Dave Bernath

Dave Bernath has an extensive work experience in the media industry. Dave is currently the VP of Sales & Partnerships at Wurl since March 2023. Prior to this role, they served as the Head of Strategic Content Partnerships at Wurl from July 2022 to March 2023. Before joining Wurl, Dave worked as the Director of Business Development & Content Strategy at Wurl from April 2021 to July 2022. In 2021, they also worked as an Advisor at Stareable.

Before their roles at Wurl and Stareable, Dave founded and served as the Principal of Bernath Media LLC in 2019. Dave also served as an Advisor at HypeWave in 2019 and at Laughable from September 2019 to August 2020.

Furthermore, Dave has experience as a Co-Founder of Payge, a platform that helps creators receive rewards from their supporters, from February 2018 to September 2019. Dave was also the Co-Founder and CEO of Laugh Exchange from March 2018 to February 2019.

Dave's career began at E! Networks where they served as the VP of Programming from 1996 to 2002. Dave later joined BBC America as the VP of Programming from 2002 to 2005, and then held several executive roles at Comedy Central, including EVP of General Manager from 2016 to 2017. Dave'sother roles at Comedy Central include EVP of Programming & Multiplatform Strategy from 2013 to 2016, EVP of Program Strategy & Multiplatform Programming from 2010 to 2013, and SVP of Program Strategy & Multiplatform Programming from 2005 to 2009.

Dave Bernath received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition, they have obtained certifications in the following: "Prof G Certified Strategist" from Section4 in May 2020 and they attended a Singularity Executive Program cohort (2008 - 2019) at Singularity University, achieving this certification in December 2017.