David Williams

Executive VP and Chief Information & Digital Officer, Merck

Search every verified David Williams interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. David Williams, who describes himself as a serial author, podcaster, and autism advocate, was featured as a speaker for the Women Empowering Generations (WIN) conference in 2026. In a November 2025 interview, Williams stated that he believes "your diagnosis is not your whole being" and that he advocates for autism because "it's just a part" of a person. He described himself as a "Renaissance man" and said he could see himself teaching a class on the Renaissance and mentorship, emphasizing the importance of "living in your truth" and "keeping your spark going." Williams also mentioned starting a private jet brokerage and a group called Jet Renaissance Club, and noted that his main page for books and events is Blessed Spadesman. In a separate October 2023 discussion, Williams spoke about the role of artificial intelligence and digital health in healthcare. He noted that the combination of AI and digital health is an area people are looking at, and discussed companies he is involved with, including one that uses natural language processing to pull information from medical records and another called Celerity that performs medical record indexing. In a 2015 interview, Williams, then president of the Health Business Group, remarked on the impact of smartphones in healthcare interactions, stating that "everyone's talking about patient engagement" and that smartphones provide "instant access in a way that works for the medical staff as well as the patient."