In the blink of an eye, digital transformation leapt from to-do list item to daily lived reality for most companies. A global pandemic and its attendant business, social and personal consequences changed everyone’s plans, big and small. Ready or not, companies responded to a culture of social distancing by creating virtual workplaces on the fly. Suddenly the conceptual challenges of a digital business – access, resources, process, security considerations – have become extremely tangible. We collectively experienced a decade’s worth of technology adoption and business strategy executions in under two years. In the process, we have learned that digital business transformation is the ultimate challenge in change management because it impacts industry structures and strategic positioning—not to mention every task, activity and process within the organization.
David Hart, President and Chief Operating Officer of Presidio is responsible for sales and technology strategy and execution, emerging businesses development, alliances and sourcing, internal IT and our leasing arm – Presidio Technology Capital. He has served on the advisory boards of several world class technology innovators such as Cisco, Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks and Intel. Prior to his current role, Dave served as Chief Technology Officer. He joined Presidio in 2005 when the company acquired Networked Information Systems (NIS), a high growth IT systems integrator, where he led engineering, professional and managed services from its founding in 2000. Prior to NIS, Dave was Vice President of Engineering at Aztec Technology Partners (Nasdaq: AZTC) and at its predecessor, Bay State Computer Group. He holds a BS in Industrial Technology and a MS in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
