Don Dodge

Don Dodge (born 1957) is a Developer Advocate for Google, which requires that he helps developers build applications on the company's platforms. Prior to working at Google, Dodge was a start-up evangelist at Microsoft, where he was one of their most visible employees following Robert Scoble's departure in 2006.

Biography Dodge received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern Maine, majoring in accounting. Afterward, he received an MBA from New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University). Following graduation, Dodge worked at a number of technology companies, including Digital Equipment, Forte Software, AltaVista, Napster, and Bowstreet. Afterward, he worked at Groove Networks. When the company was acquired by Microsoft, Dodge became Director of Business Development for Microsoft's Emerging Business Team. He was also known as a "start-up evangelist" for Microsoft. Focusing on the New England area and based in New Hampshire,

Dodge was laid off from Microsoft on November 5, 2009, where he helps developers build applications on Google's platforms, as well as help venture capitalists and start-up companies work with Google. In 2010, Dodge compared Google to Microsoft when it was a ten-year-old company, indicating that it still had a lot of growth ahead of it. Dodge writes a personal blog called "The Next Big Thing".