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David Besemer

Executive Technology Leader (CTO/VP Engineering) specializing in enterprise AI and data platforms

CapeRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNew York, NY25 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Freelance CTO with a track record of founding and building early web products, including an award-winning baby website creation platform that was acquired by eStyle after gaining traction via retail/mail-order distribution and PR. Also built a sports event text-alert product, engineering around missing data APIs via a replaceable scraping layer.

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Key Strengths

  • Founded and built an early consumer web product that won awards and was acquired by eStyle
  • End-to-end product execution from market validation to platform build, packaging, marketing, PR, and partnership-to-acquisition
  • Efficient solo builder for first-version MVPs, then leverages part-time specialists to fill gaps
  • Creative technical problem-solving under constraints (scraped sports scoreboards when no APIs existed) with future-proofed architecture (API isolation)

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Experience

Vice President EngineeringCape · Feb 2021 – Apr 2025
Vice President EngineeringHEAVY.AI · Jun 2018 – Jul 2020
CTO for Data VirtualizationCisco · Jul 2013 – Sep 2016
Chief Technology Officer / Vice President EngineeringComposite Software · Nov 2002 – Jul 2013
PrincipalBesemer Consulting · Mar 2001 – Oct 2002freelance
Chief Technology Officer / Chief Information OfficerBabystyle · Feb 2000 – Mar 2001
Co-founderCognitio Products · Dec 1997 – Feb 2000
Manager of Software Product MarketingNeXT Computer
Director of Automated Trading SystemsKidder, Peabody & Co.
Computer Scientist / Research AssociateGeneral Electric Research Center

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutemaster, Computer Science
Michigan State Universitybachelor, Computer Science

Awards

  • Colorado’s Most Innovative New Product - e-Stork New Baby Web Site Kit

Skills

Machine LearningGenerative AIDistributed SystemsProduct StrategyData GovernanceWeb scrapingAPI designTechnology LeadershipTechnology StrategyExecutive CommunicationBoard CommunicationAnalyst RelationsEnterprise ArchitectureCloud InfrastructureAI

Languages

English

Certifications

United States Coast Guard Licensed Captain

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