Chief Information Officer
CurrentMorse is visionary venture company focused on investing in and consolidating tech companies in order to propel enterprises into the future with automation and machine intelligence.
Jun 2024 - Present
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David Heath is listed as CIO/CTO | Innovator | Servant Leader at Morse., based in United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for David Heath.
David Heath previously worked as Chief Information Officer at Morse. and Director of Cloud Strategy at Rackspace Technology. David Heath holds Information Systems from University Of Holy Cross.
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About David Heath
I am a customer-focused and solution driven technical leader with a comprehensive background of developing cloud platform vision, strategy, roadmaps, and governance frameworks, meeting regulatory compliance standards, with subject matter expertise on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.I have planned and led numerous seamless, high-profile public and private sector migrations, transformations, and modernizations with zero negative impact on critical customer services. Accustomed to leading teams of cloud engineers and architects, I have an established track record of deploying large-scale, multi-phased implementations that meet and exceed performance commitments.Leveraging expertise, I am able to evaluate current and future state of regional, national, and global IT infrastructures, design reference architectures for multiple domains, build third-party partnerships, write and maintain managed service contracts, ensuring uninterrupted delivery of industry-leading, cost-effective, and flexible solutions.As an effective communicator, I convey complex concepts and demonstrate value potential to C-level, business, government, and technology leaders. For these reasons and more, I have earned a reputation for fostering a culture of innovation that drives growth.
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Director Of Cloud Strategy
Having progressed through a series of cloud architect roles to currently serve as Director of Cloud Strategy, Rackspace Government Solutions, I design and lead high-impact cloud initiatives, leveraging strategic partnerships to cover a full range of cloud services. I direct a team of cloud and security architects to build, manage, and monitor cloud infrastructures while concurrently holding a contractual role as Technical Strategy Director for the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Public Cloud Manager Services.Key highlights of my contributions in this position include... • Increased annual recurring revenue $100M+ by growing state, local, and education (SLED) customer base. • Negotiated $5M in third-party resource savings while maximizing operational efficiency on behalf of Texas through discount programs and partner-led solutions. • Eliminated $20M annually by mitigating financial risk through a strategic partnership.• Formalized robust IT compliance and security risk management program. • Onboarded Oracle Cloud infrastructure (OCI) into Texas DIR DCS program, unlocking millions in savings for DCS customers. • Built Cloud Center of Excellence, centralizing cross-functional knowledge, expertise, and best practices.
Aug 2022 - May 2024
Senior Cloud Architect
As Senior Cloud Architect, I was the key visionary for the development of cloud roadmaps, transformation planning, governance frameworks, security and compliance management, and operational support strategies. I onboarded public cloud services through AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to provide managed services and best-fit solutions tailored to align with each customer's goals, requirements, and budget. Key highlights of the value I contributed as Senior Cloud Architect included... • Architected scope of work for the Texas DIR Public Cloud Manager Services contract. • Developed and implemented IAM strategy, enabling state employees to self-service public cloud services and resources.• Migrated legacy systems with combined annual spend of over $10M. • Generated $1M+ in revenues by developing contractual deliverables and securing milestone payments.
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Senior Product Architect
As Senior Product Architect at Rackspace, I provided subject matter expertise for RFP/RFO responses for state, local government, and education (SLED) initiatives. I developed key partner integrations for Rackspace Inheritable Security Controls (RISC) and developed sales engineering collateral and tooling for go-to-market of Rackspace Government Cloud (RGC) on AWS. • Here, I achieved DoD IL-5 compliance and FedRAMP authorization for RGC on AWS.
Feb 2019 - Oct 2020
Senior Solution Architect
In this position, I spearheaded partner-led, cross-functional efforts to launch Rackspace's third public cloud offering. I architected cloud infrastructure migration, implementation, and integration plans and partnered with Google on a five-city tour to evangelize Google Cloud.
Sep 2017 - Feb 2019
Solutions Architect
As Solution Architect, Managed Public Cloud at Rackspace, I developed reference architecture and standardized cloud engineering, operational, and deployment practices. I orchestrated a strategic shift toward public cloud customers, designed cloud architectures, and migrated workloads to AWS to meet diverse and complex customer requirements.• My key contribution in this role was meeting the experience requirements and generating collateral to obtain Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Financial Services (Fiserv) partner competencies for AWS.
Sep 2016 - Sep 2017
Chief Architect
Attaq Online
Architected and launched microservices platform and AWS architecture for competitive gaming platform.
Sep 2015 - Sep 2016
Manager/Proprietor
Smashing Research
Developed asset management solutions for midstream petroleum industry.
Apr 2014 - Aug 2015
Development Manager
Implemented agile development and project management. Developed reporting for agile project burndown metrics. Accelerated time-to-market.
Dec 2013 - Apr 2014
Senior Application Architect
Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
Senior Developer
Developed web content and community sites for popular video games. Developed data collection, warehousing and visualization solution.
Sep 2012 - May 2013
Contractor
Developed electricity consumption forecasting solution for retail electricity.
Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
May 2012 - Jul 2012
Web Contractor
Developed globally available web applications on AWS. Developed League of Legends Season One Championship (DreamHack) tournament site.
Apr 2011 - Apr 2012
Manager Of Web Applications
Architected and delivered solutions for content generation, SEO/SEM, analytics and ad targeting.
Apr 2010 - Apr 2011
Senior Web Application Architect
Developed content solutions and applications for over 300 web properties. Implemented analytics and ad targeting solutions.
Mar 2008 - Apr 2010
Senior Developer
Developed ad delivery and reporting, messaging and BPM solutions for custom ad platform.
Jan 2007 - Feb 2008
Apr 2006 - Jan 2007
2 education records
David Heath education
Information Systems
University Of Holy Cross
Genetics/Biochemistry
Texas A&M University
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David Heath is listed as CIO/CTO | Innovator | Servant Leader at Morse..
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David Heath has worked for Morse., Rackspace Technology, Attaq Online, Smashing Research, and Blinds.Com.
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David Heath holds Information Systems from University Of Holy Cross.
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