David
Wiles
Kachow
Kotch
Systems Architect
Here's my bio for the East Coast Games Summit's half-day workshop on "Agile Deconstructed: Workshop for Game Industry Management" at the 2008 Video Game Expo:
David Kotch has spent 17 years streamlining product and tech development processes, including extensive work with large, interdepartmental, interdisciplinary, and outsourced teams around the globe.
In his 12 year tenure at AOL, he has worked on first of breed entrepreneurial web products such as Love@AOL, Mapquest, Digital City, Netscape.com, Kids and Teens Channels (KOL & RED), and AIM.com. He is currently part of the newly formed business unit for community, messaging, and social networking, AOL People Networks.