Bio - Chicago GSB MBA Alumni

Conference and Chicago Editor first and foremost

David can be reached in Chicago at 773 871 8188, via email at david_dalka4gsb at yahoo.com

David Dalka is a business development and marketing strategy leader who has created revenue and retention in exponential growth organizations which thrive on learning and innovating from customer listening. David develops timely, standardized and regimented client communications and metrics in regards to advertising and financial services. He teamed to create sustainable competitive advantages via B2B account management relationships at BlackRock where he led teams that developed new quantification metrics and redefined real-time client experiences based on client feedback. David has experience in designing and driving change management in marketing and sales forces in both small and Fortune 500 organizations. BlackRock grew from 80 to 800 employees during his time there! After BlackRock, David worked in PPM America’s Chicago office.

David holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB) and a BS from DePaul University in Chicago. Interests include building relationships through networking and conventions, viral marketing, blogs and social media, search engine marketing, location based services/mobile search marketing, writing, public speaking and acoustic guitar music. David is also a writer for two Chicago based institutions, Website Magazine and The Wiglaf Journal.chicago gsb mba alumni He currently resides on the north side of Chicago in 60657.

Have a meeting with me and looking for things to have small talk about? Try reading my post 8 Random Things About Me!

David’s primary blog is located at daviddalka.com/createvalue. My resume is available upon request to qualified employers, venture capital folks looking to build management teams or those in the retained recruiter community seeking executives. Please view my Chicago Sales/Marketing Linkedin Profile
(please don’t send invites before we have spoken
- thanks!)

Thank you for visiting me virtually, please come to Chicago sometime!

Relocation Target Regions – Open to Relocation Internationally

Austin, TX 78701

Burbank, CA 91504

Cambridge, MA 02138

Denver, CO 80202

Hong Kong

London, UK

Macau

Mountain View, CA 94043

New York, NY 10105

Palo Alto, CA 94305

Sunnyvale, CA 94809

Seattle, WA 98101

Shanghai, China (a sister city of Chicago)

Singapore

Seoul, South Korea

Toronto, Canada (a sister city of Chicago)

Tucson, AZ 85718

Vermont

Partial list of past speaking events and community events.

Chicago GSB leader to speak at eComXpo