David (Dave, DJ) Jost, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, M.S.

David (Dave) Jost, a PMP and PMI-ACP certified technology executive with an MS in Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences from New York University, has over 20 years of experience in providing technical leadership and advisory for finance, healthcare, and technology corporations. With a track record of managing over $1B in projects, Jost has been instrumental in driving technology innovation and delivering large-scale, architecture driven solutions in his career. He has previously worked with Sun Microsystems and Dow Jones, where his work was groundbreaking and instrumental in advancing financial operations and technology progress globally.

Jost's expertise lies in helping companies avoid catastrophic project failures through recovery of engagement efforts. He is adept at solving complex challenges and working both horizontally and vertically within organizations to create consensus so that deliverables can be executed. Jost believes that great technology leaders deliver transformation holistically across systems, operations, and culture.

Jost holds critical technology and leadership skills and has worked in roles such as Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Technology Operations, Senior Program Manager, and Global Client Delivery Manager. He specializes in Cloud Computing IaaS, AWS Cloud Computing IaaS, Systems Engineering & Administration, Migrations & Implementations, Agile & Waterfall Methodology, Testing Management, Project Management Office, Backup, Failure, Disaster Recovery, Risk Issue Tracking, Mavenization, and SDLC.

Jost's career highlights include serving as Global Project Manager for +$700M project at Dow Jones, creating instantaneous delivery of information globally on stock exchanges. Additionally, he also served as part of the initial team that developed and tested the Java programming language at Sun Microsystems. Jost also created a standard business/pilot data model to help Tenet Health Care client better assess data to make business decisions.