David Black

Current

Manager, Asia Region Consulting Engineers, Beijing, China at Apple Inc.

Past

Strategic Education Solutions at Apple Computer
iServices Consulting Engineer at Apple Computer
Web Applications Developer at Nortel Networks

Co-founder at Webix

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David Black’s Summary

* Accelerate Apple's Education market share in Asia by developing institutional technology strategies, roadmaps, training, and channel programs.

* Increase the sustainability of Apple technology in Asia through the development and support of "grass-roots" user communities

* Ensure successful implementations at customer sites by certifying the technology plans developed by Apple and reseller sales teams

David Black’s Specialties:

IT integration and strategy design. Software application analysis, architecture, design, development, programming, software marketing, technical writing, vendor management.

David Black’s Experience

Manager, Asia Region Consulting Engineers, Beijing, China

Apple Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; awol; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years)

* Develop institutional technology strategies, roadmaps, training, and channel programs, to increase Apple's Education market share in Asia.

* Develop and deploy strategic systems architectures which promote the broad deployment of Apple's technology within educational institutions.

* Develop and provide targeted technology briefings to customers and the reseller channel.

* Develop and provide training programs to Apple and reseller sales engineers throughout the region

* Certify technology plans provided by Apple and reseller sales engineers
Strategic Education Solutions

Apple Computer

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Software industry)

August 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 1 month)

* Enhanced Apple's Asia marketing opportunities by developing and supporting a "showcase account" in Beijing, China.

* Discovered new, repeatable education technology strategies by working side-by-side with K12 digital curriculum managers at the Western Academy of Beijing
iServices Consulting Engineer

Apple Computer

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Software industry)

February 2000 — December 2003 (3 years 11 months)

* Led full life-cycle software development for a Fortune 100 company including application analysis, architecture, design and development.

* Led joint requirement and design sessions with key stake-holders including our customer's senior leadership

* Deployed distributed web applications using service oriented architectures and built with Java, XML, J2EE
Web Applications Developer

Nortel Networks

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years)

* Co-designed and led the development and successfully deployed an HR performance management system which was used by 25K users.

* Contributed to the development of a global services-accounting portal which was used by over 10K users.

* Decreased custom software life-cycles by leading joint-application-design sessions intertwined with rapid visualization / prototyping.

* Produced rich web media and web content for the Indy Racing League and Dallas Cowboy's websites.
Co-founder

Webix

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 1995 — January 1998 (3 years 1 month)

Developed and executed traditional and web / internet marketing initiatives for a variety of clients. We focused on audience analysis, content development, and the design and implementation of various forms of media including print, CD-ROM, web, and video. We were the first turnkey QTVR (Quicktime VR) developer in the Southwest and provided this service to a variety of customers.