David manages TVO’s IdeaShaker Innovation Lab. The IdeaShaker team explores emerging digital trends that have “disruptive” potential and approaches all projects through the lens of how technology can impact and enhance TVO’s educational resources for children, current affairs content and other TVO content. Previously, David was a digital creative working as a developer, designer and strategist at creative advertising agencies in both Canada and Europe for brands such as: Mercedes Benz, RIM, LinkedIn and Evian. He developed his mobile application in 2003 using WAP and the first version of Mobile.NET. He had to borrow a friend’s phone with data since his phone didn’t have a browser. He is almost done repaying his friend for the data usage from ’03.