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David Kohout

Lubbock,TX

Summary

Passionate, driven leader committed to fostering positive thinking, continuous personal growth, and organizational health as the foundation for high-performing, collaborative teams. Believes in leading with vision and purpose, recognizing that both team members and clients are an organization’s greatest assets. Dedicated to adding value and making a meaningful impact through every action and decision.

Work History

Solutions Engineer

Unily
10.2024 - Current
  • Aligned technical solutions with client goals through consultative engagement and strategic use case development.
  • Created tailored demos and business cases to showcase product value and address key pain points.
  • Presented complex solutions to C-level stakeholders, highlighting business impact and platform differentiation.
  • Documented and explained technical architectures for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Led RFI/RFP responses, ensuring alignment between client needs and
  • Delivered market and product insights to support roadmap development and strategy.
  • Owned technical activities, including virtual and in-person workshops, trials, and managed POCs.
  • Built strong client partnerships as a trusted technical advisor beyond the sales
  • Supported internal knowledge sharing and thought leadership across teams and communities.

Senior Implementation Consultant

Unily
09.2021 - Current
  • Developed and delivered scalable processes for key Professional Services offerings, including the Concierge program and Unily's Retrofit process, improving consistency and efficiency across engagements.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with internal teams to foster strong working relationships and ensure alignment on project goals, particularly in high-impact, client-facing initiatives.
  • Advocated for and elevated the Professional Services Portfolio, driving internal awareness and enablement through team upskilling initiatives, while supporting client-facing teams in identifying upsell opportunities.
  • Specialized in Unily Custom Development and the Unily Development Framework, providing strategic guidance to both clients and internal stakeholders on complex implementations and technical solutions.
  • Led multiple concurrent client projects, each with unique scopes, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction through consistent delivery within scope, time, and budget.
  • Analyzed and translated client business needs into actionable implementation strategies and technical solutions, ensuring alignment with platform capabilities and long-term goals.
  • Mentored and supported team members, contributing to the growth of product knowledge and best practices within the services team.

Implementation Consultant

Bluewater Learning
02.2019 - 09.2021
  • In my role at Bluewater I worked with mid-market to large scale strategic clients on a day to day basis to strategize their current organizational approach to learning and talent development.
  • Assisted clients in improving current processes and creating new processes that strengthened the approach to assessing talent, managing talent, enhance the quality of learning and accelerate their learning and development habits.

Head of Community

Cooklist
03.2018 - 03.2020
  • Working knowledge with USDA Food Composition Databases
  • Community Management for active users
  • Onboarding Process and Analysis
  • UX and mobile UI Design and Testing
  • Food and Beverage R&D
  • Database Management
  • Web-based Project Management.

Associate Team Leader

Whole Foods
08.2015 - 02.2019
  • Partner with Team Leader to select, train, develop, mentor, motivate and counsel Team Members in a manner that builds and sustains a high-performance team and minimizes turnover
  • Head of Customer Service and Customer Support
  • Heavy focus on building and partnering local merchants with Whole Foods Market
  • Substantially increased annual sales through new catering applications and other business models
  • Demonstrate advanced product knowledge, maintain awareness of new products and regularly incorporate new products into the overall product mix
  • Leading a team of up to 40 Team Members
  • Created new menus that were proven to be profitable and favorable by customers which led to higher margin items sales and decreased numbers in spoilage
  • Developed multiple systems, methods, and tactics for training, onboarding, and Team Member development.

Education

Some College (No Degree) -

Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH

Certified Holistic Health Coach -

Institute for Integrative Nutrition
New York City, NY
01.2014

Skills

  • Software Implementation
  • Technical Integrations
  • User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Attention to Detail
  • UX/UI Design
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Relationship Building
  • Strong Client Relations
  • Excellent Verbal and Written Communication
  • Positive Attitude
  • Leadership-driven
  • Public Speaking

Certification

Nielsen Norman Group UX Certified

- UX Basic Training

- Information Architecture

- Stakeholder Relationships

- Facilitating UX Workshops

- User Interviews

Timeline

Solutions Engineer

Unily
10.2024 - Current

Senior Implementation Consultant

Unily
09.2021 - Current

Implementation Consultant

Bluewater Learning
02.2019 - 09.2021

Head of Community

Cooklist
03.2018 - 03.2020

Associate Team Leader

Whole Foods
08.2015 - 02.2019

Some College (No Degree) -

Youngstown State University

Certified Holistic Health Coach -

Institute for Integrative Nutrition

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