Vice President of Information Technology

Dave Noel is vice president of information technology and chief information officer at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, where he is responsible for the support and planning of Museum technology infrastructure, systems, software development, exhibit technology, and planetarium operations. Noel joined the Museum in 2004, bringing 30 years of professional experience in strategic planning, executive business management, product planning and development, and geoscience engineering. Noel received his B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Kansas.

Before joining the Museum, Noel was president of petroWEB Inc., a technology development company serving the petroleum and GIS industries. Prior to petroWEB, he was president and CEO of IHS Energy Group, a $125 million commercial data and information company serving the global petroleum and geoscience exploration industry; the CTO for IHS Energy and a number of predecessor companies; as well as engineering positions within the petroleum industry.