Dave Suzuki

Dave Suzuki has over 25 years of experience in product management and marketing. Dave is currently working as a Principal Product Manager at Hiya Inc. Prior to this, they co-founded a nonprofit organization called Tech2Live, where they served as the Co-Founder, overseeing product, design, and operations. Dave also worked as a Principal Product Manager at Twilio, where they played a key role in developing product strategies and driving cross-product/engineering team development. Before that, they were a Senior Product Manager at Axon, where they developed and launched a real-time operations platform for first responders. Dave also has experience working at Quantum and Microsoft, where they held various senior product management roles. Dave has a strong background in conducting market research, formulating product strategies, and managing global teams.

Dave Suzuki obtained an MBA in Technology Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from Waseda University from 1991 to 1995. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained a certification in Becoming an AI-First Product Leader and Productive Leadership from LinkedIn in 2022. Dave also obtained a certification in Business Intelligence Analyst from Bellevue College in 2016 and a certification as a Certified ScrumMaster from Scrum Alliance in 2015.