David is a transformational advisor and seasoned executive with a diverse career spanning over three decades. As the founder of David Porter Advisors, David helps organizations across diverse industries, ranging from $12M to $1.2B in revenue, elevate their leadership capabilities and drive transformational change. His leadership journey includes roles as VP, SVP, General Manager, CEO, COO, and CFO in organizations such as Cessna Aircraft Company, Harland Clarke Holdings (now Vericast), YouGov America, and Critical Information Network. He also held finance leadership roles at Bombardier Corporation during an eight-year tenure.

David’s expertise lies in a unique blend of technical understanding, respectful straight-talk, and a deep commitment to helping executives and emerging leaders increase their impact. He has a proven track record of delivering results through effective process improvement, organizational transformation, and leadership development. David is skilled in rapidly developing an understanding of a client’s organization and building credibility and trust with its leaders. He meets leaders where they are and creates a tailored approach that best serves each client. His practice focuses on elevating the effectiveness of senior leaders and their teams and includes advising and mentoring, workshops, facilitation, speaking, and custom-designed training.

David believes all leadership happens in conversations and that timely and effective communication lies at the root of team and organization success. A common focus in every engagement is building trust to create a safe foundation for everyone to discuss anything that serves the team, the organization, and its customers. This work leads to resilient teams that deliver results in any situation.