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David Reid

David Reid

Chief Technology Officer & Chief Marketing Officer, NOV

David’s life and career has focused on the development of people, business, technology and culture. He has been a pioneer and champion of strategic growth in technology, business models, machine design, and industrial digitization.  He is a global public speaker on innovation, change, and leadership, as well as being an advocate in addressing modern slavery.  David serves on the boards of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the National Ocean Industries Association, and Redeemed, a trauma informed recovery program for sex trafficking survivors.

David has written many published technical papers and magazine articles, with patents in drilling systems and automation.  He has founded industry groups in technology, diversity and inclusion, a startup village, and RedM, a pro-bono crowdsourcing organization.  A winning team member of the first Rockets and Rigs hackathon with a NASA patent-based start-up company, Permittivity, also serving as an advisor to their board.