Primary Job Title VP of Software Engineering Primary Organization Keap
Location Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Regions Greater Phoenix Area, Western US Gender Male
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David Pinkus is an experienced product and technology leader, as well as a self-described “data nerd.” Through the course of his career, he has successfully served as Chief Information, Innovation, Technology & Product Officers. He’s currently lending his talents to Infusionsoft as VP of Engineering, where he leads a team of 70 Software
Engineers, Scrum Masters and Data Scientists.
Prior to Infusionsoft, Mr. Pinkus was the Chief Innovation Officer for Fast Company’s 28th most innovative company, Western Governors University, the largest competency-based University in the US, based in Salt Lake City. At WGU, he led a variety of student-success initiatives including working with the White House on how to integrate and fund Computer Science Boot Camps as part of a University curriculum.
Prior to WGU, Mr. Pinkus worked on a neuroscience-based eLearning product that helps students learn faster and retain information longer. Before that, he was in Scottsdale as the Chief Information Officer for Universal Technical Institute, which followed his time as a Google Site Director managing both a location and several projects related to billing and applicant tracking.
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon, he started his career in Silicon Valley at Oracle, and after four years in Silicon Valley, spent 18 months backpacking around the world before moving to Arizona to start and build a VC-funded software company.
He currently lives in Scottsdale with his wife, three sons, one daughter, a 60-lb sulcata tortoise, and six chickens. Outside of work he enjoys hiking, cycling, international travel and building Ninja Warrior-like courses for his children who are avid parkourists.
