Dave Schoettmer President - Columbus, OH Navigator Management Partners

David Schoettmer is the president and senior partner of Navigator Management Partners LLC, a management and information technology consulting firm specializing in project management, business process design and packaged software implementation services. Schoettmer was the founder of Navigator and has since managed the growth of the firm into a key service provider to many of the Fortune 1000 companies in greater Columbus. Navigator has been recognized locally for its rapid growth and ‘best places to work’ status, and is now expanding its services to include the Raleigh, North Carolina and Research Triangle Park area.

Prior to his position with Navigator, Schoettmer held positions in engineering, operations management and consulting with United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney, ABB, and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). While at Accenture, Schoettmer became recognized as a thought leader in packaged software implementation and process reengineering, establishing the basis for his launch of Navigator.

Navigator’s regional focus has allowed Schoettmer to better establish himself as a corporate citizen of greater Columbus. This has included board membership of On My Own, a local service provider to adults with moderate developmental disabilities (Now a subsidiary of Goodwill Columbus), participation in the Groundwork Group which provides matching services of IT professionals with local nonprofit organizations, and the donation of time and financial support to the Pleasure Guild and other Children’s Hospital organizations, the OSU Medical Center, and the Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio. In the for-profit arena, Schoettmer is a board member of 3G Marketing of Greensboro, NC.

A native of Kettering, Ohio, Schoettmer now resides in Powell, Ohio with his wife Laura and two children. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Master of Business Administration from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.