Biography

From the early 1990s David was one of the first practitioners to view front office HR processes for talent management not as a series of discrete HR activities but as interconnected standards, practices, and programs that when integrated become instrumental in driving business performance and change. When such practices are conceived beyond the aims of functional HR silos and designed as an integrated system based on common standards, these practices make the difference in driving and sustaining large-scale enterprise change. David currently is a partner in a boutique consulting firm that works with global enterprises at the nexus of business strategy, change, culture, and integrated talent management. Until December 2009 he was Director of Talent and Organizational Capability at Microsoft, where he co-designed and led the development and deployment Microsoft integrated platform for enterprise-wide talent management.