David Williamson is an Associate Professor of Practice and seasoned project management consultant with 13+ years of experience translating structured problem solving into professional-grade teaching and client outcomes. Based in the Greater Roanoke Area, he blends academic rigor—teaching project management, managerial analytics, and consulting capstones at Virginia Tech—with hands-on consulting across healthcare, telecom, manufacturing, and IT. He has led PMO transformations, enterprise PMIS implementations, and process improvements that produced measurable reliability and performance gains, including significant ITSM and KPI-driven results at Advance Auto Parts. As founder and longtime leader of the PMI Southwest Virginia Chapter and former managing director of a consulting firm, he’s trained hundreds of practitioners in PMP and practical project delivery methods. His background in computer science and an MBA informs a pragmatic mix of technical fluency, analytics, and organizational change expertise. Colleagues describe him as a teacher-consultant who converts complex governance and tooling challenges into repeatable practices teams can adopt.
13 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Strategy and Innovation / Operations and Technology Management, MBA Strategy and Innovation / Operations and Technology Management at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
PhD Organization & Management / IT Management / Project Management, PhD Organization & Management / IT Management / Project Management at Capella University
BS Computer Science / Economics, BS Computer Science / Economics at University of Virginia
Arduino library for Home Assistant entities for MQTT
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes in 10 days
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David Williamson - Associate Professor Of Practice