David Rowley

David Rowley is an Operating Partner at Diversis with over 35 years of successful experience helping companies build their product development and engineering organizations, improve their pace of innovation, and deliver excellent technology products. David has worked across many domains, including ad tech, SaaS platforms, digital media, software infrastructure, financial systems, and scientific applications and instruments. He started his career writing code and became increasingly responsible for multiple disciplines, including software development, product management, UX, technical operations, and customer experience. David has been CTO at CafeMedia, Ask Media Group (an IAC company), Get Satisfaction (acquired by Sprinklr), and senior product management and engineering leadership roles at Limelight Networks, FICO, and Varian Associates. He has managed several organizations from early-stage through exit and has contributed to 6 US patents, but is most proud of the teams he has built and the positive impact he has had on the many professionals he has managed. David holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.