Sessions
Learning Lab: Applying Technology to Tax
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Wed
David DeStefano is President and Chief Executive Officer of Vertex, Inc., the leading provider of corporate tax solutions for companies of all sizes, from small to medium-sized businesses to global multinationals. As President and CEO, David is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company, its financial performance, corporate culture and brand development.
Since joining the company in 1999, David has served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and later as Executive Vice President and member of the Executive Council. He became President in January 2016, and Chief Executive Officer in October 2016.
Under David’s stewardship, Vertex has refined its core strategic direction as well as the underlying Tax Performance Management technology, and has continued to expand globally. During his tenure as President, Vertex has been named by Working Mother magazine as one of the 2016 “Working Mother 100 Best Companies,” and as a Top Workplace in the Philadelphia region by Philly.com. Since its start in 1978, Vertex has grown to around 850 professionals at its offices in the US (Berwyn PA, Dallas, Fort Collins, Naperville, Phoenix, San Francisco, Sarasota, and Seattle), Europe (London), and Brazil (São Paulo).
David is a member of The Conference Board, where he serves on the Middle Market Executive Council, and he is a frequent speaker in business and community organizations. David is very active in youth sports, having served for many years on the Boards of the Moorestown Youth Street Hockey Association and Moorestown Lacrosse Club. He is a Lehigh University graduate, and is married with three children.