Dave is Chief Strategist for EMC’s Healthcare Solutions Group which focuses on early stage development of collaborative healthcare solutions to meet global market demands. Before joining EMC, Dave served as a strategic advisor to several healthcare technology companies, start-ups and investment banks while co-founding, WhatNext.com. Prior to this, Dave was the Senior Vice President of Innovation at TSC where his focus was on the translation of process innovation methods from mature industries, such as lean manufacturing, into product development for the healthcare industry. Dave also spent a decade in management consulting as a Partner at First Consulting Group (FCG) and prior to that at Deloitte where his teams provided consulting and technology services to hundreds of clients in the healthcare and life sciences industries. Dave has written numerous articles, technical papers, book chapters and has delivered a number of courses over his extensive career. He has a MS in Engineering Management from Northeastern University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.