Client Testimonials
“David is one of the best consultants I have worked with. We brought him in as a fractional CPO to help us improve product usage and retention. He helped us do that by becoming more customer-centric, having clearer direction, being more rigorous in our product process, and empowering our team to take more ownership. He did a spectacular job leveling up and scaling up the team. My confidence in our team has increased with every release since David started. Our metrics also reflect this, with a 4x increase in usage and significantly improved net dollar retention. I would give David a ridiculously high NPS."
Joshua Pantony, Chief Executive Officer, Boosted.ai
“David played a pivotal role in helping Best Egg transition to the Product Operating Model, bringing deep expertise, strategic insight, and a strong focus on customer value and business results. His guidance was invaluable in shaping our transformation, ensuring we built a model that drives both innovation and meaningful impact. We couldn’t have achieved this success without his leadership and expertise.”
Brian Conneen, Chief Information Officer, Best Egg
“David’s perspective was incredibly valuable as I stepped into my Chief Product Officer role during a period of transformation. With the organization already mid-transition, David’s deep understanding of the team and its history provided important context that helped me make faster, more informed decisions. He was a trusted sounding board as I worked to shape our vision and align our teams, offering insights that complemented my own perspective. David’s thoughtful, collaborative approach made him an impactful partner in those early months and beyond.”
Colleen Wilson, Chief Product Officer, Best Egg
“David has worked with a number of our portfolio companies, providing hands-on product execution, mentoring, and strategic guidance. He has also been instrumental in helping us create and deliver our High Performance Product and Engineering Bootcamp, a 2-day hands-on, workshop-based training session for CEOs and their heads of product and engineering. David has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to do everything from crafting strategy and vision, to roadmap planning, to performance management at the right level of sophistication for our company size.
His work has led to major unlocks in our portfolio companies’ product teams. I recommend David regularly to our portfolio.”
Scott Barstow, Technology & Software Operating Partner, Pacific Lake Partners
“David helped the team at Wyzant on multiple fronts over a seven-year period, and his contributions were significant to our growth and evolution. His strategic guidance helped us refine our student/tutor matching process and successfully pivot toward online tutoring in 2018—a significant factor in our company's eventual sale.
Furthermore, he was an effective mentor and coach to several members of our team, participated in board meetings, and even stepped in to provide crucial hands-on operational leadership during key transitions. David is thoughtful, professional and insightful, and I would highly recommend him to any organization.”
Andrew Geant, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wyzant
"David has been instrumental in helping to bring clarity and articulation of our product vision in a way that engendered confidence with all stakeholders and continues to resonate with members of the team, our leadership, the board, and potential investors. As we’ve continued to successfully grow our business, David has tapped into his wealth of experience and assisted with the evolution of our product and engineering organizational structure, creating a place where our team members can do their best work, and we can focus on bringing maximum value to our customers with our product."
Jesse Corn, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Zivian Health
"What made me most excited to work with David was his unique talent for seamlessly addressing both tactical and strategic work. He has an ability to share real-world examples from his extensive experience which provided me invaluable insights into how to approach various challenges.
David’s impact was tangible in critical areas including: 1) guiding us through defining our customer outcomes and OKRs, 2) advising me on key decisions for a risky feature launch, 3) building awareness within our organization on what it means to truly become 'product-led.' Furthermore, his exceptional support in navigating complex situations with me and my CEO was instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.
I recommend David for his expertise and his ability to elevate any product management team. He also helped me grow personally as I transitioned to becoming a parent and balancing work - always infusing personal elements into our sessions."
Tom Hamilton, Vice President of Product Management, Mezo