David Forden

David Forden

David leads the Open Source AI for Digital Public Services project under the ITU Digital Services Division. Previously, David worked with Google Cloud in Indonesia as Head of Customer Engineering. In this role, David worked with customers, leading strategic discussions, assisting them in transitioning to cloud and AI solutions whilst engaging in digital transformation initiatives. Transitions such as this involve everything from containers and cloud applications modernization to data, analytics, AI and ML to security and cloud infrastructure solutions. David has over 35 years experience in the technology industry with a significant proportion of his career spent in customer engineering roles with large multinational software companies such as Oracle, SAP and Red Hat, consulting to major customers across key industries globally.

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    International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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    Project Manager Open Source AI for Digital Public Services project
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