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Senior Vice President Products, Architecture, and Delivery St Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. St. Jude was established in 1962 and has helped to increase the childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it first opened its doors. The institution is powered by the great generosity of its donors, which helps ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food--so they can focus on helping their child live.

Twenty-four years of progressive leadership growth within a multi-billion dollar global environment. Leadership and business philosophy were instrumental in delivering significant business value and cost optimization to the enterprise. David provides leadership and strategic direction to multiple globally diverse teams in the delivery of innovative business solutions for K-C’s $22BN business. He’s responsible for engaging all IT Services teams (infrastructure, applications teams, business partners, architecture, business clients, external vendors, and service delivery partners) to define, prototype, and implement new technologies in support of business objectives and projects. David is also responsible for establishing day-to-day operational support for IT applications that includes supplier management activities, business continuity, and overall service delivery support. Prior to David’s current applications leadership role, he held an international role at K-C and was responsible for rolling out SAP to all countries outside of North America and Western Europe. David’s 23 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry with Kimberly-Clark Corporation has provided many opportunities to lead business transformation initiatives that have delivered quantifiable benefits to the organization. The foundational systems and IT initiatives led by David have contributed in making ITS a value provider for K-C.