David Simpson

Background

David began his career in Information Technology at the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1986 as an Analyst/Programmer. David held a variety of positions in programming, project management and operations at the Royal Bank, and the Clydesdale Bank before emigrating to the United States in 1993 to join Early, Cloud & Company (ECC), a call center software company which was subsequently acquired by IBM. David was a Senior Manager within IBM Global Services CRM practice when he left to join Quintus, a CRM software solutions provider where he led Professional Services. As one of the Table Group’s first customers, this was where David met Pat Lencioni and his team. They worked together until the acquisition of Quintus by Avaya.

At Avaya, David led the globalization of the Professional Services Organization, through the development and roll out of global process, tools and methodology before assuming responsibility for the whole of Avaya’s Services portfolio outside the United States. With over 1,200 associates in 34 countries, David led the charge of globalizing Avaya Services and aggressively expanding the International Services business, increasing Operating Income by $16m in one year. His team played a major role in Avaya’s huge success supporting the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan.

David holds a B.A. from the University of Glasgow. David and his wife Shona are blessed to have five children. They live in Prosper, TX and David currently serves as a deacon at First Baptist Church Prosper.

Clients

Experience

In 2004, David became one of the original Table Group Consulting Partners committed to helping organizations achieve exponential growth, through professional development and team building.

Endorsements

BBN Technologies

“David did a superb job of engaging all of the executives in substantive business issues resulting in specific actions to advance the business objectives.

Most importantly we are continuing to benefit on an ongoing basis from the work we have done with the n-able alliance at our off-site.”

—Robert G. Elmer, CEO, BBN Technologies

“The Table Group Affiliate I worked with was excellent. His facilitation skills, knowledge and presentation of Lencioni’s material was very impressive. We have had him back to work with us on a regular basis.”

—Susan Wuellner, Vice President Human Resources, BBN Technologies

DePuy Spine (a Johnson and Johnson company)

“If you are considering the n-able alliance program, I would highly recommend it!

It has made a big difference for us and it has really helped us become a more functional team. It's also helped our sales—we are experiencing tremendous growth.”

—John Burgess - Area Sales Vice President

Thyssenkrupp Stainless N.A.

“I was amazed at how much progress we were able to make in just two days. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team offsite made a tremendous impact on the cohesiveness of my leadership team.”

—Stephan Lacor, General Manager, ThyssenKrupp Stainless N.A.

Indiana University – South Bend

“I am delighted with the immediate progress made by my Cabinet. Communication was opened between my vice chancellors who were often at odds with one another. The ten minute daily meeting is absolutely amazing. It created collegiality and generated a better understanding of the daily demands in each division. I give David Simpson and n-able alliance tremendous credit for the work they did with my team. We will bring him back again.”

—Una Mae Reck, Chancellor Indiana University, South Bend

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