David Morales
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Technology | Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT, UNITED STATES
As WGU's CIO and Senior VP of Technology, David leads IT and shapes WGU's Ed Tech agenda, including product management and cloud services.
Biography
David brings to WGU over 19 years of experience as a Software Engineer and Technology Leader. He has worked for different companies during his career, from a Research and Development center for NASA, litigation support, technology consulting firms to Fortune 1. He is passionate about solving business problems with the right technology. He believes in empowering the people he works with while enabling them to innovate. David believes strongly in WGU’s mission and he is helping bring the right digital experience to the students to improve their success.
Before WGU, David worked at Walmart for over 12 years, where he helped in many capacities. He helped build and lead their private and public cloud offerings for internal consumption and run the Store Associate technology. There he helped the team deliver several business initiatives, from robots scanning store inventory, to new labeling systems (including ESLs), to new Workforce Management ecosystems, to a variety of new mobile applications to help over 1 million associates at the stores, helping save the company millions of dollars by innovating and bringing better item availability at a lowest operational cost, always partnering with the business. David’s knowledge in Cloud and Software Engineering are key to help WGU be successful as we continue our journey of Digital Transformation. David has a broad architectural knowledge that spans many platforms, software and infrastructure/operations. David enjoys developing people and leading high-performance teams towards conceiving and implementing innovative solutions in high-growth environments.
Areas of Expertise (3)
Product and Process Development
Education Technology
Cloud Applications
Education (1)
The University of Texas at El Paso: B.S., Computer Science 2001
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Selected Media Appearances (1)
WGU Names David Morales Chief Information Officer
Western Governors University online
2018-11-27
“I am excited to join WGU as I see the institution as a digital enabler. Since its inception, WGU has pushed the boundaries of technology in order to fulfill their mission,” said Morales. “I want to be part of that journey and help WGU innovate in new ways to deliver an exceptional student experience. It’s about helping change people’s lives as they work to achieve their educational goals.”
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