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Chief Technologist (CTO) and Partner, Efficium
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Efficium
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Chief Technologist (CTO) and Partner, Efficium
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Huntersville, North Carolina, United States
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David Kohler is listed as Chief Technologist (CTO) and Partner, Efficium at Efficium, based in Huntersville, North Carolina, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at forcemanagement.com, phone signal with area code 207, and a matched LinkedIn profile for David Kohler.
David Kohler previously worked as VP of IT at Force Management and Chief Technologist / Partner, Efficium at Efficium It. David Kohler holds Bachelor Of Science Degree; Bsba, Business Administration; Computer Information Systems from Thomas Edison State University.
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David Kohler serves as a transformation consultant. In a nutshell he brings his rare combination of depth of knowledge across compute, storage and network with his breadth of knowledge on systems, security, services, imaging, and a variety of other building blocks together to build solutions to make technology work better, deliver to its potential. Kohler typically engages with organizations that are seeking someone to not merely propose a concept on a few slides (and then disengage) but those that are seeking an accountable leader and partner who can conceive a solution as well as implement it. David’s personality couples well with his professional charter as he is in every sense of the word a catalyst for change and he knows how to navigate to achieve change that up levels the performance of the organization.David Kohler has always had a deep-rooted interest in the piece parts that make things work. His passion for networks, computers and the various elements that allow the potential of the vast computing power to be realized has driven his career. At his core David is a problem solver; an innate quality that, paired with his technical knowledge, yields ‘right fit’ technological solutions.David has 25 years of professional experience in roles both as a consultant as well as owning the IT charter in corporate roles. Kohler worked as a consultant while at IBM and, subsequently, at Lenovo. He ultimately built and managed a department of consultants with responsibility for applying their technical knowledge to design brand agnostic solutions. Kohler held the global managing director role of service solutioning, P&L Management and delivery including management of a global PMO. Kohler led, from concept to execution the Bring Your Own Device program at Bank of America and led the IT infrastructure transformation for Smith & Nephew.He regularly is asked to consult on technology roundtables and is an invited speaker to customer and professional organization events.
Listed skills include Management, Integration, Product Management, Cloud Computing, and 46 others.
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Vp Of It
CurrentSupporting the technology needs of Force Management to enhance our ability to help sales organizations become elite.
Jun 2022 - Present
Chief Technologist / Partner, Efficium
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Efficium It
Strongly biased toward action, I apply my 25 years with IBM, Raytheon, and Lenovo to design and implement transformational change and technical evolution. With a deep foundation of IT credentials and know-how and a solid understanding of business enablement and financial priorities, I take a strategic, organization-specific perspective. Beyond technical solutioning, my work across business functions makes me effective in crafting end to end plans. I am a strong believer that optimized and cheaper can be achieved while also achieving better solutions. Having grown and managed my own corporate IT departments, I start and end every project by the numbers as well as the mind-share of the stakeholders. Advising clients on a range of transformation projects including but not limited to IoT enablement, cloud ecosystem architecture, strategic application migration, ITSM alignment, and compliance. Work across core technology domains to include IT and Business Process Improvement, network, telecom, storage, compute, data center, cloud, identity management and collaboration
Apr 2012 - Present
It Director Infrastructure Transformation
Lead IT Infrastructure Services Transformation. Managing a Cross-functional Team, responsible over more than 75 individuals including six direct managers. Semiconductor organization (~4.5B annual revenue): - Implemented ITIL standards and IT and Business Process Improvement across the organization, cascaded through all parts of the IT organization. - Implemented standard measurements, defined, and implemented KPIs, for the first time in organization. - Ensure optimal vendor management by rationalizing VARs and MSP to ensure best ROI - Authored a documented strategy to serve as a reference plan for the org. - Restructured design – build – run organizational structure. - Formalized PMO and architecture functions and created 24x7 support outsourced model for a fast-growing organization. - Partnered closely with CISO and managed to regulated standards including a separate ITAR environment.
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
Director Of Information Technology
Owned IT for organization. Big Data, Software organization (~60M annual revenue): - Moved on prem data center to cloud in 5 mos yielding annual savings of ~200K. - Completed migration from Microsoft O365 to Google G Suite 3 mos cutting spend by 50%. - Migrated legacy telephony and conferencing solution to cloud based unified communications platform (UCaaS). - Implemented help desk solution to expedite triage and resolution by 29% and improved IT and Business Processes. - Provided advisory support on technology solutions and services to aid in compliance including SOC 2 and SOX.
Apr 2019 - Jun 2021
Director Global It Infrastructure, Engineering And Operations
Lead Cross-functional Team, responsible for the planning, development and execution of a long-range information technology strategy and roadmaps, transformation to an always on cloud infrastructure and implementation of business continuity program. Bio-tech, pharma (~$9b annual revenue): - Transformation to cloud hosted model. - Leveraged global outsourcing to develop WAN transformation and operations. - Owned and managed ServiceNow globally managing all workflows, reporting, and IT as a service (ITSM) construct for organization. - Managed IT due diligence and integration for multiple acquisitions. - Disciplined approach to document process flows, requirements, and capabilities. - Proactively managed compliance with regulations (SOX, GDPR, PIPEDA, PCI). - Implemented ServiceNow, SAP and Oracle major upgrade. - Managed IT vendor management relationships with VARs and MSP to improve results. - Managed and supported the backend systems for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Implemented SD-WAN solution optimizing 21 sites and 7 services. - Implemented wi-fi solution across 240 sites in 40 countries in 18 mos.
Jan 2017 - May 2019
Senior Director It Infrastructure - Lkn Communications Dba. Acn
Lead Cross-functional Team, responsible for a multi-year infrastructure plan across multiple sites with dispersed direct team and extensive partner team. Owned lifecycle roadmap and execution, OS, IAAS, PAAS, Oracle and Microsoft SQL, budget management, risk (inclusive of security and compliance e.g. PCI), IT project management and continuity planning and lifecycle management for all of IT. - Led governance, security, compliance and lifecycle management. - Migrated to new ITSM platform aligned to current ITIL standards. - Managed IT vendor management relationships with VARs and MSP to improve results. - Refreshed 96% of IT infrastructure and Telephony within 28 months. - Migrated critical data from 10 platforms to one unified, resilient solution. - Implemented ServiceNow, SalesForce, Oracle, and scoped Workday. - Managed and supported the backend systems for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Established project and program management for infrastructure and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for telephone development team. - Built DevOps practices combining infra team of 12 and agile team of 50.
Mar 2013 - Jan 2017
Vice President, Product Management Virtualization
Managed internal Virtual Desktop solution development and global implementation for an end user base of over 400k. - Responsible for virtual solutions across the 400,000 end user employee base.- Built “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) program for 40,000+users.- Identified optimal virtual desktop infrastructure savings ~27%.- Product owner for BYOD responsible for entirety of cost and ROI of virtual desktop solution.- Built disaster recovery program leveraging virtual desktop solution. Program was activated as a part of our Hurricane Sandy recovery and continuity response providing over 10,000 desktops within one day of event.
Aug 2011 - Mar 2013
Director Global Solutions & Services, Delivery (Professional Services, Tam, Sam And Pmo)
Charter Director for Lenovo Professional Solutions & Services. Lead the $20M in direct Professional Solutions & Services business unit, managing 30 staff members in six countries. - Led managed services growth of 167% over 24 months. - Converted cost center into a standalone profit center organization contributing 25% gross profit. - Delivered average 31% year-over-year revenue growth for 4 years. - Ensured Lenovo's strategy of partner first (VARs and MSP) was supported by collaborating with Channel Partners on services offers and joint ventures. - Architected and built global Managed Services team and portfolio. Managed multiple, concurrent projects from quick turn/weekend projects to $20M multi-year worldwide contracts. - Team comprised of Systems Engineers, Project Management Organization (PMO), Services Account Managers (SAM) and Solutions Architects writing over $250M in annual services contracts. - Worked directly with Leadership, Marketing and Sales Customer Relationship Management to ensure that new service offerings would drive more stickiness around the core hardware offerings.
May 2005 - Jul 2011
Sr. It Consultant / Integration Architect - Large Enterprise, Public Sector & Smb
Led customer solutions development for IBM Global Services and IBM PC Division. Responsible for IT engineering and business process services. Led the Professional Services unit and global IT PMO. - Led managed services growth of 167% over 30 months.- Build agile team for supporting development and led lifecycle management.- Delivered average 31% year-over-year revenue growth for 4 years.- Conducted TCO & ROI analysis for customers.- Designed and deployed PoC solutions for over a hundred customers.- Increased customer retention through growth in share of wallet. Managed as many as five global technology programs simultaneously and delivered key projects 20% under budget.- Authored ThinkVantage Technology Redbooks.
Oct 2001 - May 2005
Systems Architect - New Holland / Fiat - Cnh / Ge Capital Its / Hl Yoh
End user computing hardware and software standards, systems management, software application packaging and distribution, image development, deskside technology adoption, technical escalation of last resort.
Nov 1998 - Oct 2001
Owner And Lead Engineer
Led successful startup that remains a viable business in the Centeral Pennsylvania region for computer consulting. Began from ground up,steadily built sales and profits. Sold interest in partnership when recruited by IBM.. IT Infrastructure, Staff augmentation, Web site hosting. Custom built PCs.http://performanceweb.net/
Sep 1997 - Oct 2001
Field Service Engineer - Hughes Electronics Htsc Now Part Of Raytheon
Flight simulator electronics field engineer and mainframe component level repair
Apr 1992 - Apr 1997
At3 - Aviation Electronic Technician
f/a-18c aviation electronic technician, VFA-86 , USS America CV-66
Aug 1987 - Aug 1991
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David Kohler education
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Thomas Edison State University
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David Kohler works for Efficium.
What is David Kohler's role at Efficium?
David Kohler is listed as Chief Technologist (CTO) and Partner, Efficium at Efficium.
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AeroLeads has found 2 phone signal(s) with area code 207 for David Kohler at Efficium.
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David Kohler is based in Huntersville, North Carolina, United States while working with Efficium.
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David Kohler has worked for Efficium, Force Management, Efficium It, Qorvo, Inc., and Quaero.
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David Kohler holds Bachelor Of Science Degree; Bsba, Business Administration; Computer Information Systems from Thomas Edison State University.
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David Kohler is listed with skills including Management, Integration, Product Management, Cloud Computing, Program Management, Leadership, Professional Services, and Crm.
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