David has been a member of ATD since 2013 and joined the Board of Directors as VP of Programming in 2022 for the Central Indiana chapter.  He continues to serve in this capacity and is now President Elect in 2023.  David is a degreed biologist and chemist, a musician/performer, a former salesperson, and former sales trainer. The diversity of experiences along this career path have provided opportunities to teach and to be taught, which led to a career transition in 2010 to pursue his passion of talent development.  Since, he has served as the Global Leader of Learning & Development at General Electric and SUEZ.  Having obtained certifications for leader development and the evaluation and measurement of learning programs, David is VP, Strategic Consulting and Talent Development, for People Performance Solutions (PPS Limited International.) PPS International is a globally affiliated talent development consultancy specializing in the human dynamics of leader development. 

A paradigm pioneer and a creator of experiences with a proven record of performance and impact.  My workstyle is "challenger" characterized by imagining new and better ways of responding to global workplace issues.