David Rowe

About David Rowe

I am best in the presence of a valuable product or service that doesn\'t know how to get to customers who need it. I thrive on the complexity of putting all the pieces together to build a company and go-to-market around a product. How to deliver it? What\'s it worth? Who will buy it? How do we tell them? What do we tell them? How do we energize partners and get leverage? How do we deliver satisfaction the day after the sale? The year after the sale?I have lived and worked in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America. I thrive on the differences that exist in global markets and the unique opportunities and challenges each presents to getting a great idea to market. And in being able to leverage successful methods from one market to another.I have worked with great, incredibly diverse professionals and capitalists over the years whom I\'d like to think would happily work with me again.Have done \"it all\" out of necessity at some point or another. Was a CPA/CFO, raised money to fund multiple, diverse companies, managed products, marketed products, installed products, evangelized products and strategies. I\'ve succeeded and I\'ve failed. Though I never expect to fail I hope to always learn from it.

Experience

1. President

   Weconnect Global

   Sep 2019 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   Critical Infrastructure Construction Services Through our portfolio of operating divisions we provide ISP and OSP fiber broadband services ranging from engineering, splicing, construction and installation nationwide. We do some utility construction. We have grown from revenue 55% CAGR over 8 years.We built the group through a small scale (sub $5M revenue), angel private equity-backed, M&A process. We put together a complete service shop from a handful of cornerstone transactions in the first three years. Subsequently we focused on customer acquisition and revenue growth aided by a few tuck-under deals. We are now a mid-market sized group capable of providing all relevant services in all regions of the country.

Education

• Andrews University

  Bachelor's Degree, Economics

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

  MBA, Corporate Strategy

  1987 — 1989