After earning a bachelor's degree in business with an emphasis in finance from Boston College, David Donovan joined Fidelity Investments as a senior trader. With responsibility for leading Fidelity's Technology Trading Group, David Donovan oversaw a domestic trading desk of 30 traders and returned more than 100 percent on a $50 million prop trading book. He was also the firm's highest-ranked trader from 1999 to 2005, during which time he returned an average gain of 30 percent beyond average weighted price.

Building upon his experience at the intersection of finance and technology, David Donovan joined Publicis Sapient as an executive vice president in 2005. In this position, he oversees the firm's financial services portfolio for the Americas and manages its relationship with some of the world's preeminent global investment banks. Moreover, he is personally involved in helping these banks implement digital transformations through proprietary data science solutions, as well as dev-ops and cloud integration.

Complementing his nearly three decades of leadership experience in the finance sector, Mr. Donovan is a two-time recipient of Publicis Sapient's Chairman's Award and was named Consultant of the Year for Excellence in Financial Services by Consulting Magazine in 2017.