David Drake

David Drake is CIO (Chief Innovation Officer) and Founder of AMI Global, a global technology company specializing in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions and digital strategies.

Prior to founding AMI, Mr. Drake worked as a corporate and executive leader at Motorola where he attained ‘Lean 6 Sigma Black Belt’ in 2002. After nine years with Motorola’s senior leadership team, he managed the World-Wide Quality Organization at Belkin as Vice President of Quality. Overall, Mr. Drake possesses nearly twenty years in international experience working with Fortune 500 companies in developing digital transformation strategies, platforms, and software as a service.

Mr. Drake attended the University of Illinois-Chicago and graduated with a B.S. degree in Genetic Engineering and also earned a Ph.D. in Information Technology and Social Behavior at Northwestern University.