David Dworin is the Chief Product Officer of FreeWheel, a global technology platform for the TV advertising industry. In this position, David oversees and defines FreeWheel’s product vision, strategy, design and development worldwide. He leads FreeWheel’s global product team, including product management, product marketing, data science and design, ensuring that the company continues to pioneer and innovate new solutions and offerings that meet the needs of clients and propel the marketplace forward.
Before being promoted to this role in January 2023, David was Vice President of Product Management leading FreeWheel’s programmatic premium video marketplace, a solution that connects buyers and sellers of premium video to execute trusted, efficient and effective advertising transactions across multiple screens. He also formerly headed up FreeWheel’s global advisory services practice, the company’s consulting arm, and trust and standards team, which works to improve industry trust through ongoing accreditation, compliance, and marketplace quality initiatives.
David brings a background in entrepreneurship, strategy, and consulting. Before FreeWheel, he ran a consulting practice that helped companies across a variety of sectors grow and scale their businesses by developing new strategies, refining their operations, and improving the way they manage talent.
Also prior to FreeWheel, David led marketing, strategic business development and organizational change for StrategyOne, a division of Edelman, and managed a global transformation for Gallup Consulting that integrated the firm’s legacy as a premier research firm with cutting-edge intellectual property around change management, contributing to record revenue growth and profitability.
Media outlets spanning Adweek, AdExchanger, Beet.TV, eMarketer, FierceVideo, Cynopsis Media, MediaVillage and more have interviewed David for his thought leadership and industry expertise. David has also spoken at many major industry conferences, including The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Advertising Week, the TV of Tomorrow (TVOT) Show and Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) events.
David earned a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan, with a specialization in Information Economics, as well as bachelor’s degrees in political sciences and international studies from Michigan State University, where his college sports loyalties lie. A native of the Detroit suburbs, David spent decades saying he would never live in New Jersey before finally moving there with his wife and three children. He now says he will never live in Tahiti.