David Bergen has gained recognition as a successful Chief Information Officer (CIO) who aims at improving internal capabilities that required for enhancing operational performance. He is presently working as the Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal, San Francisco, and is well known for his progressive style of leadership. He holds an extensive experience in Information Technology, business operations, supply chain and logistics management. David is customer oriented and has gained a reputation for his strong interpersonal skills that help him in developing strong relationships.Prior to joining Alvarez & Marsal, David Bergen served as the Senior Vice President/ Global CIO at Levi Strauss and Duty Free Shoppers. In addition to this, he was the Vice President of global application development for The Gap, Inc. San Francisco. From 1984 to 1998, he worked with Esprit De Corp, Inc., as the Director (Application Development) and Project Manager. At the firm, he led to the creation of retail management and wholesale manufacturing solutions that integrated business components and processes for order entry, production planning, inventory management, allocation, distribution and key financial and HR systems.
About David Bergen
Based in San Francisco, California, David Bergen is a successful global CIO (Chief Information Officer) with over a decade of experience leading many Fortune 500 companies. He received his bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and then joined the Electronic Data Systems, San Francisco as Project Manager and System Engineer. In 1988, he went to work with The Gap, Inc as Vice President (Global Application Development) and led his team to develop applications across value chain, including purchase order, merchandising, operations, logistics and supply chain. In 2000, David Bergen joined Levi Strauss, San Francisco, CA as a Senior Vice President/Global CIO and coordinated IT as well as business functions across 25 sites worldwide under the capital budget of over $200M. At present, he is serving as the Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal, Business where he helps companies improve their IT effectiveness and offers interim IT leadership to the companies seeking to accelerate the change. For more details, please browse through www.alvarezandmarsal.com