David Mathews

Mr. Mathews is a consumer-focused inventor specializing in mobile, convergence and digital entertainment. He has worked at the startup stages of Boxee, Slingbox and is an inventor of the CueCat consumer bar code reader. In addition to holding over 65 U.S. patents, Dave has appeared as a technology expert or host on some 300 television shows, written for PC Mag, and is a founding contributor of O’Reilly’s MAKE Magazine. He has designed a mobile game which became the #1 grossing app in Feb 2010 and created a storyboard "make your own TV" application with Will Wright, founder of SIMS on the iPhone, Android and the iPad.

After the dot-com bubble burst, he was tapped by the Chairman of RadioShack to help re-kindle the spirit of innovation within the retail giant. Through his efforts, several products made it to market and many technologies were created with the help of his Asian and US based teams.

Dave is a frequent public speaker, technology expert for broadcast media outlets and sits on the advisory board of several early stage companies.