Dave Flanagan serves as vice president and senior managing director at Intel Capital, where he specializes in strategic investments across client computing, communications, and gaming technologies rather than general enterprise software, giving him a distinctive focus on consumer experiences that connect to Intel's silicon roadmap. He champions long-term ecosystem building in areas like esports and education, personally leading investments like BoomTV to create talent pipelines from high school to professional gaming, and backing infrastructure technologies like BlueStacks and Mocana that enable entire new usage layers rather than single applications.