David Whitehead
President at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)
Pullman, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Whitehead is a seasoned executive and electrical engineering leader who has risen through Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories from hardware engineer to President, guiding the 100% employee-owned company’s vision, values, and strategic direction. With three decades of industry experience across R&D, operations, and executive roles, he has led large multidisciplinary teams (including an 800+ R&D organization and thousands of global employees) to deliver resilient systems for critical electrical infrastructure. He blends deep technical roots—MS and BS in electrical engineering and a background as a CTO and open-source project creator—with pragmatic business leadership that emphasizes innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction. Based in Pullman, Washington, he serves on SEL’s board and is known for translating complex engineering challenges into scalable products and long-term company stewardship.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Electrical Engineering, Master’s Degree Electrical Engineering at Rensselaer Hartford Graduate Center IncBS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Washington State University
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
lilpug/dotnetsdb
Jun 2016 - Feb 2020
Dotnetsdb is a .NET database library that makes integrating with databases easy again.
Contributions:12 releases, 62 commits, 59 pushes in 3 years 8 months
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lilpug/dotnetaes
Jun 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:3 releases, 15 commits, 14 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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