- Running/ultrarunning
- Participating in fundraising events to support local charities, schools, or community projects
- Surfing, diving, kayaking, etc
- Environmental Conservation Projects
- Martial arts
David Watts
AI/HPC Cloud Infrastructure
New York,NY
Summary
Well-connected technical professional with Sales, Consulting, Solutions Engineering & Operations experience specific to AI, HPC, cloud, Web3/blockchain, gaming & more; founder & advisor for successful multiple startups/businesses, advisory board member.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
15
15
Cisco, VMware, MS, Google & NVIDIA Certs
Work History
Infrastructure Director
BuzzHPC.ai, subsidiary of Hive
09.2023 - Current
- Day-to-day operations of commercial-grade AI/HPC GPU’s across 2 continents, multiple DC’s and 40k+ GPU’s, including NVIDIA H100 and H200 clusters
- Saw through the launch of a 30MW DC in North America, from networking to racks, servers, GPU’s and AI infrastructure stack now facilitating model building, training and inference for some of the largest organizations globally
- Liaised and negotiated with some of the best aggregators in the GPU Cloud business and modeled the strengths and insights to leverage growth, channel & GTM for BuzzHPC.ai’s sovereign, environmentally sustainable GPU cloud
- Heavily involved in both the supply side (NVIDIA, Dell, Supermicro, Juniper/HPE, etc) and the demand side (driving growth through aggregator partners and bare metal contracts)
- Average 80%+ daily utilization across fleet and an average of 230% revenue increase since joining the team in September of 2023.
US/Web3 Director, Business Development
Latitude.sh
10.2021 - 09.2023
- Marketing, Sales & more as growth for a premier bare metal cloud provider
- Brought on customers specific to the blockchain space like Ankr, Bitquery, etc
- Spearheaded a rebrand/reinvention from Maxihost to Latitude.sh
- Instrumental in shifting business from 80% LATAM/20% globally to 30% LATAM/70% globally (mostly NA) and increasing revenue overall 170%+
- Multiple hats, including marketing, business development, sales and more
Founder
Cloudworks Consulting LLC
01.2016 - 10.2021
- Company Overview: www.cloudworks.consulting
- Founder & managing director for a technical business services agency for notable logos/brands leveraging cutting edge cloud and AI tools
- Full-funnel, marketing, sales, finance & operations covering: Web development, branding, marketing, SEO, social media, tech support, sales and strategy services
Head of Services
Sonarcloud
06.2018 - 10.2019
- Company Overview: www.sonarcloud.com
- Marketing, Sales & Operational lead for a now acquired educational startup
- 120% growth over the previous year
- Executed strong partnerships and a solid Channel program
Senior Cloud Consultant, Technical Sales
Cumulus Global
07.2013 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: www.cumulusglobal.com
- Successful Senior Advisor, Sales & Consulting for Google Cloud / Google Workspace, Microsoft Cloud, related solutions at an Inc. 500 consultancy
Enterprise Cloud Consultant, Technical Sales
White Stratus
03.2012 - 06.2013
- Company Overview: www.whitestratus.com
- Sales & account management of software seats & agile development deals for a global Google Enterprise Partner, collaborating directly with the Google Enterprise Apps Team on 5k+ seat deals (Burberry, Ahold, Toys R Us, Asics, more)
Education
B.B.A. - Business Administration, Management Info Systems
King’s College
Skills
Entrepreneurial drive; business transformation; direct & channel sales; cloud & infrastructure sales, planning, deployment & management; technical sales engineering; Project Management; Big Data; Enterprise Social networking; technical consulting management across Web3, AI/ML, gaming, finance, security & more
Certification
Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies (BerkeleyX CS198.1x), Blockchain Technology (BerkeleyX CS198.2x), How to Build a Startup, Steve Blank (EP245), Law and the Entrepreneur, Startup Engineering (CS183), Competitive Strategy, Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses I, II, VMware VSP, multiple Cisco certifications
Interests
NY State, Nassau County Citation for running 10+ years daily, 3mi minimum to raise funds for Kiwanis
Citation presented by Nassau County Legislator Patrick Mullaney for running every single day, 3+ miles daily and at least as many miles as the year (ie: 2,024 miles+ in 2024) for 10+ years to raise funds for Kiwanis. Facilitated multiple disadvantaged youth attending summer camp and raised money for school supplies, etc.
Timeline
Infrastructure Director
BuzzHPC.ai, subsidiary of Hive
09.2023 - Current
US/Web3 Director, Business Development
Latitude.sh
10.2021 - 09.2023
Head of Services
Sonarcloud
06.2018 - 10.2019
Founder
Cloudworks Consulting LLC
01.2016 - 10.2021
Senior Cloud Consultant, Technical Sales
Cumulus Global
07.2013 - 01.2016
Enterprise Cloud Consultant, Technical Sales
White Stratus
03.2012 - 06.2013
B.B.A. - Business Administration, Management Info Systems
King’s College
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