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Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer

David Gardiner

David Gardiner is the Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer, SolarWinds, an IT management software provider based in Austin, Texas. David brings more than 17 years of IT sales, business development and senior management experience, of which nine years has been at SolarWinds. At SolarWinds, David is responsible for driving intentional strategy, business development, partnerships and overseeing the international sales teams. Prior to SolarWinds, David worked as Director, Business Development for Motive; Manager, Business Development for BroadJump; and in channel business development for Trilogy. David holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.

The Latest Posts Featuring David Gardiner

Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
March 27, 2026
Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.

Doubling Down on Database Performance Management
October 23, 2020
News
How many applications do you use every day? On average, probably 20. Think about it—We use them to check email, to avoid traffic, to know if we need a coat,…
Five IT Business Considerations for the COVID-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 (or Coronavirus) outbreak has created an unprecedented global event with implications far beyond healthcare. It’s fundamentally changing how organizations run their business and IT operations. U.S. citizen travel…