# David Downey

> David Downey is co-founder and co-chief executive officer of INVIDI Technologies Corporation, which develops addressable television advertising technology. His earlier career included senior management at Triax Communications and founding AMN. His public interviews trace INVIDI’s expansion from household targeting on television into international markets and advertising across multiple screens.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at INVIDI Technologies Corporation
- **Organizations:** INVIDI Technologies Corporation, AMN, Triax Communications
- **Education:** University of La Verne
- **Known for:** Founded AMN, whose deployment reached 5.5 million subscribers across 116 markets, according to INVIDI’s executive biography., Inducted into the Cable Television Pioneers class of 2012., Co-led INVIDI during its receipt of Technical Emmy awards in 2016 and 2021; these are team and company distinctions.

## Career timeline

- **Before INVIDI; dates not established** — Served as senior vice president at Triax Communications; founded and served as president of AMN.
- **2012** — Inducted into Cable Television Pioneers.
- **2015** — Discussed plans to supply addressable advertising technology to Telenet and SBS Broadcasting in Belgium.
- **2016** — Discussed INVIDI’s international expansion and satellite switching in public interviews.
- **2018** — As CEO, announced INVIDI’s acquisition of Ooyala’s advertising technology division.
- **2019** — Presented INVIDI Edge as a way to connect linear television, OTT and mobile advertising.
- **2021** — With co-CEO Bruce Anderson, announced a revised executive structure.
- **2025** — INVIDI announced DIRECTV majority ownership, retaining its existing leadership team.
- **2026** — INVIDI announced a collaboration with Google for addressable advertising on unconnected set-top boxes.

## Achievements

- Founded AMN, whose deployment reached 5.5 million subscribers across 116 markets, according to INVIDI’s executive biography.
- Inducted into the Cable Television Pioneers class of 2012.
- Co-led INVIDI during its receipt of Technical Emmy awards in 2016 and 2021; these are team and company distinctions.
- Named with Bruce J. Anderson and Daniel C. Wilson as an inventor on US patent 9,712,788, issued July 18, 2017, for requesting information related to broadcast network content.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — INVIDI announced collaboration with Google to deliver Programmatic Guaranteed advertising to unconnected set-top boxes. This is a company update; the announcement quotes COO Prasad Sanagavarapu.
- **2025-01** — INVIDI announced that DIRECTV acquired majority ownership. The business would remain independent under its existing leadership, jointly owned by DIRECTV, DISH and WPP.

## Links

- Website: https://www.invidi.com/about-us/our-team/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-downey-2b4557102

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