David Armano's Biography

David Armano

SVP
Edelman Digital
USA

As Senior Vice President for Edelman Digital, David applies his expertise in social media, marketing and business strategy across multiple clients such as eBay, BlackBerry, and Adobe to name a few. A global resource, Armano also acts as Editor In Chief for Edelmandigital.com and has been working in the digital medium since 1997.

David is considered to be a highly influential voice on the subject of social media for business and has over 50,000 combined subscribers to his blog (Logic + Emotion) and Twitter stream. Logic + Emotion has consistently ranked in the top 25 marketing blogs according to the Ad Age Power 150. Prior to Edelman, David was a part of the founding team of Dachis Group helping launch the business from stealth mode into the marketplace.

He also writes regular industry perspectives for the Harvard Business Review, and is best known for his distinct brand of visual thinking, which can be found both on the Web and in presentations all over the world. David serves on the board for influencer platform mBlast and is an active Judge on the Jay Chiat (4A's) awards for social strategy and Slideshare's best presentation in the world contest.

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