David de Ridder

David De Ridder has extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Starting in 1999, they worked at Cisco Systems, Inc., where they served as a Customer Support Engineer, Team Lead, and Business Operation Manager. In 2011, they pursued a Sloan Fellow program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Following this, they worked as a Searcher and Independent Consultant at Search Funds and as Managing Principal at Cerva Consulting. David then joined Talkatone, Inc. in 2013 as the VP of Data Analytics. Talkatone was later acquired by Ooma, Inc., where David held multiple VP roles, including VP of Talkatone, VP of Consumer Mobile, and VP of Engineering & Data Analytics for Talkatone. David also served as the Head of Ooma SmartCam/Butterfleye, managing the camera business. Throughout their career, David has demonstrated expertise in data analytics, strategy development, and team management.

David De Ridder's education history begins in 1988 when they attended OLVE, where they studied Latin-Mathematics. David then went on to the University of Antwerp from 1994 to 1999, completing a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science. Following this, from 2001 to 2009, David pursued further education at Cisco Systems, Inc. where they obtained a CCIE #7210 in Routing and Switching. Finally, David attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business from 2011 to 2012, earning an M. Sc. in Management.