David Harsh Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

Arlington, Virginia, United States

As a Client Executive for the U.S. Postal Service and an integral part of Microsoft's Federal Team, I am tasked with maintaining a close rapport with the executive and leadership teams across the U.S. Postal Service. This responsibility empowers me to discern their priorities and initiatives accurately. Consequently, this insightful understanding significantly enhances my ability to spearhead the Microsoft team towards devising and delivering strategic, contextually relevant, and timely solutions. (… yes ChatGPT wrote this for me)

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Microsoft Gold Club Outstanding Achiever Award for FY20 (4 selected out of 170 peers by managers)Empathy in Action Award FY21 ( 5 people selected for MSFT Federal)Power Platform Technical Specialist, Oct 2019- Mar 2022• Power Platform Technical Specialist supporting 8 of the 11 Federal Civilian Strategic Accounts • Published Power Platform Governance for US Government Whitepaper; https://aka.ms/powergov• Published Whitepaper for Linux Foundation on AI with BI; https://aka.ms/dharshlinux• Selected to participate in the Technical Leadership Development Program May 2020-May 2021• Taught class on AI at Uni. Of Maryland: “Cloud compute leveraging Big Data & AI to drive biz value"• Successfully passed the following certifications: DP-200, DP-201, MS900, AZ900, AI-100: Designing and Implementing Azure AI Solution to improve ability to sell cross-cloud technologies • Delivered executive level briefings and several governance presentations to OCIO, Central IT shops• Built Demo leveraging Power Platform + several Azure services (form recognizer, OCR, Cognitive Services, translation services, Object Detection) - demo has played pivotal role in establishing Azure ATO at several agenciesPowerBI Technical Specialist, Nov 2017- Sept 2019• Creatively found ways to drive sales/consumption with PowerBI technology o Built several reports to add value to Dynamics & PowerApps opps; Case Management; Asset Tracking; Drone Tracking; Grant Management• Passionate evangelist: Spoke at Gov Ignite & built demos for Digital Transformation Showcase• Collaborated with several partners to drive successful engagements at many agencies• Led presentations and built strategic relationships at several conferences: Arctic IT Summit (Anchorage), Farm Credit IT Symposium (New Orleans), TribalNet (Vegas), Postal Forum (Indianapolis)

Capital Region (Nova, Dc, Md)

As a YoungLife board member supporting 22 areas in the Northern Virginia, DC Capital Region, I am dedicated to conceptualizing and executing innovative fundraising strategies to secure funds for our passionate volunteers and camp scholarships. Leveraging a comprehensive understanding of the region and its community dynamics, I actively explore fresh avenues for resource mobilization, ensuring our mission's resilience and enabling more young lives to be positively impacted.

Tyson'S Corner

On-site proof of concept (1 week) visits : USA: Facebook, Citi, NBC Universal, Netflix, eBay, AMEX, NBME, BMC, Freddie Mac; France: Carrefour; Canada: Loblaws, Toronto Transit Commission; Germany: Zalando, ThyssenKrupp, Xing; Isreal: Redbend, LivePerson; Latvia: Visma; Argentina: Sistemas Globales; Big Data Product Manager, November 2016- November 2017•Speaker at the Big Data Strata conference Sept' 2017, co-presentation with Cloudera•Youngest speaker selected to present at MicroStrategy World 2017, session held in largest breakout room•Led projects at 6 of our largest accounts to showcase our ability to connect to BigData datasources •Provided technical demos to Senior Directors and VPs throughout sales negotiations•Focused on testing and positioning our platforms ability to connect to Impala, SparkSQL, Hive, AtScale, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, Khafka, MongoDB and our own native Hadoop Connector Product Evangelist, Jul 2015- Oct 2016•Customer facing product manager that evangelizes emerging technologies to strategic customers•Led solo pilot engagements to showcase new platform features to 15 customers in 7 countries•Delivered training to MSTR sales team on advanced technology; D3 visualizations and Salesforce•Moderated customer and field council meetings to gather feedback on roadmap direction•Provide customer/market insight to CEO, CTO, President, product management & product ownersScrum Master/Beta Consultant, Mar 2014 - Jun 2015•Configured beta software, logged critical defects, and translated client feedback to dev team•Orchestrated the redesign of MSTR Web; Designed UX mock-ups in Photoshop CC •Oversaw deployment of three environments, coordinated app release to App Store/Google PlayTechnical Support Engineer on the Developer team, Jul– Feb 2014•Offered technical expertise for 288 customer issues; top case taker in Nov out of 11 person team•Achieved Platinum MSTR Certified Developer and earned top grade on final in training class of 24

Limpopo Province, South Africa

•Jefferson Public Citizen Scholar- lived in South Africa and built a Ceramic Water Filter Factory•Negotiated worker contracts, supply prices, and developed factory business plan; 2011•Narrowed customer focus, improved supply chain inefficiencies, won trust and support of stakeholders; 2012•Led a 250 person fundraiser raising $15,000 to support Pure-Madi and subsidize filters; puremadi.org•Presentation of 2011 research won the annual Jefferson Public Citizen presentation challenge; 19 teams competed