Dave Woodward is LinkedIn’s Vice President, Regional General Counsel and Head of Public Policy for the Asia-Pacific region.  Based in Singapore, he leads a multi-disciplinary team of legal and government relations professionals helping to achieve LinkedIn’s vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.

Prior to relocating to Singapore for LinkedIn in 2012, Dave worked most of his career in Silicon Valley as Head of Mobile Business Development for Zynga, Senior Director of Legal for Yahoo, and Corporate Counsel for NEC Corporation.  

Dave received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UC Berkeley, a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco, a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law from Santa Clara University, and a Master of Business Administration from UCLA.

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