David Cancel

Founder and CEO, Performable |

David is a serial entrepreneur with a twelve-year record of building forward-thinking businesses. He specializes in online marketing technology, social media, and scaling large data systems. Prior to becoming the CEO of Performable, David was the co-founder and CTO of Lookery. Before Lookery, David was a founder and CTO at Compete, which was acquired by WPP(LON:WPP). Prior to his seven years at Compete, he was the CTO of BuyerZone, which was acquired by Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK). In the late 90s, David was part of the founding team of Bolt.com and part of Lycos. David sits on the advisory boards of Visible Measures, Sonian Networks, Yottaa and Shareaholic. David is originally from New York City and now lives in the Boston area with his wife and five-year-old daughter.