David Smith is a highly accomplished professional who currently works as a Technology Director for the U.S. Navy and is a founding faculty member of the University of San Diego Online Degree's Informational Technology Leadership program. In his role, he has made significant contributions to modernizing software development practices, including the establishment of DevSecOps Software Factories. He has also played a key role in building data science and machine learning capabilities and modernizing design and development efforts for enterprise business systems.