David Schirmacher is Chief Strategy Officer of FieldView Solutions, a software firm that develops management and operational software solutions for the mission critical industry. He is a globally recognized leader in the mission critical field having designed and constructed high-performance data centers, trading facilities, and corporate headquarters serving the technology and financial services sectors for nearly 30 years. Prior to joining FieldView Solutions, David was Vice President and Global Head of Engineering and Critical Systems for Goldman Sachs & Company. In this role he was globally responsible for development and implementation of the firm's design strategies relating to data centers, trading operations and critical business operations. During his nearly 12 years at Goldman, David directed engineering design, execution, commissioning and transitioned to operations projects throughout the US, EMEA and Asia. David is a regular speaker in the mission critical industry and serves on several industry task forces. He is vice president of the 7x24 Exchange International and represents that organization on the EPA/DOE sponsored task force evaluating the metrics for measurement of data center infrastructure performance along with the Green Grid, ASHRAE, SVLG, Uptime Institute and USGBC. He is on the technical advisory board of Mission Critical Magazine, and has been a featured speaker at numerous industry events.