helping Sony develop their sales process for a range of digital asset management products...

Spent a year convincing BT to monetize their online directory...

before growing a social media startup out of a garage in Redditch to 30 people in Oxford and LA...

then co-founded Brownbook.net in 2008 with Marc Lyne and now growing it out across the globe

On another track I put together a business for Extreme Sports Channel...

set up a wakeboarding lake in MK...

and spent a year in a London West End musical

Fun...

I play squash to keep fit, and I wakeboard here...

I’ve competed in two wakeboard world championships where I placed 3rd and 4th in my division...

and in the winter I kayak at Shepperton weir, Hurley weir, and Sunbury weir when it rains

Life...

I'm married to the lovely Roshi, and we have a beautiful daughter Maya plus two dogs Hudson and Charlie...

We have a barn conversion in the UK’s Test Valley, but we live just on the edge of London with the Thames at the end of our garden (just perfect for drinks on the decking!)

Getting in touch...

I use LinkedIn, and most of my blogging activity these days takes place on the Brownbook blog...

and Twitter here