Resumes & Full Work History
Below you can review my full writing and strategy resumes, outlining detailed experience across media, campaigns, and digital work.
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Writing Resume
Full overview of publications, articles, and professional writing experience.
David Lytel
4514 Albemarle Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016
202-253-1330
SUMMARY
I am a writer and campaign professional with an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in American Politics and Government, specializing in political communication. I have published more than 100 magazine articles, some listed below. I was a columnist in Upside magazine. My most recent focus has been e-mail marketing for political campaigns. I have provided e-mail list-building services for several hundred campaign clients with two companies I co-founded, Democrats.com and MajorityMessaging.com. I have also organized and operated three PACs –TorpedoTrump.com, RedefeatTrump.com and Redefeat Bush.com. I wrote all the words all of these sites. I handled Google and Facebook advertising and e-mail; optiization for all three.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2025 Torpedo Trump, LLC, Founder: A political committee with the mission of making the resistance to Trump into a more effective opposition. TorpedoTrump.com.
2023-2024 Redefeat Trump, Founder: A Federal PAC supporting aggressive voter registration and engagement. Built a list of 750,000. RedefeatTrump.com.
2021-2023 Majority Messaging, Co-founder and Managing Partner: Multiple services sold to digital strategists for email marketing support. MajorityMessaging.com
1999-2020 Democrats.com, co-founder and business development lead: Vendor of Internet campaign services for several hundred Democratic campaigns. Client list available..
2009 MITRE Corporation, contractor: Conducted analysis of assets and wrote requirements for the redesign the existing site. Led staff of 12 in the Information Technology Resource Center.
2005-2006 e-advocates, 2005—2006 Vice President, Campaign Strategies: Internet firm specializing in mobilization campaigns for corporate, nonprofit and political clients. Oversaw SEO/SEM.
2003-2004 Precursor Group, Technology Analyst: Independent investment research firm specialized analysis for institutional investors. Mastery of quantitative and qualitative analytic methods.
2001-2002, Global Integrity Corporation, a subsidiary of SAIC: Consultant to Recording Industry Association Secure Digital Music Initiative. Co-author of Music Copyright Security and Action Plan.
1998 Columnist, Upside magazine: Founded the Capitolisms column on Internet and public policy.
1997-1998: Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University: Taught Internet History and Policy in the Communications, Culture and Technology program.
1996-1998; 1999 Sherpa Consulting Group, President: Consulting firm in Internet-enabled business development. Clients included International Advisory Group (ghostwriting in the Wall Street Journal and Christian Science Monitor), Sony (integrated set top box), AOL (HTML editor), others.
1993 to 1996 Information Infrastructure Specialist, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House, Washington, DC: Worked on the commercialization/privatization of the Internet. Collaborated on policy documents. Co-developer of the original White House Web site. Drafted speeches, press releases, letters, reports and testimony.
PUBLICATIONS
Published over 100 articles on computing in Upside, Red Herring, Online Access Guide, Information Today, Computerworld, Creative Computing. Bibliography available. In addition:
“Getting Right with the World: Advice for Karen Hughes, Washington Examiner (2005).
“Silencing the Vote,” Baltimore Sun (12/9/2004).
“The Wire Next Time: Rethinking the Internet in Politics, Campaigns and Elections (June 2002).
“What Reagan Taught Bush, American Prospect (June 1997).
Co-author with Theodore Lowi, “Making it a Real Revolution,” The Information Society Volume 4, Numbers 1/2 (1986), pp. 91-99.
“Electronic Government,” Telecommunications an Information Age, U.S. Information Agency, 1998.
Notes on Recent Dissertations, Political Communication Volume 13 (1996), pp. 483-489.
Editor, The Information Infrastructure: Reaching Society’s Goals, Report of the Information Infrastructure Applications and Technology task force, NIST Special Publication 868, September 1994.
Editor, Putting the Information Infrastructure to Work: Report of the Information Infrastructure Task Force Committee on Applications and Technology, NIST Special Publication 857, May 1994.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Government Department, Cornell University, 1992. Dissertation on the co-evolution of media and democracy by studying the Minitel network in France.
M.A., Government Department, Cornell University, 1988. Political Communication.
M.S., Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, 1989. Corporate Communication. Master’s thesis on local regulation of cable television.
A.B. with Honors Brown University, 1981. Environmental Studies. Thesis on siting of noxious facilities.
FAVORITE CREDENTIAL
Listed in Seth Godin, E-Mail Addresses of the Rich and Famous (New York: Addison Wesley, 1994) for no discernable reason.
Strategy Resume
Detailed experience in political strategy, digital campaigns, and advocacy work.
David Lytel
4514 Albemarle Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016
202-253-1330
david@lytel.com
Senior online marketing professional. Experienced digital strategist highly skilled in analytics and optimization of campaigns. Intellectually agile, methodical, organized, adaptable. Active learner and listener. Astute manager of people and projects. Mature judgement, excellent writer. Mastery of both technical and political language and analysis.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2025 Torpedo Trump. Expression of angst.
- Advocacy for demonstrations in and around the White House grounds.
- Organized then cancelled a demonstration called Trump’s October Surprise
- Production of AI videos of Jeffrey Epstein and five U.S. presidents
2023-2024 Founder, Redefeat Trump, LLC. Political Action Committee:
- Created an inverse voter file (people not registered to vote) Democratic areas
- Provided training and support for in-person voter registration
- Built a list of 700K+ subscribers/members
- Ran paid advertising on Facebook and Google
- Applied sophisticated e-mail marketing to generate engagement
2021-2023 Co-founder Majority Messaging. PAC selling multiple services to digital strategists and online campaign consulting firms. Primary duties:
- Business development and marketing lead
- Ran outreach campaigns on Google and Facebook
- Negotiated client services agreements with specific deliverables
- Oversaw the crafting of persuasive e-mails and targeting
- Evaluated e-mail campaign data to optimize performance
1999-2003; 2010-2021 Co-founder, Democrats.com. Vendor of Internet campaign services for Democratic political campaigns. Duties included:
- Building and editing public-facing Web site, including user-generated content, user interaction and content development
- E-mail campaigns for more than 500 candidates and causes
- Hiring and supervision of employees and contractors
2003 -2004 Founder, Redefeat Bush. Political Action Committee that organized voter registration “Calling Crews” in 10 states:
- Supervised paid staff of 16 and several thousand volunteers.
- Raised $500,000 from online sales and contributions
- Used innovative site features for viral marketing campaigns including animations, videos, memes, cartoons, etc. to foster engagement
2009 Contractor, MITRE Corporation. Analysis to redesign the existing site:
- Use of interviews, surveys, site usage and traffic
- Wrote content management procedures
- Supervised staff of twelve in the Information Technology Resource Center, ranging from system administrators to content developers
2005-2006 Vice President, Campaign Strategies, e-Advocates. Internet-enabled mobilization campaigns. Duties included:
- Secured major new accounts and handled incoming referral business
- Oversaw online marketing and SEO/SEM
2003-2004 Technology Analyst. Precursor Group. Investment research firm specialized in technology sectors sold to institutional investors:
- Analyzed technological and market developments in the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries
- Became a licensed investment advisor, with mastery of both quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Authored and delivered presentations to analysts to fund managers
2001–2002 Consultant, Global Integrity Corporation. Supported the Recording Industry Association’s Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI):
- Analyzed the threats to copyright holders of open file sharing
- Managed industry-wide conferences and working groups
1996-1999 President, Sherpa Consulting Group. Consulting firm for Internet-enabled business development. Clients included:
- International Advisory Group: ghostwritten articles that appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Christian Science Monitor
- CyberCash: electronic wallet proposals to Citibank and Chase
- Sony: marketability of integrated set top box
- AOL: rollout of online HTML editor
1993 to 1996 Information Infrastructure Specialist, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House, Washington, DC. Lead staff role in the commercialization/privatization of the Internet. Duties included:
- Drafted policy documents including a key role in writing the National Information Infrastructure Agenda for Action
- Edited of a series on telecommunications and 15 areas of policy
- Co-developer and managing editor of White House Web site, cited by Wired as “easily one of the best sites on the Internet”
- Built and managed a staff of site contractors and interns of 20
- Drafted speeches, press releases, letters, reports and testimony
EDUCATION
2003 Series 65 Certificate, investment industry exam, Securities and Exchange Commission
1992 Ph.D., Government Department, Cornell University
1988 M.A., Government Department, Cornell University
1989 M.S., Park School of Communications, Ithaca College
1981 A.B. with Honors in Environmental Studies, Brown University
LANGUAGES
native speaker of English
mastery of French
rudimentary (but recoverable) Spanish
FAVORITE CREDENTIAL
Included in E-Mail Addresses of the Rich and Famous (1994) despite a lack of qualifications in either category