David Mitchell is a SVP of Engineering at Datadog. Colleagues describe him as "David and I worked closely together at lastminute.com in London and have stayed in contact as colleagues at Sabre Holdings. David is passionate about technology, always current in terms of industry trends and he uses his knowledge to great effect in order to continually improve the business areas that he has supported. His leadership style is strong & focused and this leads to a great ability to deliver. He is an excellent team builder/people developer and is constantly looking to improve his own skills. Hence his recent MBA achievement. I’m hoping that we get the chance to work more closely together in the future." and "David is a fantastic manager. He has all the traits of a successful leader....clear communications, leads by example and above all, David is charismatic. His enthusiasm and presence energizes his teams to go the extra mile. He understands the technology and how it can help the business. I had the fortune of working with David on a number of projects. He is very organised and listens to all sides before making his decisions. He brings a common sense approach to chaotic situations...brings confidence to complex situations and calm to highly excited situations. David's core strength is also his breadth of knowledge across IT....He has managed large programs of works to adoption best practice processes and methodologies."