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David Demres

Head of Strategic Initiatives at Instructure

Austin, Texas

Overview 

David Demres is currently the Head of Strategic Initiatives at Instructure, with a background that includes roles such as Chief Development Officer at Empower Aesthetics and Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Development at AutoQuotes. He holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, with a career focused on strategy, go-to-market initiatives, and M&A in sectors like MarketingTech, FinTech, and SaaS.

Work Experience 

  • Head of Strategic Initiatives

    2024 - Current

Instructure is an education technology company developing a learning management system for K-12 and higher education.

Raised $89,100,000.00 from Dragoneer Investment Group.

  • Chief Development Officer

    2022 - 2023

  • Principal

    2021 - 2022

Peterson Partners is an independent investment management firm with assets under management across a variety of alternative asset classes

  • Senior Director of Strategic Programs

    2021 - 2021

    Revalize is the global leader in sector-specific software solutions that help manufacturers optimize revenue operations through design applications, engineering simulations, product selection, CPQ, PIM, visualization, and data analytics. Headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, the company serves over 8,000  customers across the globe. Revalize is a portfolio company of TA Associates.

Revalize is powered by industry-specific software solutions that help you connect to your markets through elevated digital experiences.

  • Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Development

    2019 - 2021

    AutoQuotes delivers SaaS Quote to Cash (Q2C) solutions for manufacturers and distributors of B2B finished products, including PIM, CPQ and design applications. With offices in Atlanta and Jacksonville in the US, and Birmingham, UK, the company serves customers throughout the Americas, the UK and Europe. AutoQuotes is a portfolio company of Luminate Capital Partners.

AutoQuotes is a provider of Quote to Cash technology solutions that enable sales of B2B finished products.

  • CEO-in-Training (CIT)

    2018 - 2019

    Alpine Investors is a values-driven private equity firm with a mission to build enduring companies by working with, learning from and developing exceptional people in its PeopleFirst mission. Alpine specializes in lower middle-market (i.e. valuations of $10M to $150M) companies in the software, online and business services industries. The firm has raised more than $1.3 B of committed capital and has invested in 52 companies since its inception in 2001.

Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that invests in software and services.

  • Vice President of New Markets

    2018 - 2019

Light Wave Dental provides non-clinical management services for dental organizations.

Raised $35,406,409.00 from Lindsay Goldberg.

  • Summer Consultant

    2017 - 2017

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

  • Dukakis Fellow for Government Efficiency

    2016 - 2016

  • Director for Special Projects and Programs

    2013 - 2015

    Directed special projects within Yale's Conferences & Events business, including creating and executing strategic turnaround plan and re-org for the business.

  • Woodbridge Fellow

    2011 - 2013

    Integral member of the launch team for Yale-NUS College in Singapore, Asia's first residential liberal arts college.

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