Speaking & Workshop Engagements
I am passionate about talking with audiences and conducting workshops on being more customer- and employee-focused, data-informed, human-centered, innovative, and product-centric.
Book me to speak
My speaking superpower I believe is my passion that energizes myself and the audience while being relatable. As a person with experience in Improv Comedy, teaching, and lawyering, I bring a unique twist to interacting with audiences in a fun but engaging manner.
Over the years, I have spoken in person on four continents and virtually on a fifth. My experience ranges from executive-only sessions to highly technical audiences and from using PowerPoint to no-PowerPoint sessions. I believe engaging with an audience creates a shared human connection with everyone, no matter how big the audience is.
Whether delivering an engaging keynote, moderating a heated panel, or facilitating an interactive workshop, I will add value at your next event.
Recent topics requested:
Adopting a human-centered and data-informed decision culture
Making tough decisions in the face of uncertainty
Better decisions start with data literacy
Making project-to-product switch a win-win-win scenario
Delivering customer-focused products aligned with your mission
Living at the center of product, experience, and data
Recent speaking forums:
productDNA Conference
Qonnections Conference
Product Conf
Convergence Summit
ProductCamps (various)
Product Development & Management Associations (various chapters)
Product School Speaker Series
User Experience Professional Assoc. of MN
Carlson School of Management
BREIN Innovation Speaker Series
Laboratoria Speaker Series
Univ. of San Ignacio de Loyola Lecturer
Global Artificial Intelligence Conf.
MinneBOS Conference
Instituto Univ. de Lisboa Speaker Series
OpenUp Speaker Series
Private organizations
Short Biography (preferred): Dave helps leaders and organizations be more customer-focused and data-driven to deliver amazing insights, products, and experiences. He is the founder of Beyond the Data and host of the “go Beyond the Data” podcast.
Long Biography: Dave helps leaders and organizations be more customer-focused and data-driven to deliver amazing insights, products, and experiences. He is the founder of Beyond the Data and host of the “go Beyond the Data” podcast. Dave authored a book entitled “Data Storytelling and Translation: Bridging the Gap Between Numbers and Narratives” around helping everyone better leverage and communicate with data to drive organization and community value and change.
Dave has worked for companies like U.S. Bank, Aon, and Solera. Over the years Dave has been fortunate to have the opportunity to mentor dozens of amazing people, advise many fascinating startups, and serve on a variety of boards and executive councils.
As a believer that knowledge, but more important critical thinking and experience is power, Dave is a strong advocate of life-long applied learning. J.D. from Drake Univ., M.S. in Information Assurance from Iowa State Univ., and B.S. in Chemistry from Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
