David Givens

About David Givens

Accomplished and effective senior executive with progressively responsible experience building global products. Proven track record of success cultivating and growing high-performance teams. Demonstrated achievements delivering new innovations that drive business results. Skilled in driving complex problems to resolution with leadership and strong team collaboration while fostering an innovative culture. Praised as a great leader that can easily talk to engineers and executives alike. I currently lead the Developer Experience overseeing DevSecOps, CI/CD, the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE), which provides best practices and guidance for adopting a hybrid cloud strategy that leverages ADP\'s private cloud and public cloud offerings from Amazon Web Services and Azure. Additionally, I spearhead the incubation of several Generative AI (GenAI) projects that harness the power of Azure Cognitive Services and OpenAI to create new capabilities and value for ADP and its clients. My specialties include global business, senior leadership, software engineering, cloud computing, software architecture, and design. I am passionate about driving innovation, collaboration, and excellence across ADP\'s development organization.

Experience

1. Vice President Product Development

   ADP

   Jun 2005 — Present · Alpharetta, GA, US

   Driving Innovation in Software: Played a pivotal role in the development and launch of new products & innovative capabilities, including Healthcare ACA Compliance, Benefits Administration, Mobile, Time and Labor Management, Compliance On-Demand, and Document Cloud. Drove critical aspects of product development, including strategic architecture and technology road mapping. • Building World-Class Teams: Developed and grew tremendous global talent pools while delivering significant improvements in culture, team engagement, and workplace satisfaction to professional global workforces with as many as 280 professionals operating out of the US, India, and Brazil. • Pioneering Emerging Technology: Oversaw multiple modernization projects and digital transformation efforts, including introducing new technologies like machine learning and AI, chatbots, microservice architectures, and user interface redesigns that improved client NPS and saved operational costs.

Education

• MIT xPRO

  Designing and Building AI Products and Services

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Business

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science