Two people who've actually done it.

David has built two companies from nothing into something. Guidant Financial helped 30,000 entrepreneurs secure $7 billion to start or buy a business across all 50 states. DOXA Talent runs a 1,000-person distributed team across six countries — with zero office space. No hybrid policy. No headquarters. Just people doing real work across time zones, every day.

He's been on the Inc. 500/5000 six times, named National Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and currently serves on the Global Board of Directors of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. He's also a TEDx speaker, author of two books on distributed work, and the person who will open your morning — not with predictions about AI, but with a framework for what it actually changes inside your org and where global AI-enabled talent fits into that picture.

Dave started at Microsoft in 1999 as a data analyst — back when most people hadn't heard the word "algorithm" outside a math class. He's spent 25 years since at the intersection of technology and business, building systems that ran millions of rows of data and millions of dollars in transactions. He co-founded TINYpulse, a venture-backed startup that reshaped employee engagement for the Boston Red Sox, Fidelity, and thousands more — later acquired by WebMD.

Dave built the AI Officer Institute on one conviction: 95% of companies investing in AI get nothing back — not because AI doesn't work, but because nobody in the room knows how to lead it. He's the person who will run your afternoon workshop. He'll build something live, in front of you, from a problem you bring to the room. In under 20 minutes.