Summary
David Strachan is an experienced software engineering leader with over 20 years in enterprise software, currently serving as Associate Vice President for HCLSoftware and previously leading large-scale product engineering at HCL Technologies and IBM. He has a proven track record modernising legacy Java estates to cloud-native Kubernetes platforms, building and scaling distributed teams (175 people across six countries) and driving record customer satisfaction and NPS through customer-focused engineering and advocacy programs. Comfortable at the intersection of product, engineering and sales, he has owned go-to-market strategies, pricing and cloud launches for digital experience and SaaS offerings. Trained in maths, physics and art history at Cambridge, he blends analytical rigor with creative problem solving and a knack for turning complex, multi-million-pound product roadmaps into operational reality.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons) Maths Physics & History of Art, BA (Hons) Maths Physics & History of Art at University of Cambridge
English, French