David Goldsmith keynote speaker

Strategic Advisor and Builder

David Goldsmith is President and Co-founder of the Goldsmith Organization, a consulting firm solving big challenges for executive clients worldwide in commerce, nonprofits, governments, militaries, and education. He is the Founder of the Project Moon Hut Foundation and Project Leader of the global social movement, Project Moon Hut's work is to improve life on Earth for all species through the accelerated development of an earth-and-space based ecosystem over a 40 year horizon. He’s sat on boards of companies ranging from fintech to healthcare. David has hosted two podcast series including Age of Infinite and Redefining Tomorrow and has completed over 400 interviews. In addition to consulting and advising, David presents at events themed for executives on topics ranging from strategy and leadership to innovation, the future including topics regarding AI, robotics, machine learning, synthetic engineering, automation, and space.

Entrepreneurial Work

David is Co-founder of Buzd, LLC (San Francisco), a firm in which he is a patent holder for technological applications and products related to artificial intelligence, cell phone applications, battery technologies, and consumer products. David was the Co-founder of ecosystem.AI (San Francisco/Cape Town, SA), a predictive analytics and visualization company finding hidden value in the market and organizational complexity relationships through identified patterns and spatial trends to reveal how business and organizational ecosystems change over time.

He's been Co-founder and CEO of TymSync, Inc. (San Diego), a patented-cellphone technology company; Chief Officer of Strategy for N2 (New York), a company specializing in SuperGrid and IOT technology for use in advanced smart city development for the future; and has been an adviser and stakeholder in several innovative startups from around the world; Chief Strategy Officer and Partner in COMO Global SA (Luxembourg) a software company with expertise in managed back end payment solutions for market networks and fully automated invoicing through to reconciliation for large enterprises. 

Recognition and Teaching

David is the recipient of the Hollywood Producers’ first Global Visionary Disruptor Award for his work with the Project Moon Hut Foundation. In addition, Hollywood Producers also awarded David and Lorrie Goldsmith for their book, Paid to THINK: A Leader’s Toolkit for Redefining Your Future, a work for which David has earned comparisons to Peter Drucker, the father of modern-day management. 

David has received awards and accolades for his entrepreneurial achievements in various industries. During his twelve years of professoriate at New York University, he received the university’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Meetings Magazine also named him as one of its 26 Hottest Speakers for his ability to deliver transformational and engaging “Consulting from the Stage” programs and spoke for the Wharton School of Business for an unprecedented five consecutive years. His content is drawn from the depth and diversity of 30 years of business and organizational experience in over 50 countries, as a practicing businessperson, strategist, and adviser to a global client base. 

David’s clients include CEOs, presidents, and CXOs of organizations such as Ferrari, Maersk, Dole, Infosys, Wipro, Aetna, Accenture, Lufthansa, ITW, and others.

Life Beyond Work

David does not subscribe to an all-work and no-play lifestyle. David's a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, has been a student pilot, experiencing a new culture with “locals” as a world traveler, designed and created his own furniture, a long time ago was a ski racer, loves to draw, paint, and sculpt, can get lost in time when swinging a hammer while doing drywall, plumbing,  electrical work, spending time with family, or helping new friends and old.  Those closest to David attest that he embodies the promise on the cover of Paid to THINK to Achieve More, Earn More, and Live More.