dan-fonkalsrudDavid Fonkalsrud, co-founder and partner at tech shop K/F Communications, has landed at Racepoint Global as EVP and West Coast lead based in San Francisco.

Fonkalsrud and and Julie Karbo split up K/F Communications after 13 years in June.

For Boston-based Racepoint, Fonkalsrud is charged with expanding the firm's western presence and oversees a team with accounts like ARM Holdings, Samsung and Shoo the Flu.

He was previously manager of marketing and corporate communications for DHL Worldwide Express.

Racepoint is part of Larry Weber's W2 Group. Former San Francisco GM Bill Orr moved to Burson-Marsteller last year.

Fonkalsrud's former K/F partner Karbo now runs her own San Francisco shop, Karbo Communications.