Dave Garrett
Senior Advisor To The CEO at Project Management Institute
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Garrett is a strategic product and community builder who has spent over two decades creating and scaling digital businesses for project managers worldwide. As co‑founder and former CEO of ProjectManagement.com he grew a profitable, globally recognized community that was acquired by the Project Management Institute, where he then led strategy, growth, digital transformation, M&A and new product development. He now serves as Senior Advisor to the CEO at PMI, guiding mission‑critical programs and helping the institute deliver "new products that matter" to millions of practitioners. Dave combines hands‑on experience running P&L, tech and editorial teams with deep expertise in online community growth, partnerships and agile transformation. His background blends media, technology and strategy—bolstered by executive education from Columbia, Wharton and Harvard—giving him a rare mix of entrepreneurial grit and enterprise leadership. An underrated strength is his track record of turning niche technical communities into sustainable, high‑impact businesses.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Information Systems, M.S., Information Systems at The American UniversityCertificate, Gamification, Certificate, Gamification at Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaExecutive Education, April 11-13, 2018, Digital Business Strategy, Executive Education, April 11-13, 2018, Digital Business Strategy at Columbia Business SchoolExecutive Education, Fast Track Media Management Program, Executive Education, Fast Track Media Management Program at New York UniversityExecutive Education, Strategic Finance for Smaller Businesses, Executive Education, Strategic Finance for Smaller Businesses at Harvard Business SchoolExecutive Education, Building a Successful Technology Strategy, Executive Education, Building a Successful Technology Strategy at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.A., Radio, Television, and Film, B.A., Radio, Television, and Film at University of MarylandExecutive Education, Management Institute - Consulting Services Strategy & Tactics, Executive Education, Management Institute - Consulting Services Strategy & Tactics at Wharton School of BusinessSeth Godin's School for StartupsExecutive Education, How Executives Can Grow the Business and Improve Profitability Today, Executive Education, How Executives Can Grow the Business and Improve Profitability Today at Kellogg School of Business
English, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
ietf10
tla10
ssl10
url-parser10
workingcopy10
specification10
rfc10
http9
ocaml5
security4
thunderbird3
umbrella2
mozilla2
padding1
firefox1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
davegarrett/tls13-spec
Jan 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:8 PRs, 731 pushes, 180 branches in 2 years 5 months
specificationtlsssl
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