CFO, WINFertility
David Wynne is a finance and operations executive who harnesses empathetic leadership in various industries and environments. His mission in every company and interaction is to create sustainable and scalable value.
Wynne is currently CFO at WINFertility. Previously he was vice president of finance and strategy at Boxed where he led financial planning and analysis, business operations, business systems and procurement. Prior to Boxed, Wynne served as vice president of operational finance at American Apparel where he led restructuring activities through two bankruptcies and played a critical role in the eventual sale of the company. Wynne served as director of sales at Pressed Juicery, a national cold pressed juice manufacturer and retailer where he managed as many as 200 staff while leading and building teams across retail operations, technology, e-commerce, corporate sales, marketing, analytics and customer service.
He spent almost a decade in management consulting (Mars & Co.) and private equity (Riverside Company) advising, investing in and supporting companies across a diverse range of industries. Early in his career, Wynne consulted with Navistar and holds four patents for products he helped design for the company.
Wynne earned an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as president of the Wharton Innovation and Design Club. He transformed the club into a pan-university organization (the first of its kind), recruiting and leading more than 20 board members and hundreds of members from various programs across the campus (design, engineering and business, among others).
Wynne also holds a master’s degree in product development and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minors in industrial design and business—both from Carnegie Mellon University—where he also developed products for Navistar, Kennametal and New Balance.
Statement of Candidacy
I have great respect and admiration for professional industrial designers. I remember from John Heskett’s 1980s book Industrial Design, design was defined as “the idea at the root of a work.” In that vein of thinking, although my professional function is finance, I harness my design education and experience every day to navigate work, family and life.
My expertise is in making ideas happen through a financial and operating lens—in taking strategic ideas and leading them through actionable plans with measurable goals and milestones to ultimately create value. As secretary/treasurer of IDSA’s Board of Directors, I would intend to apply my skills in supporting both the immediate and long term goals of IDSA.
This expectantly will include the refinement of process and structure to help evaluate and execute ideas that will help develop the organization and its members. In such an incredible group of people with expansive creative and analytical talents, I am certain that this role will be personally challenging, enriching, and rewarding. I appreciate the opportunity and welcome the challenge.
