About: Media entrepreneur, innovator, strategic advisor, peak performance expert.

Specialties include developing online consumer businesses from early stage to significant traffic/revenue generation; leading partner-centric editorial products; negotiating licensing deals; and scaling business operations.

I've worked in companies ranging from start up (Rivals.com) to mid-size (RealNetworks) to Fortune 500 (IBM, Time Warner/Turner Broadcasting).

I have spoken at numerous industry conferences, as a keynote speaker and panel speaker, and love being on stage.

In addition to my business activities, I'm currently writing a book on lifestyle design and peak performance. I'm aiming high, with the goal of writing a best-seller in the business category.

One of my favorite recent business books: "4-Hour Work Week", by Tim Ferriss, who I had a chance to meet for coffee last week, very cool guy with some great ideas (even for those of us who work a lot more than 4 hours a week!).

I publish a blog on innovation, new media, personal technology and the Bigger Better Deal, and I'd welcome you as a reader at http://www.davideckoff.com

What I did this past year that most stretched my comfort zone: I walked barefoot across 1200 degree hot burning coals. Ask me about it!