David is a visionary entrepreneur, Aerospace engineer, and seasoned business executive, who leads Lockheed Martin AI/ML applied research. He was a Managing Director of Conifer Networks, LLC, a consulting firm based in Silicon Valley, which specializes in venture investment, strategy consulting, project management, sales and marketing, and business development and partnership. David has over 25 years global business experience in Aerospace and ICT. Founded in 2002, Conifer works with fast-growing pre-IPO technology companies providing business strategy, market access, venture investments and technology partnerships services in ICT. David has successfully represented P-Cube (now, Cisco), Aruba Wireless Networks (NASDAQ: ARUN), Velocita Wireless, Inc. (now, Sprint-Nextel) and Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM). He was a founder and CEO of the world's first two-way Ka-band commercial satellite service company, Global Convergence Technology. He has extensive Aerospace industry experience and held senior management positions at Lockheed Martin and Honeywell.