David Berlind

David Berlind is one of the founding editors of ZDNET and is an award-winning tech journalist. Across 35 years, he has been the Chief Content Officer of UBM TechWeb (formerly CMP), editorial director of Computer Shopper, director of PCWeek Labs (part of the Ziff-Davis Lab network) and editor-in-chief of Blockchain Journal, ProgrammableWeb, and Windows Sources. Prior to becoming a tech journalist, David was a software developer and IT professional focused on networking, PC-mainframe integration, and application support. In his spare time, he rides his bike more than 5000 miles per year, plays guitar, and fixes old tube amps and radios in his electronics lab.

David also does industry research, technical content development, and website management for the DeRec Alliance, a no-revenue 501(c)(3) not-for-profit consortium that develops the open-source Decentralized Recovery protocol. David is a long-term stockholder in Salesforce.com and as such, chooses not to write articles specific to the company. His other investments may include some tech stocks that blindly shift in and out of his portfolio under the direction of a financial manager.