About

David Spark is the owner of Spark Media Solutions, a consultancy and production company that helps companies build their industry voice through storytelling.

For more than fourteen years, Spark has worked as a journalist reporting on the tech industry in print, radio, TV, and online. His articles and advice have appeared in more than 25 publications and media outlets including eWEEK, Wired News, PC Computing, PC World, ABC Radio, and Smart Computing.

You may have seen Spark dispensing his “how-to” advice and punditry on ZDTV/TechTV, a former cable station about computers and the Internet (video).

In addition, Spark spent ten years in advertising and corporate entertainment as a new media director and marketing creative.

While not covering the tech beat or managing ad campaigns, Spark squandered more than a dozen years working as a stand up comedian and comedy writer for The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago (video).

Currently, Spark is a regular contributor for Mashable, Socialmedia.biz, John C. Dvorak’s Cranky Geeks, KQED’s “This Week in Northern California,” ABC Radio, hosts his podcast “Be the Voice,” and can be heard on the “Spark Minute” for  Green 960 (progressive talk) in San Francisco.

David Spark lives in San Francisco, a city he loves so much he’s become a local historian offering walking tours to locals and tourists.

You can contact David at david AT sparkmediasolutions DOT com.

In addition, special thanks to Fordham and Walton for the Creative Commons use of their song “On my way up” to introduce and close my podcast which appears here, on the Be the Voice site, plus a variety of other blogs that I write for.