Experience That Delivers Results

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Dave Ferguson is a senior GRC (Governance Risk and Compliance) and Security executive with a proven record of success in risk management, ethics, compliance, asset protection, physical security, risk intelligence, safety and business continuity. He is a transformational leader with an innovative and results-driven approach, building collaborative partnerships both internally and externally, and establishing performance metrics tied to business strategy. Dave is also adept at building or improving sustainable and resilient programs by focusing on people, processes and technology, and by utilizing data science and analysis to improve decision-making. 

Dave has extensive US and International experience after working 16 years in the Global Governance organization at Walmart Inc. While at Walmart he served in a number of roles, most recently as a senior leader in charge of the security operations, risk intelligence and background check organizations. In this role, he oversaw a team of over 250 corporate and field-based security technology, physical security, risk intelligence, and insider trust experts with a budget of $470m. Previously, Dave served as the Vice President Digital Solutions and Data Science, where he managed a team of 45 technology and data science experts tasked with improving security, legal, and compliance program consistency across 28 countries with 11,700 locations and over 2.3 million associates. Prior to this role, Dave served as Vice President, U.S. and International Compliance Operations and Monitoring, where he oversaw a team of over 200 associates in both U.S. and international markets charged with risk assessments, monitoring, mitigation and technology improvement for 14 compliance subject areas.

Before joining Walmart, Dave served for 20+ years in various leadership roles at Saks Incorporated, Target and Rose’s Stores Inc. including Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and Vice President Asset Protection, Security and Business Continuity. During this time, he managed large teams and delivered significant program improvement in risk management, ethics, compliance, shrink reduction, loss prevention, physical security, safety, and business continuity.

Dave holds a Master of Information Systems (MIS) degree from the University of Arkansas, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Colorado State University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Michigan State University. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Systems, a certification in SAS Data Modeling, and two patents for Machine Learning algorithms focused on compliance decision efficiency.   

Dave can be reached at:

(479) 899-3697