Managing partner and co-founder David Lippy began his professional career as a Legislative Assistant in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives while attending Georgetown University.

His consulting career began by working on classified projects for the U.S. Air Force at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California. After completing his graduate work at Tufts University and his post-graduate work at Harvard, David began his own consulting firm in Boston focusing on the aerospace and defense industries. During his tenure, the company opened offices in Japan, Germany, Italy and Israel.

Clients included every major aerospace and defense contractor in the U.S. including the U.S. Defense Department, White House, National Security Council, U.S. Department of State and NASA. David and his team had a division that took several companies public as part of their venture capital work. Before the creation of Effective Global Communications, David was the President of the World of Children Awards, the equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize for children’s advocates.

For the past two decades David’s specialty has been turn-around and start–up companies. For the past five years he has focused his efforts on the emerging streaming media industry with a specialized interest in applying this new medium to both marketing and communications.

David dreams of the day when he has the opportunity to take his family on a one year sail around the world sabbatical.  DavidLippy@ComF5.com

Ron Costa graduated from Villanova University and spent the next 9 years working for a major defense contactor until deciding to pursue entrepreneurial internet opportunities. Since then Ron has been designing internet marketing strategies and web sites for over 10 years and has supported the development and implementation of over 500 websites for a variety of clients..

From brand-building, content syndication and website development to ecommerce applications, Ron has implemented numerous marketing projects "from concept to reality". Recently he developed a complete turnkey text message marketing solution, enabling clients to communicate more effectively with their target audience via their mobile devices.

As part of the Effective Global team, Ron’s primary responsibility is to provide personalized training and consultative client hand-holding to teach all aspects of the Text Message Marketing Solution. Ron also works with EGC clients interested in combining Text Message Marketing with streaming video, social media, and permission based e marketing.

For over 15 years, Dave Weissman has been the owner and the driving force behind DKW Multimedia, providing all types of media solutions for a wide variety of companies and projects.   He is an experienced professional photographer and has directed and produced numerous videos, commercials and special events.

Dave is also both the publisher, producer and editor of Columbus Wired, Central Ohio's Premier Online Magazine. As a credentialed media representative, he and his team report on The Ohio State Buckeyes, The Columbus Crew (MLS) the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), The PGA Tour and many more events. Columbus Wired recently has been reviewing CD's and concerts from new and established groups touring Central Ohio.