Starting Dash: Life in a Connected Car Startup
Join Jamyn Edis and Brian Langel for a conversation about the formation of their company Dash. Edis, a business development expert, and Langel, a software engineer, will talk about their partnership and what it's like to build a start up that's "IoT for real" -- a data-driven business that relies on interfaces with everyday technology (cars and traffic). They'll talk about the challenges of running a business bridging hardware, cars, networks, and other industries; about partnerships, interoperability with other vendors, making a service that's both accessible and relevant to both individual customers and corporate partners.
Dash is a connected car platform, used by nearly 450,000 drivers in 100 countries. They offer a hardware / software solution that makes driving smarter, safer, greener and more affordable. Their products have won award from the White House and Department of Energy, and works with enterprise partners like Ford, Johnson Controls, the DOT and AllState Insurance. Dash is a venture backed technology company, headquartered in New York City.
Jamyn Edis is the founder and CEO of Dash, a connected car platform (www.dashmobile.co). Jamyn is also a mentor and investor in Techstars, the world's premier technology accelerator, as well as being a participant in the New York 2013 program. He has over 15 years of experience in strategy, product development, partnerships, finance and marketing. As a VP at HBO, he led the Emerging Technology R&D Group and also worked in the London and New York offices at Accenture's strategy consulting practice, with industry focus was technology, media and telecoms; his clients include Sprint, BT, Fox Interactive, MySpace, Rogers, Global Telematics, Trader.com, Sony PlayStation, World Rally Championships, Warner Music, EMI. He is currently a Professor in New Media and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at NYU Stern School of Business. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA/MA from Cambridge University.
Brian Langel is the founder and CTO of Dash, a connected car platform (www.dashmobile.co). He has over 10 years of experience architecting and building software systems. Formerly a technical manager at HBO, he built backend architecture for HBO GO, a media streaming platform. Previously, he worked at Union Pacific Railroads, upgrading their systems to optimize asset routing. He also worked on building an adaptive learning platform for McGraw Hill Education and founded a startup which provided hardware and software for scientific research, to track migration patterns of wildlife. He studied Economics and Computer Science at the University of Chicago and is currently an adjunct professor at the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU, where he teaches computer science.