David DeWalt

President & Chief Executive Officer

David DeWalt has more than 20 years of experience building innovative, industry-leading technology companies. Since joining McAfee in 2007, DeWalt has guided the company through multiple consecutive quarters of double-digit sales growth, with a record $1.6 billion in revenue in 2008.

DeWalt has a solid record of leading revenue growth at startup, midsize, and large companies, as well as overseeing more than 50 successful mergers and acquisitions. At McAfee, he has spearheaded the company's investment in technology companies. He has also expanded the company's partnerships with leading technology enterprises and directed the growth of the McAfee® Security Innovation Alliance, which now has more than 80 partners.

A recognized authority on cybersecurity, DeWalt spoke before the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2009 about global security threats. He also delivered keynote addresses at the 2009 RSA Conference, the digital security industry's largest annual gathering, and at Interop and Software 2008, two leading technology conferences.

Prior to joining McAfee, DeWalt managed customer operations and sales at EMC, where he was responsible for channels, alliances and partners, product sales, global accounts, vertical programs, and field business operations. DeWalt also led EMC's content management and archiving software businesses.

At EMC, DeWalt helped form the EMC Software Group (ESG), which transformed EMC from a hardware vendor to an end-to-end IT provider. Responsible for generating more than $4 billion in business, he was promoted three times, ultimately becoming president of software, sales, and services.

DeWalt joined EMC in 2003 when the company acquired Documentum, the global leader in enterprise content management. As president and CEO of Documentum, DeWalt led the company through nine consecutive quarters of growth, five record revenue quarters, and four successful acquisitions before selling the company to EMC for $1.9 billion.

Before he joined Documentum, DeWalt was founding principal and vice president of Eventus Software. He also held executive-level positions at Quest Software, Segue, and Oracle.

In May 2009, DeWalt was named one of the top five CEOs of publicly traded software companies by “Institutional Investor” magazine. Previously, he was named one of the 25 most influential executives in the technology industry by readers of “CRN” magazine. DeWalt has served on the boards of several companies and organizations, including Documentum, the Enterprise Software Roundtable, MatrixOne, Polycom (as lead director), Serena, and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum IT and telecommunications industry board of governors.

DeWalt is a frequent guest on international business programs and appears regularly on Bloomberg Television, CNBC, CNN, and Fox Business.

DeWalt received his bachelor's degree in computer science and electrical engineering from the University of Delaware, where he was also an accomplished wrestler. DeWalt won three East Coast Conference titles (a school record), advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships three times, and was the first wrestler to be inducted into the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame.

DeWalt is still very active in sports. He currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.