David Natalizia helps organizations, teams, and individuals improve how they work, communicate, and make decisions. His background spans leadership, operations, safety, risk, organizational effectiveness, and communication.
David began his career at Disneyland in a front-line role, later moving into management and leadership positions within the Walt Disney Company. That early experience shaped a practical and people-centered approach to clarity, decision-making, and system design. His work has since expanded into consulting, facilitation, coaching, and expert witness services across a wide range of industries.
His experience includes manufacturing, high-tech, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, construction, data centers, hospitality, healthcare, restaurants, food production, retail, agriculture, and aerospace. He has also supported significant international work, including on-site engagements with global teams and large projects in multiple countries. Across these settings, the focus remains the same. Understand the environment, clarify what matters, and support thoughtful progress on issues that affect people, performance, and outcomes.
David has also been at the forefront of integrating new technologies into workplace settings. His work has included the practical deployment of predictive analytics, automation, computer vision tools, and AI-supported systems. He has served as a product steward in software development efforts, helping guide technical teams with a clear understanding of organizational needs, user experience, and real-world constraints. His background in human factors and heuristic task analysis supports solutions that align with how people actually work. He brings a combination of technical understanding and organizational insight that helps connect executive priorities with the work of data scientists, engineers, and operational teams, resulting in implementations that are realistic, scalable, and grounded in day-to-day operations.
David’s work is also shaped by principles drawn from human-centered design, systems thinking, and applied creativity. Influences associated with Leonardo da Vinci’s approach to learning and problem solving have informed his way of observing, making connections, and supporting thoughtful progress. These include:
Curiosità
A commitment to continual learning, disciplined curiosity, and approaching problems with fresh perspective.
Dimostrazione
Testing ideas through experience, reflection, and a willingness to refine or rethink assumptions.
Sensazione
Attention to detail and the refinement of observation, including active listening and awareness of context.
Sfumato
Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty, and the ability to work productively in complex or shifting environments.
Arte / Scienza
Balancing analytical thinking with imagination to create solutions that are both practical and innovative.
Corporalità
Recognizing the connection between physical well-being, clarity of mind, and sustained creative and professional performance.
Connessione
Seeing patterns, relationships, and linkages across disciplines, systems, and situations to create insight and integration.
These principles provide an underlying structure for his work across strategy, operations, communication, and organizational effectiveness.
David has planned and spoken at large conferences and has facilitated executive-level sessions for senior leaders and strategic teams. His speaking background includes multiple awards and recognitions, along with years of helping others strengthen their communication and presence.
His practice includes consulting and problem solving, leadership and team facilitation, coaching for speakers and professionals, and expert witness work involving safety, operations, and organizational practices. He also serves in roles that call for clarity, steadiness, and care during important moments in people’s lives, drawing on the same principles that guide his professional work.
David is active in community, volunteer, and arts organizations, contributing time and skills in support of projects and groups that are meaningful to him.
David approaches every engagement with attention to context, a practical sense of what supports progress, and a commitment to helping people and organizations do their best work.