David Lawee is a Canadian born entrepreneur. He earned a philosophy degree at the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

, a law degree at McGill University

McGill University Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law is a constituent faculty of McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. Its graduates obtain both a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law , concurrently, in three to four years, allowing them to practice in both the Canadian, U.S...

 and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

David currently works at Google

Google

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

 as VP of Corporate Development.

David's experience as a serial entrepreneur and VC gives him a unique lens on the M&A landscape. He is extremely well respected in Silicon Valley http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091029_058335.htm. Prior to leading Google's M&A team, David was the VP of marketing at Google, leading consumer, B2B and channel marketing worldwide. Before joining Google, David was a co-founder of Xfire , a gaming social networking service that was acquired by Viacom for $108M. Before that he was the co-founder of Mosaic Venture Partners, a $130M VC fund based in Toronto. David started his career at McKinsey & Co..

David is married to Lorna Borenstein http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070329.wwisewords0329/BNStory/specialSmallBusiness/home, who launched eBay Canada, was later head of Yahoo Personals, and was then president of Move Inc., the operator of Realtor.com http://rismedia.com/wp/2007-05-02/lorna-borenstein-named-president-of-move-inc/ until she resigned in March 2009.