David Brewster

Skills

Horizon Strategies, Consulting Services Design and Delivery, Program Management, Business Development, Quantum Computing, Linux, Data Center Infrastructure, P&L Ownership, Data Storage, Virtualization

About

35+ years supporting advanced/complex technology solutions in the Department of Defense and commercial applications, involving hardware, software, and services.

Strong understanding of high-performance computing, cloud platforms, semiconductors (including foundry processes and supply chain), and quantum computing. Solid understanding of digital transformation, AI, and application factories. Completed three MIT xPRO's Quantum Computing certificates includeing Introduction to Quantum Computing; Quantum Algorithms for Cybersecurity, Chemistry, and Optimization; Quantum Computing: Strategy and Impact.

Expertise in working with C-Suite personas on high-profile technology projects as well as initiatives with local, regional, and global impact, including tenure as a consultant to C-Suite executives. Experience assisting companies and consortia in securing federal and state grants to advance innovation and technology transfer."

Comfortable managing multi-disciplinary, advanced tech teams in functional, matrix, projectized organizations, with 25+ years doing so. Including organizations undergoing organizational change. My engineering background is complemented by a master’s degree in organizational effectiveness and leadership.

Experienced in developing and executing business strategies, providing supporting program management, and ecosystem building. Experienced in developing new technology services offerings/commercialization and standing up new lines of business. Developed Ohio's semiconductor strategy for the economic development community and the State's quantum information systems strategy.

I studied and practiced electronic engineering and electronics engineering technology in the USAF as part of the C4ISR field. This led to a deep involvement in the engineering of FPGAs, ASICs, and supporting systems. After my military service, I began working on optimizing the performance and configuration of RISC-based systems, large-scale UNIX HPC systems, mainframes, and data storage solutions in support of cloud infrastructure and private data centers. Performed kernel optimization for improved compute cycle utilization and wrote self-healing software code to automate synchronous and asynchronous data replication. This experience evolved into a comprehensive understanding of solution design and configuration, utilizing best practices and process-aware strategies. I have delivered solution architecture, implementation, migration, and analysis to support production data centers and services, ranging from small to hyperscale, including SCIF environments.

This broad involvement with systems, solutions, and organizational behavior led to an end-to-end understanding of complex technology solutions, use cases, and opportunities to enhance organizational effectiveness while driving innovation.