David Studebaker is Chief Technical Officer and the owner of Liberty Grove Software, Inc., with his partner Karen Studebaker. Liberty Grove Software, a Microsoft Partner, provides development, consulting, training, and upgrade services for Microsoft Dynamics NAV resellers and firms using Dynamics NAV internally.
David has been recognized by Microsoft as a Certified Professional for NAV in all areas—Development, Applications, and Installation & Configuration. He has been honored as a Lead Certified Microsoft Trainer for NAV. He has been programming since 1962 and developing in C/AL since 1996. David has been an active participant in each step of computing technology—from the early mainframes to today's technology, from binary assembly language coding to today's C/AL and C#.
David's special achievements include the development of the very first production SPOOLing system in 1967. Application areas in which David has worked include manufacturing, distribution, retail, engineering, general accounting, association management, professional services billing, distribution/inventory management, freight carriage, data collection, and production management among others.
David has had a wide range of development, consulting, sales, and management roles throughout his career. He has been partner or owner and manager of several software development businesses, while always maintaining a significant role as a business applications developer.
David has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has been writing for publication since his undergraduate college days. David has been a member of the Association for Computing Machinery since 1963 and was a founding officer of two local chapters of the ACM.