I am an entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in the technology business. If you’re here, it’s undoubtedly because our paths have crossed at a recent event or online. Welcome!
I won’t bore you with a bunch of blah-blah-blah about my company’s mission and how you’re our perfect customer. Instead I’ll bore you with a quick recap of some of my more recent activities.
Baltimore Angels (2009-present; founder)
A new generation of angel investing comes to Baltimore. If you are a tech entrepreneur or community-minded investor, please be in touch with Baltimore Angels. This is not your father’s (or your uncle’s) investment group. Our investors are current and cashed-out entrepreneurs who have “done it” and can help other entrepreneurs advance to the next stage. We’re looking for entrepreneurs with a strong vision and who are just beyond a friends-and-family round. We meet bimonthly in Baltimore and welcome interested investors and entrepreneurs in the Baltimore/Washington area.
Follow @baltimoreangels on Twitter
Beehive Baltimore (2008-present; founder)
Coworking is a collaborative, shared work environment for technologists, artists, and entrepreneurs. With the rise of the knowledge economy and information technology, more folks are working at home — and losing their minds. Not only are our dogs poor conversationalists, teleworkers also need to share and maintain best practices. Beehive Baltimore is part of the larger coworking movement that is taking root all around the world. By participating in a collaborative community of professionals, new opportunities emerge and relationships lead to new business and new ideas. With a shared office space at ETC Canton in Baltimore, Maryland, Beehive Baltimore is leading the charge for coworking in the greater Baltimore/Washington area.
Follow @bhivebmore on Twitter
Roundhouse Technologies (2008-present; founder)
The confluence of high-power mobile computing platforms with social networks and location-based technologies has enabled whole new categories of products and services. Roundhouse is dedicated to realizing fun, compelling ideas in this space, and partnering with others who want to do the same. With expertise in iPhone, Android, geographic information and all manner of perverse web technologies, we want to build products that are stunningly beautiful, useful, and fun to use. My partner and co-founder is Stephen Muirhead (Absolute Quality; Microprose; Fisher-Price). If you would like to find out more about Roundhouse, please contact us!
Follow @davetroy on Twitter
SocialDevCamp East (2008-present; founder and co-organizer)
SocialDevCamp East is an unconference-style gathering first held in Baltimore, Maryland in May 2008 to gather the brightest minds in social media software development from the major east-coast markets, from Washington to Boston. The event was a huge success and repeated with even bigger numbers in November 2008. More SocialDevCamp East events are planned for the future.
Follow @socialdevcamp on Twitter
Twitter Vote Report; Inauguration Report (2008-2009; chief architect)
Working with National Public Radio, CBS News, and several other partners, these two projects enabled citizen journalism efforts for both the 2008 Presidential Election (November 4) and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. Together, over 50,000 individual reports from sources like Twitter, iPhone and Android apps, Flickr, Youtube, Email, and SMS enabled an incredibly rich first-hand view of these events. The open-source platform has been designed to be adaptable as a general citizen-sensing journalism platform and could be used for everything from news gathering to election monitoring. I served as the lead information architect on these projects and plan to continue to develop these concepts.
Twittervision; Flickrvision (2007-present; designer)
Twittervision began as an experiment to map and visualize traffic on the popular social messaging system, Twitter. Flickrvision maps live traffic to the popular photo sharing site Flickr. Both projects were featured in the 2008 exhibition “Design and the Elastic Mind” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (February-May 2008). These projects have led to advisory roles in several similar projects, and have also been shown in other art exhibitions and conferences around the world.
Follow @twittervision on Twitter
Boards and Groups
- Board of Directors, Greater Baltimore Technology Council (2005-present)
- Board of Directors, Chesapeake Regional Technology Council (1997-present)
- President, Friends of the Maryland State Archives (2005-present)
- Executive Roundtable, Greater Baltimore Technology Council (2002-present)
- Strategic Advisory Committee, Greater Baltimore Technology Council (2008-present)
- Social Media Committee, Chesapeake Regional Technology Council (2008-present)
Not bored yet? Then learn more about David Troy’s background!
