David Gardner
INDEPENDENT ADVISORY UK & Remote Principal Strategic Advisor (AI & Private Investment)
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Gardner is a strategic advisor and operator who blends 15+ years of enterprise GTM leadership at Microsoft with hands-on commercialisation work in AI, blockchain and SaaS. He has a proven track record of scaling billion-dollar regional revenues, negotiating landmark $100M+ partnerships, and leading cultural sales transformations now applied to early-stage ventures. As an independent principal advisor he helps startups pivot from product-first to partner-first models, lower CAC, and build repeatable revenue engines — having monetised AI communities and led pre-sales for blockchain platforms himself. Comfortable at board and senior leadership tables, he translates complex technical value into investor-ready propositions and partner architectures. Based in London, he pairs grown-up sales discipline with a founder-friendly approach and an investor’s lens on digital transformation opportunities.
8 years of coding experience
Matriculation Higher Grade, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Matriculation Higher Grade, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at St. Charles College, South AfricaMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business at Henley Business School
English, Afrikaans, French
Github Skills (7)
blockchain9
ethereum8
p2p7
golang6
go6
abi4
geth3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Pacio-io/SSIM-PriorArt
May 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
Pacio-io/PacioDAICO
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:101 commits, 90 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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