David Arthur Email & Phone Number

United States

Build and implement short and long term technology roadmaps to ensure key necessary technologies are in place to support business objectives• Develop strategies and lead projects that proactively address risk while supporting the product roadmaps and business plans• Effectively communicate and collaborate across all organizations and levels to ensure successful implementation of strategic company initiatives• Ongoing assessment of existing technologies to drive continuous improvement and optimization plans • Manage and identify cost effective technology solutions for IT equipment and user licenses• Assess technology needs and implement technology roadmap, including strategic initiatives, system upgrades, and hardware and software infrastructure• Drive projects and plans to agreed scope, milestones and budgets • Collaborate with Business, Software Engineering and Product teams to understand strategy and provide technology and operational insights that contribute to improved products and services • Perform ongoing technology and process assessments to identify and communicate risks and opportunities • Ensure technology projects incorporate appropriate planning, analysis, budgets, reporting and resource management to meet deadlines and objectives• Drive strategic planning, investment and process refinement• Project management across all phases of development and implementation of complex systems• Design, build, and maintain OLTP and OLAP databases to support ongoing application and departmental needs• Develop team members and promote a collaborative environment to meet commitments and scale with the business and technology

Developed and implemented processes and procedures that improved stability, performance, and availability • Translated business goals into infrastructure necessary to support both current and future business needs• Ensured that established policies and procedures were followed and compliance requirements met• Developed and implemented data governance policies to achieve high levels of data integrity• Manager of Servers and Applications, responsible for building out infrastructure technologies in a fast pace, start-up environment • Managed Workstation/Server and Application support teams responsible for design, implementation, and maintenance in a 24x7 environment.• Provided leadership to a diverse staff of technologists to effectively accomplish goals

Presented key Microsoft technical strategies to customers in both conference seminar and on-site settings and assisted in the development and implementation of these strategies across a wide range of customers.• On-site consultant and provider of enterprise-wide Microsoft solutions to Fortune 100 companies• Key-note presenter at Microsoft conferences providing expertise in technology migration and implementation strategies• Worked with large-scale clients to develop and implement solutions for changing business requirements

Provided high-level business solutions to meet critical business functions• Consulted with Department Heads to determine key business goals, objectives, and how to implement the business solutions necessary to accomplish them• Developed business solutions to efficiently allow for ongoing changes in reporting needs• Managed segment of large Y2K project, transitioning Microsoft servers/workstations to Y2K compliant software

• Designed web site for current healthcare members to interact with Kaiser as well as other members in the community• Manager of technical staff supporting VAX/VMS systems

• Managed back office automation systems • Helped design and implement new corporate wide email system