David Novak
Board Director at RUX Software
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Novak is a seasoned SaaS board director and revenue leader with over three decades of experience scaling enterprise software companies, most notably helping SPS Commerce become one of the most successful public SaaS firms in the U.S. He has led sales, business development and product teams at high-growth companies and blue-chip firms including Oracle, Siebel and Salsify, and currently advises and directs multiple startups and nonprofits from Minneapolis. Known for turning complex go-to-market challenges into repeatable growth engines, he combines operator instincts with board-level strategic perspective. A Mechanical Engineering graduate from Santa Clara University and Bay Area native, he brings an engineer’s rigor to commercial strategy—balancing metrics-driven decisions with customer-centric product thinking. Outside of software he champions outdoor youth and community engagement through the Y Adventure Lab, reflecting a long-standing commitment to nature-based health and family-focused programming.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Jesuit High SacramentoBA Mechanical Engineering, BA Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University
Github Skills (20)
wkhtmltopdf9
cjs8
region8
currency7
country-codes7
calculation7
sales-tax6
iso6
ruby6
country-flags5
tax5
names5
ruby-client5
woocommerce4
sinatra4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apruve/apruve-php
Apr 2018 - Oct 2019
Apruve Integration Library for PHP. Now even easier!
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 6 months
php
donnen/TaxCloud
May 2012 - May 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes in 4 years
sales-taxsalestaxcloudtaxcalculation
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