Dave Morgan

Helping Ukraine Win the War and Long-Term Peace Through Technology Partnership

Date & Time: February 11, 2025 | 04:00 PM – 05:15 PM

Location: 116 Lewis Katz Building

Technology entrepreneur Dave Morgan will talk about his work to help support Ukraine through U.S./Ukraine technology partnerships. Morgan has visited Ukraine seven times over the past 20 months, working with Ukraine government officials to best understand local needs, mentoring and leading investments in Ukraine technology startups in both civil and defense tech sectors, and helping build partnerships between Ukraine and U.S. tech companies, executives and entrepreneurs.

This lecture is open to the public. Registration is not required.

About the Speaker

Dave Morgan is the Executive Chairman, CEO and founder of Simulmedia. He previously founded and ran both TACODA, Inc., an online advertising company that pioneered behavioral online marketing and was acquired by AOL in 2007 for $275 million, and Real Media, Inc., one of the world’s first ad serving and online ad network companies and a predecessor to 24/7 Real Media (TFSM), which was later sold to WPP for $649 million. After the sale of TACODA, Dave served as Executive Vice President, Global Advertising Strategy, at AOL, a Time Warner Company (TWX).

A lawyer by training, Dave served as General Counsel and Director of New Media Ventures at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association in the early 1990s.

Dave is a Political Science graduate of Penn State and holds a J.D. from Penn State Dickinson Law.