Creative thinker who specializes is connecting seemingly disjointed ideas for new purposes. With a diverse background, wide-ranging interests, and an uncanny ability to identify the elephant in the room, David combines things from column A and column B to create the unexpected in column C.In the IT world, David is a respected leader known for creating and building teams to accomplish a mission. He has experience in forming teams from scratch as well as integrating existing teams. His staff appreciates his ability to set direction, provide clear objectives, then get out of the way while they pursue them. His bosses appreciate his ability to translate their underlying needs into action steps and keep things moving until those needs are met. David is highly regarded for his ability to renew the passion, drive and effectiveness of teams that have lost their way. He is especially adept at effectively working across organizational boundaries, uniting disparate groups to achieve common goals. As an entertainer, David brings laughter and enjoyment to those company functions where many people would rather be somewhere else - events such as the annual awards banquet, the quarterly update meetings and the holiday party. He has a reputation for making these events so much fun that organizers wonder how they'll top the event next time. His personal mission statement: Making the world a better place, one laugh at a time.As a speaker, David merges his background as a corporate executive with his years spent entertaining to create a unique experience for the audience. By involving the audience in the presentation, he is able to drive home key messages, using laughter as a catalyst to ingrain those messages in the minds of the attendees. David's content revolves around the core message that Work Should Be Fun! Read more on his blog: http://WorkShouldBeFun.com/blog. Specialties: Laughter, Team building, Team leadership, Coaching, Mentoring, Presenting, Entertainment, Software development, Embedded systems development, Network Operations, Information Systems Security.