Bio

Dave Aiello is a developer at Six Apart Services. There he helps build some of the world's largest, most sophisticated weblog-based Internet communities.

Dave's websites are Operation Gadget, a weblog about electronic gadgets, computers, and the technology used in sports (started in November 2003), RinkAtlas, the only website that provides door-to-door directions to all of the indoor ice arenas in the United States (launched in June 2006), and HockeyRefCast a podcast about ice hockey officiating (begun in September 2008), and DaveAiello.com, which pulls them all together.

Dave was born and raised in Denville, NJ, and attended Chatham Township High School in Chatham, NJ, where his father was a U.S. History teacher. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY with a B.S. degree in Management. He would have done better in school if he hadn't played for the varsity hockey and lacrosse teams, started a business in the Incubator Center, and officiated 100 hockey games per season at the same time.

He has been a member of the USA Hockey Officiating Program for over 25 years and is also a member of the men's and women's ice hockey officiating staff of the ECAC, the National Ice Hockey Officials' Association, and the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Officials Association (ECHOA). Dave officiates at prestigious amateur ice hockey tournaments including the 2008 USA Hockey Girls Nationals, 2005 Chicago Showcase, 2005 USA Hockey Boys' 12 & Under Tier II Nationals, the 2003 - 2007 New Jersey Interscholastic Championships, the 2003 USA Hockey Women's Nationals, and the 1990 USA Hockey Tier I Midget Nationals.

Dave competes in 5 and 10-kilometer running races and duathlons in the Northeastern United States. He trains by riding his bikes, jogging, and in-line skating.

He is the founder of Chatham Township Data Corporation, a web application development company. CTDATA develops large, complex websites that contain relational databases. CTDATA provides Movable Type and TypePad consulting services through its Weblog Improvement website. Dave has 20 years experience in corporate Information Technology and the consulting business.

Dave is married to Kathleen Kuykendall Aiello, MD, a pediatrician at Ambler Pediatrics in Ambler, PA. He and Kathleen have two sons: Jimmy born in 2006 and Peter born in 2009. They all live in Newtown, PA, between Philadelphia and Princeton, NJ on I-95.