David Harbin

Director | Coach

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IT leader with 10+ years of experience across enterprise environments as well as half a dozen startups worldwide. An alumnus of Google and IBM, he brings a blend of big-tech discipline and startup agility to modern infrastructure, identity, workplace technology leadership and project management.

While attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, David served as an officer and advisor in the Philippine Student Association. Not only was he an active member of the organization, but he also dedicated his time on campus to improving the quality of student life for minorities and underrepresented communities. He did so through his philanthropic work, multicultural advocacy programming as a resident advisor, keeping a weekly column in the Daily Illini focused on social justice issues, and assisting with FACT conference delegation for 5 years. He also led a number of initiatives in his journalistic field, including writers’ workshops at local middle-schools, revitalizing the National Association of Black Journalists, fundraising and community outreach in Champaign, and more. David enjoys collecting video games from all eras, playing competitive chess, analyzing baseball statistics, powerlifting, reading, and hiking.