Dave Scouler
When David Scouler “runs with the big dogs”, it’s more than a figure of speech describing career achievement. It refers to the ex-racing greyhounds that can be found visiting the Scouler pack most weekends. One of the canine characteristics that Scouler would like to duplicate on the job is their 270 degree peripheral vision, a real advantage when trying to keep the competition in sight.
Since graduating with an M.S. in computer science from the University of New Brunswick, Scouler loped onto the fast track of an emerging industry and hasn’t looked back. He joined venerable IBM out of graduate school as a consultant, leveraging his technical knowledge and honing his business development acumen.
From IBM, Scouler moved to the highly regarded global IT solutions provider, Computer Sciences Corporation [CSC], where he spent a decade transitioning clients from big iron to networked systems. Years of consulting to blue chip companies equipped Scouler with the requisite skills to take on the role of fatherhood in his late 40s. One reason: Scouler views large organizations as an aggregation of smaller units replete with all the dysfunctional issues of blended families.
Each successful nuclear group requires a foundation of patience, mutual respect, trust, listening ability and specific goals, with a lot of fun thrown in. This formula for life success enabled Scouler and his wife to wade through the daunting gauntlet of paperwork, interviews, screenings, background checks and site visits that led to the successful adoption of two young boys from Russia.
Based on an industry reputation for technical expertise and superb client management, Cambridge Technology Partners tapped Scouler for its Minneapolis office. When Cambridge switched from a geographic to a center of excellence model, Scouler made a quality of life decision. He joined Born Information Services, an enterprise resource planning [ERP] software leader, so his family could remain in the Minneapolis area.
Immediately prior to joining Scouler & Company, Scouler founded and headed the technology advisory services division at Scouler Andrews.
At Scouler & Company, Scouler taps into a vast experience reservoir, drawing on three decades as a change agent to help clients make good decisions while facing challenging, emotion-laden situations. Scouler addresses infrastructure investment issues and works with the executive team to improve communication and get the enterprise moving in the right direction.