David Katz

David is the Director of Product Development and is responsible for commercializing Optaros solutions. David has a unique combination of user interface/interaction design, product management, and technical expertise, and twenty years of experience designing innovative software to solve business problems. He especially enjoys helping to conceive, design, and bring new initiatives to life; is pragmatic about balancing business needs, user needs, and implementation complexity; and effectively combines leadership activities with hands-on design work.

Before joining Optaros, David was the lead architect for an innovative startup social networking service at Solidworks, the leading 3D CAD software company. Prior to joining Solidworks, David played client, user experience, and methodology leadership roles at Viant, Razorfish, and Symmetrix. He has led consulting initiatives for clients during all phases of the software development lifecycle, and thrives on using creativity and curiosity to design products that are strategically important, technically possible, and extremely useful, usable, and enjoyable.

David has a B.S. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from The Darden School at The University of Virginia.