David H. | College Coach

David H.

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Duke University Class of '07 | Active Alumni Admissions Interviewer

Studied at Duke University

Works at Coinbase

Available Monday at 9:30 PM UTC

Usually responds within 11 hours

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Available Monday at 9:30 PM UTC

Usually responds within 11 hours

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David’s College Qualifications

Open to working with clients outside the U.S.

I know getting into college is an exciting but overwhelming stressful time for most aspiring students. Over the years, I've helped dozens of people review their essays, coached them on admissions interviews, and conducted alumni admissions interviews. The college admission process will always be somewhat of a crapshoot, but I'm here to help you contain and digest the madness.

David can help with:

Editing

Interviews

School Selection

Secondary Review

Application Strategy

Essays

David also coaches for Career Development and Marketing. View all.

About David

Former finance guy turned full stack marketer. Currently a Group Marketing Manager at Coinbase, I also take on fractional marketing opportunities at companies like Superhuman, Pivot Tutors, and Zen Conversion. Previously a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google, I was a global brand and performance media lead for Google Shopping. With over 10 years of experience in marketing, I have directly implemented and managed both brand and performance campaigns spanning across paid search, display, TV, PR, partnerships, social, and influencer marketing. I grew up in a small town in Idaho as a child of first generation immigrants. Spent much of my childhood helping out at the family restaurant, which I credit for a lot of my work ethic. Currently the father of two young daughters, so I'm slowly learning the ropes of juggling work and family. Definitely not easy, but it's the most rewarding job(s) in the world.

Why do I coach?

I coach because I wouldn't have gotten to where I am if people hadn't believed in me and helped me through the rough patches. I believe that everyone has the potential to accomplish whatever they set their mind to, and sometimes they just need a small nudge to get them over the hump or out of the rut.

Work Experience

Group Product Marketing Manager

Coinbase

November 2024 - Present

Fractional Leader & Consultant

Marketing Consultant

March 2024 - Present

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Google

April 2018 - March 2024

Led all B2C performance and brand media efforts by leveraging earned, owned, and paid media channels both online and offline. - Led all display efforts from the ground up, turning a struggling tactic into a top performer - Produced over 100 pieces of creative across video (online and offline), display, social, and email - Launched high performing campaigns that exceeded targets for +3 years in a row

Product Marketing Manager

Google

November 2012 - April 2018

Lead marketer responsible for driving growth across Google’s key SMB products through paid growth marketing channels - Managed a team of +10 marketers across 4 countries and 3 languages - Increased year-on-year revenue for 5 consecutive years

Product Marketing Manager

eBay

January 2011 - October 2012

Led Finance Operations and managed paid search budgets across the Americas, EMEA, and Australia. - Managed budgets in the hundreds of millions and achieved positive ROIs across territories - End-to-end paid search campaign optimization in Australia

Analyst

J.P. Morgan & Co.

July 2007 - February 2009

Investment banking analyst on JPMorgan's Global Commodities team

David was also given offers to work at

Netflix
Coinbase

Education

The Wharton School (UPenn)

Google Marketing Academy - Executive Education, Marketing

2016 - 2016

Google & Wharton partnered to provide a unique executive education for select top marketers at Google. The program consists of more hours of marketing education than the standard MBA offered at Wharton.