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David Boulette

Founder, Chief Science Officer & Director at Eva Live

David has a lifetime software obsession and over 20-years experience in software development. As Eva’s CEO and Chief Science Officer David has led the company to service the likes of Fortune 100 companies managing 100 million display impressions every day across the 192 countries Eva now reaches. In October 2021 David brought Eva public with the purpose to end human ad fraud, lag, and error in the $333 billion digital media buying industry.

David graduated from University of Waterloo, Canada’s premier technology institute, with a BSc Computer Science. He quickly found himself immersed in the corporate tech world, developing mobile applications for RIM Blackberry located in Waterloo. While in Canada’s version of Silicon Valley, he then went to ATS Automation where he developed a global MRP system that ran at multiple plants around the world connected real-time using web services which resulted in reducing late shipments by 40%.

David then moved on to LiveHive Systems where he led a team of developers creating the NanoGaming and TVClickr platforms — real-time two screen interactive software systems allowing users to play along as they watch their favorite sports. TVClickr attracted Nascar, ESPN, Global TV, CNN, The Score, CBC, NHL, MLSE, NBC Beijing Olympics, and NBA, to name a few. While at LiveHive he further developed Nanolytics — a framework that tracks user interactions within TVClickr.

Seeking another challenge after delivering success, David went to RhythmOne PLC as Principal Software Engineer leading a team developing revenue aggregator systems, real-time data reporting from thousands of high-volume websites, payroll systems, and a digital advertising platform that made thousands of traffic purchases per second.

Next he became CTO at Bigdnet where David led a team building a demand side platform (DSP) from the ground up. A system that was horizontally scalable with each node capable of handling 15,000 queries per second. 500 mobile applications developed in-house were Integrated into the DSP. As the driving force, he bootstrapped the company from zero to $6 million yearly revenue in 3 years with no initial outside funding. Clients included many fortune 500 companies such as Toyota, P&G, and Gatorade.

David was then recruited to Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures in California, as Venture CTO, where he led a team of engineers to build out Minimal Viable Products (MVP) products for corporate clients looking to go to market with never-before-released Internet Of Things (IOT) solutions.

A seasoned executive, David gained an expertise in every important software language including NoSQL. He’s an Ai pioneer. A natural born innovator. All of this combined with his background in developing advertising technology led naturally to developing the Eva Ai driven digital media platform.

Timeline

  • Founder, Chief Science Officer & Director

    Current role