DAVID H. SEGURA
Chief Executive Officer
VisionIT, Inc.
More than eleven years ago, David Segura had a vision to create a meaningful and extraordinary information technology firm providing organizations of all sizes with the best in IT services. Today as chief executive officer of VisionIT, Segura has turned that vision into reality by becoming nationally-renown in the IT industry for providing the nation's best IT staffing and outsourcing solutions to an ever-growing list of Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies.
Over the past decade his company VisionIT, has become one of the largest diversity-owned IT firms in the nation with 10 national offices. Under Segura's savvy and steady guidance, VisionIT has also garnered several national awards including having the distinction of being listed as part of the prestigious Inc. 500 in 2004, 2005 and 2008. In addition, Segura's firm has been widely recognized by several organizations as one of North America's fastest-growing privately-held companies. Most recently, Segura was named as the 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year by the internationally-esteemed professional services firm Ernst and Young for his company's tremendous growth and success. Segura's other career highlights include:
- In 2008 Segura was named as a national finalist for the 2008 Hispanic Business magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- VisionIT has been recognized for six consecutive years as part of Hispanic Business magazine's HB 500, an annual list of the 500 largest U.S. Hispanic-owned businesses; in 2008 VisionIT topped the list as its fastest-growing company
- In 2008 VisionIT was recognized by staffing industry expert the Staffing Industry Report as the 2nd fastest-growing privately-held staffing firm in the nation
- Recognized by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City-Inc Magazine's Inner City 100 four consecutive years (2005-2008) as one of the fastest-growing inner city-based companies in the U.S.
- Awarded the 2006 Brillante Award for Entrepreneur Excellence by the National Society of Hispanic MBA's
- Recognized as one of the Top 40 Executives Under the Age of 40 in 2000 by Crain's Detroit Business Magazine
Segura's passion for corporate diversity and minority business development has given him a solid reputation as a champion of diversity in the national business community. Throughout his career, Segura has developed strong business partnerships with notable Fortune 500 companies, while helping other minority-owned businesses do the same. Segura also maintains strong relationships with several diversity organizations, such as the National Society of Hispanic MBA's, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, while also doing business with many minority-owned firms around the nation.
True to his commitment of advancing the roles of minorities within IT, Segura is a founding architect and current vice chair of the nation's first Hispanic senior-level IT professional organization the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC), as well as a long-standing member of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF).
Segura is also deeply committed to the growth of the community in which he lives and serves. His vision for VisionIT evolved from his community involvement where he volunteered teaching technology to inner city Detroit youth. That rewarding experience has inspired him to create a VisionIT summer internship program in partnership with Wayne State University that for the past seven years has provided Detroit high school students with valuable exposure to the growing information technology field. In addition, Segura has also created a full scholarship and internship program for college-level students called Second Step, providing students the opportunity to intern while attending classes with some of VisionIT's most notable clients including Ford Motor Company and EDS.
As further evidence of his commitment to his hometown, Segura remains very active in the Detroit community having served on the Board of Directors of the Detroit Regional Chamber, the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.