David Bock Email & Phone Number

For a business to stay competitive and find success nowadays, it’s important to have cost-effective technology systems that advance strategic goals and can easily be maintained, enhanced, and scaled. As a senior-level IT leader and innovation driver, I have a history of success in orchestrating technology strategy to engineer and deliver revenue-propelling data products for the largest bookstore chain in the U.S. With expertise in digital commerce, enterprise search technology, and entertainment product data (e.g., books, video, and music), I helped my company by overseeing the planning, design, architecture, development, testing, implementation, and support of technologies used to boost retail sales of digital commerce technology.Notable successes: • Most recently as VP of Content Technology, I paved the way for Barnes & Noble (B&N) to capture 1/3 of the U.S. eBook market after leading developers to build a product database for the launch of its NOOK eReader.• I headed the team that created B&N’s “People Who Bought Also Bought” feature—a co-relational recommendations feature for website and stores—which increased sales from product pages and displays on cash register receipts. • Laying the technical foundation for a meteoric sales boost and B&N’s $77M IPO on the NYSE, I added music and video categories to our product database to expand website sales.Known for assembling and mobilizing highly functional, technically advanced digital technology teams focused on developing and implementing database systems and search engine technology that delivers a best-in-class customer shopping experience, I have a collaborative leadership style and listen to all ideas before synthesizing a solution.I’m active on LinkedIn and would enjoy connecting with you. Please feel free to reach out.

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  Cornell University

  College Of Arts And Sciences