Vancouver, Canada Area
- Current
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- Founder and CEO at DEQQ
- Founder at Work at Play
- CEO at Donat Group Enterprises
- Past
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- Vice President at Totally Hip Software
- President at ici Media Inc
- Derivative Products Dealer at royal bank of canada
- Derivative Products Dealer at rbcds
- dealer at Bayerische Vereinsbank
- Broker at Tulletts
- Education
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- Vancouver Film School
- Queen's University
- Strathcona
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David Gratton’s Experience
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Founder and CEO
DEQQ
(Internet industry)
March 2009 — Present (10 months)
Founder and CEO of DEQQ. DEQQ was founded to develop and market technologies that can monetize digital media without DRM solution or hindering the present sharing of media content from consumer to consumer.
We are presently launching an innovative solution that allows musicians, filmmakers, and broadcasters to have direct conversations around their content with the people who matter most – their fans -
Founder
Work at Play
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Lead the products and account teams for delivering social media monetization solutions for brands, MMO/gaming, social networks, artists and broadcasters. We use social media tools and our own technologies to drastically increase consumer engagement and make our client's money. Plain and simple.
Some of our clients:
Mattlel
MTV
NBC
BMW
Genus Capital -
CEO
Donat Group Enterprises
(Privately Held; E-Learning industry)
May 2002 — Present (7 years 8 months)
Donat Group is a web developer focused on social networking and shared learning applications.
Our clients and partners include:
The governments of Canada, BC, and Alberta
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Emily Carr University
Simon Fraser University
Fuel Cells Canada
Ford Motor Company
Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council
Go2 - Serving it Right -
Vice President
Totally Hip Software
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; thw; Computer Software industry)
August 2001 — May 2002 (10 months)
Software company that made the best (still is) interactive video authoring tools on the planet. Joined when they purchased (but then didn't close) my company, ici Media Inc. During my brief stay we vastly improved the core product's UI (LiveStage Professional), and increased over all sales to close to 100%.
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President
ici Media Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
November 1999 — May 2002 (2 years 7 months)
This was our digital media company. This company did some of the most innovative interactive video work on the Net. We had a team of eight who drank beer laughed and did cool stuff for Disney, Fox Interactive, BMW Films, PBS.org, Greenpeace, Apple, and a number of others.
Company pseudo-merged (long story) with Totally Hip Software and was blown apart. Oh well.... live and (boy did I) learn.... -
Derivative Products Dealer
royal bank of canada
(Public Company; RY; Banking industry)
1990 — 1999 (9 years )
Repeating this one incase people are searching for Royal Bank rather than RBCDS
Great company to work for. I loved my time at RBC and these guys treated me so well. Worked in London, Singapore, Calgary and Toronto. Another life, though. It wasn't my calling. Loved the people, the company, but I was destined for something else. -
Derivative Products Dealer
rbcds
(Public Company; RY; Banking industry)
1990 — 1999 (9 years )
Currency Options Dealer: Exotic Options Dealer: Option Sales Guy.
Great company to work for. I loved my time at RBC and these guys treated me so well. Worked in London, Singapore, Calgary and Toronto. Another life, though. It wasn't my calling. Loved the people, the company, but I was destined for something else. My own company. -
dealer
Bayerische Vereinsbank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Capital Markets industry)
January 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 6 months)
I interupted my time at RBC with 2 years at BV. I lived in Munich. Great city, and wonderful people. Although I didn't gel with the German management structure too well, unfortunately. Too top-down for my personality. I was eventuallyy sent to Singapore to open the currency options trading desk for our new trading unit.
I would like to think I got this wonderful promotion and opportunity, because I was well trusted and respected by the bank's management, but I think they may have just been trying to get me out of Munich! -
Broker
Tulletts
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Capital Markets industry)
August 1989 — February 1990 (7 months)
Tullets and Tokyo Forex brokers! This was my apprenticeship in foreign exchange. Got phones thrown at me. Deliverd Pizzas. Called some of the most vile names imaginable. Picked up laundry. Took clients out and drank every night. Somehow learned something about foreign exhange brokerage. Started night desk with some guy named Mike. Made more bro than most of the day brokers, and then got my ass out of there to join RBC.
This is the reason why I never became a chef, as I had planned when I turned 30. I learned the apprenticeship was very similar (vile) to that of forex trading, and I knew I was too old and I was too experienced with this kind of working environment to just shut up and take it. So... when I finally left banking (10 years later) I pursued a career in my other love: technology!
David Gratton’s Education
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Vancouver Film School
New Media 1999 — 2000
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Queen's University
BA Honours , Economics , September 1985 — May 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- Varisty Hockey Team - 1985
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Strathcona
Additional Information
David Gratton’s Honors:
Canadian New Media Awared Winner 2001
Consultant to multi-award winning projects like BMW FILMS and PBS.orgs Commanding Heights
