Summary
David Hubbard is a seasoned Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and continuous improvement leader with 26 years driving process transformation, systems deployment, and cross-functional programs across retail, healthcare, and enterprise software. He has led large-scale initiatives—from streamlining global finance and operations at MathWorks to saving millions in Staples’ private brand supply chain—consistently reducing defects and cycle times while improving customer and employee experience. Known for hands-on internal consulting, he translates Lean principles into scalable solutions supporting tens of thousands of users and complex, multi-office rollouts. At MathWorks he provoked a cultural shift by embedding staff-level continuous improvement and standardizing critical compliance and sales processes. Now at UMass Memorial Health, he brings deep expertise in prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and measurable operational gains to the healthcare environment. Collected across industry and technical domains, his background in industrial engineering and project management underpins a practical, data-driven approach to change that sustains results.
26 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Certificate Project Management, Master's Certificate Project Management at The George Washington University
Bachelor of Science Engineering Industrial Engineering/Operations Research, Bachelor of Science Engineering Industrial Engineering/Operations Research at University of Massachusetts Amherst
BA Engineering, BA Engineering at Oberlin College