Keith Davidson

“I reported to Keith on a very difficult project at Hewlett Packard. The project was in chaos with poor software development strategies and quality standards prior to Keith joining. Keith immediately identified areas that quickly improved the situation and provided immediate results. Keith's detailed understanding of agile development practices enables him to clearly understand the challenges development organizations face when doing agile. He is able to clearly propose solutions that engineers and management can understand and rally around to implement. Keith is the type of senior leader that knows how to listen and then determine the best course of actions. He knows when to use persuasion and when to direct. This trait has enabled Keith to building strong organizations that operate at high levels. Lastly, Keith strides to build strong cross functional organizations. He is able to identify solutions that meet different organization goals which in turn help companies make the best progress. ”

“Keith is a strong technical leader able to bring a wealth of experience and highly valuable skills to any organization or engineering project. He directed a diverse set of engineering projects and organizations while at HP, and he was highly regarded by his peers and staff for his broad technical knowledge and his calm, patient, reassuring leadership style under pressure. Keith is obviously very experienced in Agile software development practices, but I would also classify Keith as an effective “systems thinker” with excellent Systems Architecture and Engineering skills. This combination allows him to develop and communicate a technical vision at the executive level, as well as effectively coach teams and individuals. I personally valued Keith highly as a leadership coach and enjoyed working with someone who shared my passion for developing high quality systems and software applications. I recommend him highly for any type of engineering leadership role. ”

“Working for Keith at Twilio has been a privilege and a valuable learning experience. Keith taught me agile methods and practices, guided me during my very first technical project at Twilio, set up periodic big picture meetings where we could openly discuss and share ideas for the platfrom. These meetings were instrumental to setting the right direction for the platform team at Twilio. I'd gladly work with Keith again if I get a chance.”

“Keith Davidson is a world-class technologist with expertise in multiple domains. He partners his deep technical skills along an equally impressive set of leadership, business, and managerial skills. Keith has the ability to flow between complex system design and personnel management seamlessly. He understands what it takes to build scalable, resilient, enterprise software. He set the vision and path for Twilio’s infrastructure team which allowed the company to push beyond the competition. As one of Keith’s direct reports, I always felt that he was concerned with my personal success as much as he was concerned about the company’s success. His experience at building and leading cross-functional teams is an asset to any organization. It would be a pleasure to work for Keith again.”

“I had the pleasure of working for Keith at Twilio. He is a very skilled leader and technologist. He is very hands on and regularly contributed code. He is also very approachable and our entire team, which comprised of a very diverse set of skills and experience levels, looked up to him as a mentor for both technical as well as non-technical matters.”

“Keith is a an authority when it comes to agile development. His knowledge and passion make him a great asset to any company. Most importantly however, he is a fair and open minded leader who commands the respect of his peers and employees.”

“I learned more about fostering teamwork and agile engineering practices during the year I spent working for Keith Davidson and alongside Earl Everett than in any other comparable period of time in my career. Keith provided excellent coaching and advice, helping me work my own way through issues instead of imposing solutions. Using what I learned from him in my new job is paying dividends immediately.”

“Keith is into building high quality teams! His ability to push boundaries and pull together resources is uncanny. I did not report directly to him but was able to see his teams in action. Engineering is in his blood and he is not afraid to share his innovative thinking with you. Highly Recommended!”

“Keith is one of the most insightful and strategic business leaders that I have worked with. He has great ability to assess risk and the associated returns for business decisions. His leadership skills are excellent and he built a very strong development and operations team that helped us attain market share leadership.”

“Keith has the ability to create a solid and effective vision, implementation roadmap and concrete goals for his team, with a depth beyond the usual powerpoint presentations, truly guiding and driving his team during the process.”

“Keith was a key member of my staff at the time and I was always impressed with his ability to create and deliver on very complex technical projects/programs at the same time as work very well under pressure and deal with emergencies with our mission critical 24x7 operations. I learned a lot from Keith over the years and would love working with him again if the opportunity presents itself.”

“Keith is a leader who is both visionary yet practical, and is widely recognized and respected for his communication, leadership, enthusiasm, and common sense skills by his co-workers, senior management, subordinates, and customers. He tackles all impediments with integrity, dedication, and a dependably positive attitude, and has managed not only to control, but to develop a very complex organization in a rapidly changing market environment. His support has been pivotal in our transformation to an Agile development model. Combining that rare blend of both technical and business acumen with an unfailing openness to ideas and discussions, he analyzes complex situations efficiently, and develops effective solutions. Keith is an excellent people manager, who consistently motivates employees and engenders loyalty and trust. He builds and nurtures high performance teams through developing their professional capabilities, and inspiring and enabling empowerment, innovation and a customer-driven focus. I look forward to working with him in the future.”