Profile
David Schiffman
Director, Messaging and Social Media Ventures
AOL, LLC
David Schiffman is responsible for developing AOL’s strategy for virtual worlds and related social media experiences. As part of this charter he launched and currently oversees AOL’s presence in Second Life, AOL Pointe, including programming and cross-over opportunities with the web.
Schiffman previously served as Senior Vice President of Business Development for Starpoint Solutions, an Inc. 500, IT services firm and Goldman Sachs & Co. portfolio company. In this role, he drove strategy, directed M&A, and raised $23MM in expansion capital. Before Starpoint, Mr. Schiffman led business development at Sybase, Inc. for the company’s $250MM Financial Services business unit. During his tenure he also launched Sybase’s Financial Server, the company’s first e-finance middleware platform. Prior to Sybase Mr.Schiffman worked as a consultant in Silicon Valley developing corporate and product strategies for companies such as Adobe, Apple, Visa, and VeriFone.
Schiffman holds a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
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