David Axtell brings over four decades of professional experience in the private sector to his passion for state service. For the last twenty-five years, David has been an innovative technology executive, responsible for architectures, programs, product development, and management for ground-breaking digital initiatives at companies including Microsoft, Ericsson, Cisco, Comcast, Terayon, Fox Digital, Thomson, Linksys, Sun Microsystems, Disney, Americast, SGI, Time-Warner, Scientific Atlanta, DirecTV, and various start-ups. He has been responsible for a diverse range of products and programs with budgets up to $1 billion.
David embraces his role in the state, leveraging his diverse experience to build the Nevada’s enterprise architecture practice which includes technology strategies, a statewide IT portfolio, and initiatives to bring efficiencies, cost optimization, and secure services by promoting and facilitating collaboration between Enterprise IT Services and state agencies.