
David Blohm's career includes 32 years of entrepreneurship, mentoring and public service.
In his professional career, David Blohm was most recently President and CEO of SmarterKids.com. He transitioned the company from a CD-ROM publisher of innovative children's educational software, to an award-winning Internet retailer of children's educational products and services. He guided the company through its initial public offering and subsequent merger in 2001.
Mr. Blohm co-founded MathSoft, Inc. in 1985, a firm that developed and marketed mathematical calculation software sold to engineers, scientists, teachers and students. As CEO, he and his co-founder, grew MathSoft from start-up to $30 million in sales, 205 employees with offices in Seattle, London and expansion into Japan. He guided the company through its initial public offering in early 1993 and the acquisition and integration of Statistical Sciences, Inc. Over a million copies of MathSoft's flagship product, MathCAD, have been sold. MathSoft, after 20 years in business, was sold to Parametric Technologies.
Today, David Blohm is an award-winning nature photographer and is focused on giving back to the community. He serves on the Board of the Accelerated Cure Project for MS and is Vice-Chairman of the Ponds and Waterways Committee of the Town of Sudbury in Massachusetts. He continues his active support in the schools, various non-profit organizations and Synagogue activities. Mr. Blohm also serves on the Board of True Engineering, a company founded by his MathSoft co-founder Allen Razdow.
His past non-profit and public service activities include numerous leadership roles. He served as Chairman of the Massachusetts Software Council. As President of the Council's Education Foundation, he led the development of the Switched-On Classroom technology guide for educators and the founding of the Massachusetts Tech Corps, a program which promoted partnering between industry and schools. He also served as a Trustee of the Boston Children's Museum, President of Congregation B'nai Torah in Sudbury, a member of Massachusetts Governor Cellucci's Economic Development Council, an overseer of the Boston Science Museum and a member of WGBH Corporate Executive Council.
He’s a graduate of Boston College and lives in Sudbury, MA. He has four children and has been married to his wife Mary for 32 years. Mr. Blohm was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2000.
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