David Novak
Board Director at YMCA of the North
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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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 (36)
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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
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apruve/apruve-woocommerce
Nov 2016 - Oct 2019
Plugin for using Apruve with Woo Commerce on Wordpress
Contributions:3 releases, 8 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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