The League is pleased to announce that David Welker has joined the League staff as the Director of Finance. Welker's extensive experiences in both the for profit and non-profit worlds make him a perfect fit for the organization. But he's not entirely new -- Welker has already served in an interim capacity here and has proven to be a creative problem solver, proactive gap filler, and hard worker. We are fortunate to have him on our staff as we push to be more efficient and entrepreneurial by our business partners and member cities and towns.
Welker received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Akron and is a licensed certified public accountant in North Carolina. Prior to joining the League, he served as finance and operations consultant for several clients and with the NC Health Information Exchange as chief operating and chief finance officer. At the Health Information Exchange, Welker was involved in company operations including finance, accounting, operations, business development, marketing and risk management. He served as a member of the Executive team responsible for creation and deployment of corporate strategy and also as member of the Board of Directors Finance Committee.
Prior to working for the NC Health Information Exchange, Welker served as vice president, finance and pperations, senior director of finance and controller for RPath, Inc. At RPath, he had responsibility for accounting, finance, investor/board relations, business affairs, treasury, risk management, account management and inside sales. He also partnered with the chief executive officer, corporate secretary, treasurer and board of directors to oversee all financials, cash flow forecasts, growth plan strategies and reporting metrics. These actions also included filing and management of patents, technology license negotiations and acquisition of equity financing.
Further, Welker has many years experience in start-up (venture backed) operations serving in numerous financial officer capacities that included development and deployment of new business strategies, management of vendor relationships and strategic business plan development. Early in his career, Welker also worked for several major accounting firms as senior consultant, manager and senior Manager. David brings more than 25 years of experience in financial initiatives, strategic planning, financial planning and a wealth of business and professional knowledge in accounting, finance and management. Welker and his family live in Raleigh.
