Dave Foley
Operating and Technology Strategy Advisor
Available for new engagements
Background
Dave is an operating and technology strategy advisor to growth-stage and enterprise organizations navigating complex workforce, system, and AI-driven change. He works with founders, boards, and executive teams to bring clarity to how work actually runs across people, systems, and decision points so leaders can make safer, higher-confidence decisions around technology investment, automation, and operating model change. With 15+ years of experience advising and selling into the C-suite across enterprise SaaS, professional services, and platform businesses, Dave specializes in translating complex workflows, human judgment, and system constraints into decision-grade insights executives can act on. His work focuses on exposing execution risk, hidden coordination costs, underutilized technology, and misalignment between policy, systems, and real-world operations that quietly erode margin and slow change. Dave's approach sits at the intersection of executive advisory, operating model analysis, and commercial leadership. He is particularly known for helping organizations move beyond idealized process maps to understand what systems truly enforce, where people intervene to keep work moving, and where evidence is required before committing additional capital to renewals, AI, or transformation initiatives. Prior to founding Vendi, Dave held senior leadership roles at LinkedIn, Pymetrics, Wade & Wendy, Rev, and SucceedSmart, where he led global enterprise sales, advised Fortune 500 executives, supported multiple business pivots, and partnered closely with product, services, and delivery teams to drive measurable revenue growth, margin improvement, and adoption outcomes.
Areas of Expertise
Operating model and workflow diagnostics, technology and AI investment strategy, system renewal decision support, execution risk identification, enterprise sales and advisory, workforce and HR technology, operating model alignment
Geographic Coverage
United States (Remote) or in person in South Florida and surrounding regions
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