David Bess
Solution Architect - Predictive Enterprise, Desert
A San Francisco bay area native, David relocated to Phoenix in 2016. Throughout his career, he has held leadership positions in both private industry and consulting, but has always stayed very hands on with technology. His technical expertise includes both data science and data engineering, and he also has experience leading and delivering projects. He has a BS in Mathematics, and is currently pursuing an MS in Computer Science. David’s recent project work includes focus areas such as telematics, natural language processing, computer vision, robotic process automation, big data, recommendation systems, GPU computing, containerization, graph DBs and graph analytics, and search. He has contributed to several open source projects, and has developed his own novel machine learning algorithms. Shortly after moving to Phoenix, David met his wife, got married, and bought his first home. His family also includes 5 cats. On the weekends he enjoys gardening and exploring Arizona’s outdoor destinations.
If you had to describe yourself using four words, it would be…
- Innovator
- Mentor
- Collaborator
- Resilient
What is your favorite weekend trip?
Page, AZ is an amazing natural wonder. There are slot canyons, natural bridges, buttes, lake mead, painted desert badlands, and the grand staircase. Here is a pic of my wife and I in antelope canyon
Sharing our core values is very important to us. What does Passion, Discipline, Innovation, Teaming and Integrity mean to you?
Passion: Passion is having a high degree of enthusiasm and motivation. It means being invested and bought into the outcome. Discipline: A large part of success is what we don’t do. Discipline means keeping focus, avoiding distractions, and always keeping the end goal in mind. It also means maintaining our commitments to quality and best practices. Innovation: Technology changes even faster than many of us are conscious of. As technology advances, new capabilities, products, and use cases become possible. Understanding and solving current client business challenges with technical solutions is a good start. To be truly innovative is to provide thought leadership and evangelize new and disruptive market leading capabilities. Teaming: How we get it done is just as important as getting it done. Diverse teams formed from individuals with complementary skills sets and backgrounds are best poised to achieve the highest levels of performance. Integrity: Our clients count on us to bring an expert outside perspective. They also trust us to keep our commitments and always share accurate information. Earning and maintaining our clients trust is essential to our ongoing success as a consultancy.