Dave Davis

President / CEO, OpenRDA
Dave Davis has been serving the K-12 & local/municipal governmental accounting field for 18 years. Today he's President / CEO of the company. Since 1980, OpenRDA has served school districts & local governments in more than 12 states by automating and improving their Fund Accounting, HR, and Revenue processes. Dave participated in the very successful multi-year VALAS (Virginia LEA Accounting Systems) project. This Commonwealth Department of Education project provided and supported accounting software to local educational agencies for more unified data reporting. Since 2000, he has been a leader of the open source movement by licensing OpenRDA's products as open source thereby allowing more than 140 governmental agencies to make better use of their resources.

Dave graduated from Southern Polytechnic State University in 1986 with a degree in Electrical Engineering Technology focusing on Digital Computer Systems. Before entering the fund accounting field, Dave worked with Dornier Medical Systems as they brought lithotripsy technology (noninvasive shock wave therapy of kidney and gall bladder stones) to market in the U.S.

Dave is an active church member at Grace Presbyterian, a long time Rotarian, the Defensive Coordinator and a board member for the North Georgia Falcons football program. Dave enjoys flying for business and pleasure. He resides in Canton, GA with his wife Mimi and their four children (17,14,11,10).