After graduating from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, David Bergen started working as a System Engineer and Project Manager with Electronic Data Systems. He working at the firm, he completed a software engineering training program and helped in the development of worldwide supply and logistic systems for American President Lines. He served Electronic Data Systems for three years and later joined The Gap, Inc., San Francisco as a Programmer Analyst, System Analyst and then Project Manager. While serving The Gap, Inc. he envisioned and implemented high transaction IBM POS systems worldwide and introduced retail solutions including sale audit, price management and inventory management systems.

In 1984, he left the company to join Esprit De Corp, Inc., San Francisco as the Director, Application Development and assisted in creating wholesale manufacturing and retail management solutions that encompassed business process and components. After working with Esprit De Corp. Inc. for 4 years, David Bergen returned to The Gap, Inc. as its Vice President, Global Application Development and led a team to develop applications across the value chain, including purchase order, merchandising, supply chain, logistics and operations. From 1998 to 2000, David Bergen worked with Duty Free Shoppers as the Senior Vice President/Global CIO. He led over 250 employees and managed a $100M IT budget in 9 countries. Furthermore, he led a business simplification effort and also undertook the responsibility of launching and establishing the Sephora USA and Sephora.com e-commerce and business models.

While serving Duty Free Shoppers, David streamlined the corporate business model, supply chain, merchandising and logistics and also updated the IT organization by re-developing internal leadership and IT processes. In addition to this, David Bergen has also worked as the Senior Vice President/Global CIO of a leading clothing retailer, Levi Strauss in San Francisco, CA. At the firm, he led the IT and business functions across 25 sites throughout the world, under the budget of over $200M. Presently, he is working as the Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, Business and IT Management Consulting, where, he leads the firm’s West Coast CIO and IT Transformation Practice.

David Bergen is a successful professional with over 25 years of global leadership experience in several prominent large scale Fortune 500 organizations. He is of the belief that strong relations should be established with the clients and they should be provided assistance in order to enhance their internal capabilities, thus, helping in improving the operational performance. He is aware of the fact that operations, supply chain, and logistics management play a very important role in achieving success and high performance. He possesses a progressive style of leadership along with a strong business sense and interpersonal skills. He was ranked among the top 100 CIOs by Computerworld and Consumer Product Magazine.

At present, David Bergen is the Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal Business and IT Management Consulting. As the Managing Director of the firm, he leads as well as manages the West Coast CIO and IT Transformation Practice. Furthermore, he also works with Fortune 250 firms and focuses on several initiatives like IT strategy, process improvement, cost takeout, transforming Security management and Enterprise Architecture organization, for improving their IT Performance. Apart from this, he also led Information Security and Enterprise Architecture for Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation. Prior to joining Alvarez and Marsal Business and IT Management Consulting, David served Levi Strauss & Co. as its Senior Vice President / Global CIO.

At the firm, David Bergen implemented several multi-channel solutions while transforming the enterprise from a set of highly autonomous and decentralized global business units to a set of business units that shared common processes and solutions. He also helped in increasing the business revenue growth by expanding new distribution channels which was facilitated through supply chain redesign for supporting mass merchandizing customers like Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart. Apart from this, David has also served as the Vice President/Global CIO of Duty Free Shoppers, a global duty-free and luxury goods retailer which has about 150 stores in 9 countries.

David Bergen is the Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal Business and IT Management Consulting. As the Managing Director, he leads and manages the West Coast CIO and IT Transformation Practice. He works with Fortune 250 firms and focuses on performance improvement initiatives including IT strategy, process improvement, organization design, CIO advisory, and cost takeout. David Bergen also has performed an ‘interim CTO’ , specifically, leading Information Security and Enterprise Architecture for Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation.

David Bergen was the Global CIO for Levi Strauss for over 8 years. He assisted the transformation of the Levi’s autonomous business units from a set of highly decentralized business units to a set of units sharing common solutions and procedures. He not only redesigned a new supply chain but also introduced several new distribution channels and enabled the supply chain to support new mass merchandising customers like K-Mart, Target and Wal-Mart. As a result, there was a considerable business revenue growth during David’s tenure. David Bergen has also been a part of Duty Free Shoppers as the Senior Vice President/Global CIO. The company has about 150 stores in 9 countries and is a multinational retailer of goods that are luxurious and duty free.

With an experience base over 25 years of global leadership in some of the major large-scale Fortune 500 organizations, David Bergen is a successful professional. He knows that in order to improve the operational performance, it is necessary to establish strong relations with the clients and thus help them to enhance their internal capabilities. His follows a progressive style of leadership and is well aware of the fact that operations, supply chain, and logistics management play a vital role in attaining success and high performance. He has very strong interpersonal skills and strong business acumen. He has had the honor of being ranked as one of the top 100 CIOs Computerworld and Consumer Product Magazine.

David Bergen, a successful professional, has over 10 years of global CIO leadership experience in some of the prominent large scale Fortune 500 organizations. He aims at establishing strong relationships with his clients and also helps in enhancing their internal capabilities, which are required for improving their operational performance. David follows a progressive style of leadership and holds an extensive experience in operations, supply chain, and logistics management, which play an important role in achieving sustainable success and high performance. He possesses exceptional interpersonal skills and strong business acumen and has been ranked as one of the top 100 CIOs Computerworld and Consumer Product Magazine.

At present,David Bergen has been serving as the Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal Business Consulting. As the MD of the firm, he leads and manages the West Coast CIO and IT Transformation Practice. He closely works with Fortune 250 firms and focuses on initiatives like IT strategy, process improvement, cost takeout, and leads organizational transformations to improve their IT performance. David is also performing an ‘interim CTO’ role in leading Information Security and Enterprise Architecture for Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation. In addition to this, he has also helped in successful IT transformations at T-Mobile, and Blue Shield of California. Furthermore, David Bergen has also worked as a Global CIO at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco.

As the CIO of the Levi Strauss, David Bergen developed and implemented multichannel solutions and also transformed the highly decentralized and autonomous business units of the company to a set of units that share common solutions and processes. Bergen assisted the ntroduction of new distribution channels and redesigned the supply chain, with an emphasis on supporting mass merchandising customers like K-Mart, Target and Wal-Mart.

David Bergen has also worked with Duty Free Shoppers as the Senior Vice President/Global CIO. The company is a multinational retailer of duty free and luxury goods and operates 150 stores in 9 countries. Apart from this, he is a keynote presenter at Bay Area CIO Forum and has also been the member of Voluntary Inter-Industry Commerce Solutions Association (VICS) Board of Directors.

David Bergen is presently working as a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, a Professional Business Consultancy Company that specializes in turnaround and interim management, business advisory and performance improvement services. Established in 1983, this company delivers specialist operational, consulting & industry expertise to investors and management seeking to accelerate the performance and maximize the value across investment and corporate lifecycles. In this position, David utilizes his in-depth understanding of IT systems to help firms in the process of improving IT performance. He also assists in the creation of organizational blueprints especially designed to optimize the business strategy in today’s ever-changing retail market.

Before joining Alvarez & Marsal in 2009, David Bergen served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Levi Strauss & Co. In this capacity, he was assigned the responsibility of coordinating business and IT functions under the budget of over $200M. He globalized the IT organization to improve ROI and service levels throughout the implementation of retail platforms, e-commerce capabilities and global SAP. At Levi Strauss & Co., David also led the transition to standardized business processes through the integration of global SAP / AFS solutions. He also led the assessment of business unit mergers and acquisitions and reduced the overall IT budget by 30 percent. Prior to that, he worked as Senior Vice President/ Global CIO at Duty Free Shoppers/ LVMH, Inc. where he established the Sephora.com and Sephora USA business and e-commerce models. He streamlined the company’s business model, supply chain, logistics and merchandising, and upgraded the IT organization by redeveloping IT process and internal leadership.

David Bergen graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, with Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems, and then attended specialized training in Program Management and Project Management. He is the former member of the Voluntary Inter-Industry Commerce Solution Association Board of Director. He was also the member of National Retail Federation Board. Aside from that, David Bergen is the Vice Chair and Keynote presenter at Bay Area CIO Forum.

An extensively experienced Chief Information Officer, David Bergen has worked with many leading companies over the course of his career. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV and attended specialized training in Program Management and Project Management. In 1988, he joined The Gap, Inc. as a Project Manager and was aggressively promoted to Director, Senior Director and then Vice President within just 4 years. In this capacity, David Bergen managed a team to develop applications across the value chain, including purchase order, merchandising, logistics, operations and supply chain. He has also served Esprit De Corp, Inc., as a Vice President leading the development of retail management and wholesale manufacturing solutions.

In addition, David Bergen has also worked with leading retail company Levi Strauss, San Francisco as a Senior Vice President/ Global CIO for eight years. He helped in reducing IT budget by 30 percent, and decreased personnel from 900 down to 500 while enhancing the productivity and service levels. He also implemented various multi-channel solutions and assisted in moving the company from highly decentralized business units to the set of units sharing common solutions and business processes. He redesigned supply chain to support mass-merchandising customers including Wal-Mart, Target and K-Mart. Aside from that, David also played a role in sustaining 90 percent supply chain fulfillment at Levi Strauss & Co., by improving supply and demand planning and implementing regional data marts and data warehousing.

At present, David Bergen is serving Alvarez & Marsal as a Managing Director and helps large Fortune 250 IT organizations to drive performance improvements. He is a progressive, experienced leader who possesses exceptional interpersonal skills and is customer focused. He has strong business acumen which enables him to develop effective business strategies. David Bergen was ranked as one of top 100 CIOs by Computerworld and Consumer Product Magazine.

A graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, David Bergen currently applies his skills and abilities in IT and strategic supply-chain development as a Managing Director at the San Francisco based firm Alvarez & Marsal. He has over thirty years of experience and maintains expertise in developing highly progressive IT platforms. Throughout his career, David has maintained many leadership roles at several leading companies in retail sector. He previously served as the Senior Vice President/Global CIO at Levi Strauss & Co., Senior Vice President/Global CIO at Duty Free Shoppers, and Vice President of Global Application Development at The Gap Inc..

In addition to his work at Alvarez & Marsal, David Bergen is also actively involved in the activities of information technology community of California. He lends his support and expertise to budding IT professionals as Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The Haas School of Business is widely recognized as the 2nd oldest academic institute of its own kind in the US and enrolls nearly 2,200 students. Aside from his many achievements in Information Technology consulting, David Bergen also leveraged his knowledge and experience as the keynote Presenter and the Vice Chair of Bay Area CIO Forum. He co-founded this organization in an effort to foster peer-to-peer communication and commercial growth in the global and national IT sectors. The Bay Area CIO Forum is a collaborative endeavor attracting forward-thinking CIOs from Northern California’s most successful retail firms, and provides a platform for members to share new developments in the IT strategy.

Ranked as one of the top 100 CIOs by Computerworld and Consumer Product Magazine, David Bergen possesses excellent interpersonal skills and deep experience in supply chain, operations and logistics management. He has expertise in enhancing corporate organization and boosting Return on IT investments. David has held the position of System Engineer, Project Manager at Electronic Data Systems from 1978 to 1981. In this position, he completed a software engineering training program and played a role in the development of worldwide supply systems and logistics system for APL (American President Lines).

Ranked as one of the top 100 CIOs by Computerworld and Consumer Product Magazine, David Bergen is a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting. Alvarez & Marsal was founded in 1983 by Tony Alvarez II and Bryan Marsal in an effort to provide hands-on support and advice to companies facing operational and financial problems. The company has since emerged as a leading independent global professional services provider that holds reputation for providing leadership, problem solving and value creation to robust and underperforming firms across the industry spectrum. The company deals with a wide range of issues, with focus on maximizing the enterprise value.

A progressive leader and an experienced CIO, David Bergen has developed core competencies of process improvement, portfolio and progam management, organizational development, IT Strategy, outsourcing management. He has served as the Senior Vice President/Global CIO of Levi Strauss & Co. from 2000 to 2008. While holding this position, David was responsible for coordinating business and IT functions across 25 sites worldwide under the capital and operating budget of over $200M. He implemented retail platforms, global SAP and e-commerce capabilities and directed transition to standardized business processes. He sustained 90 percent supply-chain fulfillment by improving supply and demand planning of Levi Strauss & Co., and implemented data warehousing and regional data marts. In addition to Levi Strauss & Co., David Bergen has also worked as the Senior Vice President/Global CIO at Duty Free Shoppers and led over 250 employees in 9 countries while leading business simplification effort.

Moreover, he has also worked with The Gap, Inc., San Francisco, CA as a Programmer Analyst, System Analyst and Program Manager, from 1981 to 1994 and spearheaded the implementation of high transaction IBM POS (Point of Sale) system worldwide. He produced retail solutions including inventory management, sale audit and price management systems. While working as a System Engineer at Electronic Data Systems, San Francisco, he completed a software engineering training program and helped in the development of worldwide supply systems and logistic systems for APL. David Bergen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV and has attended specialized training in Program Management and Project Management.

Known as a progressive leader, David Bergen brings nearly thirty years of his work experience at a California based consultancy firm named Alvarez & Marsal where he is working as Managing Director. In this position, he utilizes his in-depth understanding of IT systems to help firms in the process of enhancing overall IT performance, and in the creation of various organizational blueprints to optimize the business strategy in ever changing retail market. Before joining this consultancy company in 2009, David was the Global CIO and Senior Vice President of Levi Strauss & Co. and supervised over 500 employees and a $150M budget. In addition, he also held executive level management positions at the Esprit de Corps, and The Gap, Inc, - both of which are highly regarded as world’s leading clothing retailers. Aside from his many achievements in Information Technology consulting, he leveraged his extensive knowledge as Keynote Presenter and Vice Chair of the Bay Area CIO Forum.

Co-founded by David Bergen, the Bay Area CIO Forum is an organization that supports peer to peer communication and commercial growth in global and national IT sectors. It provides a platform where many forward-thinking CIOs from Northern California’s most successful and largest firms discuss latest developments in the IT strategies and share problem solving advice. Aimed at facilitating highest standards of practice in the IT community, this organization has earned recognition as one of most innovative programs. Many Fortune 500 IT leaders, like David Bergen, gather at this forum to share perspectives and ideas about improving IT management and control, providing communication between users and service providers, and building a solid IT value proposition. The organization focuses on facilitating its members with required tools to improve customer care, fiscal performance, and reduce operating cost on macro and micro levels.

As a Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, David Bergen leads the CIO Advisory practice and IT transformation in west region, and offers guidance to firms such as Blue Shield of California, and Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation in strategic planning, designing sourcing strategies and organization design.

David Bergen is a successful Chief Information Officer with nearly a decade of experience leading large scale Fortune 500 organizations. Currently, he is serving Alvarez and Marsal, San Francisco, CA as a Managing Director and offers interim IT leadership to companies looking to accelerate the pace of change. He works with many Fortune 250 companies in IT performance improvement initiatives, such as IT strategy, cost take out, and process improvement. He currently is the Interim Chief Technology Officer for Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation. David has also led IT transformations at T-Mobile, and Blue Shield of California.

Before joining Alvarez & Marsal business consulting firm in 2009, David Bergen was the Global CIO at Levi Strauss & Co., where he globalized IT functions to improve the ROI through the implementation of e-commercial capabilities, retail platforms and global SAP. By decreasing personnel from 900 to 500, he reduced the company’s IT budget by 30 percent while improving service levels and productivity. He also implemented many multi-channel solutions and moved the company from the set of decentralized global business units to the set of business units sharing common solutions and common processes. He helped increase business revenue growth by 1 billion dollars through expansion into new distribution channels. In addition, David also assisted the re-design of the supply chain of Levi Strauss & Co. to support mass merchandizing customers, including K-Mart, Target and Wal-Mart. He improved supply and demand planning, implemented regional data marts and data warehouses, and also enhanced main processes along the value chain.

While working as a Senior Vice President/Global CIO at Duty Free Shoppers, David Bergen  launched Sephora USA and Sephora.com e commerce and business models. He modernized the corporate business model, logistics and supply chain, and upgraded the IT organization by developing internal leadership and IT processes. Apart from Levi Strauss & Co., David Bergen has also worked with Electronic Data Systems, The Gap, Inc., and Esprit De Corp, Inc., San Francisco, CA. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and received specialized training in Program Management and Project management.