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data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-2"><span>David Dorton</span></h1><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8">Senior Partner<a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/us/atlanta" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f">Atlanta</span></a></div><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mdc-u-mt-3"><p>Driving transformations across service based industries and leading global operations transformation work</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mck-o-container"><div class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing"><div class="mdc-o-container__body Profile_mck-c-profile__wrapper__BqMov"><div class="Profile_mck-c-profile__container-main__rUO05"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f 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He has experience in driving end-to-end performance transformations from design to planning to value capture.</p> <p>Over his career with McKinsey, David has led the firm鈥檚 manufacturing, service operations, and procurement work within the Operations Practice.</p> <p>David鈥檚 other professional experience includes working as an executive at an American home-improvement-supplies retailing company, where he led a range of initiatives within strategy, finance, and operations. He also served as a nuclear submarine officer in the US Navy and participated in multiple deployments to the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas.</p> <p>David is very active in the Atlanta community. He formerly served as the office managing partner and remains active on several not-for-profit boards.</p></div><div class="Profile_mck-c-profile__area-a__YIGXu container-placeholder mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-lg"></div></div><div class="Profile_mck-c-profile__sidebar-wrapper__E52KM"><div class="container-sidebar mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xxl"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xxl" data-layer-region="profile-expertise"><div><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_2734c4f"></h2><div><ul class="List_mck-c-list___Lb7q"><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/industries/retail/how-we-help-clients" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_2734c4f mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f">Retail</span></a></li><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/industries/travel-logistics-and-infrastructure/how-we-help-clients" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_2734c4f mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f">Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure</span></a></li><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/how-we-help-clients" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_2734c4f mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f">Technology, Media & Telecommunications</span></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mdc-o-content-body Profile_mck-c-profile__content-body__r8B5S Profile_mck-c-profile__additional-body__hv_Ft"><h3>Published work</h3> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/transformation/our-insights/transformation-in-uncertain-times-tackling-both-the-urgent-and-the-important">Transformation in uncertain times: Tackling both the urgent and the important</a>,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021</p> <h3>Education</h3> <p><strong>Harvard University</strong><br /> MBA</p> <p><strong>United States Naval Academy</strong><br /> BS, economics</p></div></div><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xl mdc-u-mt-5"></div></div></div></main></div><script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application/json">{"props":{"pageProps":{"locale":"en","dictionary":{},"sitecoreContext":{"route":{"name":"David Dorton","displayName":"David Dorton","fields":null,"databaseName":"web","deviceId":"fe5d7fdf-89c0-4d99-9aa3-b5fbd009c9f3","itemId":"59c972b9-e013-450f-bf47-c6f068f0fa43","itemLanguage":"en","itemVersion":1,"layoutId":"ae753eb4-a035-40b4-83bf-4b4438df6742","templateId":"882cb5bd-9600-43d9-9d6b-de8134d4a7eb","templateName":"Profile","placeholders":{"jss-main":[{"uid":"8babdffb-0cfb-45a5-8364-eb32fa63d241","componentName":"Profile","dataSource":"","fields":{"data":{"profile":{"id":"59C972B9E013450FBF47C6F068F0FA43","name":"David Dorton","engTitle":"David Dorton","displayName":"David Dorton","url":"/sitecore/content/McKinsey/Home/Our People/David Dorton","template":{"name":"Profile"},"title":{"jsonValue":{"value":"David Dorton"}},"background":{"jsonValue":{"value":"\u003ch3\u003ePublished work\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/capabilities/transformation/our-insights/transformation-in-uncertain-times-tackling-both-the-urgent-and-the-important\"\u003eTransformation in uncertain times: Tackling both the urgent and the important\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026rdquo; McKinsey \u0026amp; Company, February 2021\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEducation\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarvard University\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\nMBA\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnited States Naval Academy\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\nBS, economics\u003c/p\u003e"}},"about":{"jsonValue":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eDavid leads McKinsey's operations transformation work across service based industries, including the transport, telecommunications, retail, and utility sectors. 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