# David Watson

David Watson is a remote worker on Himalayas, Director of Software Engineering at Henry Schein One, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@davidwatson1

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I modernize enterprise platforms, scale engineering organizations, and ship governed AI in regulated environments.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Job categories | Director of Software Engineering, Software Engineering Director, Software Architect, Chief Architect, Technology Executive, Engineering Manager, Technical Director, Chief Experience Officer, Director Of Software Development, Director of Engineering, Head Of Software Engineering, Director Of Product Engineering, VP Of Software Engineering, Vice President Of Software Engineering, Software Development Director |
| Skills | Platform Modernization, Technical Debt, Cloud Native Architecture, Event Driven Architecture, API First, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, CI CD, DevSecOps, AI, Generative AI, Agentic Workflows, Workflow Orchestration, HIPAA compliance, Security, FinOps, vendor negotiation, Budget Management, Reliability Engineering, DORA Metrics, Incident Management, API Design, Event Sourcing, Product Information Management, SaaS, Agile Transformation, Engineering Leadership, Succession Planning, Salesforce, Agentic AI |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm looking to lead platform modernization, AI adoption, reliability, security, and cost outcomes for organizations operating at enterprise scale.
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## About

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At Henry Schein One, I led the largest technology organization: 150 product and engineering professionals across 16 teams. I re-architected a 2.5M-line practice-management platform into 45 cloud-native services with zero downtime, reduced annual run cost from $25M to $12M, and improved reliability from 97% to 99.9% availability.

Across Berkadia, XOLogic, Symantec, and Intel, I've built platform architectures, engineering organizations, and operating models that turn manual work into automated systems. I lead AI adoption with review gates and evaluation harnesses, develop leaders through promotion-first succession, and treat reliability, security, and cost as measurable operating outcomes.
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## Experience

### Director of Software Engineering

Henry Schein One. May 2021 - Jun 2026

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Directed a 150-person product and engineering organization, re-architecting a 2.5M-line legacy platform into 45 cloud-native services with zero downtime. Led org-wide AI adoption and cut annual run costs from $25M to $12M while improving DORA metrics to Elite.
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Skills: Platform-Modernization, Cloud-Native-Architecture, Event-Driven-Architecture, AI-Adoption, Governance, HIPAA-compliance, DORA-Metrics, Cost-Optimization, Vendor-Management, FinOps, Leadership, Succession-Planning

## Education

### Utah Valley University

General Education, Computer Science

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Pursued general education and computer science coursework.
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## Tech stack

- Kubernetes
- Salesforce
- Kafka
- Agentic

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