Dan McDonough, Jr., 36, is chairman of Elauwit Media. He's the former chief executive of Elauwit, a media and technology company. He can be found on twitter and on linkedin.
Elauwit's two main divisions are Elauwit Media, one of the fastest-growing hyper-local news companies in the U.S., and Elauwit Networks, a niche telecom firm that delivers broadband Internet, television and telephone to multiple dwelling units (apartments, condos, cooperatives, etc.).
Before being named chief executive, Dan was publisher at Haddonfield, N.J.-based Elauwit Media, where he helped grow a start-up community newspaper publishing business that began in 2004 to the fastest-growing newspaper publisher in America in 2009, as rated by Inc. magazine. Under Dan's tenure, Elauwit Media also was rated among the 10 fastest-growing companies in Southern New Jersey, according to Philadelphia Business Journal.
Dan started his career in media as a teenager, being named executive editor of The Observer in Northern New Jersey at the age of 19. Since then, his news experience included serving as editorial-page editor for daily newspapers in New Jersey; as a New York City-based special correspondent for the Washington-based Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.; and as a news professional with Gannett Co. and Dow Jones & Co.
Dan was named president and publisher of The Staten Island Register in 2001, where he was able to help grow revenues for the then 35-year-old publication more than 100 percent in less than two years. In 2004, Dan was one of the founders of Elauwit Media, which launched The Haddonfield Sun as its flagship newspaper. Today, Elauwit Media publishes 16 community newspapers reaching more than 120,000 families each week.
Dan's articles on business, technology and politics have been published in Intellectual Capital, National Review, The Christian Science Monitor, the NewsFactor Network, In These Times, and a number of other publications. He has served as a board member or as a key adviser to more than a dozen companies spanning three continents, and has been a board member of a number of local and national business, community and charitable organizations. He received a BA in Political Science and Communications from William Paterson University, and studied for an MBA in finance and economics at Baruch College – City University of New York. He also is an amateur jazz bassist.
