
Consultant | Professional Speaker | Author of RELATIONSHIP ECONOMICS
Greater Atlanta Area

Consultant | Professional Speaker | Author of RELATIONSHIP ECONOMICS
Greater Atlanta Area
- Founder of Relationship Economics, an Atlanta-based consulting, training and technology firm focused on Strategic Relationship Planning™ and Enterprise Social Networking.
- Social networking strategist, international keynote speaker, author of Relationship Economics (Wiley, 2008), The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Capital (Praeger, 2009) and Social Networking Technology Best Practices Series.
- Clients include KPMG, Siemens, Cisco Systems, Deloitte, Disney, Sun Microsystems, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Marriott, Hilton, as well as numerous trade associations and academic forums.
- Previous roles include President, Interim COO, VP of Sales, Senior Management Advisor, VP of Business Development and Marketing, and National Director of Professional Services; Large company experience at IBM, SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics), and Kforce Consulting; Startup experience at Procuri, Catarra, TIAN Software, and Accelerating 1to1.
- An active member of professional organizations including the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF), Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS), Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), American Management Association (AMA) and the National Speakers Association (NSA)
- Former board member of the Center for Puppetry Arts, former Co-chair of the United Way Tech Initiative; passionate about The Bridge, Boy Scouts of America, and the High Tech Ministries.
- Featured in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, Georgia Trend, Success, Entrepreneur and Associations Now magazines
- A native of Iran, David earned an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University where he's often a guest lecturer, and his BA degree in Management from Georgia State University
Enterprise Social Networking, Strategic Relationship Management, Relationship Economics, Profitable revenue growth, talent acquisition and development, process optimization, international expansion, mergers and acquisition (M&A) due diligence and post acquisition integration, Middle East, and European markets.
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
October 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
The Nour Group specialized in Strategic Relationship Planning and Enterprise Social Networking to solve revenue growth, talent development and strategy execution challenges for its clients. We design, develop, and deploy business relationship best practices and social networking strategies for marquee clients such as KPMG, Siemens, Deloitte Consulting, and Cisco SPVTG (formerly Scientific-Atlanta) to name a few.
(Management Consulting industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
(Internet industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SGI; Computer Hardware industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
Exec.MBA , Strategy , 1998 — 2000
BBA , Management , September 1988 — March 1994
Association for Corporate Growth, High Tech CEO Council, Southern Center for International Studies, Center for Puppetry Arts, United Way Tech Iniaitive, High Tech Ministries.
Atlanta Business Chronicle Who's Who in Atlanta Technology - 2005
Atlanta Business Chronicle Up & Comer - 2005
Georgia Trend 40 Under 40 - 2005
Society of International Business Fellows - Class of 2006