David Harper is the founder and CEO of Winksite. Winksite is a leading mobile content management and social networking software company whose solutions connect publishers to their audiences and audience members to each other.
David Harper has more than 20 years experience as an entrepreneur, technologist, and senior level executive. During this time David Harper successfully founded several software development companies, one of which he sold to an investment bank after growing it from scratch to millions in revenues. During this time he served on the board of the Long Island Advertising Club and his interactive ad agency was a 4As member. David has also been instrumental in capital raises and P&L for companies under management. His forward-thinking expertise in information architecture, UI design and content publishing has provided award-winning solutions for established major brands.
David Harper is a sought after national lecturer and event panelist on the topics of mobile web site development, mobile community, mobile analytics and mobile search engine optimization.
David Harper is also founder of the New York Chapter of MobileMonday. MobileMonday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influentials fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets.
In 2001, David Harper founded Winksite — a leading mobile content management and social networking software company whose solutions connect publishers to their audiences and audience members to each other. Winksite, is the first standards-compliant mobile Website builder that also includes RSS-driven content deployment and mobile-tuned community features.
David Harper authored a chapter in Politics to Go, a handbook on the political uses of mobile technology that anthologizes over 50 of today’s top names in technology and politics. The Politics to Go handbook is published by the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (IPDI) at The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. His focus was on the use of mobile technology to reach the 18-34 year old audience. David Harper has also received awards from GWU for his innovations in regards to political/issue-based web sites.