David Scantling

David Scantling (born August 22, 1966) has led start-up technology teams at Uprizer, Econex, Grey Haven and Storage Continuity. As a senior executive at IBM, Hewlett-Packard and the US Department Of Defense, he worked on major business transformation, Internet and telecommunications initiatives. Scantling earned the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service for his work on economic development and Information & Communications Technology (ICT) initiatives across Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom during 2006-7.

Government Service

Scantling joined the US Department of Defense on December 12, 2005, and he was one of the founding executives of the Business Transformation Agency (BTA). While at the BTA, he led enterprise architecture and software federation strategy initiatives based on the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF). From June 2006 to September 2007 he served on the Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Scantling also served as Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (ADUSD) for Expeditionary Business Systems within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics from October 2007 to February 2008.

Film Production

Scantling was Executive Producer of the award winning documentary Brothers at War with Director/Producer Jake Rademacher, Executive Producer Gary Sinise and Producer Norman Powell. Brothers at War won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 2008 GI Film Festival. The film features an original score by Lee Holdridge and an original song--"Brothers in Arms"--by John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting.

Affiliations

Scantling is a life member of the Air Force Association, Association of the US Army and the United States Naval Institute.

Education

Scantling is a 1991 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Philosophy and a concentration in International Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He earned a Master's Certificate in Government Contracting from the George Washington University in 1995.

External links

• STV Corporate Website
• Department of Defense Review of Brothers at War
• US Marine Corps Review of Brothers at War
• Military Times Review of Brothers at War
• Department of Defense Business Transformation
• Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO)
• David Scantling on LinkedIn
• David Scantling on Twitter