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David Evan Thomas

David Evan Thomas (b. July 24, 1958) is an American composer. He was born in Rochester, New
York, where he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music’s Preparatory Department. He
received a BA in music from Northwestern University, an MM in composition from the Eastman
School of Music, and a PhD in composition from the University of Minnesota. His teachers have
included Dominick Argento, Samuel Adler, Alan Stout, and David Diamond.
Thomas has received two McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships (1993, 2013), an Award
in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1990), and the 1987 AGO/Möller Award in Choral Composition. His work has been commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra,
the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the American Composers Forum, and the American Guild of
Organists. In 2018 he was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota Fraternity (SAI) as a National Arts
Associate.
Thomas’s catalog includes fifty chamber pieces, music for orchestra and band, and solo
works for piano and organ. His vocal music includes an opera, an oratorio, seventy choral
works, and over a dozen song cycles. His music has been recorded on the Centaur, Innova,
C.R.I., Ten Thousand Lakes, and Klavier labels.
Thomas lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Category:1958 births
Category:American composers
Category:People from Rochester, New York
Category:University of Minnesota alumni
David Evans Shaw

David Evans Shaw is an American entrepreneur, investor and activist. He is the founder and CEO of Black Point Group and founder of IDEXX Laboratories in Maine. In a 2021 article, the Portland Press Herald described him as Shaw is also known for his public service, as well as his support of the arts and environmental stewardship 
==Personal Life==
David Evans Shaw was born in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1951. He was married to Marjorie Babine and subsequently to actress Glenn Close. He lives in Scarborough, Maine.
==Education==
Shaw attended the University of New Hampshire, graduating in 1973. He earned his MBA from the University of Southern Maine in 1976.
==Early Career==
He began his career in public service, working in Maine Governor James B. Longley’s administration and then realized he preferred the world of business. He then helped to build a Boston-based consulting firm specializing in food and agriculture called Agribusiness Associates.
==Entrepreneurial Career==
David Shaw founded IDEXX Laboratories in 1983, and served as CEO and Chair until 2002. IDEXX is a publicly traded leading animal health diagnostics company with revenues of $3.3B in 2022. David co-founded Vets First Choice in 2010 and served as Chair when Vets First Choice merged with Henry Schein Animal Health in 2018 to become Covetrus. David Shaw was also the founding CEO and Chair of Ikaria Holdings, a human pharmaceutical company. Previously Shaw served as a partner at the venture capital firm: Venrock.
==Advisory Board Experience==
Shaw has served on the advisory board of Nautilus Quarterly, WaterBear Network, Arctaris Impact Investors, Just Capital, Saildrone, Running Tide, Leerink, Polaris Partners.
==Public Service==
His career has included public service in science, arts, conservation and public policy. He was chairman of the board at Jackson Laboratory, treasurer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), was a trustee of the National Park Foundation, founded the Second Century Stewardship Program for America's National Parks, is a founding trustee of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, founder of the David E Shaw & family Sculpture Park at the Portland Museum of Art, and is on the advisory council of Sustainable Harvest International.
He was a founding chair of the Sargasso Sea Alliance, is a Patron of Nature at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and a member of Ocean Elders.
In 2021, David founded the Shaw Innovation Explorers Program at the University of New Hampshire, an entrepreneurial student fellowship program. In that year he founded similar programs at the University of Southern Maine and the University of New England, the Shaw Innovation Fellow Program.
Category:1951 births
Category:University of Southern Maine alumni
Category:American people
Category:Entrepreneurs
Category:Investors
Category:Activists
David Firth (animator)

David Firth is an English animator and filmmaker. He created the Newgrounds animated web series Salad Fingers in 2004 and co-wrote the 2017 live-action feature film Kuso (film)|Kuso.
==Early life==
Firth began creating stop-motion animation when he was 13 years old, using Lego and other toys. He studied animation at the Hull campus of the University of Lincoln and further studied TV and Film.
==Career==
In July 2004, Firth created the animated web series Salad Fingers, which was released on Newgrounds. It follows a strange green man who lives in a desolate world. The series was created using Adobe Flash, and Firth became a notable figure in the medium of Flash animation. 10 episodes were released from 2004 to 2013. During this time, he released several different flash animations, as well as contributed animation to the BBC television series Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and a series by Mitchell and Webb.
He also co-created the comedy rapper character "MC Devvo", a dimwitted chav performed by his friend Christian Webb in a series of videos that satirised the music scene of Doncaster's white working class. In 2014, he collaborated with Flying Lotus and created the animated music video for his track "Ready Err Not", which Pitchfork described as disturbing and highly graphic. Flying Lotus referred to Firth as one of his favorite animators. Firth also co-wrote the 2017 body horror feature film Kuso, which was directed by Flying Lotus. In 2016, he created the animated short film Cream, which tells the story of a scientist who creates a miracle cream that solves all of the world's problems. It screened at Regent Street Cinema in London on November 16 that year and featured the voice of Flying Lotus. In 2019, Firth resumed Salad Fingers for an eleventh episode. In 2022, he voiced the character Shrimp in the third episode of the Adult Swim animated series Smiling Friends.
==Style==
Ryan Ball, writing for Animation Magazine, describes his animations as "a brilliant and original hodgepodge of hilarity, stupidity and unshakable creepiness". Firth says that he "[takes] inspiration from the unpredictability of dreams", and describes applying this style as difficult because of the lack of spontaneity in producing animation.
Category:English animators
Category:English people
Category:English filmmakers
David Gange

David Gange (born 18 December 1981) is an English nature writer, kayaker and historian who has written about coastlines and sealife, as well as archaeology, religion and Victorian Britain. In 2016-17 he kayaked from Shetland to the Channel for The Frayed Atlantic Edge (Harper Collins, 2019), which won the Highland Book Prize and was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing. 
== Life ==
Gange grew up in Glossop and attended Glossopdale Community College. He moved to Chetham's School of music in 1997, intending to pursue a career as a musician, and has played on recordings such as Jon Opstad's Still Picture (New Canvas Records, 2004). Gange then attended Cambridge, where he received his PhD in history in 2007, and in 2010 moved to the University of Birmingham, where he is Senior Lecturer in History.
In 2009 Gange's then partner, Llinos Owen, suffered serious pelvic injuries in a car accident. They took up kayaking as a way for her to get outdoors. Ten years later, Gange published The Frayed Atlantic Edge, which is a book about the history and natural history of British and Irish coasts as seen from his kayak. Writing in The Scotsman, Roger Cox called this book 'a major step towards a genuinely radical reimagining of the British Isles'.
== Works ==
Gange is author or editor of four works of nonfiction:
*Dialogues with the Dead (Oxford University Press, 2013)
*Cities of God (Cambridge University Press, 2014), edited with Michael Ledger-Lomas
*The Victorians: a Beginner's Guide (Oneworld, 2016)
*The Frayed Atlantic Edge (Harper Collins, 2019)
* Afloat: Small Boats and Sea Spray is expected to be published by Harper Collins in 2022
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* David Gange on twitter
* Dr David Gange - Department of History - University of Birmingham
* David Gange – Georgina Capel
* Wild Words: an interview with author David Gange
* From the frayed Atlantic edge — The Island Review
* David Gange - Oneworld Publications
* David Gange — Intercontinental Academia
* David Gange, ‘We simply don’t argue over anything, really, anymore’
* David Gange - The Frayed Atlantic Edge - Kendal Mountain
* David Gange (Author of The Frayed Atlantic Edge) - Goodreads
Category:1981 births
Category:English nature writers
Category:University of Birmingham
Category:Doctoral degrees
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:Kayakers
Category:English historians
David Gardner (businessman)

David Andrew Gardner (born October 1, 1982) is an American branding firm founder, podcast host, and former professional basketball player..
== Basketball career ==
=== College basketball career ===
Gardner played basketball for Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in a NCAA D1 Ivy League Conference . He won the Dolly Stark team Most Valuable Player award in both his junior and senior seasons, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 respectively. He was named to the All-Ivy League team for the 2004-2005 season .
=== Professional basketball career ===
Gardner played the 2005-2006 season for USC Freiburg in Germany in the 2nd Bundesliga Division 
== Branding career ==
=== ColorJar ===
Gardner founded ColorJar, a brand strategy and design firm in Chicago in 2008. The Firm’s first notable client was Stephen A. Smith of ESPN. ColorJar has been recognized as a top Chicago branding firm and received media attention for its re-brand of Navy Pier in Chicago, IL . Its primary industries of focus are hospitality, real estate, health and fitness, and direct-to-consumer brands 
== Podcast ==
=== The Big Jump ===
The Big Jump podcast launched in June 2018 . It revolves around the topic of career reinvention, specifically highlighting professional athletes who have achieved success beyond sports . Guests include Luke Milton, Julie Foudy, and Kris Humphries among others.
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
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* David Gardner | ColorJar | Brand Strategy & Design Firm
* About | ColorJar | Brand Strategy & Design Firm | Chicago
* David Gardner on linkedin
* Outside the Jar: Interview with David Gardner of ColorJar
* David Gardner Will Inspire Your Next Big Jump - Rainbowed
* 001: David Gardner / Founder of ColorJar
Category:1982 births
Category:American company founders
Category:American podcasters
Category:American basketball players
Category:American people
Category:American Basketball Association
David Geithner

David Geithner (born 1965) is an American businessman and investor. He is recognized as a leading corporate director known for financial leadership for global media brands. Geithner specializes in financial & corporate leadership, global operations, finance & operations strategy, strategic planning, P&Ls, M&A, E-Commerce, digital, and financial restructuring & transformation.
Geithner has over two decades of experience and has served as a senior financial executive at leading companies such as Time and Conde Nast. He has worked with numerous brands to diversify their revenue streams and increase their digital and mobile revenue such as People, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, People en Español, StyleWatch, and Essence.
==Early life and education==
Geithner was born in 1965 to Deborah Moore Geithner, Peter F. Geithner. 
In 1984, Geithner enrolled in Dartmouth College, where he studied BA in Government, and later he went to the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University to pursue MBA in finance and accounting.
==Career==
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Geithner started his career in 1992 as an advertising revenue analyst at TIME. He worked for 22 years at this firm, assuming roles and working in multiple capacities with subsidiaries under the Time, Inc. banner. After working seven years as general manager of The People Group, Geithner was promoted to executive vice president of Time, Inc. and president of The Entertainment Group. During this time, he was responsible for all financial and operational activities such as advertising and consumer revenue, editorial, strategy, marketing, finance, and business development. He handled People, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, and Essence. Under his leadership, digital revenue grew from 8% to 15%, and People was named in Adweek’s “Hot List” for two consecutive years. He also launched a digital video program that increased streams tenfold and tripled ad revenue
In 2014, Geithner joined Conde Nast as a CFO. During his tenure at this leading media firm, Geithner was responsible for business transformation by diversifying revenue streams and reducing the cost base. Geithner joined ReactiveCore, a healthcare technology company, in 2020 as CFO. He overlooked financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and cash management while at ReactiveCore. In July 2021, David Geithner joined On Location, Endeavor as EVP Strategy & Business Development.
During his career, Geithner also served on the board of the Alzheimer's Association's New York City and was a David Rockefeller Fellow.
==Personal life==
Geithner is married to Christine Mara Concannon, and they have three children together named Peter, Clare and Caroline. He is an avid runner and has participated in several athletic events including the New York City Marathon and the Chicago Triathlon.
==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
* David Geithner on Medium
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Category:1965 births
Category:American businessmen
Category:Dartmouth College alumni
Category:Northwestern University alumni
Category:American investors
David Goldschlag

David Goldschlag is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and CEO, widely recognized for his pioneering contributions to the field of cybersecurity. He is best known as the co-inventor of Onion routing, the foundational technology behind the Tor (The Onion Router) network, which enables anonymous communication over the internet. Goldschlag is currently the co-founder and CEO of Aembit, a company specializing in non-human workload identity and access management (IAM).
==Career==
Following a stint at the National Security Agency (NSA), Goldschlag joined the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in 1993 as a Computer Scientist, where he served until 1997. During his time at NRL, Goldschlag, along with Paul Syverson and Michael Reed, co-invented Onion Routing., the principal technology behind the Tor (The Onion Router) network. Tor was designed to protect online privacy and anonymity by enabling anonymous communication over the internet. Tor has since become one of the most widely used tools for secure and anonymous communication.
After NRL, Goldschlag held various technology leadership roles, including president and CTO of Trust Digital, an early innovator in mobile device management, which was acquired by McAfee. Goldschlag served as McAfee’s Vice President of Mobile, developing enterprise and consumer mobile security solutions. 
===Entrepreneurial Ventures===
==MobileSpaces==
In 2011, Goldschlag co-founded MobileSpaces, one of the first companies to address the BYOD (bring your own device) challenges in the workplace. The company was later acquired by Pulse Secure, where Goldschlag served as senior VP of Strategy and Chief Technology Officer.
==New Edge Labs==
In 2017, Goldschlag co-founded New Edge Labs, provider of Zero Trust user network access solutions. New Edge Labs was later acquired by Netskope, where Goldschlag transitioned to the role of Vice President.
==Aembit==
Since 2021, Goldschlag has been co-founder and CEO of Aembit, a workload IAM company that focuses on securing access between non-human workloads and service accounts across cloud and on-premises environments. Under his leadership, Aembit has gained recognition in the cybersecurity industry for its innovative approach to managing and securing NHIs, including a runner-up finish at the 2024 RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox competition
Goldschlag earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science at Wayne State University and doctorate in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin
Category:American computer scientists
Category:Entrepreneurs
Category:American people
David Goodrich

David Goodrich is an American author and retired climate scientist. He is the former director of the Global Climate Observing System at the United Nations World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He also directed directed the multi-agency U.S. Global Change Research Program in Washington, D.C. and worked as the head of the Climate Observations and Monitoring Program at the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
Goodrich is the author of two non-fiction books that combine the science of climate change with distance cycling travelogues. His first book, A Hole in the Wind (Pegasus Books, 2017), captures Goodrich's bicycle journey across the U.S. as he speaks with Americans from all political persuasions about climate change. His second book, A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean (Simon & Schuster, 2020), follows Goodrich as he cycles across the Western Interior Seaway, an expanse that runs from the Canadian prairies through the Badlands of the United States, and tracks the flow of oil North to South. Goodrich has also published a number of other short non-fiction and fiction works in The Humanist, The Potomac Review, and National Geographic Traveler.
Goodrich is the Board Chair for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Category:American people
Category:American authors
Category:American scientists
David Govedare

David Govedare (1950 – 2021) was an American artist. He is best known for his public semi-abstract steel sculptures and monuments which are primarily located within the Pacific Northwest. Govedare is known for his unique art style which fuses Native American themes with large metal sculptures. Govedare frequently appeared on television, featuring on shows such as PBS Northwest Profiles and was interviewed by Eric Johnston.
== Life ==
Govedare spent most of his adult life working on some of Washingtons best known sculptures He lived in Chawelah WA, spending a decade constructing a strawbale house. Govedere had one son.
== Notable works ==
Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies is a significant monument that depicts 15 life-size steel horses which appear to be galloping across a ridge above the Columbia River. According to the The Seattle Times, It is estimated to be passed by over 5 million people yearly and is considered to be one of Washington states most-seen public artworks.
'The Joy of Running Together' (also known as the Lilac Bloomsday Run), a group of steel runners, created to celebrate the Lilac Bloomsday Run (annual race through Spokane, Washington).
'Guardians of the Lake', a large feather monument, situated on Northwest Boulevard gateway into Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
'Spirit of the Northwest' wall sculpture at Rogers High School. 
'From Shadows and Imagination Into Reality' which depicts the original 12 Sisters who formed Holy Family Hospital.
Category:1950 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:American artists
David H. Holtzman

David H. Holtzman (born July 20, 1956) is an American cyber security activist, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the former CTO of Network Solutions.
==Education==
Holtzman earned his BA in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh and a BS in Computer Science from UMBC. He is a Russian honors graduate from the Defense Language Institute.
==Career==
Holzman was a cryptographic analyst with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and later oversaw the growth of the commercial Internet from 500,000 domain names to more than 20 million at Network Solutions.
In 2001, Holtzman became CEO of Opion, a $7M venture backed market research start-up that parsed newsgroups and message boards to identify influencers but was unable to raise a ‘B’ round because of the 9/11 attacks. He has worked with Blockchain companies such as DSTOQ, IPDB, and BigChainDB.
He was the Chief Scientist of IBM’s Internet Information Group and helped design their Cryptolope DRM system. He was the CTO for Senator Evan Bayh’s Presidential campaign in 2004.
===Books===
Privacy Lost: How Technology is Endangering Your Privacy” (2006)
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
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Category:1956 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from East Hampton (town), New York
Category:University of Pittsburgh alumni
Category:University of Maryland alumni
Category:UMBC alumni
Category:Defense Language Institute alumni
Category:Technology evangelists
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:American entrepreneurs
Category:Internet activists
Category:American authors
David Hacin

David Hacin (born July 7, 1961), is an architect and writer, best known as the founder and creative director of Hacin, an architecture and design firm located in Boston, Massachusetts.
== Early life and education ==
David is the only child of a Swiss architect. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Princeton University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He later earned a Master of Architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating with distinction.
==Career==
David Hacin began his architectural career at his father's firm, Hacin et Associés, in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to establishing his own practice, he gained experience working with the New York City Planning Commission, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, and John Carl Warnecke & Associates.
Hacin was founded as an architecture studio by David in 1993 in Boston. Over the last 30 years his firm has worked on notable sites such as the Whitney Hotel, 83 Gardner Street, FP3, the Jordan Lofts, and Arlington House, among others. David also led the renovation of a historic firehouse in Newport, Rhode Island, earning the Doris Duke Historic Preservation Award in 2009.
Since 2003, Hacin has been a member of the Boston Civic Design Commission, a city-appointed body that reviews major public projects. He has also contributed to various community and professional organizations, including the Boston Society of Architects, the Design Industry Groups of Massachusetts, Historic Boston Inc., the Union Park Neighborhood Association, The HFF Foundation, and the Boston Center for the Arts, where he served as Board Chair from 2003 to 2008.
Hacin is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and has received various recognitions, including being named to Boston Inno's '50 on Fire' and his induction into the New England Design Hall of Fame in 2010. He also received the Boston Preservation Alliance’s President's Award in 2022.
Category:1961 births
Category:Architects
Category:Writers
Category:People from Geneva
Category:Swiss people