David has worked at 9 startups, each one more successful than the last. He's grown personally and professionally with each journey. 25 years of experience, the last 11 years in cloud-based product focused companies where he held positions of Director, VP of Engineering, and CTO. In short periods of time, David has seen companies grow from 0 to hundreds of people, systems handle 0 to billions of events, and valuations go from millions to billions. He is passionate about helping startups fall in love with the problem and then iterate on solutions by addressing the key product risks. From 2011 to 2019, David had a once in a lifetime opportunity as the founding CTO at BetterCloud, a $160+M funded startup that is on track to a billion dollar company. Tremendous learnings gained as BetterCloud grew from 0 to 300+ people, $50M in revenue, 2 billion daily events processed, and a 100-person technology organization. From 2019 to 2022, David witnessed another once-in-a-lifetime experience as Stord grew from a double digit million dollar company to a billion dollar company in just 2.5 years. 650% growth in the engineering, SRE, and security and IT teams. Designed and built the Stord platform to become a decisive leader in the Cloud Supply Chain category.David is an extremely hardworking and high-energy leader. He knows the importance of having a product and technology vision that inspires, a mission that motivates, and a culture that amplifies. David thrives in a culture that instills purpose in each person’s work and empowers people with autonomy while balanced by accountability for results using objective measurements of success.David's top three personal values are: Trust, Respect, and Humility. Build trust by consistently delivering on expectations, respect others by treating them the way he wants to be treated, and stay humble by constantly listening and learning.