David joins the podcast to discuss his new business Nineteen88 Strategies, LLC a consulting firm he launched this past May. Incredibly unique circumstances caused David to found his firm that are truly admirable. David delves into how he had just started and was hired as Vice President of Communications at Amazon Web Services when his daughter was heartbreakingly diagnosed with Leukemia. With said situation at that point David felt he could not give AWS the time nor have the schedule flexibility to tend to his daughter and admirably resigned from Amazon. A month and a half later he founded Nineteen88 Strategies, LLC. He details why he named his company such and 1988's suite of consulting services from Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Public Speaking, DE&I, to Business Strategy. He also details his time cut short working at AWS, different high ranking positions he previously held at General Motors, General Motors Defense, and Exelis. Additonally he discusses how his undergraduate and graduate education at The United States Naval Academy prepared him for his career and served his life. This is a fascinating interview with a true entrepreneur who walks the walk & was inspired by Morgan Freeman's famous line in The Shawshank Redemption, "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying." David has chosen to get busy living! Hear his journey and find him at https://www.1988strategies.com/
