Boyden is pleased to share the appointment news of Greg Ballard, Liat Ben-Zur, Janicza Bravo, Darien Dash, Marc Geiger, Nick Grouf, TJ Haynes-Morgan, Scott Pascucci, Jim Weber, Tom Whalley and Jake Wisely - a recruitment co-led by David Archambault and Gwen Sabo
David Archambault has led a highly successful career in technology, media and search as an executive, founder and advisor, highlighted by innovations. This experience enriches his work with clients, providing technological expertise, an entrepreneurial mindset and organizational insight. He is an outstanding resource for executive talent, adept at building high-performing, forward-thinking teams.
Professional Focus
- Over 30 years’ experience in executive search, technology leadership and consulting
- Recruits and advises senior leadership at the functional level as well as operations, technology/R&D, strategy and business development
- Specialized industry expertise in cable, mobility/automotive, payments, media, software development, SaaS (enterprise and consumer), cloud services, IT, gaming and ecommerce
- Advisor to national and international Fortune 100 organizations, as well as startups, private equity and venture capital firms seeking leadership for portfolio companies
Business Expertise
- Partner in the Technology & Innovation Practice of a prominent leadership advisory and executive search firm
- Partner in a national retained executive search firm
- President & CEO of BigSmokeCanoe, LLC consulting firm; helped clients leverage digital transformation, social networking, open source and cloud technologies, direct-to-consumer strategies
- President & CEO of B3 Corp., an ecommerce firm providing back-end payments processing, online sales and promotions management infrastructure for the banking and entertainment industries
- Senior Vice President at Warner Music Group/WEA; led development of first industry-driven digital music download system; built gaming division; developed and spun out multidivisional ecommerce company B3 Corp.
- Director of Marketing and Product Management at Commodore Business Machines; led team that launched pioneering Amiga personal computer
Additional Expertise
- Automotive
- Cloud
- Communications, Media & Entertainment
- Ecommerce
- Gaming
- IT
- Payments
- Software
Areas of Expertise
Education & Certifications
- University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Ryerson University), Ontario, Canada
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