David Buckholtz

Current

Vice President, Enterprise Technology & Quality at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Past

Senior Architect at GXS (former General Electric)
Chief Architect and Six Sigma Blackbelt at General Electric
Senior Consultant/Architect at IBM

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Education

Emory University
Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Glenelg High School

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

David Buckholtz’s Summary

David Buckholtz is Vice-President of Enterprise Technology and Quality at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Reporting to the CIO, he is responsible for technology strategy, standards, methods, and shared platforms in support of improving systems capability and leverage across the studio. He also manages IT governance, global sourcing, service management, organizational development, quality assurance, and production acceptance teams, as well as strategic planning and cooperation with sister and parent Sony organizations.

Before joining SPE, Mr. Buckholtz spent five years at the General Electric Company (GE). His roles at GE included chief architect for consulting services at GE Information Services, technology lead for several GE corporate digitization initiatives, and lead for various strategic customer initiatives as a Six Sigma Blackbelt. He moved to GE after working primarily in the financial services industry with customer internet applications at IBM and starting (and selling) his own internet dial-up business. Mr. Buckholtz began his career as a marketing analyst for GTE Mobilnet, now part of Verizon Wireless.

David Buckholtz’s Experience

Vice President, Enterprise Technology & Quality

Sony Pictures Entertainment

(Public Company; SNE; Entertainment industry)

February 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
Senior Architect

GXS (former General Electric)

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )
Chief Architect and Six Sigma Blackbelt

General Electric

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

April 1998 — February 2003 (4 years 11 months)
Senior Consultant/Architect

IBM

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

January 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 4 months)

David Buckholtz’s Education

Emory University

BBA , Marketing and Information Technology , 1993 — 1997
Emory University - Goizueta Business School

1993 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Chi Phi
Glenelg High School