David Wartell serves as the Chief Technology Officer at IDT Corporation, where responsibilities encompass global technology operations and technology finance, managing various teams like Software Engineering and Cyber Security. Prior roles include Executive Vice President at IDT Corporation and Operating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners, a venture capital firm. David was a Board Member at StorReduce, which focused on deduplication software, and had a mini-retirement following the exit from IDERA Software, where David was also an Executive Vice President overseeing a backup software portfolio. David co-founded R1Soft.com, serving as CEO, and developed Continuous Data Protection for server environments. David holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering from Michigan State University.