David Muller

Current

VP Corporate IT - CIO at First Advantage

Past

Sr. Director IT Strategy at Ingram Micro
Principal at IBM
Practice Manager at Software AG

Rightsizing Consulting Manager at SPL
Sales Executive at Siemens Nixdorf
Sales Executive at Nestle

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Education

Northcliff High School
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

David Muller’s Summary

Globaly experienced CIO, leading corporations in the successful delivery of cost-effective, high-performance Information Technology solutions. Broad multi industry knowledge and out-of-the-box thinking to help organizations deliver lasting value. Deep understanding of IT architecture and the various components and design considerations needed to successfully deploy and manage a business solution. Passionate about data, recognizing that it is the quality, content and relationship of data irrespective of its source that drives value for an organization. Sound experience in developing and implementing IT strategies together with relevant policy, building business support and allowing organizations to respond quickly as conditions change. David believes a successful IT strategy is built on four components:
1. People.
2. Technology.
3. Empowerment of business users and,
4. Consistent delivery of results through repeatable processes.
An accomplished speaker he has regularly presented at Executive and Technology conferences in North America, Hong Kong and Australia.

David Muller’s Specialties:

Executive Leadership; System Architecture; E-commerce system for Global Distributor; Fortune 100 Company; CIO; CTO; Chief Data Steward

David Muller’s Experience

VP Corporate IT - CIO

First Advantage

(Public Company; FADV; Human Resources industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Executive Responsibility for IT functions.

Executive leadership of 100 person office.

Leadership of sophisticated customer focused portfolio of products providing insight into driver behavior and risk profiles.

Data Center Operations with a focus on lean lights out.

Reduction in data center footprint and inventory through aggressive virtulization strategy.

Development and architecture teams focused on SOA, WEB 2.0 and application integration (SaaS) delivery. Re-architected custom .NET application delivering 20X throughput gain with 24x7 availability improvements.

Implemented risk based QA strategy deliving 5X productivity improvement.

Developed Customer integration team focused on a faster more successful on boarding process.
Sr. Director IT Strategy

Ingram Micro

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

October 2000 — January 2008 (7 years 4 months)

David was Senior Director of Information Strategy. Reporting to the CIO, he was responsible for Technical Architecture, Database, Business Intelligence and Global E-Commerce functions including Development, Availability, Architecture and Governance. His Technical team managed over 900 IMS, DB/2, Oracle, Sybase IQ and SQL Server databases running on Mainframe, UNIX and NT platforms. David was responsible for data throughout its lifecycle from capture to exploitation. The Worldwide Data Warehouse, Data Mine, Dashboards and related Data Marts are an integral component of the data strategy he developed. Responsible for global websites generating over $3 Billon in revenue and delivering on the overall customer engagement strategy. Responsible for data aspects of SAP implementation and Global process development.
Principal

IBM

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

1999 — 2001 (2 years )
Practice Manager

Software AG

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1999 (5 years )

Practice Manager Advanced Technologies Group
Data Warehouse/BI
Adabas, Natural, Supernatural, Predict
Rightsizing Consulting Manager

SPL

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1990 — 1994 (4 years )

Assist Customers with Client server migration and rightsizing projects
Sales Executive

Siemens Nixdorf

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

1986 — 1990 (4 years )
Sales Executive

Nestle

(Public Company; NESN; Food Production industry)

1982 — 1986 (4 years )

Retail and Wholesale Store sales

Planogram and Shelf management

Advertising Media Management

David Muller’s Education

Northcliff High School

Activities and Societies:

Rugby, Swimming, Track, Drama, Public Speaking
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

MDP ,

Additional Information

David Muller’s Interests:

Data Steward, CTO, CIO, VP Development, Singapore, Asia, Hong Kong, Australia, South Africa, Travel; Expatriate positions.

David Muller’s Groups:

OCEAN, MDB

eOffice
Executive Suite
EPM - Business Intelligence
Software AG Ex-Club
Global Worker
CIOsense Global Brain Trust
Business Intelligence Professionals
Expat Network
The Recruitment Network
CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
Master Data Management Interest Group
The Logistics & Supply Chain Networking Group
IBM co/ex workers independent group
Rugby Union
DAMA International
e-Commerce Solutions
CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS CONNECTS - SuperGroup!
Friends of South Africa.
Linux Community
Supply Chain Optimization
Linked 2 Leadership
Ingram Micro Alumni Association
The BPO and Offshoring Best Practices Forum
SACRAMENTO BUSINESS NETWORK
UNISA - University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
EVC Leaders - Practitioners of IT Enterprise Value Creation (Only for CIOs, IT & PMO Managers)
IT Executive Roundtable
Working in Australia; Jobs, People, Advice
Africa Business Talent Pool
Risk, Regulation & Reporting
IMPACT Hiring Solutions Job Search Network
Management Consulting Jobs
HorizonWatching
Executives Only - VP & Above
CIO Executive Board Community for CIOs and Emerging Leaders
Northcliff High School
Bay Area CIO/CTO Group
Diane Krehbiel Executive and Technology Recruiting
CiOzone Research Network