David McOmber, EVP for Public Sector and Federal Sales at QTS

David McOmber, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as executive vice president for public sector and federal sales at data service company QTS. Since July 2016, he has been in charge of the company’s sales and marketing programs for public sector and federal customers. 

With over two decades of experience in the federal, state and local government, health care, higher education and K-12 markets. He also specializes in the latest technologies including hybrid cloud, software as a service and artificial intelligence.

Before joining QTS, McOmber spent more than 21 years at technology company IBM serving in various capacities. His most recent role was vice president for federal, civilian and health care, dealing with agencies such as the Department of Transportation, NASA, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy and Federal Aviation Administration. 

He started his career in the organization in the role of a client representative for the public sector, including the higher education and K-12 sectors, for New York state from January 1995 to December 2006. 

McOmber was promoted to manager for the public sector for the state of New York a role he held from January 2007 to April 2011. 

From May 2011 to July 2013, he was appointed as a director for government and health care industries for central and eastern Europe. As head of the sales group, he oversaw the unit’s $400M in annual sales generated from 23 countries. 

McOmber was then named vice president for federal systems integrators and channels. From August 2013 to March 2016, he directed the sales group responsible for the contract vehicles of agencies, including Information Technology Enterprise Solutions, the National Institutes of Health and the General Services Administration. 

He began his sales profession at the Sutherland Group, where he was sales representative from August 1993 to November 1995. 

McOmber graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.