David Young

SVP of Value Creation
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As Sr. Vice President of Value Creation of NET(net), Inc., Mr. Young is responsible for leading NET(net)’s Converged Technologies practice, managing key Client engagements and refining the professional services delivery methodologies for NET(net)’s Converged Technologies related engagements.

In his role leading the Converged Technologies practice at NET(net), Mr. Young and the NET(net) team are laser focused on helping Clients maximize investments in communications and technical infrastructure technologies. With his wealth of insight and experience, he also helps Clients develop the agility needed for an effective system of unifying communications—a system that guarantees people connect at the moment they need to, anytime, anywhere. He further helps Clients ensure business processes are fully enabled and maximized with communications technologies.

Mr. Young has 24 years of experience in IT, including significant expertise in the networking and telecommunications marketplace and in the design, planning and implementation of the networked technical infrastructures. He brings a wealth of experience in information technology, first in IT leadership positions working for large enterprises in communications and technical infrastructure management, data center operations and chief security officer roles, followed by 11 years of IT-related consulting, serving on behalf of hundreds of clients in North America and overseas. He is also a skilled communicator and a subject matter expert on the role and importance of human-to-human communications in business.

Mr. Young is a successful IT team leader, as well as a seasoned technical project manager with extensive experience managing large and successful projects, notably large-scale network implementation efforts, data center implementations/relocations, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, and technical enterprise architecture planning. He is a skilled negotiator in telecommunications-related products and services, increasing investment value for Client business initiatives that leverage communications-enabled business processes.

Most recently, Mr. Young was a founding member of Ingenuity, Inc. where he created a telecommunications and IT technical infrastructure practice from the ground up, staking market leadership positions in telecommunications investment value optimization, data center operations, disaster recovery planning, security management and technical implementation project management. In addition to service delivery responsibilities, he was responsible for sales, recruiting, practice development, methodology development and business strategy planning during his tenure.

Mr. Young holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Management Science and Master of Science in Telecommunications.