About the Author
David Rusenko the founder and CEO of Weebly, an online website creator that doesn't suck.
David also co-founded SnapAds, a display ad optimization service that improves performance by optimizing the message and visual elements of individual ad creatives. SnapAds ensures that advertising is relevant and attractive to users (without asking them to whack a monkey!)
David has the most experience writing code in perl, PHP, and Javascript. He was born in Paris where he lived for 7 years, and then lived in Morocco for the next 11 years. He attended Penn State where he studied both Information Sciences and Technology (a tech degree) and Management Information Systems (a business degree). In 2005 he co-authored a book titled Linux Email: Set up and Run a Small Office Email Server.
During his free time, he also enjoys DJing, traveling (he's been to over 20 countries and 38 states), scuba diving, and playing racquetball.
Things I have done
- Lived in Paris, Casablanca, New York, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and
State College, PA
- Traveled to France, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Belize and the United States
- Been Skydiving
- PADI Advanced Open Water scuba diver
- Camped out in an oasis in the Sahara Desert
- Driven from New York to San Francisco
- Went dogfighting in Italian fighter planes
- Skied and waterskied in Tahoe, Okemo/Vermont, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
- Been paid to speak
- Am an Eagle Scout
- Published a book
- Been to the largest club in the world
(Privilege in Ibiza)
- Started 3 companies
- Was featured in Newsweek
- Trained for trapeze
Things I want to do
- Travel to Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, New Orleans/Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Maine
- Travel to Brazil, South Africa, Dubai/UAE, Iceland, Ireland, Sweden, Greece, Russia, China, India, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Maldives