David Steinberger, Vice President and General Manager at Tickle Inc., has over eighteen years experience in sales and general management for leading print and online media companies. Experience includes successfully negotiating and executing strategic sales and advertising relationships in both the consumer and technology sectors with many of the world's leading brands including Gillette, Intel, Microsoft, Nestle, Nokia, Pepsi, Procter and Gamble, Visa and Volkswagen. Since assuming the role of General Manager at Tickle, David has led the product and content strategy along with the company's sales strategy and revenue generating efforts.

Before joining Tickle, David spent two years as Vice President of Sales and Commerce at Shockwave, a leading entertainment destination on the web were he built and led a 31 person sales organization. Prior to Shockwave, David held the positions of Vice President of Sales at CompareNet, the first comparison shopping site on the Internet, and Regional Sales Director for CMPnet, where he helped lead the site to be ranked 10th in the world for online advertising revenue in 1997.

David received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Rochester, and an MBA from Rochester's William E. Simon School of Business.