About David

Business-first leadership for complex enterprise transformation.

David Stott is an enterprise AI and Salesforce transformation executive whose career spans executive advisory, enterprise architecture, platform strategy, delivery leadership, and operating-model change.

Leadership Story

Strategy, architecture, and execution in one leadership frame.

Portrait of David Stott in a historic research library
David Stott, MBA — Enterprise transformation executive, architect, and advisor.

Across more than 25 years, David has led through the practical realities of transformation: programs that have lost confidence, operating models that cannot support the strategy, platforms that have become projects instead of capabilities, and emerging AI investments that need clearer governance and value.

His perspective is shaped by leadership roles in consulting, financial services, higher education, technology, and professional services. He works across the executive and technical layers of an organization, helping leaders make better decisions and delivery teams translate those decisions into durable capability.

David's doctrine is simple: business before technology. Technology can accelerate transformation, but leadership, ownership, process, data, trust, and measurable outcomes determine whether transformation takes hold.

Enterprise Environments

Cross-industry perspective without losing operating context.

Financial servicesAutomotiveManufacturingEnergyHigher educationTravelEnterprise professional services

Career Context

Leadership across enterprise transformation.

May 2025–Present

Executive Customer Success Manager / Forward Deployed Engineer

Uptima

January 2025–May 2025

Senior Engagement and Delivery

NeuraFlash

December 2023–November 2024

Director, Salesforce Platform

Republic Finance

October 2019–December 2023

Engagement Manager, Salesforce Professional Services

Salesforce

August 2018–September 2019

Director, CRM Strategy

Ameritas Financial

July 2013–July 2018

Director, PMO

Bellevue University

March 1996–January 2014

Founder, Managing Partner, and CIO

Medigrafix

Atherian

A platform for operationalizing the body of work.

Atherian is the platform through which David's business-friction frameworks, assessments, executive reporting, and AI-enabled tools may be operationalized over time. This site remains David's executive brand and body of work.

Explore the Frameworks