Dave Wright is the Chief Innovation Officer for ServiceNow. In this role, Dave is responsible for establishing the strategic direction of ServiceNow, from high-level investment areas in product development through to pricing. The strategic direction of the company can cover many different areas including strategic partnerships, acquisition strategies, and investment areas.

Previously, Dave was the Global Vice President of Solutions Consulting for ServiceNow. In this role, Dave was responsible for driving the company’s value and technical portfolio in order to promote technology excellence to customers and partners across the globe.

Dave has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, specifically within Virtualisation, Cloud Infrastructure, service management, performance management, data centre automation, and software development.

Prior to joining ServiceNow in 2010, Dave spent over six years with VMware as Vice President of Technical Services for EMEA, where he was responsible for all pre-sales, professional services, training, and technical account management delivery across this region.

Dave also headed up the technical division for Northern and Southern Europe for Mercury Interactive and spent six years at Peregrine Systems, where he held a variety of senior technical and marketing positions. Previously, Dave worked for Boole & Babbage (BMC) and Candle Services (IBM).