Summary
David Culbreth is a seasoned operations and professional services executive with over 30 years of leadership experience and a decade-plus of academic teaching at top institutions, currently serving as COO and Board member at The Root Group. He has repeatedly scaled and turned around technology and services organizations—building teams, growing revenues, and implementing enterprise programs across VMware, Forsythe, CSG and others—while driving measurable operational improvements and profitable growth. An author of Dynamic Value Chains, he blends scholarly frameworks with hands-on P&L responsibility and deep expertise in consultative selling, strategic account management and service automation. Based in Denver, he brings a rare mix of classroom mentorship and boardroom execution, having led complex global engagements (including large-scale cloud initiatives and productized professional services portfolios) that transformed service delivery and go-to-market performance.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BS/BA, Double degree - Engineering and Applied Science, BS/BA, Double degree - Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University
English