SUMMARY: Dave is one of the best technology executives in the world.
- Who says?
- Former CEO's of:
- Ingram Micro
- Kmart Corporation
- Certance LLC
- Firstsource
- Wal-Mart International
- Who else?
- CIO Magazine
- One of the top "100 Leaders for the Next Millennium,"
December 1999
- Award for Outstanding Extranet Web Sites, 1998
- Award for Outstanding Use of Technology Within the Supply
Chain, 1998
- Esprit Award, 1994
- Smithsonian Institution
- "In Search Of New Heroes" Award, 1990
- Carnegie-Mellon/American Management Systems
- "1991 Award for Achievement in Managing Information Technology"
- Unix-Expo
- Award for "Excellence in Open Systems," 1992
- What makes him so good?
- His ability to consistently deliver extraordinary results through a combination of superb leadership and innovative technical strategies.
- What are some examples?
- Installed 50,000 scanning workstations in four years and
did so $100 million under budget.
- Installed 2,000 locations with satellite communications
on time and under budget.
- Stabilized an installation of Oracle 11i in a manufacturing
company within a few weeks.
- Replaced the entire technical infrastructure in a global
manufacturing company in a few months.
- Installed 40 Unix systems in remote sites for 40 weeks
in a row; 1,600 in nine months.
- Developed a rapid development tool for web-based applications.
- Managed more than 5,000 professionals in his career with
extremely high morale and superior performance.
- Managed international IT staffs in US, Canada, all European
countries, India and Malaysia.
- Mentored several outstanding individuals who became CIO's
of such companies as Polo Ralph Lauren, Walden Books, Barnes and Noble,
Chanel USA, Goody's Family Stores, Kmart Foods, The Body Shop, Crown Books
and the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
- Installed new IT systems in China, Argentina, Switzerland,
Germany, Brazil, India, Australia, Austria, Finland and New Zealand
- Installed innovative and robust web sites, one of which
had 14,000 simultaneous users and 7 million page hits a day within 90
days of initial launch.
- Obsessive budgetary control, e.g., at or under budget
on every aspect of the $1.5 billion capital expenditure budget and the
$150 million annual operating budget at Kmart.
- Where has he done this? … what kind of companies? … and in what positions?
- QUANTUM - $1 billion manufacturer of
disk and tape backup solutions
- Director, Global Applications
- CERTANCE LLC - $250 million global manufacturer
of technical products
- Director, Information Technology
- GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL - $1 billion
media and licensing company
- Senior Vice President, Technology
- E-DN.com - electronic commerce hub startup
- Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
- FIRSTSOURCE CORP - $80 million technology
reseller using customized web-sites
- Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
- SAGENCE SYSTEMS, INC. - builder rapid
development tool startup
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- INGRAM MICRO, INC. - $24 billion wholesaler
of technology products
- Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
- KMART CORPORATION - $50 billion diversified
retailer
- Senior Vice President, Corporate Information Systems
- What other noteworthy activities has he engaged in?
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- Member, Board of Directors, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES,
LIMITED: September, 1998 - June, 1999
- ERL was a publicly held Singapore Company. It had annual
revenues in excess of US$1 billion with 50% of its business coming from
China. Ingram Micro recently purchased in excess of 90% of ERL shares
and has taken it private.
- Chairman, Orange County (CA) Audit Oversight
Committee
- The committee was established by statute immediately
after the bankruptcy of Orange County (the 50th largest economic entity
in the world) and monitors all aspects of the county's financial operations.
The county has liquid assets of more than $4 billion and owns John Wayne
Airport, Dana Point Harbor and other properties and facilities in the
county.
- Member, Board of Trustees, Adrian College
- Adrian College is a private four-year college in Adrian,
Michigan, Dave service on the Academic Affairs and Finance Committees.
- Instructor, Department of Psychology, University
of Michigan
- What is his academic background?
-
- University of Michigan
- B.S. - Mathematics
- M.S. - Industrial Administration
- Ph.D. - Industrial and Operations Engineering
- Post-doctoral study - Finance
- Are there any other credentials worth mentioning?
- Dave has made more than 100 public presentations
including many Keynote Addresses and consistently receives the highest audience
rankings.
- Dave served twice in the U.S. Army.