Dave Czeszewski

Cyber Security Expert Committee Member at GTM Capital

Chief Information Officer
2001 - Current
2013 - Present: Chief Information Officer Responsible all technology functions within CEC reporting to CEO. 2007 - 2013: VP Information Technology - Infrastructure and Service Management Responsible for infrastructure, operations and customer support for all CEC schools. Team consists of 110 professionals. Report to CIO. 2005-2006: CIO University Group Responsible for all technology areas that support CEC’s 3 online universities providing service to over 30,000 full time, degree seeking students and 4,000 internal employees. Team consisted of 160 professionals. Reported to Group President and member of the University Group executive team. 2003-2004: VP Strategic Development Responsible for Internet development for all CEC constituents including students, faculty, employees and investors. Managed 30 employees and reported to CIO. 2001-2002: Director Program Manager for enterprise upgrade of legacy student administration system at each of CEC’s 48 campuses to a state-of-the-art student administration system (CampusVue), centralized datacenter and new wide-area network. Reported to CIO.

Founding Limited Partner, Advisory Board Member & Cyber Security Expert Committee Member.
2021
Invests in Enterprise IT Startups at the Product-Market-Fit Stage GTM Capital is singularly focused on helping our portfolio companies gain a massive competitive advantage by providing them access to our exclusive network of hundreds of early-adopting CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and Channel Partners around the world to rapidly accelerate customer traction.

Director
1999 - 2001
Managed a team of 30 individuals covering software development and quality assurance. Reported to CIO. Responsibilities consisted of budget management, resource allocation, ensuring product quality and product delivery scheduling. Assisted in developing the IT budget and actively managed the development team portion of budget. Actively involved in customer acquisition and close process. Maintained strong working relationships with CEO, COO, applications marketing team, professional services team and member of product roadmap committee

Vice President
1991 - 1999
Responsible for Heller's technology strategy and direction for all technical architectures. Managed a team of 20 individuals that architected and implemented new technology and provided internal technical consulting to application development and infrastructure support teams. Reported to CIO. Responsible for Heller's information security and web development teams. Performed administrative tasks including budget creation and management, resource planning and allocation, developed business technology strategies, provided project oversight and participated in acquisition due diligence as necessary. Performed a variety of roles during my tenure including project management, database administration, technical integration, software development and business analysis.

System Analyst
1986 - 1991
1990-1991: Designed, programmed and implemented sales applications that supported order entry and customer service business functions. 1986-1989: Designed, programmed and implemented manufacturing systems that provided MRP, bill of material, shop floor control, cycle counting and purchasing functionality.