David is President of the RT Specialty Detroit office and EVP of the RT ProExec practice group. David joined RT Specialty in 2025 after serving in a variety of executive leadership roles with wholesale broking and insurtech firms, including an artificial intelligence start up.

David has been in the specialty insurance industry for more than 20 years, assisting clients with complex cybersecurity, technology and professional liability exposures.  As a leading expert in cyber and privacy risks and emerging technologies, David has delivered a TEDx talk on artificial intelligence, authored two books and has participated in a cyber risk roundtable discussion in Washington DC hosted by the US Department of the Treasury.

He is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals and holds certifications pertaining to United States privacy laws (CIPP/US) as well as corporate data governance and data protection practices (CIPM).  David often provides commentary as a subject matter expert for a variety of television, radio and other media outlets nationally and serves on the advisory board for the Better Business Bureau’s Institute for Marketplace Trust.

David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Central Michigan University.