David started his Trust and Safety career at Meta as one of the two members of the Integrity, Investigations, and Intelligence organization (i3) based in APAC. In this capacity, he developed intelligence collection programs specifically targeted at identifying threats to civic integrity and collaborated with XFNs to bring scaled disruptions against adverse actors. At Twitter, he specialized in front-line operations to enforce platform manipulation policies, conducted tactical investigations on a series of disinformation campaigns across APAC, and trained teammates on investigative tradecraft.

David graduated with a B.S in Foreign Services from Georgetown University and is currently pursuing a M.Sc in Strategic Studies from Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.