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Starting in the Fire Service

At the Hyattsville Voluteer Fire Department, one of the nation's premier volunteer fire and rescue organizations, Dave held many roles since joining the department at the tender age of 12.

Over the years, he has been a front-line Firefighter/EMT, responding to more than 10,000 emergency responses spanning 15 years. Dave held the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant, Public Information Officer and Vice President. A life member of the organization, he also served as Board Chairman.

Dave combined his passion for the fire service to jumpstart his CoolWriter business in 1994. He was named one of the Washington, D.C. area's Top Internet Executives in 1996 by The Washington Times. He managed a significant newspaper marketing campaign for charitable gaming organizations in Prince George's County. Dave also built some of the first Web sites for several leading national fire service organizations, including The National Volunteer Fire Council and the Congressional Fire Services Institute.

Prior to starting Firehouse.com, Dave planned and built the first trade show and conference Web sites, including online registration, for the Firefighting, Advanced Imaging and Kitchen & Bath markets for Cygnus in 1998.







Passion for Journalism and Writing

Going back to his elementary school days, Dave always had a passion for writing, editing his high school newspapers and rising to the rank of Associate Editor for the University of Maryland's student newspaper, the Diamondback. The publication is one of several managed by the non-profit organization Maryland Media, of which Dave now serves on the Board of Directors.

Dave's writing credits in college won him many honors, including the Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Award for Breaking News, several Maryland Press Club honors and regional SPJ awards for breaking news and investigative features. He went on to be a full time reporter for the Journal Newspapers, as well as freelancing for the Associated Press, Washington Times, Washington Post and Baltimore Sun.

Over the years he covered many major and varied stories, including the athletic gambling scandal at the University of Maryland, Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak, major crimes and court cases, and numerous regional and national breaking news stories.



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CONTACTING DAVE
  E-Mail Dave at dave [at] daveiannone [dot] com

MORE FROM DAVE
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PERSONAL PROJECTS
  Hyattsville VFD Web Site

  Oak Hill Basketball



DAVE and PUBLIC SAFETY
Resume: HTML/Web Version - PDF Download - Contact Dave

Developing strong products, relationships and more in firefighting, rescue, EMS, law enforcement and all aspects of the public safety community.


In 1998, after several successful years as an entrepreneur with his own print and online media marketing and production company, CoolWriter, Dave founded leading fire and rescue Web portal Firehouse.com in 1998, in partnership with the parent company of Firehouse Magazine, Cygnus Business Media.

Dave joined the Cygnus team soon after, and led the continued growth of Firehouse.com, to more than 500,000 unqiue visitors monthly. He led the acquisition and integration of the former Fire-EMS.net, and purchase and re-launch of Officer.com, now a top law enforcement online destination.

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Firehouse.com has been the recipient of many of the B2B community's top honors, including best B2B Web Site by FOLIO:, The Jesse H. Neal Award for Top B2B Web Site by the American Business Media; and the Top B2B Communty by the American Society of Business Press Editors.





Taking B2B eMedia Forward

At Cygnus, Dave served as Vice President of the company's Interactive Division from 2003-2006, where he oversaw the launch of nearly 30 business-to-business industry Web properties, including leading security portal SecurityInfoWatch.com, as well as AirportBusiness.com, ImagingInfo.com, and SDCExec.com to name a few, working with the company's leading print and trade show groups.

Dave built the company's Interactive Division from scratch, including design, technology and content teams, driving multi-million dollar revenue. In 2005, he was named one of MIN Magazine's 21 Most Intriguing executives in the media industry. The company was among the B2B's industry leaders in launching Webcasts, Podcasts, Blogs, Directories, Communities, Content-Driven features and more.

In his three years running the Division, Iannone and his team oversaw the development of a corporate wide java-based content management system, and advances in multiple technology areas including e-mail, advertising, webcast and video delivery.

More than 100 Webcasts were produced, and dozens of blogs and podcasts launched, as well as the company's first video center, which included on-site filming and editing from one of the largest trade shows within Cygnus.

Working with the publication group, Cygnus' Aircraft Maintenance Technology group launched one of the most aggressive Webcast-based training programs under Iannone's watch, the FAA-endorsed IA Renewal Program, which allows technicians to be re-certified annually online.

Cygnus was also among the first B2B publishers to leverage Google's new Co-Op Search potential with revamped search engines for Firehouse.com, Officer.com and a new public safety industry search vehicle in PublicSafetySearch.com.



Dynamics at Firehouse.com

Over the years, Firehouse.com was fortunate to be on the front lines of issues and events in the nation's fire and rescue service.

Following the tragic events of 9/11, Firehouse.com partnered with the International Association of Fire Fighters to raise over $100 million for the families of the firefighters lost.

In 2000, Firehouse.com reunited most of the cast of the hit 70's firefighter show Emergency! for one last time, with a three-day series of events culmintating in Emergency! Fest.

Firehouse.com also worked closely with Touchstone Pictures' Ladder 49, providing logistical and firefighter support for the film. The site also coordinated a nationwide sweepstakes, in partnership with Nextel. Hundreds of the site's visitors were able to participate in the filming of the movie, and Hyattsville VFD's Truck 1 makes a cameo appearance.

Over eight years managing the site with longtime friend Chris Hebert, Firehouse.com attacked critical fire and rescue service issues, helped promote and grow the FIRE Act grant program, and most importantly allow first responders worldwide to learn, communitate, train and get informed, all in one central destination online, a model for B2B and B2C web portals in any industry or community.