Hands-on coach and angel investor seeking to invest $100k to $1 Million for each venture.And as Founder, Financier and Principal consultant at Sounding Board ™, David provides advisory services to clients on innovation & transformation leadership and management, product development/go-to-market strategies, digital strategies development & implementation, portfolio and program management processes setup and delivery. David's portfolio of corporate clients includes well-known organisations in the maritime services, aviation sector, health care, retail and international consultancy organisations. David is also a member of Atheneum Partners' Executives Network, Alpha Insights, Expert360 and friend of Internal Consulting Group (ICG)Passionate about equipping corporate leaders in their pursue of competitive advantages via innovations in their respective industries, David continues his delivery of learner-centric facilitation services to corporate clients, post-graduate courses as a sessional coach and educator. For example, at Curio for Tertiary Educational Institutes, David's portfolio of clients includes the Faculty of Business and Law, Faculty of Construction, Property and Project Management, and Faculty of Engineering as part of post-graduate degrees at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Curio is Australia and New Zealand’s fastest growing education consultancy. Driven by its curiosity, creativity and dedication to improving the world through education.

Qatar Airways is one of the youngest global airlines to serve more than 160 key business and leisure destinations across the world offering unmatched levels of service excellence that helped it become one the best airlines and airports worldwide to have been awarded 5-Star rating. David coordinated all technology aspects of the airport expansion program from concept, design, construction and its grand opening to support the growth and success of Qatar Airways, Hamad International Airport, as well as Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.Meanwhile, David facilitated the digital innovation hub (2019 to 2024) on behalf of the innovation board to realise the quest to bring world-class services to its stakeholders smoothly, swiftly and seamlessly.During the period of 2015 to 4Q/2017, David led the transformational initiative of the next generation passenger self-service for the airline and airport; and served as an advisor to C-Suite executive team, government agencies on use of biometric technology for boarding, transfer and travel border control. Simultaneously, David also led the continuous alignment of information services (IS) with business strategies as well as critical information services delivery at Hamad International Airport (HIA). David and his team's relentless efforts of putting the passengers' and aviation customers' needs first had contributed to the Group company being awarded as being the top Airlines and Airports of the year rated by Skytrax including 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and most recently in 2024.In addition, during 2018 David went on sabbatical to help his young adulthood children to establish themselves in culinary endeavours and independent entrepreneurial businesses.

Sydney Airport – Australia’s busiest and most important commercial airport – was opened in 1920 and is one of the longest continuously operating airports in the world. A dynamic economic hub, facilitating 35 million passengers' (per year) travels to/from Australia whilst coordinating the services of some 500 businesses and organisations to meet the needs of airport users. It is also one of the major employers in Sydney, directly providing an estimated 62,000 jobs and a further 108,400 jobs through flow-on effects. Sydney Airport also generates approximately A$6.6 billion in economic benefits to New South Wales. International visitors using Sydney Airport spend about A$2.6 billion annually in the Sydney area. Provision of world-class technology enabled solutions and services are considered a strategic imperative to the stake-holders.During his tenure as CIO at Sydney Airport, David facilitated the development of enabling technology plans with his colleagues; and importantly, led the realisation of those plans which contributed to Sydney Airport being awarded by its travelling passengers - the ultimate stakeholders who had experienced the pleasant and safe traveling experience through Sydney Airport. With the passengers votes of confidence, Sydney Airport was awarded world-class industry recognitions as the # 1 Airport in Pacific Region awarded by SkyTrax International, and #7 in the World’s Top-Ten Airports by Conde Nast Traveler Reader Award.

Develop industry ICT protocols and standards to drive end-to-end effective and efficient operations for industry gains of airports, airlines, aviation services providers.

Business & IT Operations, services and technology leadership roles in Commercial/Projects Services, Telecommunications (Mobile, Internet/Multi-media products development and business programs), FMCG (Confectionary), Pharmaceuticals (Sales/Distribution & Manufacturing)