Behind the research.
David Harker
Founder
David Harker is a growth strategist and organizational leader focused on building durable competitive advantage in complex markets. As Director of Growth at Resolut, he leads initiatives that align market expansion, operational discipline, and long-term value creation across a rapidly scaling engineering platform. His work centers on structuring ambiguity—translating complex market signals into clear strategic priorities and driving disciplined execution across teams. Currently completing his MBA, David continues to deepen his focus on strategy, analytics, and transformational leadership. He is known for analytical rigor, strategic pattern recognition, and a bias toward accountable action. During his tenure, he has helped transform stagnant revenue performance into sustained growth, contributing to the development of a $45 million enterprise expanding across the western United States. Drawn to dynamic, high-stakes environments where uncertainty is constant, David operates with a long-term orientation, building organizations that are not only profitable, but structurally resilient and positioned for sustained advantage. Across both his corporate leadership role and HH Research, he brings disciplined curiosity and execution focus to every engagement.
Contact: dharker@hhresearch.co - linkedin.com/in/david-harker-director-of-growth
Skills & Hobbies
Strategic Pattern Recognition
Identifies leverage points in complex markets and translates ambiguity into actionable priorities.
Growth & Market Expansion
Leads revenue acceleration initiatives, go-to-market strategy refinement, and scalable growth systems.
Transformational Leadership
Aligns teams, incentives, and operational rhythms to move organizations from stagnation to sustained performance
The Tool Kit
Statistical & Quantitative Analysis
R - SPSS - Qualtrics Stat IQ
Data Visualization & Business Intelligence
Tableau - Microsoft Power BI - Google Looker Studio - Advanced Microsoft ExcelAnalytical Rigor & Decision Modeling
Advanced financial and operational analysis; structured problem-solving; data-driven forecasting and performance diagnostics.
AI & Technology Fluency
Leverages AI tools, analytics platforms, CRM systems, and automation workflows to increase clarity, speed, and execution quality.
Executive Communication
Frames complex insights into clear, decision-oriented narratives for leadership teams.
AI-Assisted Research & Strategic Modeling
ChatGPT / OpenAI tools - Claude AI - Perplexity AI - Microsoft Copilot
Project & Performance Management
Asana - SmartSheets - Notion Meet the Founder
Outside of work, David gravitates toward pursuits that reflect how he operates professionally: disciplined, competitive, and comfortable in dynamic environments. He grew up competing in one of the state’s winningest high school wrestling programs, where preparation, resilience, and personal accountability were nonnegotiable standards. That early exposure to high-performance culture shaped his bias toward excellence and long-term discipline. Today, he channels that same mindset into power sports such as snowboarding, dirt biking, and overlanding, activities that require calculated risk assessment, rapid decision-making, and composure in unpredictable conditions. These interests are more than recreational; they reinforce traits that directly translate to business leadership, including staying calm under pressure, adjusting quickly when conditions shift, and committing fully to execution. Whether navigating technical terrain or leading organizational growth initiatives, the through-line remains consistent: structured preparation, situational awareness, and disciplined follow-through. Together, these pursuits strengthen his effectiveness in professional and team settings by reinforcing resilience, accountability, and steady performance in high-stakes environments.
Career GoalsShort-Term Career Objectives
In the near term, David is focused on deepening his expertise at the intersection of growth strategy, operational performance, and organizational transformation. As Director of Growth at Resolut, he continues to lead initiatives that strengthen market positioning, improve profitability visibility, and scale performance systems across a rapidly expanding engineering platform David Harker Resume. Concurrently, he is pursuing his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification to formalize and sharpen his ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with disciplined execution.
His short-term objective is to continue operating in high-leverage strategic roles where he can integrate analytics, change leadership, and growth execution. This includes advancing enterprise strategy capabilities, refining risk and performance modeling systems, and strengthening integrated sales and marketing infrastructure. He is also building HH Research as a platform to explore disciplined curiosity in business and apply structured research to real-world growth challenges.
Long-Term Professional Vision
Long term, David’s ambition is to become a subject matter expert in building durable, high-performing organizations. His vision extends beyond individual roles or industries. He is drawn to complex, “wicked” environments where uncertainty is constant and advantage accrues to those who think clearly and act decisively.
Whether through executive leadership, strategic advisory work, or eventually advanced academic research, his goal is to contribute to the development of organizations that are structurally resilient, strategically coherent, and capable of sustained excellence. Success, in his view, is measured not simply by scale, but by the ability to design systems that compound over time.
David’s experience directly supports his strategic vision. He has led statistical growth studies, rebuilt profitability systems, executed post-merger integrations, and launched new market expansions to profitability, while previously leading high-performing sales teams generating $5M+ ARR. His academic foundation in digital marketing and professional sales, combined with an MBA in progress and PMP pursuit, reinforces his commitment to integrating strategy, analytics, and disciplined execution at scale.
Role of the MBAThe MBA has served as a strategic accelerator rather than a credential alone. Coursework in analytics, finance, marketing strategy, and organizational leadership directly supports his focus on structured decision-making and scalable growth systems. Case work and applied projects reinforce pattern recognition across industries, while exposure to faculty and peer leaders sharpens executive judgment.
More than technical knowledge, the program strengthens disciplined thinking under ambiguity. It reinforces the ability to connect data to decision, strategy to execution, and growth to sustainable organizational design. That integration sits at the core of David’s career direction.